Environment

The Environment section covers news and concerns spanning environmental policy, incidents and updates from around the world. Contact: environment.felix@imperial.ac.uk

Environmental education and reliable journalism are crucial

The book Silent Spring (1958) is arguably the most -recommended book for students and academics in conservation, ecology, and the environmental sciences. Written by Rachel Carson – a marine biologist who graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Women and Johns Hopkins University – the book explains the impacts of widespread synthetic herbicides

By Zanna Buckland