British public back strong new wildlife laws post-Brexit, YouGov poll shows
Majority of British public polled support protections at least as strong as current EU rules and many think farming subsidies should focus more on environmental protection An overwhelming majority of the British public polled want new post-Brexit laws protecting wildlife and the countryside to be at least as strong as the EU rules currently in […]
Global warming is melting the Greenland Ice Sheet, fast | John Abraham
The Greenland Ice Sheet is losing 110,000 Olympic size swimming pools worth of water each year. A new study measures the loss of ice from one of world’s largest ice sheets. They find an ice loss that has accelerated in the past few years, and their measurements confirm prior estimates. As humans emit heat-trapping gases, […]
Zimbabwe's government is standing by as its wildlife is slaughtered | Julian Rademeyer
Rogue state officials and disjointed land reforms have created an increasingly dangerous environment for at-risk animals It was a normal day in the Chipinge Safari area when two police officers, Robert Shumba and Vengai Mazhara, headed into the bush in Zimbabwe’s eastern highlands after getting a tip about a poacher armed with an AK-47. They […]
Of hungry badgers and hidden worms
Old Warden, Bedfordshire In this parched landscape it was clear the hedgerow fruit had not ripened a moment too soon for the badgers It took only a few dry weeks for the fields on the plateau above the village to forget that it had ever rained. The clay soil was beginning to crack, the footpath […]
Climate scientists write another letter warning of unfolding crisis for Turnbull to ignore
More than 150 leading climate scientists at universities and government agencies ask for cuts to coal exports, saying: ‘There is no Planet B’ I’m guessing that Malcolm Turnbull gets a fair few letters on any given day. You wonder how he has the time to read them all. How do you prioritise the ones worth […]
Letter signed by 154 Australian experts demands climate policy match the science
Leading climate and environmental scientists urge Malcolm Turnbull to take urgent action ‘while there is still time’ More than 150 Australian experts have signed on open letter to the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, demanding urgent action on climate change that matches the dire warnings coming from climate scientists. The letter, organised by the Australian National […]
Queensland solar projects that could create 2,600 jobs at risk in federal cuts
Many schemes may not go ahead if the Australian Renewable Energy Agency is defunded in the government’s omnibus bill, ACF warns Thousands of jobs could be created in Queensland if 10 large-scale solar projects were to receive funding, according to analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation. The projects, earmarked for funding by the Australian Renewable […]
Human-induced climate change began earlier than previously thought
Signs of warming appear as early as 1830 say researchers, whose analysis will help build accurate baseline of temperature before influence of human activity Continents and oceans in the northern hemisphere began to warm with industrial-era fossil fuel emissions nearly 200 years ago, pushing back the origins of human-induced climate change to the mid-19th century. […]
Microbeads – tiny objects, massive problem?
There can be around 100,000 of them in the average face wash, but now MPs are calling for a ban and manufacturers are swapping plastics for ground-up peach-pits in products The late Dr John Ugelstad was a hero of Norwegian science. “Why go to space when you can go to Trondheim,” Newsweek crowed on a […]
Britain bakes on hottest day of year so far
Bookies slash odds on it being warmest summer on record, as highs of 33.8C bring warnings for at-risk people Britons sweltering on the hottest day of the year have been warned by health officials to take extra care of themselves and vulnerable friends and relatives, as the nation basks in a mini-heatwave. Temperatures hit 33.8C […]