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Hosepipe ban survival guide: which garden plants to save and which to sacrifice

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23 July 202523 July 2025

Photo by David Ballew on Unsplash With hosepipe bans in force across several English regions and more restrictions likely to follow, gardeners face some tough choices. When every drop counts, which plants...Read More >

UK air quality is improving but pollution targets are still being breached – new study

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18 July 202518 July 2025

An estimated 4.2 million deaths can be attributed to poor air quality each year. Poor air quality is the largest fixable environmental public health risk in the world. Our new...Read More >

Cleaner air in east Asia has driven recent acceleration in global warming – new study

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16 July 202521 November 2025

Listen to Laura Wilcox discuss the topic on The Conversation Weekly Podcast with host, Gemma Ware. (20 Nov 2025) Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to...Read More >

England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs – here’s what will help

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3 June 2025

The UK government wants to build more reservoirs like this one (Derwent reservoir) in the Peak District England is facing a water crisis. The UK government has just announced plans to fast-track...Read More >

Solar power in Zambia: ‘If it works for my neighbour, I’ll try it too’

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7 May 20257 May 2025

Researcher Hillary Chanda discusses solar power with residents of Chongwe district, rural Zambia. Courtesy Edwin Kasanda In sunny Zambia, fewer than 6% of rural people have access to electricity, leaving...Read More >

How we revealed the life story of PG Tips chimp – written in her bones

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27 March 202527 March 2025

A chimpanzee similar to Choppers, who died at Twycross Zoo in 2016. Chimpanzees helped to make PG Tips tea famous with their iconic TV ads in the 1970s. But what...Read More >

Fossil face discovery highlights challenges faced by Europe’s earliest settlers

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25 March 202525 March 2025

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from...Read More >

What deer poo can tell us about the future of Britain’s woodlands

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20 March 20259 April 2025

Brambles are considered a nuisance by many woodland managers. But we’ve discovered that fallow deer have a surprising taste for it. In our recent research, we found this unexpected preference...Read More >

New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief

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13 March 202525 March 2025

It’s not just size that matters. The speed of evolution can affect a species’ cancer prevalence too. (Credit: Mylon Ollila, Unsplash) A longstanding scientific belief about a link between cancer...Read More >

Delhi: how weather patterns and faraway mountains made this the world’s most polluted megacity

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5 March 20253 March 2025

Delhi is perhaps the most polluted of the world’s megacities. Every winter, the city’s 30 million residents breathe air so toxic that visibility drops to mere metres. If you stand...Read More >

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