The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’
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Most humpback whale populations have rebounded from near-extinction over the past sixty years, but the Arabian Sea population — isolated for an estimated 70,000 years and the only humpbacks that never migrate — has not recovered at all and remains endangered
Most humpback whales have made a comeback. In 2016, after decades of counting, NOAA Fisheries decided that 9…
The ocean just broke a temperature record that may have stood for millennia
As a record-breaking El Niño builds in the Pacific and large swaths of the globe’s oceans are affected…
Renewable Energy Industry Is Starting to Spend Big on Elections
The fossil fuel industry has long been a campaign finance powerhouse, using its clout to help put sympathetic…
Why big coffee is betting billions on sustainability
Why big coffee is betting billions on sustainability Why are some of the world’s largest coffee companies betting…
This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly | Tim Winton
Well, there’s no getting around it now. What many of us once feared has become a reality. The…
London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air? | Low emission zones
Ten years ago, Alastair Harper was an advocate for young people’s health sitting in a stuffy meeting room…
Scottish Water: Scotland recycles 72,000 contaminated single-use plastic bottles in a world-first move as new technology targets Petri dishes and pipette tips |
Scotland is taking a new approach to laboratory plastic waste. A new recycling system has already processed around…
Plastic producers must clean up their own mess
Every year, Bangladesh produces around 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste, of which only about 40 percent is recycled.…
The humble balloon has an environmental problem — these scientists think they have a fix
LONDON, Aug 24 — A global symbol of parties and celebrations but an environmental headache, the humble balloon…
Moderate earthquake shakes Japan, injuring more than 30 in the Tokyo region
TOKYO — A moderate earthquake rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring more than 30…
‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself | Biodiversity
Tucked away on a country lane, a small field bursts with yellow and pink flowers. Quail and whitethroats…