Influencer fined $830 for lighting fire on World Heritage-listed island K’gari
An influencer has been fined more than $834 for illegally lighting a fire on the World Heritage-listed K’gari…
Australia’s bid to host COP31 falters amid deadlock with Turkey
Katy WatsonAustralia and Pacific correspondent Getty Images Australia and Turkey both want to host COP31 next year and…
Swans and several thousand fish die amid Kent pollution incident
Johnny Allen The Environment Agency said it was investigating whether wildlife other than fish had been affected A…
Bat colony causes Gympie council to consider property buyback scheme
A growing flying fox population in a residential area has a regional council considering a property buyback scheme…
Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll tops 100 as Cebu reels from worst flooding
Only one Negros death had been included in an earlier Government tally of 17 deaths outside Cebu. A…
How South America became the up-and-coming oil capital of the world
Off Brazil’s northeastern coast, where the sediment-heavy water of the vast Amazon River tips out into the Atlantic,…
COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears
View of the logo of COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, in Belem, Para state, Brazil, taken on 6…
They placed 1,700 sheep among solar panels—and the animals’ unexpected behavior surprised researchers
Imagine a flock of 1,700 sheep peacefully grazing underneath rows of gleaming solar panels. This unusual sight is…
UN carbon trading confusion damps demand
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Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA
The methodology framework of this study aims to achieve two goals: (1) draft the energy–water–climate impacts of AI…
Total production of China’s largest shale oil base hits 20 million tons
China’s largest shale oil production base, the Changqing Oilfield, located in Northwest China’s Gansu Province. Photo: Screenshot from…
Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve? | Cop30
“It broke my heart.” Surangel Whipps, president of the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, was sitting in the…