Better than money – yellow-rattle's priceless gifts
Blackwater Carr, Norfolk If not wealth for cuckoos, the flowers are indisputable riches for bumblebees As I write I have a small canvas bag of yellow-rattle seed on my desk. It bulges now like a full purse and the disk-like flattened seeds jangle a little like cash when shuggled about. In fact, if I bought […]
Mushroom handplanes and wooden surfboards: the surf companies tackling ocean waste – gallery
Ocean waste is a serious problem for companies emotionally and physically connected to the sea, but that connection also gives them a strong incentive to find solutions, said the founder of outdoor clothing company Finisterre in a recent Guardian debate. Here we profile some of the companies doing just that Continue reading… Source: Guardian Environment
UN tries to hide involvement in deleting Australia from its climate report
Federal environment department says Unesco sought and was granted heavy redactions in freedom of information documents The United Nations has tried to cover up its involvement in the Australian government’s successful attempt to have all mentions of the country removed from a report on climate change and world heritage sites, freedom of information documents show. […]
Queensland farmers bulldoze thousands of hectares of native vegetation
Exclusive: Landowners who campaigned against tightening land-clearing regulations are under investigation for what WWF calls ‘broadscale clearing’ Queensland farmers campaigning against stronger tree-clearing regulations – and who have said farmers are “the country’s greatest environmentalists” – have bulldozed thousands of hectares of native vegetation. Under the previous LNP government, regulations were relaxed to allow farmers […]
Anthrax outbreak triggered by climate change sickens dozens in Arctic Circle
Seventy-two nomadic herders, including 41 children, were hospitalised in far north Russia after the region began experiencing abnormally high temperatures A 12-year-old boy in the far north of Russia has died in an outbreak of anthrax that experts believe was triggered when unusually warm weather caused the release of the bacteria. The boy was one […]
Shifty shades of grey (and yellow) wagtails | Brief letters
Women reclaiming the streets | Benefits of livestreaming arts performances | Bird identification | Donald Trump’s ‘sacrifice’ I was surprised that Lauren Elkin’s article (Reclaim the streets, Review, 30 July) about women walking and exploring city streets did not mention Rebecca Solnit. The article also prompted a memory of Michael Dibdin’s novel Vendetta, set in […]
Yorkshire Dales expand into Lancashire in national parks land grab
Extension seen by some as further erosion of Red rose county by white, with fears larger protected area may create pitfalls for farmers and landowners It is more than 500 years since the House of Lancaster won the ultimate battle of the Wars of the Roses, but the Yorkies have finally wrought their revenge. On […]
Luc Hoffmann obituary
One of the greats of 20th-century nature conservation who was a co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund Luc Hoffmann, who has died aged 93, was one of the last surviving greats of 20th-century nature conservation. As co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund, along with men such as Julian Huxley, Peter Scott and Max Nicholson, he […]
Is this a circular economy for paint?
SeymourPowell has estimated that over 50 million litres of paint ends up going unused annually in the UK, up to 15% of the total amount of the product sold. Recycling and using old paint has typically been a laborious and costly process, but there are signs that this could change with a new collaboration between […]
Caribbean island launches plan to remove invasive rats and goats
Mongabay: Redonda’s invasive black rats and long-horned goats have transformed the once-forested island into a ‘moonscape’, conservationists say The remote Caribbean island of Redonda, part of Antigua and Barbuda, is home to numerous species of plants and animals found nowhere else on earth. It is also home to invasive black rats and non-native goats that […]