Soaring ocean temperature is 'greatest hidden challenge of our generation'
IUCN report warns that ‘truly staggering’ rate of warming is changing the behaviour of marine species, reducing fishing zones and spreading disease The soaring temperature of the oceans is the “greatest hidden challenge of our generation” that is altering the make-up of marine species, shrinking fishing areas and starting to spread disease to humans, according […]
Asian typhoons becoming more intense, study finds
Giant storms that wreak havoc across China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines have grown 50% stronger in the past 40 years due to warming seas The destructive power of the typhoons that wreak havoc across China, Japan, Korea and the Philippines has intensified by 50% in the past 40 years due to warming seas, a […]
Take that, extinction: giant pandas and the other animals fighting back
Fans of the panda are celebrating its removal from the endangered list – and it’s not the only species to have been pulled back from the brink The most famous thing about pandas, apart from them spending all day eating bamboo and not having sex, is how endangered they are. However, the animal has just […]
Tory MPs call for shift in farming subsidies to green protections
Letter from 36 MPs urges Theresa May to redirect billions of pounds of post-Brexit subsidies towards environmental and public services Dozens of Conservative MPs have written to the prime minister, Theresa May, urging her to shift billions of pounds of post-Brexit farm subsidies towards protecting and improving the environment. The 36 MPs, including former environment […]
'We’re not going anywhere,' say Climate Change Authority dissenters | Graham Readfearn
Authority’s recommendations will ‘sanction further delay’ with ‘serious consequences’ for Australia, minority report says Despite its brevity, the dissenting report from two members of the government’s supposedly independent Climate Change Authority has landed with a dull and uncompromising thud. Last week the CCA published its report advising the government what it should and shouldn’t do […]
The British Wildlife Photography awards 2016 winners – in pictures
A selection of images which document a family common weasels throughout the seasons scoops the top prize this year. Winning images are chosen from thousands of entries in 15 separate categories including a special film category for Wildlife in HD Video and two junior categories to encourage young people to connect with nature through photography. […]
Evidence of 9,000-year-old stone houses found on Australian island
Circular foundations excavated on Rosemary Island date to the end of the last ice age – a time of ‘environmental stress’ for the Indigenous inhabitants Archeologists working on the Dampier archipelago off Australia’s north-west coast have found evidence of stone houses dating back 9,000 years – to the end of the last ice age – […]
Morocco to give 600 mosques a green makeover
Mosques across Morocco will be fitted with solar energy systems in government scheme to boost clean energy awareness Six hundred “green mosques” are to be created in Morocco by March 2019 in a national consciousness-raising initiative that aims to speed the country’s journey to clean energy. If all goes to plan, the green revamp will […]
Invasion of the monster plants
The Chevin, Otley, West Yorkshire The most prolific plants spring up to monstrous heights and otherwise orderly places become twisted and tangled There is a point every summer where the pastoral dream of the English countryside turns feverish, almost psychedelic. The most prolific plants spring up to monstrous heights and otherwise orderly places become twisted […]
Queensland University of Technology to dump fossil fuel investments
QUT vice-chancellor says university’s $300m endowment fund will divest its shares in coal, oil and gas companies One of Australia’s largest universities, the Queensland University of Technology, has committed to dumping fossil fuel investments after a two-year campaign by students and staff. In a move that surprised and delighted campaigners, the university’s vice-chancellor, Peter Coaldrake, […]