Plan to pump cold water on to Barrier Reef to stop bleaching labelled 'band-aid'
Former Barrier Reef authority director Jon Day says the idea such an approach would save the reef from bleaching is ‘ridiculous’ A proposal to use $9m to pump cold water on to the Great Barrier Reef’s tourist hotspots to stave off coral bleaching has been described as a “band-aid” solution, which does little to address […]
Farms could slash pesticide use without losses, research reveals
Study shows almost all farms could significantly cut chemical use while producing as much food, in a major challenge to the billion-dollar pesticide industry Virtually all farms could significantly cut their pesticide use while still producing as much food, according to a major new study. The research also shows chemical treatments could be cut without […]
Secret footage obtained of the wild elephants sold into captivity in Chinese zoos
Animal welfare advocates have filmed some of the wild elephants captured in Zimbabwe last year and shipped to China Last year more than 30 young elephants were captured from the wild in Zimbabwe and flown by plane to China. The elephants – some reported to be as young as three – were dispersed to a […]
Art of diesel: Air-Ink, the artists' supplies made from vehicle pollution
Inventor Anirudh Sharma is capturing carbon from car exhausts to turn it into ink. And he’s got his eye on London’s black cabs next In 2014, the World Health Organisation dubbed air pollution the “single largest environment and human health threat”. With particulate matter and toxic pollutants accounting for 6.5 million deaths annually, many cities […]
Don't fund coal mine, activists plead with Australian export credit agency
Green groups say the Resgen Boikarabelo project in South Africa will lead to worker exploitation and hinder Paris commitments Environmental action groups including Greenpeace, Oxfam and GetUp have signed an open letter to Australia’s export credit agency asking it not to fund a controversial new coal mine. The groups say a loan to the proposed […]
Baby siamang gibbon born at National zoo in Canberra – video
The National zoo and aquarium in Canberra is celebrating its first birth of a siamang gibbon. The species is classified as endangered and it is estimated that the wild population has decreased by 50% over the past 40 years. Zookeepers do not know the sex of the gibbon yet and may not for a few […]
Scientists sniff out way to lure reef-killing crown-of-thorns starfish to their death
Researchers trying to protect the Great Barrier Reef fabricate environmentally safe bait by harnessing the pheromones the marine pests use to communicate Marine biologists may have devised a new way to protect the Great Barrier Reef after decoding the pheromones of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish. Researchers say the discovery can be used to create pheromone […]
Huge fleet of icebergs hits North Atlantic shipping lanes
About 450 icebergs – up from 37 a week earlier – have drifted into waters where Titanic sank, forcing vessels to divert and raising global warming fears More than 400 icebergs have drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes over the past week in an unusually large swarm for this early in the season, forcing […]
Coalition of 17 states challenges Trump over climate change policy
A coalition led by New York state insists Trump administration has a legal obligation to regulate the emission of carbon pollution: ‘The law is clear’ A coalition of 17 US states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by Donald Trump’s administration to roll back climate change regulations, deepening a political rift over his […]
Environmentalists sue EPA for reversing Obama-era move to ban pesticide
The EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, has ignored the scientific recommendation of his own agency to allow continued use of chlorpyrifos, despite its links to brain damage Environmental groups have filed a complaint against the US government over its support of a pesticide linked to brain damage in children, one week after Donald Trump’s administration rejected […]