Environmental science

Book of the week: Human actions have killed off some species but may be kick-starting new ones, writes Jules Pretty

Presidents of 12 "Ivy Plus" institutions reaffirm commitment to tackling global warming

A corner of England makes its mark on those who leave foot, paw and hoof prints, writes Philip Hoare

Taylor and Francis move to replace editor and withdraw his paper threatens ‘scientific integrity’, critics claim

Researcher talks of anger over job loss caused by federal hiring freeze

Health and environmental agencies face savage reductions as defence spending soars

Environmental changes also change us but old and new ways of living offer hope, says Stephanie Bunn

Duke University’s Valerie Ashby says institutions must be more ‘intentional’ about finding ethnic minority PhD candidates

Editors of journals should face ‘negligence’ investigations over extensive delays, suggests a new paper

New international consortium tackles major energy challenge

A leading researcher in the field of renewable energy has died

From atoll to reef, a coleopterist fears we may not know what we’ve got until it’s gone, says Jules Pretty

Book of the week: A study of our leviathan appetite for seafood dares to go deep and recovers pearls, says Philip Hoare

Greatly expanded satellite programme should provide vital new data

London as an eco-village? Treehouses in Accra? Danny Dorling lauds beautiful and bold what-ifs

Vice-president for academic affairs at École Polytechnique says French-taught courses are ‘hard to sell’ to international students

Academic journal editor-turned-lecturer Hilary Hamnett explains the most common reasons why papers are rejected

Chancellor Lizhong Yu tells Jack Grove about how NYU Shanghai hopes its model will turbocharge international mobility

Environmental organisation praises UK sector for climate efforts but calls for universities to do more

As £650m institute opens, Jack Grove hears from those leading Europe’s largest single biomedical research institute

We talk Australian wildfires, the emerging field of environmental humanities and rock musician aspirations with Bath Spa’s new interdisciplinary professor

New app helps people ‘move beyond the headlines’ about climate change

However, dean at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh says the number of female leaders on the continent is rising

A leading authority on the application of solar energy has died

A leading researcher in the use of supercritical fluids and superheated water in industry, who founded one of the University of Leeds' first spin-out companies, has died

Book of the week: Exquisite images trigger the sensations of terror and wonder that nature inspires, says Philip Hoare

People are less able to see and name natural elements of their surroundings, says Philip Hoare

Steven Yearley finds merit but not proven mileage in putting CO₂ on ice to arrest global warming

Open letter calls for ministers to support academic research on sustainability during week of United Nations climate change conference in Paris

One of the leading ecological researchers of his generation has died

Art and architecture scholars make clear what we can still learn from history

Leading environmentalist says it is 'ridiculous' for university heads to 'shuffle responsibility'

Partnership with Cornwall College Group will see tourist attraction open its doors to undergraduates

This perceptive ethnography takes Randy Malamud behind the scenes at the penguin pool to ask if the institutions are scientific and educational enterprises or just commercialised animal spectacles

Event at the University of Hertfordshire breaks new ground in examining the undead

Institute of International Education says there is an increased enthusiasm for academic cooperation between the two countries

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Scholars invite attendees to urinate in special toilet to harness their pee power

Laurence Coupe on an ambitious and challenging exploration of the ecology of the past

Laurence Coupe relishes inspiring reflections on the natural world’s relationship with language

Isabelle Szmigin on the not-so secret formula underpinning a highly profitable global model

Call it a ‘hypercane’ or a ‘weather bomb’, we’re as much at its mercy as ever, writes Philip Hoare

Philip Clarke asks whether ecological issues can be solved by studying aboriginal knowledge

Tim Hall on a travelogue, covering 12 locations, with an abundance of ecological and cultural insights

Laurence Coupe praises a handbook for ecologically responsible living

Philip Hoare admires a terrifying portrait of our impact on the sands that protect us from danger

A compelling effort to inspire ethical concern for endangered species is marred only by jargon-laden interludes, finds Wenfei Tong

Tiffany Taylor on the emotional and aesthetic responses we share with our hominid ancestors

Steven Yearley on the economic and ethical reasons for why attempts to prevent climate change have failed

Alison Stokes on a 19th-century volcanic eruption that caused a global climate disaster

A US approach to environmental integrity offers useful pointers for the UK, says David Maguire

Laurence Coupe admires scholarly insights of a kind the REF could never hope to measure

Jules Pretty salutes an account revealing an unnerving alteration in a place and its ecosystems

Reconnecting to the land grounds us, says Steffen Böhm

Laurence Coupe on a grand indictment of the ‘Western epistemological error’

Jules Pretty on a combined autobiography of a field biologist and celebration of nature

Jon Turney is dispirited by the rhetoric of collapse in a sober analysis of two global crises

Jon Turney on the latest scientific findings regarding interactions between life and our planet that do not support the Gaia theory

Joanna Depledge is disturbed by advice to be passive in the face of human-induced apocalypse

Laurence Coupe celebrates efforts to rethink urban spaces to give them an ecological dimension