Chris Fitch
Gritty drama: America’s lakes are getting saltier
May 12, 2017
Published in
Water
Last winter’s cold conditions contributed a further influx of road salt into the USA’s lakes. New evidence suggests that these environments are suffering from increased salinity
WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY: The Outsiders Rebooting Our World by Mark Stevenson
May 08, 2017
Published in
Books
‘When the winds of change blow some people build walls, others build windmills,’ quotes Stevenson. ‘This is a book about the windmills.’
Against the flow: halting invasive carp
May 06, 2017
Published in
Water
As one of America’s biggest cities, supplying clean drinking water to Chicago has been a top priority. But the grand infrastructure visions are providing opportunities for invasive Asian carp
Biting back: the search for a snake bite antidote
May 13, 2017
Published in
Development
Snake bites remain a major danger for people in developing countries, with over 4.5 million bites recorded annually. Could a recent breakthrough be the first step towards a universal anti-venom?
The extreme inequality of landslides
Apr 20, 2017
Published in
Mapping
A new map of global landslide susceptibility reveals vast geographical discrepancies over where landslide deaths occur
Tracking animals: transparency vs security
Apr 13, 2017
Published in
Wildlife
Simple tracking devices have enabled conservationists to amass big data, vastly improving their knowledge about different species. But could this same technology be used for more nefarious means?
Extinguishing Iraq’s burning oil wells
Apr 06, 2017
Published in
Development
After nearly a year since being set alight, the raging oil wells in Qayyarah, Iraq, have finally been extinguished
Seeing the wood for the trees: how many tree species are there?
Apr 05, 2017
Published in
Forests
The first count of global tree species reveals how many are in existence... and how many are threatened
Rubber stamp: turning food waste into tyres
Mar 31, 2017
Published in
Energy
Newly-developed ‘sustainable rubber’, produced using recycled food waste, could one day be used to make car tyres
LETTERS TO A YOUNG MUSLIM by Omar Saif Ghobash
Apr 02, 2017
Published in
Books
As Ghobash points out, his eldest son is only two decades years younger than him, and yet is growing up in a radically different world than he did, thanks to the intense, turbo-powered globalisation through which modern technology and extreme wealth has poured into the UAE, his home country
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