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  We reconstructed Britain of millions of years ago to see what climate breakdown will involve Authors Matthew Pound Associate Professor in Physical Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle Martha Gibson Research Fellow, Paleoclimatology, Northumbria University, Newcastle Disclosure statement Matthew Pound receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society. Martha Gibson receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council. Partners Northumbria University, Newcastle  provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The Conversation is funded by the National Research Foundation, eight universities, including the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University and the Universities of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pretoria, and South Africa. It is hosted by the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Western Cape, the African Population and Health Research Centre and the Nigerian...

  The urine revolution: how recycling pee could help to save the world Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are big obstacles to radically re-engineering one of the most basic aspects of life. Twitter   Facebook   Email Specialized toilet systems recover nitrogen and other nutrients from urine for use as fertilizers and other products. Credit: MAK/Georg Mayer/EOOS NEXT On Gotland, the largest island in Sweden, fresh water is scarce. At the same time, residents are battling dangerous amounts of pollution from agriculture and sewer systems that causes harmful algal blooms in the surrounding Baltic Sea. These can kill fish and make people ill. To help solve this set of environmental challenges, the island is pinning its hopes on a single, unlikely substance that connects them: human urine. Starting in 2021, a team of researchers began collaborating with a local company that rents out portable toilets. The go...