Researchers in Brussels will collect 10,000 samples of underground fungal networks over the next 18 months from around the world, using machine learning to seek out the most biodiverse hotspots and map global fungal networks.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to propose enforceable limits on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water; replacing the EPA’s 2016 advisory level of 70 parts per trillion for these chemicals (individually or combined).

In the early part of the last century, Sir Winston Churchill made a prediction: “We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium”.

Experts are reporting an estimated 50,000 monarchs at overwintering sites in California.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created a cellulose-based glitter which is sustainable and biodegradable.