Life Briefing: Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling? Strategic angle: Recent analysis reveals a concerning trend in the rate of species turnover within ecosystems. Editorial Staff Mar 15
Life Briefing: Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025 Strategic angle: Greenhouse gases dropped just 0.1% last year as environment minister criticises lack of improvement. Editorial Staff Mar 14
Life Briefing: Mining Rush for Critical Minerals Threatens Amazon Land Reform Settlements Strategic angle: A survey reveals a surge in mining requests for critical minerals in Brazil's Carajás region, endangering land reform settlements. Editorial Staff Mar 14
Life Briefing: Fetuses likely have more ‘forever chemicals’ in blood than thought – report Strategic angle: New research reveals alarming levels of PFAS compounds in fetal blood samples. Editorial Staff Mar 14
Life Briefing: Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time Strategic angle: Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations. Editorial Staff Mar 14
Life Briefing: ‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Strategic angle: Genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been detected in Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of Northern Ireland. Editorial Staff Mar 14
Life Briefing: EPA Chief Meets Bayer CEO Over Supreme Court Fight Strategic angle: Top US regulators discuss litigation issues regarding glyphosate weed killer. Editorial Staff Mar 13
Life Briefing: Trump EPA moves to repeal regulation of cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide Strategic angle: The repeal loosens standards for roughly 90 sterilization facilities that emit the toxic chemical in neighborhoods across the country. Editorial Staff Mar 13
Life Briefing: Q&A: How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies Strategic angle: Climate change, war and mismanagement are putting Iran’s water supply under major strain, experts warn. Editorial Staff Mar 13
Life Briefing: Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now? Strategic angle: With anger stoked by Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players. Editorial Staff Mar 13
Life Briefing: Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds Strategic angle: Experts warn of ‘attack on Americans’ lungs’ from cuts to health programs and environmental rollbacks. Editorial Staff Mar 13
Life Briefing: The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna Strategic angle: The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils. Editorial Staff Mar 12
Life Briefing: Queensland floods: police believe bodies found are those of missing backpackers Strategic angle: Two international tourists travelling to flood-ravaged North Burnett region from Brisbane thought to be first flood-related deaths. Editorial Staff Mar 11
Life Briefing: The war in Iran could plunge the world into hunger Strategic angle: Farmers from Iowa to India depend on fossil fuel-based fertilizers. Much of their supply is stuck in the Persian Gulf. Editorial Staff Mar 11
Life Briefing: Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Strategic angle: Australia Institute data reveals a 10% increase in state and federal subsidies for fossil fuels, outpacing funding for the NDIS. Editorial Staff Mar 11
Life Briefing: Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Strategic angle: Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits. Editorial Staff Mar 11
Life Briefing: Ultrasound Repellers Could Keep Hedgehogs Off Roads, Scientists Hope Strategic angle: Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths. Editorial Staff Mar 11
Life Briefing: Sale of rat poisons could be restricted to protect Australian wildlife Strategic angle: Regulator recommends rodenticides be removed from Bunnings and supermarkets shelves and sold only to licensed professionals. Editorial Staff Mar 11
Life Briefing: ‘My lovely distraction’: live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand Strategic angle: More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch ‘kākāpō cam’, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders. Editorial Staff Mar 11
Life Briefing: CCC: Net-zero will protect UK from fossil-fuel price shocks Strategic angle: The cost of cutting UK emissions to net-zero is less than the cost of continuing reliance on fossil fuels. Editorial Staff Mar 11