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Like most city-dwellers, Scots travel in polluting vehicles, use fossil fuels to heat their homes and work in an economy that produces greenhouse gases. But Scotland's two biggest towns a...
Do the costs of immigration outweigh the benefits? Not for many British people, who recent research shows are the most positive in Europe about the impact of newcomers arriving in their c...
幼少期に自然の風景や音、匂いとの関わりが少ないと、人生の後の段階でメンタルヘルスの問題を負うリスクが高まる― ある最新の調査で、幼少期の周囲の自然環境と精神疾患との関連性が指摘されています。
Africa is so big that Europe, the US, India and China could comfortably fit inside its landmass. It is home to huge amounts of the world’s mineral resources. And by 2050, one in four huma...
Greece has the highest government debt-to-GDP ratio of any European Union member state, according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office.
Development aid from wealthy countries fell for the second consecutive year in 2018, adversely affecting some of the world’s poorest nations.
The total number of animals has halved since the 1970s in what some scientists have termed the start of Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Seismic eruptions, ice ages, continental collision a...
When talk turns to new technologies, trash cans may not be the first things that come to mind, but a new smart bin is actively embracing machine learning to target food waste.
A team of environmentalists is turning “ghost nets” into sports nets, giving new life to abandoned fishing gear adrift in the world’s oceans. The organisation responsible for world volley...
The next time you casually turn on a tap, fill a kettle and make a cup of coffee, take a moment to consider how important water is to your life. While we are aware of how much we use for ...
Tunisia has introduced a law that aims to make it easier for entrepreneurs to launch, run and liquidate businesses.
By the end of 2017, persecution, conflict and violence had forced 68.5 million people from their homes. That figure – from the UNHCR’s 2018 Global Trends Report – includes 25.4 million re...
Each year, 200 million pounds (90.7 million kg) of clothing ends up in New York City’s landfill sites – the equivalent of filling the Statue of Liberty with garments 440 times.
More than 1,950 active satellites are currently orbiting Earth, and plenty more could soon be joining them. Reduced costs and growing competition has seen an increasing number of commerci...
Being denied the sights, sounds and smells of nature during childhood is associated with an increased risk of mental health problems later in life, according to a new study.
