Sharks and rays win new protections at global wildlife summit
Cites votes for new measures to control the trade in silky and thresher sharks, hunted for their fins, and devil rays, whose gills are prized as a medicinal ‘cure’ Silky sharks, thresher sharks and devil rays all won new protections at a global wildlife summit late on Monday. Sharks are the ocean’s top predators and […]
Renewable energy: get your story straight, ACT tells Coalition
ACT’s deputy chief minister, Simon Corbell, says there is ‘inconsistency’ in federal government’s linking of South Australia blackout to renewables The Australian Capital Territory deputy chief minister, Simon Corbell, has urged the Turnbull government to get its story straight on renewable energy targets before Friday’s special meeting of energy ministers convened after power blackouts in […]
Solar outstrips coal in past six months of UK electricity generation
More power came from solar panels than from Britain’s ageing coal stations from April to September this year, report shows Electricity generated by solar panels on fields and homes outstripped Britain’s ageing coal power stations over the past six months in a historic first. Climate change analysts Carbon Brief found more electricity came from the […]
Sublime moment with a warbler on the canyon's rim
Vikos Gorge, Greece Wrapped right around our planet from Alaska to Vladivostok, these migrant birds are draining south now among us all This extraordinary Epirot valley is claimed to be the world’s deepest gorge, and from a spot called Beloi it seemed a reasonable notion. Yet it must be said that reason is the part […]
Trees thought to be extinct in UK found at Queen's residence in Edinburgh
Two 100ft Wentworth elms were ‘hidden in plain sight’ and spotted during recent tree survey at Holyrood Palace Trees believed to have been extinct in Britain have been discovered at the Queen’s official residence in Scotland. The two 30-metre (98ft) Wentworth elms have been identified in the Queen’s garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse just […]
Canada will tax carbon emissions to meet Paris climate agreement targets
Prime minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in parliament as debate started over whether Canada should ratify the Paris accord on climate change The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said on Monday that Canada will impose a tax on carbon emissions starting in 2018 as part of its efforts to meet targets set by the […]
Proving that food waste is ripe for innovation: Two UK examples
Around one third of all food produced is wasted across the value chain. While much of that waste occurs at an even earlier stage, there are significant issues for supermarkets and restaurants disposing of large quantities of food that goes unsold. However, there’s no questioning the potential value of this “nutrient flow” and numerous businesses […]
Montana man details how he survived grizzly bear attack in Facebook video
The battered and blood-streaked survivor said in a video posted to Facebook that the mother bear attacked him twice as he played dead A battered and blood-streaked survivor of a bear attack said in a video he shot on his way to the hospital that the animal attacked him twice as he played dead before […]
BP platform leaks 95 tonnes of oil into North Sea
Spill 46 miles off Shetland is being monitored by air and said to be heading away from land and dispersing About 95 tonnes of oil have been leaked into the North Sea from a BP platform, the company has said. The leak is about two and a half times smaller than the biggest North Sea […]
Black dormouse discovered in the UK for the first time
Rare find in Blackdown Hills in Somerset hailed as ‘fantastic’ at a time when Britain’s population of dormice is under threat The first black dormouse ever recorded in the UK has taken up residence in a nest box in the Blackdown Hills of Somerset. Britain has only one native species of dormouse, the hazel dormouse. […]