Legal warning after rise in seahorse disturbances
Conservationists say protected seahorses are being disturbed, both intentionally and unintentionally.
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Spacewalkers Prepare to Exit Station for Solar Array Mod Work
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Anil Menon pose for their official portraits while wearing spacesuits at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. NASA NASA is streaming live coverage as two NASA astronauts prepare for a spacewalk outside the International…
‘It’s beautiful but fragile’: fears £150m redevelopment of Falmouth Docks threatens habitats and town itself
Plans involve dredging and expanding the docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually Janavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and was sitting on a bench taking in a wonderful Cornish…
All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new government data shows, while just 14.3% of surface waters achieved good ecological status. Each of…
We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein
While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action As France and Spain battle historic wildfires, comparisons to the second world war abound. “One of the…
Majority of England’s rivers and lakes fail new environmental review
A comprehensive assessment of England’s waterways is the first in six years and shows little improvement.
On a Philippine beach, villagers are stepping up to save sea turtle nests
Beaches in San Vicente municipality in the Philippines’ Palawan province are crucial nesting grounds for olive ridley sea turtles. But the turtles and their babies face perilous journeys on those beaches — from dogs, tourism, and increasingly severe storms and…
In Manila’s shadow, a forest refuge still shelters rare plants
A mountainous reserve near Manila, the Philippine capital, is a critical ecological refuge, harboring high levels of plant diversity despite its proximity to the highly urbanized city, according to a recent study. The findings come from surveys done 10 years…
Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds
Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating The human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that led to blazes roaring across Canada, which have caused toxic smoke to spew throughout…
What happens after a whale strands on a Mumbai beach?
On the morning of June 27, a 7.6-meter (25-foot) blue whale calf washed ashore on a busy beach in Mumbai, India’s financial capital and the capital of Maharashtra state. Whale strandings are rare along the Maharashtra coast, so Mongabay spoke…