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Sheep farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’

Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem – and local farmers’ profitsSign up for the Rural Network [...]

On a wing and a prayer: the hidden beauty of insect’s flight – in pictures

For the past decade, the Barcelona-based visual artist Xavi Bou has devoted his work to revealing “the hidden beauty of natural movement”. His initial focus was birds; now he’s moved [...]

Biden administration warns natural gas expansion would drive up domestic costs

New study shows LNG exports risk raising greenhouse gas emissions, hampering efforts to curtail the climate crisis. [...]

‘I didn’t realize the role rice played’: the ingenious crop cultivation of the Gullah Geechee people

Researchers in North Carolina used underwater sonar to map a system created by enslaved people centuries agoAs a former deputy state underwater archaeologist, Mark Wilde-Ramsing can’t help but look down. [...]

How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels

BOSTON—Three climate activists and three gas utility executives walk into a room. It may sound like the start of a joke. However, the meeting at an Eversource Energy boardroom outside [...]

The Popemobile—And the U.S. Postal Service—Are Going Electric

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview with car expert Jim Motavalli, who writes about green transportation for Autoweek and Barron’s.  As Catholics [...]

‘We’re still in survival mode’: anger persists in Valencia weeks after floods

Wreckage from Spain’s worst natural disaster this century may have been cleared but life for many remains in disarrayThe warm Valencia air, still thick with dust and carrying a residual [...]

UK to ban bee-killing pesticides but highly toxic type could still be allowed

Ministers set out plans for outlawing neonicotinoids but considering application by farmers to use Cruiser SBBee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans [...]

Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end

Planned legal changes will see three neonicotinoid pesticides completely banned from any future use. [...]

Don’t be a beach bum: how to reduce your environmental footprint in the sand

Here are the simplest ways to have a sustainable summer holidayMore summer essentialsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWith Australia’s love of an annual beach holiday [...]

Guardian Australia’s best photos of 2024 – in pictures

From break dancing to nude bathers and the country’s best mullets, here’s a selection of our photographers’ finest work Continue reading [...]

The fuel that moves people: the Ecuadorian case

Throughout most of the twentieth century, the Ecuadorian authorities pursued a geopolitical strategy that reflected a long-held conviction that they were cheated out of large territories in the Western Amazon. [...]

Brazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units

In 15 conservation units, illegal gold miners destroyed 330 hectares (815 acres) — an area close to the size of Central Park in New York City — in only two [...]

In 2024, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recorded 172 new species of plants and fungi across the globe, from England to Cameroon.Read more on E360 → [...]

Amazon’s Boiling River gives scientists a window into the rainforest’s future

“You’re engulfed in waves of steam and sweating buckets and there’s no cool water anywhere,” Kenneth Feeley, a professor at the University of Miami, tells Mongabay. He’s describing the Boiling [...]

Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now

New research finds billions of tons of carbon get trapped in the "technosphere." [...]

Electrochemical removal of ocean CO2 offers potential — and concerns

Ocean-based carbon dioxide removal technology is ramping up, with startups and existing companies racing to develop electrochemical techniques that either remove carbon from seawater or prompt oceans to suck up [...]

South Korea slashes forest biomass energy subsidies in major policy reform

In a major policy shift, South Korea announced Dec. 18 that it will end renewable energy subsidies for new biomass projects, as well as for state-owned coal and biomass cofired [...]

Coral destruction for toilet construction: Interview with a Malagasy fisher

TOAMASINA, Madagascar — Abraham Botovao, a boat skipper and the president of the Association of Progressive Fishers of Toamasina, has become accustomed to seeing an unusual activity while out at [...]

Poachers target South Africa’s ‘miracle’ plant with near impunity

NIEUWOUDTVILLE, South Africa — It is the devil’s breath, this wind, blowing dry and mercilessly across a plain left threadbare by decades of overgrazing. With this wind at their backs, [...]

Behind the Scenes: How a Burgeoning Industry in Kazakhstan Is Trying to Kickstart ‘Climate-Smart Beef’

In 2010, several herds of cows airlifted from North Dakota to Kazakhstan helped spark a burgeoning cattle industry in the former USSR republic.  The effort was part of a Kazakh [...]

‘You won’t find the real criminals here’:  a Just Stop Oil activist in jail at Christmas

Protester Anna Holland says their shock at being behind bars was quickly followed by a stronger feeling of powerRecord number of protesters will be in UK prisons this ChristmasAnna Holland, [...]

The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them? | Jeremy Corbyn

Labour seems gripped by a form of denialism. The danger is real and incremental change won’t avert itJeremy Corbyn is independent MP for Islington North and was leader of the [...]

Ash dieback experts identify shoots of hope for Britain’s threatened trees

As the deadly fungal disease tightens its grip, scientific efforts to protect ash trees are advancingThe UK is home to more than 100m mature ash trees, and every spring tells [...]

As lithium mining bleeds Atacama salt flat dry, Indigenous communities hit back

You could be forgiven for thinking there’s no water in the Atacama Desert. In fact, the driest desert on Earth has underground springs that feed the Chaxa, Cejar and Tebenquiche [...]

Agricultural Poisons Tell a Tale of Two Californias

WATSONVILLE, Calif.—Esperanza was washing off the dirt and sweat from another grueling day in the strawberry fields when she felt a bump on her right breast. It reminded the 44-year-old [...]

US Forest Service Hiring Freeze Could Have Long-Term Impacts

On Sept. 16, the United States Forest Service (USFS) announced a hiring freeze for the next fiscal year, meaning the agency won’t be able to hire any seasonal employees in [...]

Indonesia’s Indigenous communities sidelined from conservation

JAKARTA — In recent United Nations biodiversity conferences, global leaders have championed Indigenous peoples as critical partners in achieving conservation goals. Indonesia, as a signatory to an international treaty on [...]

A filing error put more than 90,000 acres of Yakama Nation land in the hands of Washington state

More than 170 years later, the Yakama are still trying to get their land back. [...]

As Trump mulls his FEMA pick, a political land mine awaits in Florida

The agency is hiking insurance rates and punishing flood-prone construction in the president-elect’s favorite state. [...]