Wind Farm Approved in Victoria, Australia Would Be Largest in Southern Hemisphere
A massive wind farm in the state of Victoria, Australia, has been approved by state authorities, paving the…
El Niño extreme flooding could reach all-time high this Christmas
With homes nearly toppling into the ocean and back-to-back floods and hurricanes amplifying our sense of dread, keeping…
The Fossil Record May Be Missing 200 Million Years of Animal History
Ediacaran sea floor, Namibia, Southwest Africa – 543 million years ago. Credit: Museum of Natural History, University of…
Plan unveiled to increase share of land farmed organically in England to 10% | Farming
The government has set an ambition to increase the share of English land farmed organically to 10% by…
Stanford Just Figured Out How to Lead Dying Coral Reefs to a ‘Fast and Full Recovery’
Let’s set aside the fact that coral reefs are essential wellsprings of marine biodiversity, colorful aquatic oases that…
Microplastics Are Chemically Alive and Probably Up to No Good
Many scientists have argued that microplastics pose a real, if often subtle, threat to human health. A study…
Is coal really making a comeback?
Coal was on the way out. That’s how it looked last year, anyway, when the International Energy Agency…
Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms | Amazon rainforest
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen its lowest level since records began, new government data shows. But…
Britain-sized Doomsday Glacier is melting faster than feared
The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob Larter/British Antarctic…
A 12-Foot Saltwater Crocodile Traveled 367 Miles At Sea In 25 Days By Riding Ocean Currents
Saltwater crocodiles are notoriously poor swimmers, yet somehow they managed to colonize islands separated by hundreds of miles…
Endangered species in Canada face extensive delays receiving protection
For more than 20 years, Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) has protected wildlife that are at risk…
Sharks, rays and wobbegongs: South Australian algal bloom killed more than 8,000 creatures | Endangered species
More than 8,000 sharks and rays died during South Australia’s toxic algal bloom, the largest known mass mortality…