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A flock of seagulls hovers over a landfill site

Environment

Detective gulls sniff out illegally dumped trash from the skies

Attracted by the smell of ripe organic waste, seagulls fitted with GPS trackers led scientists to hard-to-spot illegal dumping sites

Plastic bag floating in the ocean

Earth

UK’s plastic rubbish ends up in fragile Arctic ecosystems

The prototype plastic-clearing Boomy McBoomface

Earth

Could a vast rubber boom clean up tonnes of ocean plastic?

Earth

Activists could force UK to clean its air – if it remains in EU

A planned CO2-sucking demonstration plant

Earth

First commercial carbon-capture plant set to open in Switzerland

A speaker stand in front of a UNEA banner

Earth

World’s parliament for the environment to tackle global issues

Forever, Ai Weiwei, is a sculpture made of bicycles

Environment

Megacities Asia challenges the utopian view of smart cities

Street scene in India

Environment

Cycling for more than five hours a week in Delhi is bad for you

Running and cycling commuters

Environment

Walking and cycling are still good for you despite air pollution

Environment

An Earth made verdant by greenhouse gases brings its own dangers

Fresh evidence that carbon pollution is greening our planet will be billed as good news by climate deniers. It isn't, says Olive Heffernan

Earth

Pollutants found in fish we eat can compromise body’s defences

Earth

Hidden cost of climate change is unwanted carbs in your food

Environment

If we want to breathe clean air, we need to fight for it

Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?