• Cop29: UN chair ‘so sick’ of Saudi Arabia’s defence of fossil fuels – as it happened
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Former climate minister for Canada reacts after Saudi delegation said it ‘will not accept any text that targets any specific sectors, including fossil fuels’ My colleague Patrick Greenfield is following the plenary where countries give...
  • AI of the Tiger | WILD HOPE
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Nature
    In Madhya Pradesh, renowned as India’s “tiger state,” a team installs AI-integrated camera traps to reduce conflict and safeguard lives in a vital wildlife corridor home to 2 million people – and 300 wild tigers that have caused an...
  • America’s BFF | WILD HOPE
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Nature
    Black-footed ferrets, North America’s only native ferret, still depend on humans for survival. That’s why a dedicated team has engineered new and innovative tools to help them make it in the wild. The post America’s BFF | WILD HOPE...
  • We've taken a photo of a star in another galaxy for the first time
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Using four telescopes linked together, astronomers have captured an astonishing image of a huge star more than 160,000 light years away
  • UK environment secretary vows to ensure farmers are paid fairly for produce
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Steve Reed says he may not agree on inheritance tax changes but government will listen to rural Britain UK politics live – latest updates The UK environment secretary has promised to reform the food system to ensure farmers are paid...
  • ‘When the hurricane hit, I saw my neighbour’s boat lift into the sky’ – This is climate breakdown
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    All of a sudden I heard this loud noise at the back of my house. The window was smashed in what was supposed to be our secure room. This is Roseman’s story Location Union Island, the Caribbean Disaster Hurricane Beryl Roseman Adams, a...
  • 'It is a shame': Starmer laments lack of Tory support for climate measures – video
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has hit out at the lack of Conservative support for climate targets and said it shows 'just how far the party has fallen'. 'It’s a shame,' he said. 'When Cop was in Scotland, there was a real unity...
  • As we wait for national legislation, let’s launch a Green New Deal from below | Jeremy Brecher
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Local and state initiatives can act as ‘proof of concept’ for transformative climate and jobs legislation As Trump and Trumpism devastate the American political landscape, how can people counter this destructive juggernaut? For the past...
  • Nectar-loving Ethiopian wolves may be the first carnivore pollinators
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Endangered Ethiopian wolves feed on the nectar of red hot poker plants, and may transport pollen from flower to flower as they do so
  • Super-bright black holes could reveal if the universe is pixelated
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Space-time may not be continuous but instead made up of many discrete bits – and we may be able to see their effects near the edges of unusually bright black holes
  • ‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    On Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of climate change are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as the melting permafrost leaves little behind Last summer, the western Arctic was uncomfortably hot . Smoke from...
  • Human rights activists face reprisals for opposing extractive industries, says report
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Peace Brigades International calling for new act to force companies with links to UK to do due diligence Human rights defenders have faced brutal reprisals for standing up to extractive industries with links to UK companies or investors,...
  • Call for east of England coast trail to address access-to-nature gap
    Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Exclusive: Trail would help region with few areas where people can walk in countryside, report says A new trail along the east coast of England should be created, a Tory thinktank has said, because farmland is preventing those who live...
  • Cougar Crossing | WILD HOPE
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Nature
    Los Angeles is well known for its celebrities, so when the fearless cougar P-22 gained fame for making its home in the midst of the city, he inspired an effort to build the world’s largest wildlife crossing and helped spark a national...
  • Guano Gold | WILD HOPE
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Nature
    Economic growth and wildlife conservation often run in conflict, but Mozambican scientist Cesária Huo hopes to support a new fully sustainable and economically viable model for harvesting a potent natural resource: bat guano. The post...
  • Jaguar Passage | WILD HOPE
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Nature
    Jaguar populations are falling worldwide, but the big cats are thriving in Belize, where one-third of the Central American country is protected habitat — but even this paradise isn’t perfect. The post Jaguar Passage | WILD HOPE appeared...
  • One Golden Chance | WILD HOPE
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Nature
    The golden lion tamarin stands as a beacon of hope and survival in the face of extinction after an outbreak of yellow fever led to a loss of nearly a third of their wild population. The post One Golden Chance | WILD HOPE appeared first...
  • Pangolin Protectors | WILD HOPE
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Nature
    Pangolins are amazing, bizarre, adorable creatures, but due to the demand for their scales on the illegal market, they’re also the most trafficked animal in the world. In order to turn the tide, wildlife veterinarian Elias Mubobo knows...
  • Rebuilding a Forest | WILD HOPE
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Nature
    In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Mauricio Ruiz has turned his love for nature into action by working with the community to reforest a critical stretch of the nation’s most endangered forest, and by using drones to help him reach his goal of...
  • Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    A flying robot uses its bird-like tail to maintain stability in flight – a technique that could enable more aerodynamic aircraft designs that use less fuel
  • Mayors are the leaders we need to help fight climate change
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    By 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in urban centres - that's just one reason why mayors will be essential to addressing the climate crisis, making vital adaptations to cities to make them more bearable in a warming...
  • Our trust in society is eroding. We need to fight back
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    A recent scandal over food hygiene ratings shows how deception destroys trust within society. We need to fight back, says Jonathan R. Goodman
  • Vaclav Smil's take on how to feed future populations has one big flaw
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    How to Feed the World, Vaclav Smil's "big numbers" book about future food supply, fails to address the impact of climate change
  • Putting food waste in the bin felt wrong until I learned where it went
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    When I moved back to York, UK, I was shocked by its garbage system, with limited recycling and no composting. But a bit of digging showed its brilliance, says Graham Lawton
  • Is this the pettiest it is possible to be in an academic article?
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Feedback is in awe of the authors of a new study in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, and how they handled requests from peer reviewers
  • Cop 29: Ukraine and Palestinian delegates warn of environmental impact of war – video
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Ukraine's environmental protection minister, Svitlana Grynchuk, and the Palestinian chair for the environmental quality authority, Nisreen Tamimi, raised the alarm on the ecological impact of war in their countries and beyond. Grynchuk...
  • AI simulations of 1000 people accurately replicate their behaviour
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Using GPT-4o, the model behind ChatGPT, researchers have replicated the personality and behaviour of more than 1000 people, in an effort to create an alternative to focus groups and polling
  • A Bornean orangutan on a fearless quest for figs: Tim Laman’s best photograph
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    ‘While it was dark, I climbed up and put remote control cameras in the tree. I’d never have got the shot if I’d been up there. An orangutan always knows you’re there’ I was following orangutans in Borneo with my wife, Cheryl Knott, a...
  • Climate change charts a dangerous course for the world's largest fish
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Conservation International Blog
    A Conservation International scientist shares what can be done to prevent an ‘outright alarming’ future for whale sharks.
  • Planet 10 times the size of Earth is one of the youngest ever found
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    A large planet has been spotted orbiting a dwarf star that is just 3 million years old, offering possible clues to how the worlds in our solar system came into being
  • IBM entangled two quantum chips to work together for the first time
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    IBM has bet big on a modular approach to building quantum computers, and now it has successfully linked two quantum chips together to operate as a single device, a key step towards that goal
  • Google DeepMind AI can expertly fix errors in quantum computers
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Quantum computers could get a boost from artificial intelligence, thanks to a model created by Google DeepMind that cleans up quantum errors
  • Extreme heat is now making cities unlivable. How can we survive it?
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Unbearable heat in China’s megacities reveals the future many of us face, but also suggests ways we can adapt
  • Sky News Australia documentary The Real Cost of Net Zero fails to live up to its hubris, with viewers paying the price | Temperature Check
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common? Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast...
  • ‘Capitalism incarnate’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis Two giant, mirrored walls are set to rise out of the sands of the Arabian desert. They will run...
  • Blackouts, explosions, deaths: why the Caribbean is waking up to the increased threat of lightning
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    A recent strike narrowly missed slave trade archives in Barbados, and experts warn more and worse is to come as global heating intensifies storms When the Barbados National Archives , home to one of the world’s most significant...
  • Are calories on menus doing more harm than good?
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Many restaurants in countries such as England and the US now print calories on their menus, but some researchers question whether this is really tackling their obesity problem
  • Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Researchers found no difference in the diversity of species in urban meadows compared with those in rural settings Small patches of wildflowers sown in cities can be a good substitute for a natural meadow, according to a study which...
  • See the sun revealed in stunning glory by Solar Orbiter pictures
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The best pictures we have of the sun yet have been delivered thanks to the Solar Orbiter spacecraft
  • Plantwatch: Arctic microalgae perform photosynthesis in near darkness
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Unlocking secrets of how the algae survive could help extend growing seasons for crop plants at high latitudes Plants left for too long in the dark usually turn sickly yellow and die, but scientists were astonished to discover tiny...
  • The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Data tracks how Earth’s heating has led to rising sea levels and extreme weather – yet there is no sign of emissions slowing “The era of global boiling has arrived” is what the UN chief, António Guterres , presciently declared last year....
  • Being in space makes it harder for astronauts to think quickly
    Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The effects of being in space can worsen an astronaut's working memory, processing speed and attention - which could be a problem for future missions
  • Why children like me have a right to be heard at the People’s Blockade of the Newcastle coal port | Frankie Kelly
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    From my perspective as a 12-year-old, it’s devastating that the protest is getting such a negative reaction from the NSW government Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily...
  • Einstein’s theories tested on the largest scale ever – he was right
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Analysis of millions of galaxies upholds Albert Einstein’s ideas about gravity and also offers tantalising new hints of how dark energy may have evolved
  • Australia pledges $50m for climate 'loss and damage' fund, ramps up Cop31 host bid - video
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Australia and Turkey are both lobbying to host Cop31, the world's annual United Nations climate change negotiations planned for 2026. The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, said Australia wants to co-host Cop31 'in partnership with...
  • Brown bear Boki making a 'very encouraging' recovery after brain surgery
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
    The two-year-old brown bear, Boki, was suffering from seizures believed to be caused by hydrocephalus.
  • Starship live: Watch Musk launch sixth Starship test as Trump attends
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the sixth test flight of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket. It aims to conduct the launch at 4pm Central Time (10pm UK). Here’s everything we know so far
  • World's loneliest fish to be saved from extinction by British Zoo
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
    A British zoo is spearheading a dramatic conservation effort to save a rare fish species from extinction.
  • World's new fastest supercomputer is built to simulate nuclear bombs
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The vast computational power of the El Capitan supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California will be used to support the US nuclear deterrent
  • Heart-shaped mollusc has windows that work like fibre optics
    Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Tiny, solid windows in the shells of heart cockles let in light for the photosynthetic algae inside them – and they could show us how to make better fibre-optic cables
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