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New tunnels allow turtles to migrate while keeping foxes at bay - video

The problem: a fence that protects eastern quolls threatens long-necked turtles in Booderee national park at Jervis Bay. The solution? Turtle tunnels. Nine water-filled tunnels were built beneath a 82-hectare [...]

The National Trust must again resist the group trying to turn grievances into policy | Rowan Moore

Burning with unquenchable resentment, Restore Trust is making another attempt at taking over the institutionThe leaves are starting to change and there’s autumnal coolth in the air. Which means that [...]

As Tornado Alley shifts east, bracing for impact in unexpected places

Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating. [...]

Hope for North America’s Most Endangered Bird

On a recent morning, 10 Florida grasshopper sparrows, tiny brown-speckled birds that are the most endangered on the continent, took their first scampers and flaps on the state’s central prairie. [...]

Customers Sue an Arizona Water District Amid Drought and Surging Demand.

STRAWBERRY, Ariz.—Nearly two years ago, officials with the Pine-Strawberry Water Improvement District seemed on the verge of finding a solution to their water woes.  Located between Phoenix and Flagstaff, the [...]

As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?

This story was originally published by The Tennessee Lookout. A smorgasbord of bright red tomatoes and vibrant vegetables line the walls of Michael Katrutsa’s produce shop in rural Camden, Tennessee. [...]

Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts

The troubled spacecraft returns empty to New Mexico from the International Space Station. [...]

‘Citizen scientists’ to check UK rivers for sewage and pollution

Big River Watch scheme asks general public to help monitor state of rivers after years of deregulationRivers will be checked for sewage and other pollution by the general public this [...]

Country diary: Fell running and circus skills at the Rusland Show | Andrea meanwell

Rusland, Cumbria: We’ve sadly lost some committee members in recent times, but after nearly 140 years, the show must go onNext year, my husband will be the president of the [...]

The Amazon’s gargantuan gardeners: manatees

Nature, Published online: 07 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02874-9The aquatic mammals disperse seeds of their favourite foods as they migrate, according to a serendipitous study of their poo. [...]

Amazon lakes overheat as record drought drives dolphin deaths

Severe drought and soaring temperatures are causing lakes and rivers in the Amazon to reach dangerously high temperatures, threatening species like the Amazon river dolphin, according to a recent study’s [...]

Fossil Fuel Funding Is ‘Embedded’ Across Academia. What Does That Mean for Climate Research?

In the most extensive analysis of its kind, new research suggests that fossil fuel influence is widespread across universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.  Oil and [...]

Global carbon capture and storage potential way overblown, study finds

A new study finds that the potential for carbon capture and storage is much more limited, by a factor of five or six, than the capacity projected by the United [...]

Record number of Indigenous land titles granted in Peru via innovative process (commentary)

In a defining moment for the rights of Indigenous peoples in Peru, 37 land titles were secured in the Amazon in record time, from June 2023 to May 2024. This [...]

Hottest summer on record could lead to warmest year ever measured

This year will more than likely end up the warmest humanity has measured, reports European climate serviceSummer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that [...]

Soft plastics are a scourge of the Earth, but there are ways to break our toxic addiction

Plastic recycling is failing to scale anywhere near fast enough and remains a marginal activity in the sectorChange by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to [...]

Australia’s first genetically modified fruit is ripe for a taste test. Could it avert a global banana apocalypse?

It’s the world’s most popular fruit, but the Cavendish banana is at risk of being wiped out. Queensland scientists say they may have the answerGet our breaking news email, free [...]

Scientists find unexpected biodiversity in an African river, thanks to eDNA

When Manuel Lopes-Lima set out to survey aquatic biodiversity on the Corubal River in 2022, he’d set his expectations very low. The river that straddles the West African nations of [...]

‘Oh my God, what is that?’: how the maelstrom under Greenland’s glaciers could slow future sea level rise

A pioneering mission into a mysterious and violent world may reveal ‘speed bumps’ on the way to global coastal inundationThere are stadium-sized blocks of ice crashing from the soaring face [...]

Is your cocktail ultra-processed? Nutrition labels won’t tell you

Many ready-to-drink cocktails have as much sugar as Coca-Cola – but a loophole avoids the ‘ultra-processed’ tagIf you’ve browsed the refrigerated section of a liquor store recently, a bevy of [...]

‘Flight shame is dead’: concern grows over climate impact of tourism boom

Post-Covid hunger for travel is taking a heavy toll on the environment amid race to net zero, say expertsFor some people, summer holidays are a relaxing break from daily life, [...]

The summer of 2024 set new records, European scientists have found. The world has never seen temperatures reach so high between June and August. Read more on E360 → [...]

What's at stake in the US election? The climate for the next million years | Bill McKibben

Donald Trump gets everything wrong about the climate crisis. The results of the vote in November could reverberate for a million yearsHere is the biggest thing happening on our planet [...]

Untouched parts of England’s green belt at risk amid housing target pressure

Exclusive: Campaigners accuse ministers of making misleading promises about protecting green belt sitesHuge expanses of green belt land in England could be built on to meet government housing targets, it [...]

Group Therapy Sessions Proliferate for People Afflicted With ‘Eco-Distress’

LaUra Schmidt first came up with the idea of climate-focused peer support circles when she was in graduate school a decade ago at the University of Utah. She thought of [...]

How Big Oil’s big money influences climate research

A new study offers the first comprehensive look at the ties between fossil fuel companies and universities. [...]

An unlikely line of defense during heat waves: Food banks

Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies. [...]

The future of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon

In January 2023, the federal government of the United States issued landmark decisions affecting two controversial projects to exploit mineral resources on public lands. One was an industrial-scale copper mine, [...]

From the cradle: How kids, newborns, and the unborn jump-started South Korea’s historic climate lawsuit

A constitutional court has ruled that South Korea can’t just set a carbon neutrality target — it has to have a roadmap to making it real. [...]

As Pennsylvania chooses the next president, its unions are choosing clean energy

A coalition of trade unions have launched a new advocacy group, Union Energy, to ensure that Pennsylvania's workers get a “just transition” to a fossil-fuel-free economy. [...]