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The UK's nuclear waste needs a permanent home - but finding a community willing to take it is tricky. [...]
A census suggests the population has stabilised following the outbreak, with numbers up by 15%. [...]
Research shows children living in the zone are now nearly four times more likely to be walking or cycling. [...]
Efforts to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis will now focus on vaccinating badgers not killing them. [...]
A leading conservation group wants the government to give the go-ahead to bringing back beavers in the wild. [...]
Smoke from wildfires in north America has brought a "vivid" hue to skies above Britain ahead of a rare lunar phenomenon. [...]
The Queen guitarist has led a 10-year study to combat bovine TB spread and help end badger culling. [...]
British forces are about to get their first dedicated surveillance and reconnaissance satellite. [...]
The islands could reveal why animal life first emerged on our planet after its biggest ever freeze. [...]
A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora. [...]
Rory Golden, who was on the Titan sub's support ship when it went missing, recounts the experience. [...]
A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water. [...]
Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows. [...]
The creature, the size of a poppy seed, dates back 520 million years and is almost perfectly preserved. [...]
Scientists say they have new evidence that complex life on Earth began much earlier than previously believed. [...]
The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean. [...]
Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust. [...]
The California-based company will build a "tugboat" to execute the end-of-life disposal of the ISS. [...]
A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up? [...]
Gaslighting: First in a series published in partnership with The Assembly about opposition to a wave of new natural gas pipelines, power plants and storage facilities on the drawing board [...]
In the last year, nearly a third of American households with children were unable to pay their energy bill for at least one month. Ratepayers have had enough. Last month, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Most people are “very” or “extremely” concerned about the state of the natural world, a new global public opinion survey shows. Roughly 70 percent of 22,000 people polled online earlier [...]
Your roof isn’t getting any bigger, but the amount of electricity that can be produced by solar panels up there has grown by a lot compared to a generation ago. [...]
Texas is inching closer to adopting revised oil and gas waste management rules for the first time in four decades. The Railroad Commission of Texas announced the draft rule at [...]
The Guardian – Environment Section:
Offers comprehensive news and opinion pieces on climate change, wildlife, and environmental policies.
Group praises nearly 70% of UK adults who bought Fairtrade products in past year despite cost of living crisisNearly 70% of UK adults have bought Fairtrade products such as bananas, [...]
Jacob Rees-Mogg criticises plans for 2.6m members to decide on increasing share of vegan and vegetarian optionsNational Trust members are being invited to vote on a plan to make 50% [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nenthead, Cumbria: The old lead mines here revealed a complex geology, and with so little water in the burn, I’m able to get a close lookThe rocky ravine, with its [...]
Yale Environment 360
Published by the Yale School of the Environment, it provides opinion, analysis, and reporting on topics like climate change, conservation, and air and water pollution.
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 → [...]
In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California officials are working on a plan to protect the distinctive yucca tree [...]
Global warming has fueled an exceptional drought on the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, a new analysis finds.Read more on E360 → [...]
Scientists in Brazil are racing to gather fossils uncovered by recent heavy floods before they are destroyed.Read more on E360 → [...]
The Supreme Court of Indonesia has withdrawn approval for a zinc mine and dammed waste pond being built near a fault line in North Sumatra. The ruling comes as a [...]
In “Way of the Shepherd” — the First-Place Winner of the 2024 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — filmmaker Matthew Boyd follows a Peruvian shepherd, two tenacious border collies, and [...]
From 2022 to 2023, Germany saw installations of new wind and solar power nearly double, a shift driven in part by sweeping changes to simplify permitting for clean energy projects.Read [...]
Scientists have unearthed the remnants of more than 1,700 viruses from deep inside a glacier in western China. Most of these viruses are new to science.Read more on E360 → [...]
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from [...]
Inside Climate News
Gaslighting: First in a series published in partnership with The Assembly about opposition to a wave of new natural gas pipelines, power plants and storage facilities on the drawing board [...]
In the last year, nearly a third of American households with children were unable to pay their energy bill for at least one month. Ratepayers have had enough. Last month, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Nature News & Comment
Nature, Published online: 09 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02918-0Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks. [...]
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. [...]
Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08001-yPublisher Correction: Single-crystalline metal-oxide dielectrics for top-gate 2D transistors [...]
Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02910-8Researchers have identified that a commonly repeated claim about levels of biodiversity on Indigenous lands is not only wrong, it is also counterproductive in [...]
Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02858-9‘Sneeze neurons’ activated by triggers such as pollen or a viral infection send an achoo signal, whereas cough neurons induce a hack. [...]
Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02871-yStudy in China finds viruses that could infect people are rampant in farms breeding mink, raccoons and foxes for their fur. [...]
Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02777-9Telling people about the consensus among scientists can help, study finds, but experts think that personal conversations are needed, too. [...]
Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02898-1Some are pivoting to alternative social-media platforms and scrambling to rebuild their networks. [...]
Nature, Published online: 05 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07997-7Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with bilayer interface passivation [...]
Nature, Published online: 05 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02848-xBeef production accounts for 3% of country’s carbon emissions, but measures such as tree-planting offer help. [...]
Nature, Published online: 05 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02846-zProcess breaks down two of the most common plastics into raw ingredients. [...]
Nature, Published online: 05 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02908-2Scientists have demonstrated all of the ingredients they need to make a nuclear clock. Plus, a study sheds light on how the immune systems [...]
Climate Central
By Lori Valigra (Bangor Daily News) and Caitlin Looby (Climate Central) with Jen Brady (Climate Central) contributing to data reporting Maire Lenihan coaxes organic Keuka Gold potatoes into a washing machine at Goranson [...]
By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central ) and Andrew S. Lewis and Michael Sol Warren (NJ Spotlight News), with television segment by Brenda Flanagan (NJ Spotlight News) Read the Climate Central report, Future Flood [...]
By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central) and Amber Alexander (NBC WHO 13 Des Moines) Kerri Johannsen was less than a week from giving birth to her second child when a derecho [...]
By Lori Valigra and Elizabeth Miller A skier jumps into the air in front of a large snow-making machine at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Modern advances in [...]
By Clarisa Diaz and Elizabeth Miller Rain, wet snow, and shallow snow are all expected to increase at former Olympic venues over the coming decades, according to a new study led by [...]
Mongabay
Noncertified logging concessions in Gabon have much quieter soundscapes, a proxy for vocalizing wildlife, than either national parks or sustainably logged concessions, according to a recent study. However, forests that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Grist
Giving irregular-looking fruits and vegetables a personality could make them more appealing to consumers — and curb food waste. [...]
A new UN report finds that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year, and dozens of disasters. [...]
From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago. [...]
Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating. [...]
A new study offers the first comprehensive look at the ties between fossil fuel companies and universities. [...]
Greenpeace
Elephant conservation in India is a popular and emotive issue. But when we look closer, the shrinking elephant habitat, human-elephant conflict and unscientific interventions are certainly concerning. [...]
Delhi, India, 22 July 2019 – In response to developments following India’s Supreme Court ordering the eviction of millions of tribal and other forest-dwelling people in February 2019, Greenpeace reaffirms… [...]
New coal plants shrink globally, but GoI continues to approve new proposals, despite pollution and deforestation impacts New Delhi, Thursday, March 28, 2019— For the third year in a row,… [...]
Gurgaon is one of the most polluted cities in India, with only 3 days of clean air in 2018. Now a new amendment will make 20,000 acres of Aravalli forest [...]
If, to be put on trial for speaking out for equality and justice is a crime, the society needs some serious introspection. The way the voice of Greenpeace India has… [...]