New microplastics research examines River Thames
Water samples are assessed for pollution levels and any impact climate pressures may be having on the river system.
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Remote volunteers use CCTV to save red squirrels
The project will allow volunteers to help defend red squirrels by monitoring footage remotely.
Volunteers could revive scarce bog insect numbers
The project’s long-term goal is to reintroduce the wetland insect to more sites.
Destructive ‘wrong stories’ drive environmental exploitation, Indigenous scholar says
A new book from Indigenous scholar Tyson Yunkaporta of Australia explores how human narratives dictate how modern society governs itself and, crucially, how it exploits or protects the natural world. “It’s a terrible thing to … misrepresent things, make false…
Pumice Rafts Encroach on Admiralty Islands
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In Thailand, EUDR pressure on small-scale rubber farmers prompts private-sector assistance
KRABI, Thailand — Beneath a humid canopy of rubber trees, Sathit Phromraksa pauses to inspect a coagulated ball of rubber in a palm-sized bowl fastened to a trunk. Last night, he and his wife worked their way through the plantation,…
Australia news live: Experts push back at call for shark cull after attack; university students report freedom of speech fears
Little evidence a cull would make swimming safer, scientists say. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Joyce says One Nation won’t get ‘carried away’ after saying its fundraised millions One Nation’s…
Tony Parkes, the banker who replanted a rainforest
On the far north coast of New South Wales, the old rainforest had mostly disappeared. The Big Scrub once covered about 75,000 hectares of rich basalt country, a lowland subtropical forest of figs, vines, palms and fruit doves. By the…
Fears dogs to blame for drop in little tern numbers
It has been the worst year for dogs getting too close to the nesting birds, a wildlife trust says.
Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors.
Last year, Marie Tai needed a better way to keep her condo cool. Her window air-conditioning units were borderline ineffective, even running at full blast. Summers have been getting more intense in Tai’s Boston neighborhood because of a rapidly warming climate, and…