Environment

Whether it’s an impulse buy, a social occasion, or part of your ritual, the unofficial coffee club is a pretty big one. In cities all over the world a sea of disposable cups part the paths of commuters on the way to work. Bogged down with…

It's Oscar's time and Leonardo DiCaprio has been robbed once more - this time of a nomination for his latest documentary, 'Before The Flood', he both starred in and produced with Fisher Stevens. DiCaprio, the UN Messenger of Peace,…

As a massive global problem, it’s hard to imagine how small actions taken as an individual can make any difference to climate change. But interestingly there are many ways to contribute to solutions, and reducing our own emissions is…

With the new Trump administration taking hold in the United States, there are several policy shifts that are set in course to negatively impact the state of the environment on a national and global scale. Amongst them, increased oil…

Writer's note: In this article we may refer to women or girls, but we'd like to acknowledge that some trans males as well as some intersex and non-binary people also menstruate, and that dialogue about menstrual products and related topics…

1500 plastic water bottles are used every second in the United States alone (1). That doesn’t include other drinks, cosmetics, detergents etc. In Ireland we drink more than our fair share of bottled water and just imagine what the worldwide…

"It's not dirt, and it's not boring!" This is Sara Vero's response to people who don't understand what she does as a soil scientist. "Soil is not simple. It's made up of solids, liquids and gases. It's full of little tiny pores. Our…

Are you passionate about our beautiful world? Knowledgeable about environmental issues? HeadStuff Science is placing an emphasis on the environment in 2017 and we're looking for writers who can communicate why being green is essential.…

Earth Day is upon us and instead of being doom and gloom about the woes of the environment here are three out-of-the-box ways that human kind is dreaming up to help. I y-urn to be a tree! Have you ever fancied becoming a tree? Well now…

On the Polish-Belarusian border sits Bialowieza forest. It is the last remaining section of an 8000 year-old forest that once spread across Europe. For all this time it remained untarnished by humans. In it reside lynxes, wolves, bison and…