• Chris Bowen on Trump, science and coal: ‘We’re living climate change. What we’re trying to do is avoid the worst of it’
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    The climate change minister is ‘disturbed’ by rising temperatures and increasingly unnatural natural disasters – but that’s what gets him out of bed every day Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In Spain, more...
  • US students score win in push for fossil fuel divestment by private high schools
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Concerned students press for their high schools – some with $1bn endowments – to reinvest in clean energy A high school in California has decided not to invest in coal, oil or gas, instead pledging to put money into clean energy. It’s...
  • Toxic PFAS in menstrual pads harms reproductive health, advocates says
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    California lawsuit demands Carefree and parent company Edgewell remove chemicals or add warning label Carefree menstrual pads are contaminated with toxic PFAS “forever chemicals”, which presents a threat to the reproductive health of...
  • ‘You have to disguise your human form’: how sea eagles are being returned to Severn estuary after 150 years
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Use of bird hand-puppets to rear young among innovative methods unveiled as part of project to restore species Sea eagles were last seen soaring over the shimmering mud flats and brackish tidal waters of the Severn estuary more than 150...
  • Country diary: A tense day at the sheep auction | Andrea Meanwell
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Kendal, Cumbria: We’re changing the make-up of our livestock, and today we need to recoup some losses. So I pick up my ‘market stick’ and take to the ring I was feeling the pressure when I woke up on the morning of the Lakeland fair at...
  • ‘Welfare for the rich’: how farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    The steep and stark environmental decline was not supposed to happen under the common agricultural policy The Rhine overflowed last winter, covering fields miles from the river and in some places leaving just the tops of trees visible....
  • Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms
    Saturday, November 2, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Big farms rake in record profits when food prices soar, while small farms struggle on razor-thin margins ‘Welfare for the rich’: how farm subsidies wrecked Europe’s landscapes The income gap between the biggest and smallest farms in...
  • Bird flu was found in a US pig – does that raise the risk for humans?
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    A bird flu virus that has been circulating in dairy cattle for months has now been found in a pig in the US for the first time, raising the risk of the virus evolving to become more dangerous to people
  • We've seen particles that are massless only when moving one direction
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Inside a hunk of a material called a semimetal, scientists have uncovered signatures of bizarre particles that sometimes move like they have no mass, but at other times move just like a very massive particle
  • Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Soil is full of an uncountable number of viruses, and scientists are only beginning to understand just how substantial their role in the carbon cycle may be
  • More resources needed to protect birds in Germany
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environmental Policy News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers developed citizen science platforms as a new data source to evaluate the effectiveness of the 742 protected areas for birds across Germany. This research shows that although these areas are well placed, their effectiveness...
  • The Guardian view on climate-linked disasters: Spain’s tragedy will not be the last | Editorial
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    More than 200 deaths and widespread destruction in Valencia are the latest sign of danger in a warming world The death toll from floods in Spain’s Valencia region has topped 200. A huge clean-up is under way amid desperate conditions ,...
  • There may be a cosmic speed limit on how fast anything can grow
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Alan Turing's theories about computation seem to have a startling consequence, placing hard limits on how fast or slow any physical process in the universe can grow
  • World's largest tree is also among the oldest living organisms
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    DNA analysis suggests Pando, a quaking aspen in Utah with thousands of stems connected by their roots, is between 16,000 and 81,000 years old
  • Baby Squirrels vs. Deadly Crows
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Nature
    As the baby squirrels grow and start to venture outside their den, the growing colony draws the attention of hungry crows. The tiny kits must quickly learn about the dangers of these deadly birds. The post Baby Squirrels vs. Deadly Crows...
  • ‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to undermine krill fishing restrictions in Antarctica
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and seals Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free...
  • The clean-up begins after devastating floods in Valencia – in pictures
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    More than 200 people have died in Valencia and neighbouring provinces after floods hit the east of Spain. According to the country’s national weather agency, Valencia received a year’s-worth of rain on 29 October, causing flash floods...
  • One in 20 new Wikipedia pages seem to be written with the help of AI
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Just under 5 per cent of the Wikipedia pages in English that have been published since ChatGPT's release seem to include AI-written content
  • Forest keepers: Arhuaco balance modern and ancient ways – photo essay
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    As leaders gather in Colombia for the global Cop16 nature summit, photographer Dougie Wallace captures the Indigenous Arhuaco, who are deeply involved in protecting the country’s biodiversity – and who have produced the region’s first...
  • A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    António Guterres says treaty will endure but urges US to remain amid reports that Trump plans to withdraw from the climate negotiating framework entirely The world needs the US to remain in the international climate process to avoid a...
  • Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Light can be directed and steered around bends using a method similar to the way clouds scatter photons, which could lead to advances in medical imaging, cooling systems and even nuclear reactors
  • The best new science fiction books of November 2024
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    From Harlan Ellison to Haruki Murakami, via an intergalactic cooking competition, this month has plenty of science fictional treats on offer
  • ‘It’s massive’: farmers shocked at budget – but is concern over inheritance tax overblown?
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Countryside defenders from NFU to Clarkson are up in arms – but experts say only richest estate owners will be affected For Will Oliver, an arable farmer in Leicestershire, Labour’s first budget in 14 years was a shock: despite the...
  • Week in wildlife in pictures: roving parrots, rabid seals and a prickly pest
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  • Inventory counts air pollution cost of space launches and re-entries
    Friday, November 1, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Researchers report rise in material falling back to Earth and growing emissions from satellite megaconstellations It is easy to understand how the flame and power of rocket launches could cause air pollution. Less obvious is the air...
  • Jacaranda season in Sydney – in pictures
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Sydney’s jacaranda trees are in full bloom, blanketing the city in purple and attracting crowds of people trying to capture that perfect frame Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2024 Five things to see at the 2025 Sydney...
  • Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    In support of their AI ambitions, tech companies are rapidly expanding US data centres, and this growth is on track to significantly increase US gas demand by 2030
  • Filming Transylvania’s Elusive Wildlife
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Nature
    Learn about the personal passion and stories that went into the creation of "Dracula’s Hidden Kingdom," as Irish director John Murray sets out to reveal the natural wonders of Transylvania. To reveal Transylvania's creatures' intimate...
  • War-era sugar rationing boosted health of UK people conceived in 1940s
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    People conceived during the UK's 1940s and 50s sugar rationing have a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure than those conceived after rationing ended
  • Lakes are losing winter ice cover at an astonishing rate
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Fewer lakes are freezing over each winter compared with past years, posing environmental and economic consequences around the world
  • Biodiversity law that forces builders to compensate for nature loss could be twice as effective, experts claim
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Environmental Policy News -- ScienceDaily
    Recent rules that require all new building and road projects in England to address and offset their impact on nature are excellent in principle but flawed in their implementation, leading environmental economists argue. In a new study...
  • A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from seven people
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people spanning thousands of years – but we don’t know who assembled it or why
  • Spies can eavesdrop on phone calls by sensing vibrations with radar
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    An off-the-shelf millimetre wave sensor can pick out the tiny vibrations made by a smartphone's speaker, enabling an AI model to transcribe the conversation, even at a distance in a noisy room
  • Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The Infinite Monkey Theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the universe
  • I’m obsessed with whale poop: ‘It can be neon green, bright red – or even sparkle’
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    It may be colourful but if it gets on your clothes you have to throw them away, says biologist Dr Joe Roman, who can’t get enough of the stuff, which is vital to support ocean biodiversity I first encountered whale poop 30 years ago...
  • Alarm grows over ‘disturbing’ lack of progress to save nature at Cop16
    Thursday, October 31, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Fears raised that biodiversity summit not addressing countries’ failure to meet a single target to stem destruction of natural world Governments risk another decade of failure on biodiversity loss, due to the slow implementation of an...
  • Simple fix could make US census more accurate but just as private
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The US Census Bureau processes data before publishing it in order to keep personal information private – but a new approach could maintain the same privacy while improving accuracy
  • How local governments can lead the way in decarbonizing the U.S.
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Environmental Policy News -- ScienceDaily
    The success of the $1 trillion that was recently invested by the U.S. federal government to mitigate climate climate change through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law largely depends on how well state and...
  • Michelangelo's 'The Flood' seems to depict a woman with breast cancer
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    The Renaissance artist Michelangelo had carried out human dissections, which may have led him to include women with breast cancer in some of his pieces
  • Torrential rain brings deadly flooding to Spain – in pictures
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Environment | The Guardian
    Downpours caused Spain’s deadliest flooding in decades. Floodwaters surged through cities, towns and villages, trapping people in their homes, sweeping up cars in their wake and causing significant damage Continue reading...
  • COVID-19 pandemic worsened patient safety measures, study finds
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Environmental Policy News -- ScienceDaily
    A new study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted patient safety indicators in U.S. hospitals. The study examined data from the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators to assess trends in nursing-sensitive...
  • Three pathways to achieve global climate and sustainable development goals
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Environmental Policy News -- ScienceDaily
    Sustainable lifestyles, green-tech innovation, and government-led transformation each offer promising routes to make significant progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, according to a new...
  • Nearly 6 percent of pregnant women report marijuana use, U.S. study finds
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Environmental Policy News -- ScienceDaily
    A new study, using responses from the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health, has found that about 6 percent of pregnant women reported using marijuana during the last month, and many did not associate it with health risks.
  • Is personalised nutrition better than one-size-fits-all diet advice?
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Our metabolism's response to food is highly idiosyncratic and there are hints that tailoring our diet to these personal differences can deliver health benefits
  • Reversing environmental decline: Lessons from African communities
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Environmental Policy News -- ScienceDaily
    In rural Africa, where livelihoods are often tied directly to the land, environmental degradation poses a critical threat to both ecosystems and people's well-being. New research reveals ways to tackle the dual challenges of land...
  • Campaigners slam Labour's move to slash environment department's budget
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Daily Express :: Nature Feed
    The Government is under pressure to help clean the nation's waterways of pollution such as sewage, agricultural run-off and forever chemicals.
  • AI can use tourist photos to help track Antarctica’s penguins
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Scientists used AI to transform tourist photos into a 3D digital map of Antarctic penguin colonies – even as researchers debate whether to harness or discourage tourism in this remote region
  • How to cut through the latest nutritional fads
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    From the benefits of fermented foods to diets that promise a better hormone balance, there is a confusing array of dietary advice out there
  • Tense docu-thriller exposes the cruelties of commercial whale trade
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Orca – Black & White Gold digs deep into the dirty waters surrounding the killer whale trade and captures a daring rescue mission
  • Mountaineering astronauts and bad spelling? It's advertising's future
    Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from New Scientist - Climate Change
    Feedback digs into a baffling ad for a mobile game and identifies a new and devilish way to advertise a product online: make it as confusing as possible to encourage people to click (it worked on Feedback)
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