Kayaker captures video of humpback whales feasting in San Francisco Bay
The feeding frenzy lasted roughly half an hour before the mammals swam back to the Pacific Ocean under the Golden Gate Bridge A kayaker captured video of humpback whales feasting on fish in a bay with the San Francisco skyline as a backdrop. Lyrinda Snyderman of Berkeley, California, says she was out with three other […]
Donald Trump would be world's only national leader to reject climate science
Sierra Club report finds science of climate change accepted by leaders of every country recognized by US – including Bashar al-Assad and Kim Jong-un Donald Trump would be the only national leader in the world to dismiss the science of climate change should he become president, putting him out of step even with Syrian president […]
Drones to unleash vaccine-laced M&Ms in bid to save endangered ferrets
US Fish and Wildlife Service to target diseased prairie dogs, food for the ferrets, via specially designed drones that shoot the candies in three directions at once The US government is set to unleash drones that fire vaccine-covered M&Ms in a bid to save the endangered black-footed ferret, a species that is facing a plague […]
Why we need a new approach to urban planning
Charles Dickens immortalised Victorian London in his writing. His descriptions of life in the city pique all of our senses. We smell the horse manure piled on the streets; we can almost taste the raw sewage in the water, hear the passage of cattle and general disgruntlement, and we can envision how the rain produced […]
Global warming is shifting Earth's clouds, study shows
Climate Central: The warming of the planet over the past few decades has shifted a key band of clouds poleward and increased the heights of clouds tops The reaction of clouds to a warming atmosphere has been one of the major sources of uncertainty in estimating exactly how much the world will heat up from […]
Europe's oil imports 'dependent on unstable countries'
Oil from geopolitically unstable regions such as Russia, Libya and Iraq accounts for 80% of Europe’s imports, report shows Europe is dependent on foreign and often geopolitically unstable regions such as Russia, Libya and Iraq for 80% of its imported oil, according to a report. Rosneft and Lukoil are the two companies benefiting most from […]
US Senators detail a climate science "web of denial" but the impacts go well beyond their borders
Australians have been both helpers and victims of the fossil fuelled web of climate science denial being detailed in the U.S Senate By the middle of this week, about 20 Democratic Senators in the US will have stood up before their congress to talk about the fossil fuelled machinery of climate science denial. The Senators […]
Eagle attacks boy at birds of prey show in Alice Springs
Child immediately treated for superficial wounds by first aid officers as bird removed from show A wedge-tailed eagle that was part of a birds of prey show at Alice Springs Desert Park flew at a young boy and latched on to his head with its talons instead of flying over to a perch as it […]
UK poorly prepared for climate change impacts, government advisers warn
A 2,000 page report by Committee on Climate Change predicts global warming will hit UK with deadly heatwaves, more flooding and water shortages The UK is poorly prepared for the inevitable impacts of global warming in coming decades, including deadly annual heatwaves, water shortages and difficulties in producing food, according the government’s official advisers. Action […]
Warblers sing among the reeds
West Sussex There’s another sound – a continuous metallic whirr, like a fishing reel spinning The slow-moving river surface reflects the blue sky and the patches of white and gunmetal-coloured clouds passing overhead. The trees and long, damp grass rustle in the breeze. Familiar summer-morning bird song rises from the trees, reeds and bushes – […]