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Albanese government will need to make major concessions to pass promised federal nature laws as Liberals attack ‘nature positive 2.0’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government will need to cough up major…
Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on Do you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What if we could make seabirds…
COLOMBO — Every dozen years or so, Sri Lanka’s mist-shrouded highlands burst into color. Violet, pink and white carpets of tiny blooms spread across the grasslands of the Horton Plains and other hill country trails, drawing thousands of visitors eager…
Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors Investment in renewable energy should be counted under defence expenditure, says a group of retired senior military personnel, because the climate crisis…
Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy transition. They also pointed to the continued threats, displacement and killings…
The mesopelagic zone is the chilly, dimly lit layer of ocean found 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) below the surface, which scientists say plays key roles in the marine food web and carbon cycle. On Oct. 15, delegates to the IUCN…
When they closed their eyes, the Bakairi people of the Santana Indigenous Territory in Brazil heard a sound similar to rain in the forest. It was reminiscent of a summer storm, the kind that arrives suddenly and drenches the vast…
Ecuadorians will go to the polls on Nov. 16 to decide whether to allow right-wing President Daniel Noboa to rewrite the 2008 constitution. Lawyer César Rodríguez-Garavito explains what that could mean for nature’s rights and Ecuador’s democracy. By Katie Surma…
Farmers trying to minimize nitrate running off their fields and contaminating water are partnering with the Wetlands Initiative to build “smart wetlands.” By Alexia Underwood One September morning Jim Fulton was pumping fuel into a combine harvester and watching the…
Paul and Elena Westbrook’s house uses 75 percent less electricity than a comparable Texas home. By Arcelia Martin Some 30 years ago, Paul and Elena Westbrook considered the earth’s rotations around the sun to make a big life choice: where…