Death of the Major oak should spur tree protection | Trees and forests
I’m sure people throughout the country, and indeed the world, have been greatly saddened to learn of the…
Adapting to the heat: four ideas from European cities | Extreme heat
Extreme heat has seared Europe this week, with the UK smashing its top heat record for June for…
Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east | Extreme heat
The number of deaths in France linked to the heatwave has climbed to four toddlers and more than…
Europe’s heat wave: How to survive like a local in the hottest temperatures.
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The dawn of animal evolution saw a bizarre array of sea creatures
algae: A group of single-celled and multicellular organisms, once considered plants (they aren’t). As aquatic organisms, they grow…
California’s landmark anti-plastics law sparks anger as 17 states move to sue | Plastics
A groundbreaking California law that compels packaging producers to phase out single-use plastics is already sparking anger from…
The US government wants to mine more lithium, but there may not be enough water to do it, study finds
Growing water scarcity could hamper the expansion of lithium mining in the U.S., deepening its reliance on foreign…
We Are Drinking the Earth—and Eating It – Mother Jones
Coffee beans at a tasting fair in Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam, March 2023.Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Get your…
Bangkok Post – How (not) to conserve our tropical forests
Six months after last year’s United Nations Climate Conference (COP30), the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) has gone…
‘Instant connection to the past’: how the Major oak affected those who saw it | Trees and forests
After hundreds of years inspiring wonder in Sherwood Forest, the Major oak has died. We asked readers to…
European Heatwave Sparks US Questions About Lack of Air Conditioning
Europe is really, really hot right now. Across much of the continent, temperatures have surged to levels once…
A NASA satellite caught a giant tsunami doing something no one expected
When a massive earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in late July, it unleashed a tsunami that raced…