Tasman council urged to ‘get real’ on rivers to mitigate floods
Spring Grove resident Rose Renton would rather be gardening, but instead she has found herself leading a campaign…
Antarctica Froze Millions of Years Before the Arctic. We May Finally Know Why
Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It…
Too ugly, too noisy, too… American? France’s great air con debate
Paris — As France enters another heatwave, it’s barely recovered from the last one. Scorching temperatures return this week,…
Why worms (and microbes) are catching on as a manure pollution solution
“I think we’re going to enable a larger-scale use and adoption of it that could be meaningful to…
Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost | Wildfires
When storm after storm battered the Mediterranean at the start of the year, drowning fields and sending water…
Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity
The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways…
Lake Powell, a vital reservoir, plunges toward unprecedented low levels as water crisis deepens in US west | Colorado river crisis
Lake Powell, the US’s second-largest reservoir, threatens to plunge to unprecedentedly low levels this year after a historically…
Washington records world’s worst air quality for a city after 850,000 Fourth of July fireworks | Washington DC
Washington DC residents breathed in “unhealthy” air for hours after a 40-minute Independence Day fireworks show over the…
Wildflower meadow returned without planting a single seed
A patch of farmland left to its own devices for over a decade has quietly transformed into a…
Women are left picking up the pieces in heatwave disruption | Inequality
Your report (‘We feel like the peasants’: women and low-income families bear brunt of heatwave, 26 June) highlights…
‘Frankenstein organisms’ and ‘crystal supercells’ are among 31 new species discovered after marine biologists sent a robot into one of the least-explored parts of the ocean off Brazil
Some of the creatures had the appearance of being assembled rather than formed by growth. Other creatures were…
How a son rescued his father from the rubble of Venezuela’s earthquakes | Earthquakes News
At first, Jesus did not believe it was possible, but then he heard his father shouting out from…