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Critically endangered flowers get stay of execution after local environmental group threatens legal action against Victorian government

#environment #conservation #orchids #Australia

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Fewer than 10 of these orchids remain in the wild. Victoria was about to burn them into extinction
Critically endangered flowers get stay of execution after local environmental group threatens legal action against Victorian government
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October 9, 2024 at 7:11 AM
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Europe’s abandoned farmlands could find new life through rewilding, a movement to restore ravaged landscapes to their wilderness before human intervention.

#Environment #Conservation #Rewilding

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Nearly 25% of European landscape could be rewilded, say researchers
Europe’s abandoned farmlands could find new life through rewilding, a movement to restore ravaged landscapes to their wilderness before human intervention.
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August 16, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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A tourist has posted “staggering” photos of himself and his wife at the same spot in the Swiss Alps almost exactly 15 years apart, in a pair of photos that highlight the speed with which global heating is melting glaciers.

#ClimateChange #Environment #Glaciers

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‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers
Married couple from Bristol attract awe and abuse on X with photos that show ‘staggering’ changes in the Alps
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August 7, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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People have died taking a stroll in the midday sun, on a family hike in a national park, at an outdoor Taylor Swift concert, and even sweltering in their homes without air conditioning.

#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #Heat #Health

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Heat is testing the limits of human survivability. Here’s how it kills
extreme heat is turning ordinary activities deadly.
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July 30, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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Once upon a time, the vulture was an abundant and ubiquitous bird in India. But more than two decades ago, India’s vultures began dying because of a drug used to treat sick cows.

#conservation #wildlife #birds #vultures #India

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How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths
Once upon a time, the vulture was an abundant and ubiquitous bird in India.
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July 26, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor.

#Environment #ocean #oxygen

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Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean
Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor.
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July 23, 2024 at 7:37 AM
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The Acropolis in Greece shut for hours, record-breaking ocean temperatures off Croatia and plans to feed zoo animals popsicles in Italy — southern Europe is baking under a “hellishly hot” heat wave.

#ClimateChange #Environment #ExtremeWeather #HeatWave
#Europe

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Greece shuts Acropolis and Adriatic Sea hits record-high temperature as extreme heat bakes Europe
The Acropolis in Greece shut for hours, record-breaking ocean temperatures off Croatia and plans to feed zoo animals popsicles in Italy — southern Europe is baking under a “hellishly hot” heat wave…
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July 19, 2024 at 7:55 AM
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Dubai is experiencing an intense heatwave with the “feels like” temperature soaring to 62C (143.6 Fahrenheit), according to US-based weather reports.

#news #climatechange #environment #extremeweather #heat #Dubai

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Dubai heatwave: Temperature feels like 62°C as scientists explain extreme conditions
Dubai is experiencing an intense heatwave with the “feels like” temperature soaring to 62C (143.6 Fahrenheit), according to US-based weather reports.
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July 18, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the mangroves to monitor his beehives along the Indian Ocean coastline.

#environment #deforestation #bees #Kenya

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To protect mangroves, some Kenyans combat logging with hidden beehives
The group has concealed beehives in the top branches of mangroves as silent guardians. The bees are meant to attack unsuspecting loggers.
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July 16, 2024 at 8:03 AM
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Springs, which bring groundwater to the surface and support a host of unique species, are disappearing globally, victims of development and drought. Researchers are working to document and map these life-giving habitats in an effort to save them before they are gone.

#environment #conservation
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July 12, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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Cape Town – As torrential rains and heavy winds continue to batter the metro, a level 8 warning has been issued that it will likely get worse tomorrow.

#news #environment #storms #floods #SouthAfrica #CapeTown

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‘Level 8 storm’ incoming: City slammed as 70 neighbourhoods report flooded roads, houses
Cape Town – As torrential rains and heavy winds continue to batter the metro, a level 8 warning has been issued that it will likely get worse tomorrow.
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July 10, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest saw its worst six-month period of wildfires in 20 years despite a decrease in deforestation, satellite data showed Monday.

#Environment #Wildfires #Brazil #Amazon

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Brazil’s Amazon rainforest sees worst 6 months of wildfires in 20 years, data shows
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest saw its worst six-month period of wildfires in 20 years despite a decrease in deforestation, satellite data showed Monday.
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July 3, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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A decade ago, the world experienced its third global coral bleaching event — and the vibrant, colorful corals along the western coast of Hawai‘i’s big island began to fade.

#ClimateChange #Environment #Ocean #Coral #Hawaii

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New approach to restore coral reefs on mass scale kicks off in Hawai‘i
If successful, the project could provide knowledge for how to restore ailing reefs around the world suffering from an onslaught of human-driven thermal stress.
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June 26, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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New findings about the rising frequency of extreme wildfires have “the fingerprints of climate change” all over them, according to an Australian scientist who led a study published on Monday.

#ClimateChange #Environment #ExtremeWeather #Wildfires
Climate Emergency Causes Extreme Wildfires to Double in Frequency: Study
“Climate change is not something off in the future,” said one scientist. “It’s happening before our very eyes.”
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June 25, 2024 at 8:26 AM
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A predatory species has clawed its way back from the brink of extinction after its total population dropped to just 62 mature individuals. The surge in numbers has been described as the “greatest ever” recovery of a big cat through conservation.

#Wildlife #Conservation #Lynx
Predator claws back from brink of extinction in ‘greatest ever’ recovery
The Iberian lynx is no longer endangered thanks to a mammoth conservation project.
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June 21, 2024 at 6:48 AM
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Japan’s ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that.

#food #foodwaste #Japan #sushi
Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbers
Japan’s ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that.
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June 20, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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A cloud forest in northern Ecuador is protected from deforestation and mining after being recognised as an entity possessing legal personhood.

#news #environment #deforestation #Ecuador
This Ecuadorian forest thrived amid deforestation after being granted legal rights
A cloud forest in northern Ecuador is protected from deforestation and mining after being recognised as an entity possessing legal personhood.
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June 18, 2024 at 7:48 AM
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An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this year, more than a tenth of the country’s entire livestock holdings, endangering herders’ livelihoods and way of life.

#environment #ExtremeWeather #Mongolia
Heavy snows and drought of deadly ‘dzud’ kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia
An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this year
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June 13, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever, the United Nations reported Friday

#food #aquaculture #fish #seafood

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The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That’s the first time in history
The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever, the …
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June 12, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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The Nepalese army says it has removed eleven tonnes of rubbish, four corpses and one skeleton from Mount Everest and two other Himalayan peaks this year.

#environment #pollution #MtEverest
Eleven tonnes of rubbish taken off Himalayan peaks
The Nepalese army says it has removed eleven tonnes of rubbish, four corpses and one skeleton from Mount Everest and two other Himalayan peaks this year.
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June 11, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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It is clear to many governments that allowing global warming to exceed 1.5°C involves unacceptable societal risks, undermines development, and poses an existential threat to vulnerable communities and their cultures.

#news #environment #climatechange
Why We Must Keep the 1.5°C Goal Alive
It is clear to many governments that allowing global warming to exceed 1.5°C involves unacceptable societal risks, undermines development, and poses an existential threat to vulnerable communities …
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June 10, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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Fossil-fuel companies are the “godfathers of #climate chaos” and should be banned in every country from advertising akin to restrictions on big tobacco, the secretary general of the United Nations has said while delivering dire new scientific warnings of global heating.

#Environment #News #UN
‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban
Fossil-fuel companies are the “godfathers of climate chaos” and should be banned in every country from advertising akin to restrictions on big tobacco, the secretary general of the United Nations h…
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June 6, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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Newly discovered marine fungus called Parengyodontium album was spotted on plastic debris found floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

#ocean #pollution #plastic
Plastic munching marine fungus found in Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Newly discovered marine fungus called Parengyodontium album was spotted on plastic debris found floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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June 5, 2024 at 8:04 AM
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The Spanish city of Valencia has an innovative plan to generate clean energy—turning cemeteries into hubs of green energy by installing solar panels on top. The project has been dubbed Requiem in Power, or RIP. 

#energy #renewableenergy #solar
Spain turns cemeteries into solar powerhouses, aims 440,000 kW by 2030
The Spanish city of Valencia has an innovative plan to generate clean energy—turning cemeteries into hubs of green energy by installing solar panels on top.
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June 4, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams on a global scale, according to a new study from the University of Georgia, Oakland University and Kent State University.

#ClimateChange #Environment #Water
People are altering decomposition rates in waterways
Faster decomposition could exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions, threaten biodiversity
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May 31, 2024 at 8:10 AM