Why haven’t farm animals evolved against humans? A biologist explains why there won’t be a chicken uprising anytime soon
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Arctic ice had been expanding for at least 1,000 years before reaching its greatest extent around 1960; researchers say greenhouse warming then reversed a natural slide toward another ice age
Reducing ice cap due to global warming. A new study suggests that the Arctic was already moving towards…
The Guardian view on drilling in Jackdaw: a truly pragmatic approach would focus on Britain’s green transition | Editorial
This week a report from the UN Environment Programme concluded that holding global temperatures to a 1.5C warming…
BREAKING NEWS: China’s mega TSHD Xin Hai Jing 1 delivered
The Xin Hai Jing 1, China’s first extra-large self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) designed with distributed in-hold…
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes deep beneath Pacific near Japan, country’s meteorological agency says
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Worst European heat wave on record this summer killed over 50,000
Over 50,000 people were killed this past summer in Europe due to a brutal heat wave, marking it…
The Australian reports ‘widespread errors’ in BoM temperature data. Where is the evidence for those big claims? | Graham Readfearn
Australia’s climate has warmed by more than 1.5C since 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s main long-term…
Study traces how an El Niño changed the pollution map | India News
That atmospheric conditions regulate pollution levels was always known. (File photo) The winter of 2022-23 was remarkably clean…
Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back
The recommendation comes in the Emissions Gap Report 2026: The Point of Return, published on Wednesday by the…
A random lab accident just revealed the unusual technique that can revive dying coral in weeks
The oceans are in trouble. Rising temperatures due to climate change not only raise sea levels but also…
Iran war’s toxic impact on one of the planet’s most unique seas
Abu Dhabi — The conflict in the Middle East is shaping up to be yet another US war with…
‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won | Wetlands
Polluters and regulators who fail to stop pollution must quake in their boots when they receive a letter…