- 2024-10-07: Mapping of fruit fly brain to change neuroscience
- 2024-09-09: Marmoset monkeys call each other by name
- 2024-08-26: Antarctica is rising from the ocean
- 2024-08-05: 18-km wide diamond layer on Mercury, says study
- 2024-07-11: Past 12 months break extreme heat records
- 2024-06-24: Chimpanzees use medicinal plants when sick
- 2024-06-03: Panama evacuates islanders due to rising sea levels
- 2024-03-25: UN warns of environmental e-waste catastrophe
- 2024-03-11: It once rained for two million years, say scientists
- 2024-02-22: Mt Everest climbers must now keep their poo
- 2024-02-15: Climate change means category 6 hurricane needed
- 2024-02-05: Artificial light is dangerous for insects, say scientists
- 2024-01-22: Deadly fire ants spreading across Australia
- 2023-12-28: Scientists 'talk' with a whale for 20 minutes
- 2023-12-07: Scientists say dolphins have a seventh sense
- 2023-11-16: Diseases in 'Factor X' could be next global threat
- 2023-10-02: France battles to stop spread of bedbugs
- 2023-09-21: Scientists find alternative to palm oil
- 2023-09-04: Mystery of radioactivity of Germany's wild boars
- 2023-08-14: Microplastics found in human heart for first time
- 2023-08-10: Raw sewage keeps swimmers away from UK beaches
- 2023-07-20: UN says extreme heat is the new normal
- 2023-06-19: Groundwater pumping by humans has tilted Earth's axis
- 2023-04-30: 2,000 near-threatened white rhinos to be auctioned
- 2023-04-03: Scientists say plants 'scream' when stressed
- 2023-03-23: New orchid species found in Japan
- 2023-03-09: Scientists believe dinosaurs sounded like birds
- 2023-02-27: Scientists discover Earth has two cores
- 2023-01-26: Bill Gates wants to reduce methane from cow burps
- 2022-12-26: Australia's Christmas beetles are disappearing
- 2022-12-19: Satellite launched to map Earth's water
- 2022-11-28: 'Hated' Australian bird dealing with invasive species
- 2022-11-10: Billionaires create a million times more CO2
- 2022-11-03: Bees like playing with balls, study finds
- 2022-10-24: Congo gold mining threatening endangered species
- 2022-10-06: Britain's King Charles to miss climate summit
- 2022-08-25: 'Poo-nami' of raw sewage hits English beaches
- 2022-08-01: Ditch neckties to save energy, says Spain's PM
- 2022-07-21: Australia's 'shocking' decline in environment
- 2022-06-20: Italy's largest river experiencing drought
- 2022-06-16: New Zealand may tax farm animal burps
- 2022-05-19: Tonga volcano eruption was a record explosion
- 2022-05-12: Airlines miss most of their climate change targets
- 2022-05-05: Gardeners urged not to cut the grass
- 2022-04-07: WHO says 99% of people breathe unhealthy air
- 2022-02-14: Koala put on endangered species list
- 2022-02-10: Fast fashion is harming the environment
- 2022-01-24: Pristine coral reef discovered off coast of Tahiti
- 2022-01-17: Researchers find world's largest fish breeding ground
- 2021-12-23: Fossil found of giant car-sized insect
- 2021-11-04: Jeff Bezos promises $2 billion to help nature
- 2021-10-07: Michelin makes giant sails to make shipping greener
- 2021-09-27: More and more people are eating insects
- 2021-09-16: Scientists want to bring mammoths back to life
- 2021-08-28: Light pollution linked to insect loss
- 2021-08-16: Scientists say July was hottest month ever
- 2021-08-14: Common flower discovered to be meat eating
- 2021-08-06: Global timber shortage increases house prices
- 2021-07-21: Germany's Merkel warns floods highlight climate dangers
- 2021-07-17: Amazon flips to be source of CO2 emissions
- 2021-07-09: Scientists warn of more extreme hot weather
- 2021-06-13: Earth gets a fifth ocean
- 2021-06-07: Herd of wild elephants on the march in China
- 2021-06-05: More young people suffering from 'eco-anxiety'
- 2021-05-20: Dogs wear body armour to stop eagle attacks
- 2021-05-04: Researchers find most 'instagrammable' bird
- 2021-04-24: Scientists make biodegradable plastic
- 2021-04-02: Earliest cherry blossoms in Japan city in 600 years
- 2021-03-29: Earth safe from asteroid hit for 100 years
- 2021-03-25: Stink bugs arrive in UK and threaten crops
- 2021-03-17: Coca-Cola tests a paper bottle
- 2021-03-15: Denmark to make artificial clean-energy island
- 2021-03-09: Scientists find animal with biggest ears
- 2021-03-07: Iceland has 18,000 earthquakes in a week
- 2021-02-21: Most of world's rivers damaged by humans
- 2021-02-09: World's smallest reptile discovered in Madagascar
- 2021-01-14: Free dumplings for motorists stranded in snow
- 2020-12-29: Giant Antarctic iceberg A68a splits into three
- 2020-12-21: Botanists find world's ugliest orchid
- 2020-12-05: Ecocide could become an international crime
- 2020-10-30: Scientists say there is water on the Moon
- 2020-10-24: Eating jellyfish could save endangered fish
- 2020-10-06: Dry weather affecting autumn leaves colours
- 2020-10-02: Two-fifths of world's plants at risk of extinction
- 2020-09-20: Thai parks mail litter back to tourists
- 2020-08-29: Black wind-turbine blade cuts bird deaths
- 2020-08-25: 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes to be released
- 2020-08-13: Bus-sized crocodiles once roamed the Earth
- 2020-08-07: Panda conservation drive harms other mammals
- 2020-07-12: Origin of our teeth dates back 400 million years
- 2020-06-26: Arctic Circle sees highest-ever temperatures
- 2020-06-22: Climate crisis threatens future of global sport
- 2020-06-06: Scientists discover the world's cleanest air
- 2020-05-17: How Venus fly traps developed a liking for meat
- 2020-05-09: Scientists say cold air rises
- 2020-05-07: Giant hornets reach North America
- 2020-03-26: Numbers of black rhino on the rise
- 2020-03-06: Half of world's beaches could disappear by 2100
- 2020-02-13: Brazil sends security force to fight deforestation
- 2020-02-07: Worst locust invasion in East Africa in 70 years
- 2020-01-22: China plans to reduce single-use plastics
- 2019-12-09: Sydney bush fires combine to form 'mega-fire'
- 2019-11-23: Rock band Coldplay not touring to save environment
- 2019-11-17: Scientists warn insect apocalypse is coming
- 2019-11-13: Airlines create extra CO2 by 'fuel-tankering'
- 2019-11-05: United Nations warns world to quit 'coal addiction'
- 2019-10-20: World's fastest ant like 580kph human
- 2019-10-06: TripAdvisor stops selling tickets for dolphin shows
- 2019-09-14: World's most electrifying eel found in Amazon
- 2019-09-12: Asteroid rock layers reveal how the dinosaurs died
- 2019-09-04: Vegan fashion is becoming more popular
- 2019-08-27: Endangered sharks and rays get more protection
- 2019-08-25: Amazon rainforest fires are an international crisis
- 2019-08-09: Child-sized parrot once lived in New Zealand
- 2019-08-03: Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in 12 hours
- 2019-07-28: Arctic wildfires visible from space
- 2019-07-24: Rescuers help airlift thousands of salmon to safety
- 2019-07-06: Japan begins commercial whaling after 30 years
- 2019-06-24: Zero-carbon power bigger than fossil fuels in UK
- 2019-06-22: 'Cat-fox' found in France could be new species
- 2019-06-12: Drones used to battle tortoise-killing ravens
- 2019-06-04: Scientists puzzled by flashes on the moon
- 2019-05-25: Japanese city asks tourists to stop 'sand graffiti'
- 2019-04-25: Police arrest 1,000 Extinction Rebellion protestors
- 2019-04-13: Astronomers release first ever photo of black hole
- 2019-03-24: Balloons deadliest plastic for seabirds
- 2019-02-14: Dozens of polar bears invade Russian town
- 2019-02-02: Deadly polar vortex freezes mid-America
- 2019-01-17: China grows plants on the moon
- 2018-11-27: Dim the Sun to limit global warming, say scientists
- 2018-09-01: Air pollution damages intelligence, says study
- 2018-08-13: French theme park uses crows to pick up litter
- 2018-07-13: Bright pink is the world's oldest colour
- 2018-07-11: Newly-discovered Amazon wasp has giant stinger
- 2018-07-07: Internet fury at woman who killed giraffe
- 2018-06-25: Birds' stomachs too full of plastic to eat
- 2018-06-13: Pope warns fossil fuels threaten humanity
- 2018-05-22: Half of life on Earth gone since humans arrived
- 2018-05-20: Humans causing big shifts in freshwater locations
- 2018-05-10: Carbon footprint of global tourism is huge
- 2018-04-06: Seed vault now has over a million species
- 2018-03-23: World's last male northern white rhino dies
- 2018-03-07: Thailand to close famous beach to protect coral
- 2018-02-19: Household items as bad as cars for pollution
- 2018-01-26: Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size
- 2017-12-30: 2017 was UK's greenest energy year ever
- 2017-12-18: New plants can produce light in the dark
- 2017-12-12: Video of starving polar bear goes viral
- 2017-12-04: Environmentalists call for worldwide ban on glitter
- 2017-11-26: Light pollution is taking away night's darkness
- 2017-10-23: Pollution is the world's biggest killer
- 2017-09-29: Botanic gardens 'best hope' for saving plants
- 2017-09-09: Hurricane Irma slams into Caribbean
- 2017-08-24: Chile stops mining project to save penguins
- 2017-08-04: New NASA job – to protect Earth from aliens
- 2017-07-17: Water bears will survive until the Sun dies
- 2017-07-11: Scientists say life on Mars would be difficult
- 2017-07-01: Great Barrier Reef valued at $42.5 billion
- 2017-06-23: Strange deep-sea creatures found near Australia
- 2017-06-09: Indonesia attempts to count all its islands
- 2017-06-05: Musk abandons Trump after U.S. dumps Paris Agreement
- 2017-04-30: Plastic-eating worm could remove the world's waste
- 2017-03-07: Scientists say there could be life on TRAPPIST-1 planets
- 2017-01-26: Worries about microplastics in our seafood
- 2017-01-24: City plans to plant 3 million trees
- 2016-12-05: Oil pipeline protest joined by military veterans
- 2016-11-09: India cities experiencing hazardous air quality
- 2016-08-19: July was hottest month in recorded history
- 2016-07-28: New Zealand to rid non-native pests by 2050
- 2016-06-12: Scientists turn CO2 emissions into stone
- 2016-04-25: Massive coral reef found in Amazon River
- 2016-04-09: World Heritage sites at risk from industry
- 2016-03-01: Desert beetles used to get water from air
- 2016-02-20: Fast-growing weed covering Australian town
- 2016-02-10: School teaches baby orangutans survival skills
- 2016-01-27: Bananas in danger of becoming extinct
- 2015-10-26: Snow leopard under threat from climate change
- 2015-10-14: Ecotourism a danger to wildlife
- 2015-09-05: Earth has lost half its trees because of humans
- 2015-08-06: Obama announces new Clean Power Plan
- 2015-07-18: Plan to return the wolf to Scotland
- 2015-07-09: Adidas to make shoes from ocean garbage
- 2015-07-06: Solar-powered plane makes history
- 2015-05-25: Farmers help ease water problems in California
- 2015-03-26: London drivers face idling fine
- 2014-11-01: Galapagos tortoises out of danger
- 2014-10-30: People vote for Tree of the Year
- 2014-10-12: Greenpeace gets Lego to end ties with Shell
- 2014-09-26: U.S. city will fine people who waste food
- 2014-09-10: Number of blue whales increasing
- 2014-09-04: Coffee company to improve sustainability
- 2014-02-20: Google investing $1billion in renewable energy
- 2014-02-04: Australia to dump sludge in Great Barrier Reef
- 2014-01-21: Smog makes Beijing put sunrise on giant TV
- 2013-09-17: Blobfish are the ugliest animals
- 2013-06-09: China to build Panama Canal alternative
- 2013-05-12: Carbon dioxide at record high level
- 2013-05-04: Mount Fuji to be World Heritage site
- 2013-03-29: Pesticides stop bees learning
- 2013-03-05: Cycling is bad for the environment
- 2012-11-08: Bamboo shortage a risk to pandas
- 2012-10-01: Global warming to shrink fish by 24 per cent
- 2012-08-29: Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low
- 2012-06-21: U.N. pessimism at Rio+20 Earth Summit
- 2012-05-01: Movie screenplays released as eBooks
- 2012-03-14: Breath-powered phone charger invented
- 2011-08-29: Japan company’s 'energy-saving' staff haircut
- 2010-10-11: Google testing self-driving car
- 2010-08-24: Ten-day Chinese traffic jam
- 2010-08-18: Woolly mammoths extinct due to lack of grass
- 2010-08-12: UN appeals for more Pakistan aid
- 2010-06-04: BP apologies not stopping oil spill
- 2010-05-26: Environmentalists worry about synthetic life
- 2010-05-11: Loss of nature will damage economies
- 2010-05-02: Obama: BP must pay for oil spill clean-up
- 2010-04-26: Hawaii hit by Great Plastic Garbage Patch
- 2010-02-04: Rock star Sting fights against Brazilian dam
- 2009-12-15: Ups and downs in Copenhagen
- 2009-11-30: New machine sucks CO2 from the air
- 2009-10-16: Arctic ice may disappear in a decade
- 2009-09-16: Taking a shower may be bad for you
- 2009-09-01: EU switching to greener light bulbs
- 2009-08-23: Australia may need extra seasons
- 2009-07-18: Brazil fury over Britain’s toxic waste
- 2009-04-16: Bedbugs on the rise in the U.S.A.
- 2009-04-10: Cardboard box solar cooker wins prize
- 2009-03-26: Earth Hour - World prepares to save energy
- 2008-12-05: Human noise pollution a danger to sea life
- 2008-11-05: Amazon.com cuts down on packaging
- 2008-09-30: Protecting Antarctica from tourism
- 2008-09-15: UN boss arrives at work in solar taxi
- 2008-03-16: Paul McCartney fights for kangaroos
- 2008-01-01: New York’s ‘green’ New Year
- 2007-12-11: UK plans huge wind farm programme
- 2007-12-05: Divorce is bad for the environment
- 2007-11-14: London set to ban plastic bags
- 2007-11-02: Parrotfish to rescue coral reefs
- 2007-10-15: China dam forces millions to move
- 2007-07-11: Burping cows and sheep harm the environment
- 2007-07-08: Live Earth rocks 2 billion worldwide
- 2007-06-16: UN agrees to ban on ivory trade
- 2007-05-05: UN - We can control Global Warming
- 2007-04-11: Hopes fading for future of Indian tigers
- 2007-03-21: World’s mightiest rivers on “at risk” list
- 2007-03-18: Speed limits proposed for German Autobahn
- 2007-02-28: The mystery of America’s vanishing bees
- 2007-02-02: Traffic pollution damages kids’ lungs
- 2007-01-06: The year 2007 to be the hottest ever
- 2005-12-11: New life given to Kyoto Protocol - easier | harder
- 2005-12-06: New highways threaten giant pandas - easier | harder
- 2005-11-28: Water supply returns to Chinese city - easier | harder
- 2005-11-19: Climate change threatens fish populations - easier | harder
- 2005-10-17: Amazon region hit by drought - easier | harder
- 2005-10-10: Survey shows Mt. Everest has shrunk - easier | harder
- 2005-09-29: Global warming threatens Arctic - easier | harder
- 2005-09-21: International Car Free Day - easier | harder
- 2005-09-06: Congo conference to save great apes - easier | harder
- 2005-08-24: Portugal wildfires out of control - easier | harder
- 2005-08-23: Bird flu spreading to Europe - easier | harder
- 2005-08-17: Internet trade threatens exotic animals - easier | harder
- 2005-08-12: Smog sparks emergency in Malaysia - easier | harder
- 2005-07-10: Giant panda born in U.S. zoo - easier | harder
- 2005-05-14: New mammal species found - easier | harder
- 2005-04-25: Exploding toad mystery - easier | harder
- 2005-04-14: Killer flu virus mistakenly sent worldwide - easier | harder
- 2005-04-03: Dandruff linked to global warming
- 2005-02-19: Global warming is human made
- 2005-02-18: Half the world in cities
- 2004-11-19: UK Fox Hunting Ban
- 2004-11-18: Fish are Friends, Not Food
Environment Lessons
Environment Lessons
Try these lessons to brush up on your knowledge of the environment and learn some useful vocabulary.
There are readings, listening, speaking activities, vocabulary, writing, role plays, online quizzes and lots more.
There is also some homework for you to do.
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