Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds

New research suggests the AMOC appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought, with potentially catastrophic consequences.

The finds include a Punic era ship dating to the fifth century BC, 23 Roman ships, two late Roman ships, four medieval ships and 24 vessels from the early modern period

A further escalation in the Iran war could trigger a global recession, the IMF warns. The UK would be affected more than any of the other G7 nations. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

ICYMI: Last week we revealed that a major supplier of sustainable aviation fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation. Read more here: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

Did you know that 'sustainable' aviation fuel (SAF) can be made from inedible beef fat? With court docs and trade data, we've uncovered links between SAF arriving in the UK, and illegal deforestation of a protected Amazon reserve.

🐄 ➡️ ✈️ How green is 'green' jet fuel? We found a loophole that allows beef fat linked to Amazon deforestation to enter the green fuel supply chain unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

Did you know that 'sustainable' aviation fuel (SAF) can be made from inedible beef fat? With court docs and trade data, we've uncovered links between SAF arriving in the UK, and illegal deforestation of a protected Amazon reserve.

NEW: A major supplier of ‘green’ airline fuel to the UK has sourced beef fat linked to illegal Amazon deforestation Our new investigation 🐄 🌳 ✈️: unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/04/10/u...

Consumers should 'completely avoid' UK-caught cod, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has warned, as populations continue to decline

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has declared emperor penguins officially in danger of extinction, as melting Antarctic ice has been causing mass drownings of chicks.

Opening new oil and gas field in the North Sea would compromise international climate targets, undermine the UK’s climate leadership and encourage fossil fuel exploration elsewhere, experts have warned.

🦫 BEAVER NEWS ALERT 🦫 Beavers are back in Bedfordshire for the first time in 400 years. A nature restoration company working on the release said the beavers will will use their dam building knowhow to create drought resilience. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Satellite imagery shows an oil slick from a bombed Iranian vessel near a protected wetland, the Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Researchers have discovered microplastics in fish in Tuvalu, a remote South Pacific nation. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

The merlin, Britain’s smallest bird of prey, is one of more than 200 species that is at risk of extinction in the UK. Researchers warn there is a 20-year window for decisions on climate and land use to protect the fate of the species. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Russian oil tanker arrives in Cuba as US relaxes blockade www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Despite the UK's ban on single-use vapes, waste company Biffa reports 200,000 incorrectly recycled vapes a month, and Veolia has a fire almost every day in its bin vans and facilities

As well as rocking the global energy and fertiliser markets, the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz is likely to affect supplies for MRI scanners, medicines, smartphones and AI chips,

Church leaders including former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams have criticised the “committed” Christian Sir Paul Marshall , owner of GB news, over the TV channel’s attacks on climate science and action

Solar panel sales up 54% since start of Iran war, reports Octopus

DNA analysis of a canine jawbone found in a Somerset cave suggests people in Britain lived closely with dogs 15,000 years ago, millennia before farm animals or cats were domesticated

Wealthy investors in green energy are targeting Trump allies who helped kill federal support for renewables

Poor countries may lose 10 times more people to deaths from high temperatures than rich ones, according to an analysis by Climate Impact Lab.

The Trump administration will pay TotalEnergies nearly £700m to cancel its plans to build two wind farms off the East Coast of the US. In exchange, the energy giant would invest that money in oil and gas projects. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...

Trump officials have announced a "temporary authorisation" lifting sanctions on Russian oil that's already at sea as it attempts to stabilise global oil prices.

There are 10x more SUVs on London's road than 20 years ago, and TfL research finds they are 'creating immediate and intensifying risks across London'. Now the mayor is considering charging SUVs to drive in the capital www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oil tankers trapped in the Gulf “sitting ducks” as Iran extends attacks on shipping, and US says naval escorts unlikely to begin until end of March

Queen bees can breathe underwater for a week, scientists have found. The discovery followed a stroke of scientific serendi-bee-ty (sorry!): Ecologist Sabrina Rondeau noticed condensation had dripped into containers holding four queen bees, and was stunned to realise they were still alive and well

Iran’s water system was already in a dire condition due to mismanagement and climate change. Now, war threatens to push it to the brink of collapse, reports @bloomberg.com

Reaching net zero by 2050 would cost the UK less than a single fossil fuel crisis, government climate advisers say

Scientists try to answer an age-old question: How do cats always seem to land on their feet when they fall?

Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%, including London, San Francisco and Beijing

About 3,800 workers at JBS USA, the world’s largest meat producer, are set to strike on Monday. It will be the first labour strike in the meatpacking industry in decades.

A new analysis found more than 3,000 mining sites operating within key biodiversity areas, amounting to nearly 5% of the mining sector’s footprint www.theguardian.com/environment/...

By this summer, London will have the biggest "energy from waste" site in Europe, the FT reports. The story cites a 2020 Unearthed investigation, which found that these incinerators tend to disproportionately affect deprived communities. www.ft.com/content/3585...

Saltwater crocodiles - one of few animals on Earth that actively view humans as prey - are "absolutely everywhere" in Northern Australia following severe floods

Thousands of tonnes of fish illegally harvested from a marine protected area known as the 'Galápagos of West Africa' are being ground into fishmeal and oil on giant floating processors

Say hello to the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two species of marsupial that scientists believed had long been extinct

The Iran war is driving fertiliser prices higher, posing risks to global food supply chains. “We shouldn’t underestimate what this potentially could mean for global food production,” the CEO of Europe's biggest fertiliser company warns. www.ft.com/content/7efe...

UK energy companies are withdrawing fixed-rate deals as the war in Iran has caused a spike in oil and gas prices

The tiny island nation of Vanuatu is defying the Trump administration's demands that it drops a 'loss and damage' UN resolution that could see countries paying reparations if they fail to act on the climate crisis. Vanuatu removed sections of the proposal but is pushing ahead with the resolution.

There were no bids on a Trump administration auction to drill in Alaska, undermining the US president’s push to expand domestic oil production. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

Sea level rise could impact coastal communities sooner than thought, an new study has found www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK climate programmes worth hundreds of millions of pounds have been in effect axed due to budget cuts, while others have been significantly reduced in scope, the Guardian reveals. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Major port cities like Dublin, Naples and Barcelona face more toxic sulphur pollution from ferries than from all the cars on their roads, according to new analysis from @transportenvironment.org www.transportenvironment.org/articles/fer...

Great coverage in today's i paper of Unearthed's latest investigation! In Britain, strawberries, raspberries and potatoes are still grown using pesticides that are banned in the EU because of links to cancer and infertility. (Link to the original UE story in thread) inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

A playful sperm whale, an octopus guarding her young and an otherworldly "screaming swallower": there are some absolutely gorgeous shots in this year's Underwater Photographer of the Year competition

Scientists studying fragments of DNA in our genome say they are shedding light on ancient human-neanderthal couplings