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The World's Loneliest Tree

YouthHistoryNatureWildlife...
Tucked away in a corner of London's Royal Botanic Gardens, there is a very peculiar plant. It is, in fact, the very last of its kind on Earth.

Wasted: Fast Fashion

YouthEducationEnvironmentGlobal Warming...
New season, new styles, buy more, buy cheap, move on, throw away: the pollution, waste, and emissions of fast fashion are fuelling an ecological crisis.

Rescuing Indigenous Knowledge In The Andes To Restore Ecosystems

YouthEnvironmentGlobal WarmingHistory...
Constantino Aucca Chutas has pioneered a community reforestation model driven by local and Indigenous communities, which has led to three million trees being planted in Peru.

Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation

YouthAnimalsEcologyWeather...
When there is an abundance of crops, flightless locusts create a plague-like swarm, which can run a kilometre long, in search for food.

What Is Ocean Stratification?

YouthEnvironmentNatureScience...
The ocean has layers that mix—sometimes. What are the layers made of? And why is it bad news when they don’t?

How Many Animal Species Are There, Really?

YouthAnimalsEnvironmentFacts...
It's harder than you might think to know how many animal species live on Earth.

Are Hurricanes Getting Stronger?

YouthHistoryScienceTechnology...
Although we’ll never see a Category 6 hurricane, data does show that more hurricanes are becoming more severe.

Befriending A Millipede

YouthAnimalsEducationEnvironment...
David Attenborough makes friends with one of natures creepiest crawlies: the millipede.

Why Are So Many Sharks Disappearing?

YouthAnimalsEnvironmentFacts...
Bill Nighy explains why humans have become a Great White Shark's greatest threat.

How Fireflies Inspired Energy-Efficient Lights

YouthDesignScienceEnvironment...
Electricity accounts for around 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. So how can we make it more efficient? Belgian physicist Jean-Pol Vigneron and his team found the answer could lie within a firefly's abdomen.

Sea Women Of Melanesia

YouthWomenWorldEnvironment...
The Sea Women of Melanesia train local women to monitor and assess the impacts of widespread coral bleaching on some of the world's most endangered reefs.

Climate-Resilient Buildings

YouthScienceEnvironmentArchitecture
This UNEP publication demonstrates how buildings and community spaces can be constructed to increase their resilience to climate change.

Keeping An Eye On Ocean Garbage...From Space!

YouthScienceEnvironmentTechnology
ESA is exploring how satellites can help detect and reduce plastic pollution in the ocean.

Why Is Biodiversity Important?

YouthScienceEnvironmentNature
David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to humans.