Drone footage shows Wisconsin tornado damage
No fatalities or injuries were immediately reported after an EF-2 tornado hit parts of the Midwest state.
Environment & Sustainability
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It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg
Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies’ conduct The sky outside is hazy orange, and my five-year-old son is screaming bloody murder. “Sorry, buddy, we have to…
New evacuation from tourist sites near Bordeaux as France and Spain fight wildfires
French authorities order evacuation of almost 4,000 people from Lacanau resort amid return of heatwave Europe live – latest updates The evacuation of nearly 4,000 people from tourist sites on France’s Atlantic coast is under way as the return of…
Study investigates how to prevent viral spread from bat guano in Southeast Asia
As humans encroach further into ecosystems, people and wildlife are brought into closer proximity. One potential consequence is an increased risk of pathogens jumping from animals to humans, prompting researchers to explore the dynamics of how viruses circulate in nature…
India’s tiger numbers are rising. Protecting their pathways is next
RAJAJI TIGER RESERVE, India — It is early morning in late May in the hardwood sal forests of Rajaji Tiger Reserve in north India, and the heat is rising. By afternoon it will reach 39° Celsius (102° Fahrenheit). I am…
End of Brazil’s Soy Moratorium risks millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest: Study
Millions of hectares of Amazon rainforest are newly at risk of being legally deforested, a new study estimates. The potential increase in deforestation comes as soy companies have terminated their voluntary participation in the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a private-sector agreement…
What is Jodrell Bank and what does it do?
When Jodrell Bank Observatory was built, the site was seen as gamechanger for radio astronomy.
‘The shape of the land will change:’ South African villages resist heavy sands mine
PHOZI VILLAGE, South Africa — On a grassy mountainside overlooking the Indian Ocean on South Africa’s Eastern Cape coast, dozens of cattle graze freely. For generations, families in the small rural villages of Tyolomnqa, Phozi, and Qaga, about 30 miles…
Mining, drilling, and fire are fragmenting the world’s largest forests
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The world’s largest remaining stretches of undisturbed forest are shrinking. Fires now cause more of the loss than logging, while mining and oil…
Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? – video explainer
The Earth keeps getting hotter and experts fear this year’s El Niño, nicknamed ‘Godzilla’ because of its predicted intensity, could raise global temperatures by up to 3.6C. Environment correspondent Damien Gayle spoke to climate scientists to understand how the weather…