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 – […]
Fancy life in an eco-village? Welcome to the hi-tech off-grid communities
Residents in an eco-village project piloted in the Netherlands will produce solar and biogas power, grow their food and recycle waste into fertiliser “If you look at any long lasting eco-village, it has usually been about religion, polyamory or drugs,” says James Ehrlich, president of Netherlands-based ReGen Villages, who wants to build sustainable communities for […]
Fixed-rate dual-fuel energy tariffs pulled since Brexit vote
Comparison website uSwitch finds a dozen deals have been replaced with more expensive ones since EU referendum Twelve energy providers have pulled fixed-rate tariffs and replaced them with more expensive deals since 23 June, in signs that the pound’s fall in the wake of the Brexit vote could push up household bills. Comparison website uSwitch […]