Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology http://feed.informer.com/digests/LM4WXBJYRV/feeder Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology Respective post owners and feed distributors Thu, 17 May 2018 18:32:42 -0400 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ UK public electric car chargers rose by a third in 2024 to more than 70,000 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/uk-public-electric-car-chargers-government-funding Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:3232105e-8467-8009-95e0-7468525cbed2 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:05:02 -0500 <p>Number hits record level but rate of growth slows as installers face delays to government funding</p><p>The UK installed a record number of public electric car chargers in 2024, although the rate of growth slowed as installers contended with delays to government funding.</p><p>Numbers rose by more than a third to reach 73,421 by 20 December, according to Zapmap, whose data the government uses. The increase of 19,600 was nearly equivalent to the total number of chargers at the end of 2020.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/uk-public-electric-car-chargers-government-funding">Continue reading...</a> Chemtrail conspiracy theories: why RFK Jr is watching the skies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/chemtrail-conspiracy-theories-rfk-climate-crisis Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:0d9a209f-6f73-3696-a027-bcf0e61c37ba Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:42 -0500 <p>Belief in a supposed US government plot linked to aircraft condensation trails has been boosted by confusion over proposals to geoengineer a response to the climate crisis</p><p>A conspiracy theory that airplanes are leaving nefarious “chemtrails” in their wake due to a sinister government plot has been given fresh impetus in the US amid a swirl of concerns and confusion about proposals to geoengineer a response to the climate crisis.</p><p>State legislation to ban what some lawmakers call chemtrails has been pushed forward in <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/tennessee-lawmakers-ban-geoengineering-allusions-chemtrails-rcna145015">Tennessee</a> and, most recently, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/florida-bill-ban-weather-modification-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory-1994060">Florida</a>. Meanwhile, Robert F Kennedy, who has expressed interest in the conspiracy theory on social media and his podcast, is set to be at the heart of Donald Trump’s new administration following his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/rfk-jr-prescription-drugs-cannabis-psychedelics">nomination as health secretary</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/chemtrail-conspiracy-theories-rfk-climate-crisis">Continue reading...</a> Dirty water, sentient trees and hope in a climate crisis: 10 environmental long reads to digest over Christmas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/17/down-to-earth-long-read-special Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:c630c331-e302-e963-2deb-01ba9845b5fb Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:00:43 -0500 <p>In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: These essential features – chosen by the Guardian’s Long Reads editors, cover everything from dirty water and sentient trees to how to find hope in a climate crisis<br>• <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/sep/20/sign-up-for-the-down-to-earth-newsletter-our-free-environmental-email">Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in full</a></strong></p><p>This year the Guardian Long Read series celebrates its 10th anniversary. Since we launched in 2014, we’ve run more than 1,000 pieces, on everything from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/16/algeria-sheep-fighting-illegal-sport-angry-young-men">Algerian sheep fighting</a> to the trials and tribulations of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/27/man-who-wants-to-make-condoms-sexy-durex">Durex’s chief condom guy</a>. Over the years, we’ve also run plenty of great environment stories, and for this special edition of Down to Earth we want to highlight a few of our favourites from the archive.</p><p>Below we’ve picked 10 of our favourite climate pieces to dig into over the Christmas break – but first, this week’s most important reads.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/20/north-sea-oil-gas-fields-co2-emissions-uk-licence">CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/finland-ecology-reindeer-deep-mapping-folklore-entwined-rewilding-karelia-peatland-forest">Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are a key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer</a></strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/20/just-stop-oil-activist-jail-christmas">‘You won’t find the real criminals here’: a Just Stop Oil activist in jail at Christmas</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/17/down-to-earth-long-read-special">Continue reading...</a> ‘A place to heal’: Native tribes urge Biden to protect sacred lands before leaving White House https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/26/a-place-to-heal-native-tribes-urge-biden-to-protect-sacred-lands-before-leaving-white-house Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:95f73108-5030-e87b-88fe-227cb4b93727 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:00:43 -0500 <p>Environmental groups are also petitioning Biden to protect Sáttítla, Kw’tsán and Chuckwalla in California</p><p>Hidden amid a vast expanse of snow-brushed pines in northern California is a rare, half-million-year-old volcano called Sáttítla. Thousands of years ago, its flows created crystalline mountains of obsidian and dim grey bands of pumice rock, which from a bird’s-eye view look like ripples of taffy.</p><p>“When you’re there, you really do feel like you’re in another world, or on the moon or even another planet,” said Brandi McDaniels, a member of the Pit River Tribe in northern California, whose ancestral homelands encompass the area. “The way it glistens and twinkles – deep black, but shiny like diamonds.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/26/a-place-to-heal-native-tribes-urge-biden-to-protect-sacred-lands-before-leaving-white-house">Continue reading...</a> 2024 in review: Amid crisis, victories for nature emerge https://www.conservation.org/blog/2024-in-review-amid-crisis-victories-for-nature-emerge Conservation International Blog urn:uuid:64a9e500-219f-6ac2-a1f0-acf2fa2c77d7 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:00:26 -0500 Alarm bells screamed for nature in 2024. But amid the gloom, quiet victories emerged, as ordinary people made extraordinary progress for nature. Campaigners call for right to roam on edges of private farmland in England https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/call-for-right-to-roam-on-edges-of-private-farmland-england-walking Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:838eddc9-9071-0097-b14d-cf348aea6426 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:27:25 -0500 <p>Group says people in rural areas have to walk on roads without pavement, which can be very dangerous</p><p>Give people the right to walk around the edges of privately owned fields, say campaigners seeking to open up more paths in the countryside in England and Wales.</p><p>Slow Ways, a group advocating for more access to the countryside, said people in rural areas often have to walk on roads that do not have pavements, which can be extremely dangerous.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/call-for-right-to-roam-on-edges-of-private-farmland-england-walking">Continue reading...</a> ‘The dead zone is real’: why US farmers are embracing wildflowers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/us-farmers-embracing-wildflowers-prairie-strips-erosion-pollinators Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:bd496142-2dd8-e756-44ad-3168e823e134 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:00:39 -0500 <p>Strips of native plants on as little as 10% of farmland can reduce soil erosion by up to 95%</p><p>Between two corn fields in central Iowa, Lee Tesdell walks through a corridor of native prairie grasses and wildflowers. Crickets trill as dickcissels, small brown birds with yellow chests, pop out of the dewy ground cover.</p><p>“There’s a lot of life out here, and it’s one of the reasons I like it, especially in these late summer days,” Tesdell said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/us-farmers-embracing-wildflowers-prairie-strips-erosion-pollinators">Continue reading...</a> ‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/britain-wildlife-safari-grey-seal-baby-boom-norfolk-colonies-environment-north-sea-windfarms Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:4fef39af-0fa3-ab72-7cb4-be0266febf7c Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:00:39 -0500 <p>Grey seals are growing in numbers on England’s east coast as a result of environmental safe havens and cleaner North Sea waters</p><p>It is a cold winter’s day to be lying on a beach, but the seal pup suckling from its mother doesn’t mind. A few metres away, a pregnant seal is burrowing into the sand, trying to get comfortable, while a third seal, which has just given birth, is touching noses with her newborn pup.</p><p>The shoreline – a mass of seals and their white pups – is one of Britain’s greatest wildlife success stories: a grey seal colony on the east Norfolk coast.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/britain-wildlife-safari-grey-seal-baby-boom-norfolk-colonies-environment-north-sea-windfarms">Continue reading...</a> Mathematicians found - and fixed - an error in a 60-year-old proof https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461891-mathematicians-found-and-fixed-an-error-in-a-60-year-old-proof/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:eb8503f5-5e61-dc2b-2b90-e8bda6d575c1 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 07:00:37 -0500 As part of a project to make mathematics machine-readable, mathematicians have discovered an error in an important proof. Thankfully there was a fix, but the incident highlights the potential for other errors to be lurking in the mathematics literature Is Google's approach to error-free quantum computers already outdated? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461315-is-googles-approach-to-error-free-quantum-computers-already-outdated/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:5d52f6bd-197f-090c-bb63-504d0a5b2628 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:00:33 -0500 The coding that forms the basis of Google’s recent breakthrough in error-correcting quantum computers is facing fierce competition Indian Ocean tsunami: how survivors found love after Boxing Day disaster https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/indian-ocean-tsunami-how-survivors-found-love-after-boxing-day-disaster Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:406086d6-c58c-9e03-8714-0e181b03c81c Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:00:25 -0500 <p>A rise in the number of remarriages and a baby boom in the years since 2004 gave hope to survivors and helped them cope with the tragedy</p><p>It was Mahyuddin’s mother who had pestered him to go out on Sunday morning, 20 years ago. Dozens of relatives were visiting their small coastal village in Indonesia for a wedding party, but a powerful earthquake had struck just before 8am. Buildings in some areas had collapsed. He should go and check on his employer’s office to see if they needed help, his mother said.</p><p>As he drove into town, he found chaos and panic. The road was heavy with traffic: cars, motorbikes, trucks, all rushing in the same direction. People were running, shouting that water was coming.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/26/indian-ocean-tsunami-how-survivors-found-love-after-boxing-day-disaster">Continue reading...</a> Why US obesity rates fell for the first time in decades https://www.newscientist.com/article/2462004-why-us-obesity-rates-fell-for-the-first-time-in-decades/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:a24194d2-6a71-abfe-497e-093c8a661ac7 Wed, 25 Dec 2024 12:00:59 -0500 After years of rising obesity rates in the US, the numbers dipped slightly during 2023, though experts disagree about the exact cause Dolphins may use their teeth to hear underwater https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461513-dolphins-may-use-their-teeth-to-hear-underwater/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:d8a76e90-f16b-830f-12ee-1ffd3a37ce2d Wed, 25 Dec 2024 10:00:42 -0500 The teeth of dolphins and other toothed whales are connected to a uniquely thick bundle of nerve fibres, which might play a role in sound detection Researchers race to climate-proof Christmas tree production: ‘We’re up to the task’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/25/christmas-trees-climate-crisis Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:19582c44-9e65-2686-f738-9ddf025247cd Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:00:15 -0500 <p>Scientists search for a variety to withstand the climate crisis as high temperatures and drought can stress trees</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate crisis</a> is increasingly affecting agriculture in the United States, including the production of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/christmas">Christmas</a> trees.</p><p>Like all crops, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2024/nov/28/best-christmas-tree-guide">Christmas trees</a> are vulnerable to a changing climate, as the United States continues to experience warmer <a href="https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/#overview-section-2">temperatures</a>, more frequent and severe heat, increased rainfall, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes, as a result of global warming and the climate crisis –&nbsp;primarily driven by humans’ burning of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/fossil-fuels">fossil fuels</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/25/christmas-trees-climate-crisis">Continue reading...</a> High-rise buildings along Miami’s beachfront are sinking, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2024/dec/25/high-rise-buildings-miami-beachfront-sinking-study-finds Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:2c72483f-61e6-f7f2-dcc9-bf3627486e18 Wed, 25 Dec 2024 01:00:02 -0500 <p>Subsidence affecting many new builds, raising questions about sustainability of skyscrapers in coastal areas</p><p>Miami’s oceanfront skyscrapers are sinking. In 2021 the devastating collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Miami’s Surfside resulted in the loss of 98 lives, and prompted closer inspection of the city’s high-rise shoreline. Now a study has identified unexpected levels of subsidence among many of Miami’s high-rise buildings, including prominent luxury properties such as the Porsche Design Tower, Trump Tower III and Trump International Beach Resort.</p><p>Using satellite data gathered between 2016 and 2023, researchers observed between 2cm and 8cm of sinking of buildings along Miami’s beachfront area. One beachfront – Sunny Isles Beach – recorded continuous subsidence in more than 70% of its new builds. The findings, published in <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EA003852">Earth and Space Science</a>, show the majority of affected buildings were recently constructed high-rises. Which means it is possible the subsidence is a consequence of their own construction. The combination of hefty high-rise buildings, vibration from construction, groundwater movement and tidal flows are potentially triggering the subsidence, with the worst-affected areas being those with a sandy layered limestone underlying them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2024/dec/25/high-rise-buildings-miami-beachfront-sinking-study-finds">Continue reading...</a> Single-use plastic will soon be banned in Nigeria – but is the country ready? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/24/single-use-plastic-banned-nigeria-is-country-ready Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:2d9012ea-588a-4a8b-83e1-14c6712b3ac0 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:00:46 -0500 <p>With restrictions due next month, food vendors are still using such plastics and some traders have not heard of ban</p><p>Labake Ajiboye-Richard, the founder of a Lagos-based sustainability consultancy, was driving in Nigeria’s most populous city earlier this month when she saw someone throwing rubbish out of their car window.</p><p>“I was so shocked to see that in 2024,” she said. “If you’re throwing something on the road, what are you doing in your home? What are you doing in your community?”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/24/single-use-plastic-banned-nigeria-is-country-ready">Continue reading...</a> Quantum entanglement can be endlessly 'embezzled' from quantum fields https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461485-quantum-entanglement-can-be-endlessly-embezzled-from-quantum-fields/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:5cf1aa66-960a-8fc1-9a1f-870e84b831de Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:00:25 -0500 Some quantum fields that extend throughout all of space-time could be a rich resource of quantum entanglement that can be extracted forever Newly identified scorpion species ‘spits’ venom to defend itself https://www.newscientist.com/article/2459777-newly-identified-scorpion-species-spits-venom-to-defend-itself/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:75f727aa-f871-60b1-9dd9-75498482ecb9 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 07:00:24 -0500 A scorpion discovered in South America can spray venom out of its stinger and hit targets up to 35 centimetres away Physicists in 2024 searched the quantum realm for the truth about time https://www.newscientist.com/article/2457513-physicists-in-2024-searched-the-quantum-realm-for-the-truth-about-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:3018ae5f-eb38-5f9f-d0e9-0a4b9b300984 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:00:14 -0500 Two separate theoretical studies published this year argued that time itself is bound up in the odd quantum property of entanglement, but deep mysteries remain Dissecting the world’s rarest whale – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2024/dec/24/new-zealand-aotearoa-otago-first-dissection-worlds-rarest-cetacean-spade-toothed-whale-maori-matauranga-tikanga-gallery Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:b50288a7-0526-af97-f590-ff7548d9fa70 Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:37 -0500 <p>Conservationists and scientists in New Zealand were astonished to find the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/16/lo-and-behold-worlds-rarest-whale-may-have-washed-up-on-new-zealand-beach">world’s rarest whale washed ashore</a> in South Island in July. As only the seventh spade-toothed whale identified, and with none ever seen alive, this month saw the first <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/03/spade-tooth-rare-whale-new-zealand-scientists-dissect">dissection of a complete specimen</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2024/dec/24/new-zealand-aotearoa-otago-first-dissection-worlds-rarest-cetacean-spade-toothed-whale-maori-matauranga-tikanga-gallery">Continue reading...</a> Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our skin should be health https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435233-200-forget-aesthetics-the-reason-to-look-after-our-skin-should-be-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:0546ffda-e7b4-92be-8763-245388c7ea4d Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 New research shows that ensuring the skin is in excellent condition should be a priority for anyone who wants to increase their chances of living a long life These are all of the missions heading to the moon in 2025 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435233-000-these-are-all-of-the-missions-heading-to-the-moon-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:f12164c5-cb1c-0cb3-d0ae-b1f9c740569d Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 From Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander to SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System, around a dozen spacecraft teams have their sights on the moon Disease-resistant pork may go on sale in 2025 thanks to gene editing https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435232-800-disease-resistant-pork-may-go-on-sale-in-2025-thanks-to-gene-editing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:3b25d581-80eb-0c48-a562-2f9191d15db1 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 US regulators are expected to approve a disease-resistant pig breed in 2025, opening the door to wider adoption of gene-edited farm animals and crops We could discover a new element on the periodic table in 2025 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435232-900-we-could-discover-a-new-element-on-the-periodic-table-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:096629ee-8a3a-249c-cc94-6c24352a5081 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 Work is under way to produce the first atom of element 120 ever seen on Earth, and the results could be in surprisingly soon We'll learn about Ozempic's potential for Alzheimer's disease in 2025 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435232-400-well-learn-about-ozempics-potential-for-alzheimers-disease-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:97c93531-f864-1cc8-31ac-9eb2fe48cc22 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 Two later-stage trials investigating semaglutide, the drug in Ozempic, for treating Alzheimer's disease are due to complete in 2025, with potentially big results The best science fiction novels to look forward to in 2025 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435230-400-the-best-science-fiction-novels-to-look-forward-to-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:7b3b844c-b628-9097-c97e-4eaf9d6ba53d Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 A Ken Liu, two Adrian Tchaikovsky novels, Succession-style drama (with added telepathy) and a Polish epic. Emily H. Wilson surveys 2025’s sci-fi Is Christmas better now it's over? Don't worry, that's common https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435233-100-is-christmas-better-now-its-over-dont-worry-thats-common/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:8b90d0eb-1fb5-a607-48fe-13ae49a18e6d Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 Feedback was not all that surprised to learn that we tend to only see major rituals as positive experiences once they have finished Should chatbots have rights – and should we care? https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435233-300-should-chatbots-have-rights-and-should-we-care/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:eef53479-25cf-3c61-06bf-a1fa08b1a1d4 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 Some prominent researchers argue that we should pay heed to the welfare of AIs. Are they right, wonders Alex Wilkins The Vera C. Rubin Observatory gets started next year. I can't wait https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435230-100-the-vera-c-rubin-observatory-gets-started-next-year-i-cant-wait/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:6764f2e3-4c75-c807-6a95-2375b3270dff Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0500 Around the middle of 2025, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will begin its mission to help us better understand the cosmos. There's a lot to look forward to, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein How to nurture your microbiome to look after your skin https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435231-200-how-to-nurture-your-microbiome-to-look-after-your-skin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:cfa71a02-2aee-db97-7029-2a33f1f8df22 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0500 Our skin is host to a thriving community of bacteria, some of which help to restore and protect our epidermis. The hunt is now on for treatments that make the most of these allies What should we eat to give us better, healthier skin https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435230-700-what-should-we-eat-to-give-us-better-healthier-skin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:5af9c974-83e3-8be8-4ffa-46f1310a65d6 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0500 From carotenoids to vitamins C and E and minerals such as selenium, here are the most important nutrients to slow skin damage Should you really wear sunscreen all year round, even in winter? https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435230-800-should-you-really-wear-sunscreen-all-year-round-even-in-winter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:b7b6fb32-cbcd-b9f1-ea02-be0cb8645e21 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0500 We are often told to wear SPF throughout the year – but the science behind this advice is nuanced. The truth may depend on where you live What the evidence says about the consequences of cosmetic tweakments https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435231-000-what-the-evidence-says-about-the-consequences-of-cosmetic-tweakments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:3949968a-c792-64a2-f2df-92d5e4325640 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0500 Laser therapy, microneedling and vampire facials are among the bizarre, non-surgical treatments that have become widely available, but their evidence base is decidedly mixed How to fix computing's AI energy problem: run everything backwards https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435231-300-how-to-fix-computings-ai-energy-problem-run-everything-backwards/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:27785714-9778-ecc5-b1de-42ac76823b4c Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0500 Artificial intelligence wastes an extraordinary amount of energy - but running every computer calculation twice, first forwards and then backwards, could drastically curb that problem The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2459680-the-most-powerful-images-of-the-natural-world-from-2024/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:7785c246-1c7b-d8f1-ec15-8595f82bd433 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:27 -0500 A large number of damaging and deadly hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, floods and droughts this year were photographed from land, air and space How your mental state and stress levels influence your skin https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435231-100-how-your-mental-state-and-stress-levels-influence-your-skin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:60827f88-8a5d-d753-7c8b-d328e05a477e Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0500 Understanding how stress can affect your skin could lead to reductions in conditions like acne and eczema Monster wildfires are sending more smoke into the stratosphere https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461448-monster-wildfires-are-sending-more-smoke-into-the-stratosphere/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:979c6131-46d9-ddb6-ebfe-da1d83d05168 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:00:30 -0500 Smoke lofted into the upper atmosphere on towering pyrocumulonimbus clouds can spread around the globe and affect the climate The only four skincare ingredients that have been proven to work https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435230-900-the-only-four-skincare-ingredients-that-have-been-proven-to-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:11df1107-00e8-1fd6-cc69-0c2357fdeb3d Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0500 In the quest for better skin, we are faced with an overwhelming choice of creams and serums to enhance our appearance. Here's what works – and what doesn't 2024 in review: Turning the tide for the world’s oceans https://www.conservation.org/blog/2024-in-review-turning-the-tide-for-the-worlds-oceans Conservation International Blog urn:uuid:a237dd19-8a39-f5e9-0953-800e0692fcc5 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:00:11 -0500 It was a year of rough seas for the world’s oceans. But that didn’t stop conservationists and communities from working to protect the seas. Here are highlights from the year. Whales may hone their singing skills by practising out of season https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460323-whales-may-hone-their-singing-skills-by-practising-out-of-season/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:580d9fe0-b123-97c3-9a32-666a2cd6fcde Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:00:32 -0500 The songs of male humpback whales seem to become more complex in the months before they look for a mate, suggesting a rehearsal period may be important for good performance Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands https://www.newscientist.com/article/2459118-mathematicians-spent-2024-unravelling-proof-almost-no-one-understands/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:5a8145d3-f23d-4e20-17b7-8883ab066681 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:00:19 -0500 The geometric Langlands conjecture poses deep questions for mathematicians, and a 1000-page proof published this year has left them both celebrating and puzzled ‘If we die, we die together’: 20 years after the Boxing Day tsunami, are we better prepared? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/20-years-after-boxing-day-tsunami-aceh-indonesia Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:885232b1-cc04-114a-4cb7-afb9aa4cd4d5 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:00:12 -0500 <p>Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Aceh in 2004. Now warning systems are in place, but some feel more could be done</p><p>It was just before 8am on Sunday 26 December 2004 when the earthquake struck. Abdul Rahem, 47, a fisher, was strolling along the beach, enjoying the morning breeze near to his home in Lam Awe, a sleepy fishing village on the coast of Aceh in Indonesia. He retreated to paddy fields when the violent shaking and swinging stopped. But it wasn’t until he heard the cries of neighbours that he realised something was seriously wrong. People were shouting: “The water is coming.”</p><p>Rahem raced home to get his elderly father, and supported him as they tried to flee along the broken road, which had been twisted and torn by the quake. His father urged him to go ahead and leave him, but Rahem refused. “I said, ‘No, no, no, if we die, we die together.’”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/20-years-after-boxing-day-tsunami-aceh-indonesia">Continue reading...</a> Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/finland-ecology-reindeer-deep-mapping-folklore-entwined-rewilding-karelia-peatland-forest Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:421eeca6-3da8-c847-7fc3-c2355afa6897 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 02:00:10 -0500 <p>For ecologists restoring the vast bogs of remote Karelia, wild reindeer are not just part of the environment but entwined with the ancient culture of the boreal forests</p><p>The Finnish folk musician Liisa Matveinen lives in a mustard-coloured house in Ilomantsi, 12 miles (20km) from the Russian border. Large books of folk songs line her walls. Sitting in her kitchen, Matveinen sings a about a humble hunter going into the woods to find reindeer.</p><p>The song tells us how they were “honoured” providers of food, clothing and a sense of place, says Matveinen, who is recognised as a doyenne of Finnish folk music.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/finland-ecology-reindeer-deep-mapping-folklore-entwined-rewilding-karelia-peatland-forest">Continue reading...</a> On a wing and a prayer: the hidden beauty of insect’s flight – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/21/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer-the-hidden-beauty-of-insects-flight-in-pictures Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:8921e6e2-2fc2-5d6f-4f1c-7969e0f9e4b7 Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:00:22 -0500 <p>For the past decade, the Barcelona-based visual artist <a href="https://xavibou.com/">Xavi Bou</a> has devoted his work to revealing “the hidden beauty of natural movement”. His initial focus was birds; now he’s moved on to insects. In collaboration with US entomologist Adrian Smith he’s created an eye-popping series that captures – by merging multiple frames into a single image – the rhythmic flutterings of butterflies and chaotic leaps of spittlebugs and treehoppers. As well as their beauty, Bou was struck by the crucial role that insects play in ecosystems, even as their numbers plummet – it’s estimated that the biomass of flying insect species has decreased by 75% over the past 27 years. “We need to move beyond seeing insects as mere nuisances,” says Bou. “They are fascinating, essential creatures, and we owe them a great deal.” </p><ul><li><a href="https://xavibou.com/">See more of Xavi Bou’s images here</a></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/21/on-a-wing-and-a-prayer-the-hidden-beauty-of-insects-flight-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a> OpenAI's o3 model aced a test of AI reasoning – but it's still not AGI https://www.newscientist.com/article/2462000-openais-o3-model-aced-a-test-of-ai-reasoning-but-its-still-not-agi/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:515989ae-c459-024d-4537-8c2310213f6c Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:10:58 -0500 The latest AI model from OpenAI achieved an “impressive leap in performance” but it still hasn’t demonstrated what experts classify as human-level intelligence Guardian Australia’s best photos of 2024 – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/21/best-photos-of-2024-in-pictures-guardian-australia Environment | The Guardian urn:uuid:65a885b0-406f-9fb0-5b39-815c6965859a Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:00:00 -0500 <p>From break dancing to nude bathers and the country’s best mullets, here’s a selection of our photographers’ finest work</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/21/best-photos-of-2024-in-pictures-guardian-australia">Continue reading...</a> Is solar geoengineering research having its moment? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461498-is-solar-geoengineering-research-having-its-moment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:a02ecab7-1a5e-1ca0-d008-a5ce2c605e69 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:00:42 -0500 There is more research than ever focused on reflecting sunlight away from the planet to cool the climate – but there are still far more questions than answers about the effects How the US Supreme Court and Trump could stop a TikTok ban https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461713-how-the-us-supreme-court-and-trump-could-stop-a-tiktok-ban/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:1d6ea812-0f2d-e28d-39d1-2500530cce73 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:25:42 -0500 A US ban on the video-sharing app TikTok is set to take effect in early 2025 – but the country's Supreme Court and President-elect Donald Trump could still change that Quantum teleportation can survive through busy internet cables https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461649-quantum-teleportation-can-survive-through-busy-internet-cables/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:c1e84bcd-8254-4a6f-97f5-548906af6944 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:36 -0500 An experiment showing that quantum and classical communication can be carried out through the same fibre at the same time may open the door to building a quantum internet with existing infrastructure Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain behind surging cases? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2461512-will-an-mrna-vaccine-target-the-norovirus-strain-behind-surging-cases/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home New Scientist - Climate Change urn:uuid:3bb1993b-901b-591f-6ef7-40f0edcbdf58 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:57 -0500 A new type of norovirus is causing a very high number of cases in countries like England, just as a large trial of an mRNA vaccine is starting up