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In the middle of cyclone preparation I found a baby bird – one tiny, wild life amid the wind and rain | Jessie Cole
Published: March 12, 2025 02:44
My homeplace has experienced four natural disasters in eight years. But I’d never seen the like of this bird before, vibrantly green and startlingly beautifulWe were midway through our cyclone preparation when my mother broke her leg. She stepped into her…
Northern Territory’s growing saltwater crocodile population gorging on nine times more prey than 50 years ago
Published: March 12, 2025 02:36
Research shows apex predators are increasing in numbers and excreting important nutrients into Top End waterwaysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe growing saltwater crocodile…
‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals
Published: March 12, 2025 00:01
Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flippedClimate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing deadly swings between extreme wet and dry…
Farmers in England furious as Defra pauses post-Brexit payment scheme
Published: March 11, 2025 19:49
Applications to the sustainable farming initiative no longer accepted but no clarity on what will replace it and whenFarming and countryside groups in England are furious that the government has paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little…
Trump orders likely to drive species’ extinction, wildlife advocates warn
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/trump-wildlife-agencies-species-extinction
Published: March 11, 2025 15:00
In addition to layoffs and hiring freezes, a ‘God squad’ can effectively veto ESA protections for endangered speciesDonald Trump’s administration, backed by House Republicans and Elon Musk’s Doge agency, are carrying out an attack on the Endangered Species…
At least a dozen US states rush to ban common food dyes, citing health risks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/11/food-dye-ban-bill
Published: March 11, 2025 15:00
RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ giving fresh momentum to longtime efforts to outlaw additives, which is now a bipartisan movementAt least a dozen US states – from traditionally conservative Oklahoma to liberal-leaning New York – are rushing to pass laws outlawing commonly…
Slow-release fertilizers can spread microplastics on US cropland – study
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/fertilizers-microplastics-us-cropland
Published: March 11, 2025 12:00
Tiny bits of plastic can end up in water and soil at alarming levels, said lead author of University of Missouri paperFertilizers that shed microplastics are increasingly spreading on America’s cropland, research shows, raising new worry about the soil…
Incidents at English hazardous industrial sites ‘going unchecked’
Published: March 11, 2025 11:00
Staff crisis at Environment Agency, which helps monitor 950 sites, means it is hearing about incidents later than normal, insider saysThe team responsible for preventing environmental risks at England’s most hazardous industrial sites is facing a…
The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business
Published: March 11, 2025 11:00
The Guardianas del Conchalito ignored chants of ‘get back to your kitchens’, determined to protect the environment and create a sustainable shellfish operationAhead of the small boat, as it bobs on the waters near La Paz in the Mexican state of Baja…
North Sea crash may have ‘devastating’ impact on marine life, says expert
Published: March 11, 2025 10:48
Fears grow over fuel leak as investigations begin into cause of cargo ship’s collision with tanker off Yorkshire coastLeaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a “devastating” impact on marine life, an…
Chicken manure can be classified as industrial waste, judge rules
Published: March 11, 2025 07:07
US-style mega-farms in Herefordshire face tough new regulations after high court rulingIndustrial poultry farms face tough new regulations around the disposal of chicken manure after a judge ruled it can be classified as waste and requires a detailed and…
New scheme to offer campers unprecedented access to wild spaces across Britain
Published: March 11, 2025 07:00
A new partnership will give campers exclusive access to rewilding sites and a chance to join in with conservation effortsCampers looking for a back-to-nature experience this summer will be able to wild camp on land that was previously off-limits across…
Thames Water faces court claim that £3bn bailout is ‘poor, short-term fix’
Published: March 11, 2025 06:00
Campaigners to argue in court of appeal that plan is not in public interest and special administration is best optionEnvironmental campaigners will challenge the granting of a high-interest £3bn emergency loan to struggling Thames Water at an appeal on…
Male blue-lined octopuses inject females with venom during sex so she doesn’t eat him, study shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/11/blue-lined-octopus-sex-venom-tetrodotoxin
Published: March 11, 2025 05:26
Tetrodotoxin immobilises the female – who is about two to five times bigger than the male – so mating can occur, researchers observedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMale…
Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows
Published: March 11, 2025 04:00
Annual survey by IQAir based on toxic PM2.5 particles reveals some progress in pollution levels in India and ChinaNearly every country on Earth has dirtier air than doctors recommend breathing, a report has found.Only seven countries met the World Health…
‘Good news’ as NSW northern rivers flood waters recede, Chris Minns says – video
Published: March 11, 2025 01:35
'There's good news when it comes to the rivers in the northern rivers – all are receding,’ the New South Wales premier says, adding: ‘The immediate threat to the community has been reduced.' State Emergency Service deputy commissioner Damien Johnston says…
Squatters in flood buyback homes to be evicted and properties demolished, NSW premier says
Published: March 11, 2025 00:56
Chris Minns vows to remove ‘overseas visitors, tourists, backpackers’ from Lismore houses during ex-Cyclone Alfred cleanupFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSquatters living in…
As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia | Adam Morton
Published: March 11, 2025 00:41
Alfred is being used as the latest front in an ideological war, but facts are relevant to how we prepare for a climate-changed futureGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt’s not a good time for climate science. The Trump…
NSW and Queensland floods update: Ipswich avoids severe flooding by inches as more rain forecast in wake of Cyclone Alfred
Published: March 10, 2025 21:29
Rain expected to batter parts of Qld and northern NSW, with major flood warnings for Bremer River and Warrill Creek, and Logan River south of BrisbaneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Published: March 10, 2025 19:00
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decadesThe pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to…
Argentina flooding: 16 killed as two girls swept away by rising waters
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/argentina-flooding
Published: March 10, 2025 18:05
Authorities warn more fatalities expected as a year’s worth of rain falls on Bahía Blanca in eight hoursRescue teams in Argentina are searching for two girls, aged one and five, who were swept away by severe floods that ripped through Buenos Aires…
What the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/chris-wright-climate-fossil-fuels
Published: March 10, 2025 16:17
Chris Wright signals abandonment of Biden’s ‘irrational, quasi-religious’ climate policies at industry conference The world needs more planet-heating fossil fuel, not less, Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told oil and gas…
When Cyclone Alfred forced a wildlife hospital to close, this rescue koala found a new place to recuperate
Published: March 10, 2025 14:00
Laura Leaf had a sick possum for company when she spent three nights in a spare room at Mallory Wilson’s Nerang homeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLaura Leaf, a rescued koala, was the last surgery of the day at Currumbin…
To win the bush, Australian politics needs to embrace its 'curves' | Nick Rodway
Published: March 10, 2025 14:00
Regional voters are often stereotyped so I propose a new demographic category ahead of the election: conservative, uncommitted rural voters with environmental sympathiesSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterRecently, an arborist operating in my…
A beaver: to get attention they will slap the water with their tails | Helen Sullivan
Published: March 10, 2025 14:00
They prefer to carry branches in their teeth, like dogs. And when they swim, they hold their front paws to their chests, like a severe governess in a Victorian novelThe heads of beavers, large rodents known for building dams, are their own kind of highly…
Immigration’s a hot topic – and it applies to non-native plants, animals and insects, all over the world | Tim Blackburn
Published: March 10, 2025 11:00
Biodiversity is great in theory, but there are reasons to fend off invasive alien species and the knock-on effect of their presenceBritain would be a wasteland if it weren’t for immigration. Fifteen thousand years ago, most of the country was buried a…
We’re facing a ‘forever chemicals’ crisis. We must stop Pfas at the source
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/forever-chemicals-pfas-mark-ruffalo
Published: March 10, 2025 10:00
Pfas are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that’s not enoughSeveral years ago, I made a movie called Dark Waters, which told the real-life story of a community in West Virginia poisoned by Pfas “forever…
A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay
Published: March 10, 2025 10:00
Two Italian cacti smugglers have been fined for illegally trading plants from Chile – and for the cost of restoring the environment. Conservationists hope more cases will followChile’s Atacama desert is one of the driest places on Earth, a surprisingly…
Destroying the environment and sending species extinct is one thing, but now I can’t take my dogs to the beach!? | First Dog on the Moon
Published: March 10, 2025 05:33
The toxic Tasmanian salmon industry has gone too far this timeSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
Cyclone Alfred evacuation centres 'not a solution for homelessness', NSW premier says – video
Published: March 10, 2025 02:04
Chris Minns stresses that the New South Wales evacuation centres set up for people fleeing flooding will be closed once the immediate threat from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is over. The premier says his government contributed $5bn for social housing in its…
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred update: residents warned to head for high ground as flood waters rise
Published: March 9, 2025 22:40
More than 230,000 still without power in south-east Queensland and northern NSW on Monday morning and flooding alerts issuedEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 230,000…
UK government vows to clean up Windermere after sewage criticism
Published: March 9, 2025 22:30
Environment secretary points to measures to stop lake being ‘choked by unacceptable levels’ of pollutionThe government has said it will “clean up Windermere” after criticism over the volume of sewage being pumped into England’s largest lake.The environment…
Australia live news: flood evacuation warnings in NSW and Queensland as waters rise after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred deluge
Published: March 9, 2025 20:47
Major flooding isolates 1,800 people in northern NSW as evacuation routes cut. Follow today’s news liveSend us your photographs and videos of ex-Cyclone AlfredGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnd now we are on Ukraine – Marles has…
Tree loss from hurricane leaves Asheville vulnerable to new climate shocks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/asheville-trees-hurricane-helene-north-carolina
Published: March 9, 2025 12:00
Damage to trees in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene was ‘extraordinary and humbling’ but urban areas face particular problemsThe city of Asheville and its surrounding areas have been left vulnerable to floods, fires and extreme heat after…
Water, water everywhere: the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred – in pictures
Published: March 9, 2025 06:24
Millions of people in northern NSW and south-east Queensland are bunkering down for dangerous conditions including flash flooding, heavy rain and intense winds after the storm now downgraded to a tropical low crossed the coast Continue reading...
More than 330,000 buildings without power as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred brings dangerous rain and winds
Published: March 9, 2025 00:48
Up to 700mm in rainfalls and destructive gusts predicted to hit south-east Queensland and northern NSWEx-Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE: latest news and updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSwathes of south-east Queensland and…
This land is your land: leaf portraits of Ecuador’s female farmers – in pictures
Published: March 8, 2025 17:00
In the Zuleta community in Ecuador, farming is about more than just sustenance: it is about cultivating a deep relationship with the land based on ancestral knowledge. In her travels in the region, Colombo-Ecuadorian photographer Yinna Higuera collaborates…
US exits fund that compensates poorer countries for global heating
Published: March 7, 2025 18:08
Trump pulls out of Cop28 loss and damage deal that recognises harms done by richer, polluting economies to vulnerable nationsThe Trump administration has withdrawn the US from a global agreement under which the developed nations most responsible for the…
Trump administration to drop case against plant polluting Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/trump-cancer-alley-plant-biden-lawsuit
Published: March 7, 2025 18:00
Biden-era suit sought to curb emissions of the carcinogen chloroprene at Denka plant formerly owned by DuPontThe Donald Trump administration has formally agreed to drop a landmark environmental justice case in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” region, marking a…
UK Treasury ‘weighs up funding cuts at GB Energy’ in blow to Ed Miliband
Published: March 7, 2025 16:07
Government considering such a move over state-owned firm set up by Labour in June’s spending review, say reportsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government is reportedly weighing up the possibility of cutting planned funding for GB Energy, the…
Switzerland told it must do better on climate after older women’s ECHR win
Published: March 7, 2025 15:17
Council of Europe says Swiss government failing to respect human rights court’s ruling on emissionsEurope live – latest updatesThe Swiss government has been told it must do more to show that its national climate plans are ambitious enough to comply with a…
More than a million salmon dumped after ‘unprecedented’ mass mortality at Tasmanian fish farms
Published: March 7, 2025 14:00
Bob Brown Foundation’s drone footage appears to show farm workers pumping live salmon into a tub carrying dead fish and then sealing itGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt least 1 million salmon died at Tasmanian fish farms and…
The secret life of the Congo rainforest – in pictures
Published: March 7, 2025 12:00
Using high-definition camera traps on trails in Congo’s Nouabalé-Ndoki national park, Will Burrard-Lucas, a photographer for the Wildlife Conservation Society, has captured Africa’s most elusive and rarely seen animals Continue reading...
Just Stop Oil protesters’ jail sentences shortened after appeal
Published: March 7, 2025 10:33
Sixteen activists argued sentences had not adequately taken into account their conscientious motivationSix protesters jailed for their roles in various climate demonstrations have had their sentences reduced on appeal.The Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger…
Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end | Joseph Stiglitz
Published: March 7, 2025 10:00
Investor–state dispute settlements don’t just mean growing debt burdens for countries: they are also a barrier to action on the climate crisisDonald Trump has thrown a hand grenade into the global economic architecture, destroying some things that are…
Week in wildlife: a curious monkey, a Dorset beaver and a football rat
Published: March 7, 2025 08:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
Before and after: the beaches in the path of Tropical Cyclone Alfred – video
Published: March 7, 2025 05:37
Cameras stationed by Swellnet to monitor swells on Australia's east coast show the difference a couple of days can make when a tropical cyclone like Alfred approaches. The cameras record how eight beaches, in Queensland and New South Wales, change from…
Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches the Queensland coast – in pictures
Published: March 7, 2025 01:03
Cyclone Alfred is heading for the south-east Queensland coast, causing high winds and big surf. It’s expected to make landfall late on Friday or early Saturday between Noosa and Coolangatta. Alfred’s slow progress to the mainland could prolong already…
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
Published: March 7, 2025 00:01
Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areasPeople in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez), a study has found.Levels of…
Tropical Cyclone Alfred live updates: wind and rain intensify as category 2 storm nears south-east Queensland and northern NSW
Published: March 6, 2025 21:27
BoM path track map predicts TC Alfred will cross coast on Saturday near Brisbane, the first storm of its size to do so in decades. Follow the latest updates todayWhy did Tropical Cyclone Alfred slow down on its path towards the east coast?What is…
Butterfly population in US shrinking by 22% over last 20 years, study shows
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/declining-butterfly-populations
Published: March 6, 2025 19:00
Drop in line with rate of overall insect loss as scientists point to habitat loss, pesticide use and the climate crisisButterflies may be among the most beloved of all creatures, routinely deified in art and verse, but they are in alarming decline in the…
This food researcher is on a mission to make fake meat taste better. Will she succeed?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/mar/06/plant-based-meat-taste-testing
Published: March 6, 2025 18:00
Caroline Cotto’s research group taste-tests meat alternatives so plant-based companies can attract new customers – and help the climateI am sitting in a Manhattan restaurant on a frigid Thursday in January, eating six mini servings of steak and mashed…
BP cuts boss’s pay by 30% after company misses profit targets
Published: March 6, 2025 16:14
Murray Auchincloss paid £5.4m in 2024 as oil company ditched green investment strategyBP cut the pay of its chief executive after a chastening year in which the British oil company missed profit targets and ditched its green investment strategy as it came…
Are we living through a ‘polycrisis’ or is it ‘just history happening’?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/polycrisis-disasters-politics
Published: March 6, 2025 16:02
The term ‘polycrisis’ has gained traction as we face one disaster after another. It’s overwhelming – but diagnosing the catastrophe is the first step to addressing itTwo months into 2025, the sense of dread is palpable. In the US, the year began with a…
Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/canadians-toxic-waste-trump-tariffs
Published: March 6, 2025 16:00
Move to expand landfill for US hazardous waste stirs disputes between leaders in Quebec and Montreal suburbThe proposed expansion of a Quebec landfill that accepts hazardous waste from the United States has ignited a turf war between the Quebec provincial…
‘You just hope for the best’: rarely seen froglets – the length of a grain of rice – released into small patch of Victorian wilds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/endangered-baw-baw-frogs-set-free-victoria
Published: March 6, 2025 14:00
Exclusive: More than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs set free in a high-altitude forest to bolster dwindling populationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 3,000 critically endangered Baw Baw frogs have been…
Former NSW asbestos investigator calls for more controls on waste disposal
Published: March 6, 2025 14:00
As chief scientist says state should drop ‘zero tolerance’, former EPA official says many problems could be solved during demolition processGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former senior New South Wales environment watchdog…
‘Slavish’ catch limits ignored scientific advice, say conservationists in case against Defra
Published: March 6, 2025 12:02
Blue Marine Foundation charity asks high court to declare quota decision unlawful amid concern over sustainability of fish stocksAt the start of 2024, Jerry Percy, who led the New Under Ten Fishermen’s Association, dedicated to small boats, said he started…
Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels
Published: March 6, 2025 10:00
Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers sayRevealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green lawsIn the mountains of…
Promise to phase out lead from UK game shooting has failed, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/06/lead-uk-game-shooting-study
Published: March 6, 2025 06:00
Vow in 2020 aimed to keep shot out of human food chain but study finds most game carcasses still contain leadA voluntary promise to phase out toxic lead shot in the UK has failed, meaning wildlife and human health are being put at risk, a study has…
‘The entire coastline will be cemented over’: the tiny Italian town set to become a dock for giant cruise ships
Published: March 6, 2025 05:00
Only 20 miles from Italy’s capital, Isola Sacra was ignored for years but now Royal Caribbean has plans to turn it into a major new portOn a cloudy day in January, Isola Sacra, a hamlet in Fiumicino, 20 miles from Rome, does not look like a place that…
Global sea ice hit ‘all-time minimum’ in February, scientists say
Published: March 6, 2025 03:00
Scientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planetGlobal sea ice fell to a record low in February, scientists have said, a symptom of an atmosphere fouled by planet-heating pollutants.The combined area of…
Cyclone Alfred live updates: BoM tracking map forecast shows category 2 storm hitting Brisbane and south-east Qld; landfall in Queensland and NSW delayed as storm slows – latest news
Published: March 6, 2025 01:25
BoM path track map predicts TC Alfred will cross coast on Friday near Brisbane, the first storm of its size to do so in decades. Follow the latest updates todayWhy did Tropical Cyclone Alfred slow down on its path towards the east coast?What is melioidosis…
River campaigners to sue Ofwat over water bill rises
Published: March 6, 2025 00:01
Group claims regulator signed off on ‘broken system’ making customers pay for industry’s neglect An environmental group is to take legal action against Ofwat, the water regulator, accusing it of unlawfully making customers pay for decades of neglect by the…
California officials encouraging residents to eat invasive rodents
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/california-nutria-rodents
Published: March 5, 2025 21:27
Wildlife experts claim nutria, which destroy habitats with voracious eating habits, taste like rabbit or dark turkey meatWildlife officials are encouraging California residents to add a rodent to their daily diet as part of efforts to control the invasive…
Lawsuit filed over Florida sugar company’s ‘deceptive’ environmental claims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/florida-crystals-sugar-lawsuit
Published: March 5, 2025 18:55
Plaintiffs say Florida Crystals’ farming method that blights minority neighborhoods belies its climate-friendly claimsA major sugar company has been accused of harmful environmental practices while claiming to be a leader in the fight against the climate…
Ban on new drilling confirmed as ministers consult on North Sea’s ‘clean energy future’
Published: March 5, 2025 17:08
Gas and oil industry cautiously welcomes government proposals that could ease tax burden on sectorThe UK government has unveiled proposals that could ease the tax burden on the offshore oil and gas sector but confirmed that it would also ban new drilling…
Why are beavers being released into England’s rivers? What you need to know
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/beavers-released-england-rivers-what-you-need-to-know
Published: March 5, 2025 17:00
Conservationists say the rodents will fix ecosystems and bring wildlife back to wetlands‘I feel real hope’: historic beaver release marks conservation milestone in England Beavers have been legally released for the first time into England’s rivers.…
Lawmaker seeks ban of toxic fuel at Portland racetrack after Guardian story
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/oregon-bill-ban-leaded-fuel-portland-racetrack
Published: March 5, 2025 16:00
Guardian investigation had revealed gas emissions could be linked to cognitive impairment in children living nearbyRevealed: a toxic metal is in a US city’s air – and may be harming children’s brainsAn Oregon legislator has moved to ban the use of leaded…
Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia?
Published: March 5, 2025 14:00
Cyclone Alfred formed in the Coral Sea towards the end of February when sea surface temperatures were almost 1C hotter than usualTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE updates and latest newsHow to prepare for a cycloneWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to…
The fact that humans can only survive on Earth doesn’t bother Trump – and I know why | George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/humans-earth-donald-trump-nihilism-maga
Published: March 5, 2025 12:04
He is surrounded by people who have grandiose plans and dreams beyond our planet. Vengeful nihilism is a big part of the Maga projectIn thinking about the war being waged against life on Earth by Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their minions, I keep bumping…
Exposure to combination of pesticides increases childhood cancer risk – study
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/pesticides-childhood-cancer-study
Published: March 5, 2025 12:00
Study on cancer data in US agricultural heartland finds children more at risk than if exposed to just one pesticideExposure to multiple pesticides significantly increases the risk of childhood cancers compared to exposures to just one pesticide,…
Wooden spoons are making us sick? I thought that was fish slices | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: March 5, 2025 11:00
Another day, another health scare. I’m struggling to know which dangers I should take seriouslyIf you want to stir up online controversy, wooden spoons are the perfect tool with which to do so. Every few years, influencers go viral with warnings about how…
Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws
Published: March 5, 2025 10:00
Guardian analysis finds fossil-fuel and mining firms have won $92bn of public money from states, with a growing number of cases backed by financial speculatorsRead more: Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to…
Fast-growing duckweed can go from garden menace to nutritional dish
Published: March 5, 2025 06:00
The plant multiplies quickly, is rich in vitamins, and eaten across Asia. Why isn’t it on supermarket shelves?In the summer sun, duckweed (Wolffia globosa) can be a menace. It grows so fast it covers a pond in a few days, blocking out the light for the…
London exhibition explores design based on needs of nature and animals
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/mar/05/london-design-museum-exhibition-more-than-human
Published: March 5, 2025 06:00
Curator of Design Museum show says ‘human-centric’ approach to design needs overhaul amid climate crisisDesigners need to “fundamentally rethink our relationship with the natural world”, according to the curator of a new exhibition which argues the needs…
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Published: March 5, 2025 05:01
Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisisHalf of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed.The researchers…
Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bn
Published: March 5, 2025 05:00
The island is being sued by a mining company over its decision, and faces paying nine times its annual budget in damages if it losesRead more: Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green lawsFrom the iceberg-filled bay, the mountains…
World’s biggest iceberg runs aground after a near-40-year journey from Antarctica
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/a23a-iceberg-runs-aground-south-georgia-climate
Published: March 5, 2025 04:16
Scientists are studying whether the grounded A23a iceberg might help stir nutrients and make food more available for penguins and sealsThe world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70km (43 miles) from a remote Antarctic island,…
‘Prepare for the worst’: northern NSW warned Cyclone Alfred’s impact could rival devastating 2022 floods
Published: March 5, 2025 00:55
More than 100 schools closed and thousands without power as Tropical Cyclone Alfred generates high winds – even before it makes landfallWhen and where is Cyclone Alfred likely to hit?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking…
Tropical Cyclone Alfred: 20,000 Brisbane homes could be flooded
Published: March 4, 2025 22:30
Beachside and low-lying suburbs most at risk, city council flood map shows, when category-two storm hits coastTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE updates and latest newsAlice thought Brisbane wouldn’t flood twice in one decade. Now she’s bracing for AlfredGet our…
Pair of bald eagles welcome two hatchlings in California
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/bald-eagles-hatchlings-california
Published: March 4, 2025 21:37
Jackie and Shadow, eagles in Big Bear valley recorded on a live webcam, regain hope three years after their last chickBald eagles named Jackie and Shadow are in the midst of cuddling with two new members of their nest after a couple of chicks hatched…
US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water
Published: March 4, 2025 16:22
Ruling by the court, which has a Republican super majority, undermines the 1972 Clean Water ActThe US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act.The CWA is…
‘Unusually strong’ storms bring risk of tornadoes and flash floods to US south
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/storm-tornado-midwest-south
Published: March 4, 2025 15:08
Powerful thunderstorms likely to sweep through Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and AlabamaSevere thunderstorms are forecast to batter the southern and central United States on Tuesday, with a threat of tornadoes, damaging winds, blizzards, flash flooding…
First Trump threatened to nuke hurricanes. Now he’s waging war on weather forecasters | Arwa Mahdawi
Published: March 4, 2025 14:54
How do you stop people worrying about the climate emergency? By sacking anyone whose job it is to keep an eye on it. Chalk up another win for Project 2025Some politicians go whichever way the wind blows. Not, however, the US’s esteemed leader, Donald…
Invasive Asian hornets ‘preying on’ hundreds of native insect species in Europe
Published: March 4, 2025 13:46
Researchers at University of Exeter warn many of the hunted species are important crop pollinatorsInvasive Asian hornets are eating hundreds of different species of insects in Europe, including many which are important pollinators, researchers have…
Federal layoffs hit the deep-red, rural US west: ‘Our public lands are under threat’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/trump-doge-federal-layoffs-national-parks
Published: March 4, 2025 12:00
As layoffs under Trump bleed out, workers in the Mountain West fear devastating consequences for their communitiesRepublican representative McKay Erickson walked through the halls of the Wyoming capitol with a Trump 2024 pin on the front of his suit…
$5 a dozen: major egg companies may be using avian flu to hike US prices, new report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/04/egg-prices-bird-flu-corporate-profits
Published: March 4, 2025 10:00
The highly concentrated egg market may be contributing to soaring consumer prices – and the spread of the virus, data shared exclusively with the Guardian showsMajor egg corporations may be using avian flu as a ruse to hike up prices, generating record…
‘I’ve had a gutful’: Jacqui Lambie says salmon industry should get out of Macquarie Harbour
Published: March 4, 2025 02:51
Tasmanian senator says she is ‘pro-salmon’ but the farms should move on to land or offshoreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent senator Jacqui Lambie has called on…
Threatened species: court asked to compel Australian ministers to create recovery plans
Published: March 4, 2025 01:11
The Wilderness Society launches legal action in hope of helping animals on brink of extinctionFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of Australia’s largest conservation…
Killer whales amaze Seattle onlookers with rarely seen bird hunt
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/03/seattle-killer-whales-hunt
Published: March 4, 2025 00:08
Gasps from dockside crowd watching Bigg’s orca pod in event described as ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience’A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a…
Bog standard? Study seeks most effective toilet training methods
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/04/most-effective-toilet-training-methods-study
Published: March 4, 2025 00:01
UCL team is inviting parents to share their experiences, as age at which children in west acquire the skill risesStorybooks about potties, underpants featuring superheroes, rewards for doing a wee: toilet training is a rite of passage for any child. But…
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/trump-national-forest-executive-order
Published: March 3, 2025 20:02
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America’s forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species while doing so and raising the…
Spain’s rewilding of Iberian lynx at risk after lobbying by hunters and farmers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/03/spain-iberian-lynx-rewilding-lobbying-hunters-farmers
Published: March 3, 2025 17:39
Regional governments bow to pressure from agricultural industry, often amplified by far-right Vox partyOnly last year it was hailed as a conservation success story: the Iberian lynx, which had been close to extinction, had sprung back to life thanks to a…
Trump purge raises extinction threat for endangered species, fired workers warn
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/endangered-species-trump-federal-worker-firings
Published: March 3, 2025 12:00
Scientist sounds alarm over ‘canary in the coalmine’ species including beetles and spidersDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.Donald Trump’s blitz on federal science agencies has…
Weather tracker: Polar vortex collapse could chill North America and Eurasia
Published: March 3, 2025 11:35
Sudden stratospheric warming event expected to develop in next two weeks and will probably weaken the jet streamA sudden stratospheric warming event is expected to develop over the next two weeks, leading to a rapid collapse of the polar vortex.This will…
Earth’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050 in a high emissions future
Published: March 3, 2025 07:00
Melting Antarctic ice is releasing cold, fresh water into the ocean, which is projected to cause the slowdownGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn a high emissions future, the world’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20%…