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Scientists say it is likely no marine ecosystems are left that are not affected by pollution

The world’s deepest ocean trenches are becoming “the ultimate sink” for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet.

For the first time, scientists found microplastic ingestion by organisms in the Mariana trench and five other areas with a depth of more than 6,000 metres, prompting them to conclude “it is highly likely there are no marine ecosystems left that are not impacted by plastic pollution”.

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Sydney artist Janet Laurence has been investigating the connection between living things and highlighting environmental concerns in her work for 30 years. Now her practice is on show in her first major survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

The Nature Conservancy seeks a Climate Policy Associate to support its climate and energy policy agenda. The Climate Policy Associate will be part of the U.S. Government Relations department and will report to the Director of a U.S. Climate and Energy Policy.

Did you spend time with a parent doing something they loved, which then became a lifelong love of yours too?

The Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) will hold its first public stakeholder meeting in April as it eyes a final design on a US regional carbon pricing proposal by the end of the year, a regulatory source told Carbon Pulse.

Song thrush and soil fertility under threat from decline of surface-dwelling worms

There are three types of earthworm: those that live on the surface, others that feed and dwell in the soil, while a third group makes deep burrows and comes to the surface to feed on dead leaves.

All are vital to the soil health, providing nutrients and drainage, so it is concerning when they are scarce or absent on farmland.

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The electric vehicle industry has welcomed the Government's new national strategy for electric vehicles, saying it can't come soon enough.

Germany-based chemicals major BASF reported a 3.5% drop in its total GHG emissions for 2018, lowering the baseline for its self-imposed 2030 carbon neutral growth goal.

The Met Office records 21.2C in London's Kew Gardens, making the UK warmer than hot spots like Ibiza.

EU carbon prices gained 2.2% on Tuesday to rise further away from last week’s 2.5-month low as wider markets reacted to Brexit developments seen as making a 'no-deal' scenario less likely.

Rewilding is gaining popularity around the world, as a means to restore ecosystems to their ancient state. But just like Vegemite, Australian rewilding projects need to have a unique flavour. Oisín Sweeney, Senior Ecologist at the National Parks Association of NSW, Research Fellow, University of Sydney John Turnbull, PhD Candidate, UNSW Menna Elizabeth Jones, Associate professor, University of Tasmania Mike Letnic, Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Thomas Newsome, Lecturer, University of Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Analysts have slashed their near-term EUA forecasts by more than a quarter, predicting that speculators may curb bets on further price rises amid a slew of bearish risks including Germany’s coal phaseout, the potential for a 'no-deal' Brexit, and an LNG glut slashing utility demand.

Pennsylvania Republicans are looking to qualify nuclear power plants under the Keystone State’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS), a provision that would sunset if the state adopts a carbon market regulation.

The dead humpback whale lying in an Amazon rainforest clearing distils our knowledge that human actions have changed the climate and polluted the oceans

There could scarcely be a sadder image of nature in chaos. A young humpback whale lies flat out in a forest clearing made by its own bulk. If it had sunk in the sea, this whale would be food for hagfish and cookiecutter sharks. Instead its yellowed, sagging blubber has been pecked at by birds. What baffling force could have thrown this giant ocean mammal into the Amazon rainforest?

It’s the kind of prodigious sight that previous ages would have interpreted as an omen – and we still can’t resist seeing it that way. The sheer out-of-placeness of this poor juvenile stranded in death without the sea in sight is even more disconcerting than a pod of whales washed up on a beach or a lone cetacean in the Thames. It shows how the medieval cosmology of the four elements lodges in our imaginations: how has a creature of the water ended up on the earth? Or to put it in the more contemporary language of conspiracy theories: this dead sea mammal is very fishy. Perhaps it was taken by aliens to be probed, then dumped here. Maybe it was airlifted by the deep state for reasons of its own.

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Film appears to show cows and calves being punched, beaten and dragged across the floor

The RSPCA is investigating a British farm, after undercover footage which appears to show dairy cows and calves being force fed, punched and beaten was released by an animal rights group.

The footage, taken on a farm in Buckinghamshire, appears to show workers beating and swearing at dairy cows. Later in the footage, workers appear to drag young calves across the floor, and at one point appear to be force-feeding a young calf, as well as beating it. At one point a cow appears to be attempting to tend to a still-born calf.

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UK utility Drax reduced its coal-fired power by more than a third in 2018, cutting its EUA demand as the company relied more on its ETS-neutral biomass generation, the company said in its Q4 filing.

Greater Manchester mayor says this part of levy would disproportionately affect poor

The mayor of Greater Manchester has been accused of a “cop-out” after a decision to exempt private cars from a daily charge under which polluting vehicles will pay up to £100 a day to use roads in the region.

Andy Burnham asked the government for £116m to implement Greater Manchester’s plan, which includes a clean air zone designed to drastically reduce harmful levels of nitrogen dioxide by 2024.

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Whale discovered at Marajó Island should have been in Antarctica at this time of year

A young humpback whale has been found dead after being washed ashore on a remote swamp in the Amazon River.

The humpback whale should have migrated thousands of miles to Antarctica by this time of year, but members of the conservation group Bicho D’Água said they found it at Marajó Island in Brazil’s north-east.

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We’d like to hear about the action you and yours have taken to reduce greenhouse gases

It’s the crisis that we just can’t seem to tame: the ominous rise of global temperatures, aggravated by the burning of fossil fuels and the release of carbon dioxide and other so-called greenhouse gases.

But not everyone is belching out emissions like there is no tomorrow. Communities, cities, even whole countries are taking unilateral action to cut emissions - and we want to hear about them...

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Dave Sharma wants the Coalition to do more to show it's serious about tackling climate change ahead of the Federal Election.