News Snippets

Methane on the decline

Caviar dreams

Joy for now

Threat to fishing

Dumped with toxic moss

N - bombs cooled the Earth

Rocket row will delay space plan

Deadly imports

Yes to asbestos

Close watch

Bear orphanage

News snippets

2022 too short, too far: How the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted the world

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

What’s in a surname

Culture>> Family Name • Tajikistan/Russia

Hitler's minefield

Great Siberian thaw

Methane, carbon dioxide will be released on a huge scale

In Short

Wisent: Ukraine war could wreck efforts to save and rewild Europe’s great wild bovid, say new study authors

Parts of Poland, Ukraine, western Russia, parts of the Balkans and Germany most appropriate to rewild wisent

Simply Put: Becoming a Russian Bear

Danger zone

Junkies rule Russia

Life-taking' water

Living dangerously

A study on polychlorinated biphenyls in Russia may throw up some startling findings

Clearing the way

As Russia signs the Kyoto protocol, positive action against global warming seems on the anvil