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COP27: five things to expect from this year’s UN climate summit

Jen Allan, Cardiff University The world’s leaders are gathering for another global climate meeting, this…

COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

Mathieu Blondeel, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick The burning of fossil fuels caused 86%…

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You can’t be happy all the time: how Encanto and Turning Red can help families wrestle with anger and sadness

Cher McGillivray, Bond University In the film Turning Red (2022), a young 13-year-old girl, Meilin…

Just Stop Oil: do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? Here’s the evidence

Colin Davis, University of Bristol Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw…

Seaweed is high in vitamins and minerals – but that’s not the only reason westerners should eat more of it

Rochelle Embling, Swansea University and Laura Wilkinson, Swansea University Edible seaweeds and algae – or…

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Time for the UK to say goodbye to drive-throughs: for the sake of our environment, our health – and our culture

Eugene Mohareb, University of Reading and Sybil Derrible, University of Illinois at Chicago Drive-throughs –…

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Extreme heat & air pollution can be deadly, with the health risk together worse than either alone

Erika Garcia, University of Southern California; Md Mostafijur Rahman, University of Southern California, and Rob…

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Is your gas stove bad for your health?

Jonathan Levy, Boston University Cooks love their gadgets, from countertop slow cookers to instant-read thermometers.…

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US Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised

David Favre, Michigan State University Should Californians be able to require higher welfare standards for…

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Almost 200 nations are set to tackle climate change at COP27 in Egypt. Is this just a talkfest, or does the meeting actually matter?

Matt McDonald, The University of Queensland In a crucial meeting for tackling the climate crisis,…