Environment

Microplastics are everywhere: in our seas, in the air we breathe, and even in the food we consume. Although they are nearly invisible to the naked eye, their impact on ...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals are 17 universal challenges to change the world for the better: eradicating poverty, providing access to education, reducing inequality and protecting the planet. It sounds ambitious – ...

Over 200 alien marine species have been recorded in the waters off Cyprus, fisheries department officer Katerina Georgiou said on Tuesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, she said the two ...

By Aditya Kalra, Arpan Chaturvedi India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high. Daikin, Hitachi and Samsung are among manufacturers alarmed ...

By Kate Abnett Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30 per cent of the continent’s river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as ...

The administrative court issued an interim order to suspend construction work on the new port at Pentakomo over fears that it may impact the area’s native Mediterranean monk seal ...

Without proper adaptation measures, public expenditures needed in the coming decades for the rehabilitation of infrastructure and compensation for climate-related disasters may derail government spending, the Cyprus Institute (CyI) warned ...

A 40-year-old man was arrested on Friday in connection with an investigation into the possession of protected wild birds and illegal explosives and firearms. The arrest followed a series of ...

The Cyprus federation of environmental organisations (Opok) has expressed its disappointment with the forestry department’s handling of the Akamas kiosks issue, accusing the department of ignoring institutional violations. In ...

Timothy Hearn, Anglia Ruskin University From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal Biosciences, the Dallas-based biotech company leading the ...

Climate change and the future of seas and oceans were discussed on Friday between European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis and president of the Cyprus Institute Stavros Malas, ...

By EC, Cyprus Energy Review In the heart of Limassol, I meet with Dr Arkadius Sybaris, Founder and CFO of Lighthief International, a European powerhouse IPP (independent power producer) in ...

BirdLife Cyprus said on Friday it is taking the government to court, hoping to halt construction of a port in Pentakomo that endangers the habitat of the endangered Mediterranean monk ...

By Will Hawkes As I sprinted across the flower-rich meadow on the eastern coast of Cyprus, I could barely see my car. The air was full of tiny black dots, ...

By Martin ClarkSome people think of mosaic making as a craft but really good mosaicists can introduce perspective, depth of field, movement and ‘life’ into mosaic. Of course, in Cyprus, ...

Europe experienced its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said on Tuesday. Globally, last month was the planet’...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo’s Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that ...

The Forestry Department initially violated the terms of an environmental assessment for roadworks in Akamas natural reserve and now is refusing to accept them, four organisations said on Monday. Terra ...

A new initiative is testing the use of underwater drones and artificial reefs in marine conservation at the Ayia Napa marina. Set to launch at the end of the year, ...

Authorities are preparing to enforce stricter measures against illegal waste dumping, warning local councils they will face legal action if the problem persists after new measures are implemented. The department ...

By Martin Clark Buzz words in these days of climate change, melting polar ice caps and products with ‘built-in redundancy’ are ‘the circular economy’, which promotes products made from waste, ...

A report on the controversial roadworks in the Akamas national forest park has been handed to the members of an ad hoc committee appointed to evaluate the work, which they ...

The environment department on Monday issued a statement assuring that no gaps exist in the fast-track licensing procedure for small private desalination plants, which are promoted as a win-win drought-mitigation ...

Hotels in Cyprus can obtain permits for small-scale desalination units within a week and install them before the peak tourist season, the Water Development Department (WDD) said on Friday, responding ...