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I’m obsessed with deep sea sharks: their bioluminescent spots are just visible in the pitch black environment they live in
Published: September 1, 2025 09:00
Most of these little-known but already endangered fish have never been seen alive in their natural habitat, but are under threat from bottom trawling and deep-sea miningThree years ago I was running a research project from a bottom trawler off Namibia…
Green party leadership race exposes tensions as electoral ambitions grow
Published: September 1, 2025 07:00
Frontrunner Zack Polanski has dismissed claims of a ‘hostile takeover’ but contest has been unusually fractiousThe Green party will name its next leader on Tuesday after a fiercely fought leadership contest that has exposed tensions over tone, strategy and…
Amy, Bram and Chandra: north Atlantic winter storm names announced
Published: September 1, 2025 06:00
Weather services of UK, Ireland and Netherlands chose list of 21 names from 50,000 suggestions by the publicMeteorologists in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands have announced this year’s north Atlantic winter storm names, chosen after 50,000 suggestions…
‘The forgotten forest’: how smashing 5.6m urchins saved a California kelp paradise
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/california-pacific-kelp-forest
Published: August 31, 2025 16:00
Pollution, warm oceans and hungry urchins devastated Pacific kelp. Now, thanks to divers with hammers, one of the world’s most successful rehabilitation projects has helped it reboundOn an overcast Tuesday in July, divers Mitch Johnson and Sean Taylor…
US beaches hit with fecal contamination warnings ahead of Labor Day weekend
Published: August 31, 2025 14:50
Beaches from Florida to Maine under advisories, leading to closures at some of the most popular beach destinationsBeaches across the US are facing swimming caution advisories during the Labor Day holiday weekend due to water quality concerns caused by…
‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/phoenix-heat-deaths
Published: August 31, 2025 13:29
Heat deaths could surge in the state as energy poverty linked to Trump’s energy and trade policies burnsIt was the hottest day of the year so far when the central air conditioning started blowing hot air in the mobile home where Richard Chamblee lived in…
I’m a liberal who loves hunting. Allow me to change your mind
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/31/hunting-personal-essay
Published: August 31, 2025 13:00
When I killed my first mule deer, I felt deep reverence for the animal. It showed me hunting can be more honest and sustainable than eating factory-farmed meat“Murderer! You’re a murderer!”That is what my French mother shouts down the phone line – right…
Pakistan’s Punjab province hit by 'biggest flood in its history' – video
Published: August 31, 2025 12:33
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province was dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as river water levels rose to all-time highs. More than 1,400 villages were flooded after three large rivers – the Sutlej, Chenab and…
Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first
Published: August 31, 2025 00:00
South Australian law on single-use plastic packaging coming into force on 1 September will ban polyethylene containers known as shoyu-tai in JapanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news…
Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2025 winners – in pictures
Published: August 31, 2025 00:00
A painterly, macro view of a cauliflower soft coral by Ross Gudgeon has taken out top prize in the Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year competition. ‘This is an exceptional photograph that skews perception and leaves us questioning…
Tories would maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction, Badenoch to say
Published: August 30, 2025 22:38
Conservative leader says it is ‘absurd’ to shift away from fossil fuels and leave ‘vital resources untapped’The Conservative party will aim to “maximise extraction” of oil and gas in the North Sea if it wins power, Kemi Badenoch is expected to…
A report tied Iowa’s water pollution to agriculture. Then the money to promote it mysteriously disappeared
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/iowa-agriculture-water-pollution
Published: August 30, 2025 15:00
Roughly $400,000 in the $1m budget was for public awareness – but those funds were recently ‘zeroed out’When a team of scientists embarked two years ago on a $1m landmark study of Iowa’s persistent water-quality problems, they knew that the findings would…
Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/30/climate-gov-website-trump
Published: August 30, 2025 10:00
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded missionEarlier this summer, access to climate.gov – one of the most widely used portals of climate information on the internet – was thwarted by the Trump…
UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall
Published: August 30, 2025 05:00
Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummetThe UK’s largest lake, Lough Neagh, is on course to record its worst year of potentially toxic algal blooms to date, as rescue plans remain…
Murray Watt backs ‘no-go’ zones where development is banned – but not for Tasmania’s Robbins Island
Published: August 29, 2025 15:00
Environment minister says scientific evidence did not convince government that remote island qualifiedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter…
‘It’s like Sleeping Beauty; we have to wake them’: winemakers urged to help save earthworms
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/29/vineyards-winemakers-urged-help-save-earthworms
Published: August 29, 2025 14:00
Transforming bare and compacted soil in vineyards can boost numbers of important invertebrate, say advocatesVineyards are generally the most inhospitable of landscapes for the humble earthworm; the soil beneath vines is usually kept bare and compacted by…
Newly elected Scottish Green leaders to campaign on universal income and free bus travel
Published: August 29, 2025 11:55
Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay, elected after 12.7% turnout, also vow to campaign on higher taxation of richUK politics live – latest updatesThe new leaders of the Scottish Greens, Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay, have promised to campaign for a universal…
Weather tracker: Typhoon Kajiki lashes south-east Asia with fatalities in Vietnam
Published: August 29, 2025 09:50
Duration of torrential rains from Typhoon Kajiki lead to elevated landslide risk across Laos and ThailandTyphoon Kajiki steadily intensified over the South China Sea last weekend into a category 2 storm with sustained wind speeds of 115mph. It made…
Week in wildlife: harvest mice, a basking hippo and a hungry egret
Published: August 29, 2025 06:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
Labor greenlights contentious Robbins Island windfarm despite fears for endangered orange-bellied parrot
Published: August 29, 2025 05:24
Environment advocates have called for important migratory shorebird habitat off Tasmania to be declared ‘no-go site’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSign up for climate and…
State-owned Forestry Corporation charged with 29 offences related to failing to protect threatened species
Published: August 29, 2025 01:13
The state Environment Protection Authority laid charges after investigation into accusations the corporation breached laws while operating in Tallaganda state forestFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app…
Uncontacted Peruvian tribe on deadly collision course with loggers, group says
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/28/peru-amazon-logging-mashco-piro
Published: August 28, 2025 17:42
Survival International says Mashco Piro seen in nearby Amazon village in alarming sign group is under stressMembers of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring…
Make Drax wait for its next subsidy deal. An FCA investigation is serious | Nils Pratley
Published: August 28, 2025 16:35
Ministers should find out what the regulator says before signing away a further £1.8bn of public moneyThere is already a scandal of bad accounting at Drax, one could say mischievously. It’s the one that maintains that transporting wood pellets from North…
Activists blend science and folklore as they try to revive Somerset’s eel population
Published: August 28, 2025 15:32
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Feargal Sharkey back campaign to save the animal, which once inspired placenames, songs and storiesWhen the Somerset Levels flood in winter, their reed-fringed waterways swell into a glinting inland sea – haunting and half…
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds
Published: August 28, 2025 15:00
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic falloutThe collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to…
‘The tree is trying its best’: why New Yorkers are counting – and rating – every park tree
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/new-york-tree-count
Published: August 28, 2025 14:04
Volunteers are tasked with logging about 150,000 park trees by hand – and for some, it’s become a strange obsessionOn a recent morning, as the late August sun began to beat down, a few dozen New Yorkers stood in the shade of one of the nearly 500 trees…
Chemical companies lobbying MPs not to ban Pfas
Published: August 28, 2025 13:58
Exclusive: Analysis of responses shows firms are urging parliamentarians to limit regulation of ‘forever chemicals’Chemical firms are lobbying MPs not to ban “forever chemicals” in the same way as proposed in the EU, using arguments disputed by scientists…
Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/microplastics-in-hair-study
Published: August 28, 2025 12:00
Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’Every breath people take in their homes or car probably contains significant amounts of microplastics small enough to burrow deep into…
Post-it notes and tiny trackers: behind the race to stop Asian hornets thriving in the UK
Published: August 28, 2025 09:00
The invaders present a devastating threat to Britain’s pollinators – constant watchfulness and clever technology are needed to thwart their progressWere it not for the bags of destroyed hornets nests in the corner, you could be forgiven for confusing Peter…
Heat pumps could halve heating bills with energy system reform, study finds
Published: August 28, 2025 08:03
Steps to make electricity cheaper, such as ending levies, could transform prospects for pumps, thinktank shows Heat pumps could save households hundreds of pounds a year on heating bills, if the government took simple measures to reform the energy system,…
Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/28/bluefin-tuna-fishing-contest-environment
Published: August 28, 2025 07:00
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’It’s the UK equivalent of bullfighting. Next week, in Falmouth in Cornwall, anglers will compete to fish for bluefin tuna…
Weatherwatch: does August rain bring honey and wine?
Published: August 28, 2025 05:00
The old saying about late summer rain being good for vineyards and bees may be plausibleEach month has its weather folklore, and according to one old saying: “When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.”Historically, vineyards were not irrigated, and…
Where have all the crabs gone? How development is squeezing out southern Malaysia’s sea people
Published: August 28, 2025 04:00
In the waters of the Johor strait, Indigenous communities are struggling to survive as nearby cities expand and fishing stocks dwindleWords and photographs by Izzy SasadaAween Bin Terawin submerges himself in the mangrove swamp to reach a crab cage on the…
The unlikely alliance pressing Trump to regulate Pfas on US farms: ‘This is a basic human right’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/trump-pfas-forever-chemicals-us-farms
Published: August 27, 2025 14:41
A group of farmers, bikers, truckers and scientists from the political left and right are working to bring attention to the health risks of using toxic sludge as fertilizerAn unlikely alliance of farmers, bikers, truckers, a detective and scientists from…
Aerial footage shows smoke billowing from wildfires in Asturias, Spain – video
Published: August 27, 2025 14:33
Aerial footage shows thick plumes of smoke from wildfires raging in the northern Spanish region of Asturias. Wildfires have burned more than a million hectares (2.5m acres) of land in the European Union this year so far, the highest amount in any year…
When science meets music: Florida’s oyster decline is being told through jazz
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/27/florida-oyster-decline-jazz
Published: August 27, 2025 11:00
A professor teamed up with student musicians to inspire interest in data about the ‘catastrophic scale’ of the crisisA university professor has set her team’s research on the plight of Florida’s declining oyster population to music, aiming to inform a…
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Published: August 27, 2025 09:00
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers findDeforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study…
UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035
Published: August 27, 2025 08:51
Thinktank predicts wider inequality gap and calls for revised policies to tackle flying and excess private car useInequality in transport emissions between the richest and the poorest in the UK is set to widen dramatically over the next decade, an analysis…
Wild bees visit different flowers to balance diet, study shows
Published: August 27, 2025 06:00
Researchers say findings show need for conservation efforts to focus on nutritional diversityWild bees strategically visit different flowers to balance their intake of protein, fat and carbohydrates, a study has found.A team of ecologists observed eight…
Snow flurries forecast across four states as cold weather fronts push through Australia’s south-east
Published: August 27, 2025 05:11
‘Burst of wet and windy weather’ on the way signals chilly start to spring for much of the countryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA series of cold fronts crossing…
Wildlife photographer of the year 2025 – in pictures
Published: August 27, 2025 05:00
Picked from a record 60,636 entries, the first images from the Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year competition have been released. The photographs, which range from a lion facing down a cobra to magnified mould spores, show the…
Toothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study finds
Published: August 27, 2025 04:00
Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers saySharks without teeth might sound like the stuff of dreams to swimmers and surfers. Now a new study has found that ocean acidification could…
Texas schools that became flood ‘relief hubs’ welcome students back: ‘It’s OK to not be OK’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/texas-schools-floods
Published: August 26, 2025 16:00
Educators across the country confronted with how to deal with children in their schools who experienced tragedySchools in parts of Texas reopened their doors two months earlier than planned this summer. But the reason was tragic.They were transformed into…
Summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be UK’s warmest on record, Met Office says
Published: August 26, 2025 15:46
Mean temperature is tracking at 16.13C after four heatwaves, significantly above current record of 15.76C This summer is set to be the warmest on record for the UK, the Met Office has said, after the country experienced four heatwaves.The mean temperature…
Oregon wildfire begins stabilizing as California blaze threatens vineyards
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/oregon-california-wildfires
Published: August 26, 2025 14:32
Rain helped cool Flat fire that destroyed homes in Oregon, while the Pickett fire has charred 10 sq miles of Napa countyA wildfire that destroyed four homes in central Oregon has started to stabilize, while a blaze in northern California wine country has…
‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid
Published: August 26, 2025 11:30
As survivors and experts reflect on the storm 20 years on, fear is growing that the US is just as unprepared to take on extreme weather amid cuts to FemaDarren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago…
Fossil fuel extractors bend the world to their will – help fund the journalism that exposes them
Published: August 26, 2025 11:00
Across the globe, oil, gas and coal companies use an ever-widening set of tactics to crush competition and opposition. With the world’s most powerful man helping them at every turn, it’s critical we reveal their full impactToday the Guardian launches its…
India’s supreme court orders inquiry into giant zoo run by son of Asia’s richest person
Published: August 26, 2025 08:37
Activists claim Anant Ambani’s Vantara facility has no plan to return its endangered species to the wildIndia’s supreme court has ordered an investigation into allegations of illegal animal imports and financial misconduct at a vast private zoo set up by…
Tuesday briefing: How ‘climateflation’ is pushing food prices ever higher – and changing how we eat
Published: August 26, 2025 05:43
In today’s newsletter: Extreme heat, droughts and floods are proving disastrous for farmers on the frontline of climate change, and consumers in the supermarket, tooGood morning. My mum is a livestock farmer in Kent. This year her hay crop was down by 50%…
Life of Exmoor nature writer Hope Bourne recognised with exhibition
Published: August 26, 2025 05:00
Views of forward-thinking artist and writer who lived off land in national park celebrated at museum in GlastonburyShe was considered an eccentric by some, eking out a frugal existence on a wild English moor, surviving off the land and exchanging her…
Nature loss will cut UK GDP by 5% without action from private sector, say experts
Published: August 26, 2025 04:00
Report finds regenerative approach could yield economic benefits while helping to meet environmental targetsThe degradation of nature in the UK will lop nearly 5% off the country’s GDP if the private sector does not make a greater effort to halt the…
Marks & Spencer to open secondhand clothing store on eBay
Published: August 25, 2025 23:01
Customers to get £5 vouchers for donating M&S clothes to Oxfam, which will get 15% of profits from eBay salesMarks & Spencer is opening a secondhand clothing store on eBay to find new homes for “old favourites” as the household name taps into booming…
Fema staff warn Trump’s cuts risk exposing US to another Hurricane Katrina
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/fema-trump-hurricane-katrina
Published: August 25, 2025 21:02
Workers say president’s attacks on the agency and lack of qualified leadership could lead to deadly catastropheUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another…
The Guardian view on the carnivore diet: red meat for influencers, but bad news for health | Editorial
Published: August 25, 2025 17:00
A fad for consuming high-protein, high-fat food, while avoiding vegetables, has taken off online. Followers are doing themselves no favoursOnce, it seemed that much of the world was intent on drastically cutting back on meat for health and environmental…
Heatwaves are making people age faster, study suggests
Published: August 25, 2025 15:00
Exposure to high temperatures could result in long-lasting damage to health of billions of people, scientists warnRepeated exposure to heatwaves is accelerating ageing in people, according to a study. The impact is broadly comparable with the damage…
Major Australian environmental law overhaul to be put to parliament this year as Watt warns delays risk ‘destruction’
Published: August 25, 2025 14:05
Labor will seek to legislate national standards and federal EPA in one package rather than multiple stages, as it tried and failed to do last termSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereA major overhaul of the…
The LA chefs and shops delivering food to immigrants scared to go out: ‘I know how to feed people’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/25/los-angeles-immigrants-food-delivery
Published: August 25, 2025 14:00
After Ice’s infiltration of LA, the community is rallying to provide essentials for survival for those forced to stay homeWhen Danielle Duran Zecca saw military-style immigration raids and people being snatched off the streets and put into unmarked…
Thousands of illegal marijuana plants removed from California national park
Published: August 25, 2025 13:00
Rangers cleared about 2,377 marijuana plants and 2,000lbs of trash and hazardous chemicals from Sequoia parkPark rangers have removed an illegal marijuana cultivation site in California’s Sequoia national park spanning approximately 13 acres (5…
Ørsted shares at all-time low after Trump halts work on US windfarm
Published: August 25, 2025 12:28
Shares drop by 18% after stop-work order on $1.5bn project off Rhode Island, which was 80% completeShares in Ørsted hit an all-time low on Monday after the Trump administration ordered Europe’s largest wind power company to stop work on a near complete…
Australia’s youngest senator describes depression, ‘whack’ responses and a pet-related white lie in first speech
Published: August 25, 2025 07:58
The 21-year-old spoke of being bullied and battling mental health issues, and said she will focus on issues including housing, domestic violence and the climate crisisFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free…
What is happening with Australia’s emissions? Electricity is improving. Transport is not
Published: August 25, 2025 07:27
According to latest government figures, heat-trapping pollution dropped by 1.4% in the year to MarchFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government was hit with…
Net zero! It’s not even a real thing so why does everyone hate it? | First Dog on the Moon
Published: August 25, 2025 05:49
You can sell fossil fuels overseas till the cows come home as long as you don’t burn it here Sign 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…
The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream
Published: August 25, 2025 05:00
Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible waysOnce upon a time there was a girl who lived in a tree. She had deep-set brown eyes and brown…
Ocado worst for plastic bags as total single-use sales rise for first time
Published: August 25, 2025 04:00
Shoppers in England bought 437m carrier bags last year as online food shops replace supermarket tripsPlastic bag sales have risen for the first time in 10 years on the back of the so-called Ocado effect as online food shops and ultra-fast deliveries…
Don’t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight | Gina McCarthy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/24/trump-climate-crisis-gina-mccarthy
Published: August 24, 2025 11:00
The president’s fossil-fuel obsession can’t stop global progress, writes the former Environmental Protection Agency headOver the past decade, the United States has turned technologies into tools that strengthened our economy, delivered good-paying union…
Heatwave that fuelled deadly wildfires was Spain’s ‘most intense on record’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/24/heatwave-wildfires-spain-most-intense-on-record
Published: August 24, 2025 10:53
Country’s weather agency says 10-day period from 8-17 August was hottest since at least 1950, as fires still rageA 16-day heatwave Spain suffered this month was “the most intense on record”, the country’s state meteorological agency (AEMET) has…
Trout farm in Cotswolds tourist hotspot accused of welfare abuses
Published: August 24, 2025 06:00
Exclusive: Charity says footage shows fish being struck repeatedly and at least one child taking part in killing fishAnimal welfare campaigners allege that a “harrowing series of welfare abuses” have taken place at one of England’s oldest working trout…
UK carmakers claimed leaving EV sales rules unchanged would cost jobs and investment
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/24/uk-carmakers-ev-sales-rules-zev-mandate
Published: August 24, 2025 06:00
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan and Toyota lobbied against zero emission vehicle mandate, documents showCarmakers claimed that leaving electric car sales rules unchanged would threaten British jobs and cost them hundreds of millions of pounds, according to…
Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails
Published: August 24, 2025 05:17
Clear majority backs restarting Maanshan reactor but doesn’t reach legal threshold, as president says nuclear power may be reconsidered if it becomes safeA referendum to push for the reopening of Taiwan’s last nuclear plant has failed to reach the legal…
Queensland urged to use TikTok and ‘trusted influencers’ to combat misinformation during natural disasters
Published: August 24, 2025 00:00
A reliance on politicians and lack of government content on TikTok during recent cyclones allowed misinformation to flourish, academic says Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland authorities should consider using influencers…
New England states vow to fight Trump administration order to halt work on offshore wind farm that’s nearly complete
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/23/wind-farm-rhode-island-connecticut
Published: August 23, 2025 22:46
Rhode Island and Connecticut officials say project, slated to power 350,000 homes, is essential to their climate goalsThe Democratic governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut promised on Saturday to fight a Trump administration order halting work on a…
Australia’s amount of plastic waste surges as recycling rates fail to improve
Published: August 23, 2025 20:00
Australians produced 3.2m tonnes of plastic waste in 2023-24, up from 3m tonnes the previous yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPlastics recycling rates in Australia have flatlined as the amount of waste continues to grow, the…
Alaska was lucky to avoid disaster after a landslide and tsunami. What about next time?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/23/alaska-landslide-tsunami
Published: August 23, 2025 15:00
The close call in Tracy Arm 50 miles south of Juneau on 10 August is the latest sign that as glaciers melt, risks may riseThe landslide that triggered a powerful tsunami in Alaska’s Inside Passage early on 10 August was a close call, say scientists, tour…
‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building
Published: August 23, 2025 12:30
Pausing changes to Construction Code, establishment of ‘strike team’ within environment department and use of AI in planning among reformsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has promised to cut red tape and…
Alarming levels of Pfas in blood of those living near US air force base, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/23/pfas-air-force-base
Published: August 23, 2025 12:00
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ were found at a level 10 times higher than people who did not work in contaminated zoneNew research shows alarming levels of Pfas in the blood of people living or working near a US air force base responsible for polluting drinking…
Do heatwaves, wildfires and travel costs signal the end of the holiday abroad?
Published: August 23, 2025 11:00
Leading researcher forecasts ‘beginning of the age of non-tourism’ despite industry returning to pre-pandemic highsIt was a prediction nobody wanted to hear. On the main stage of the world’s biggest tourism fair, Stefan Gössling, a leading researcher in…
Madeline Horwath on how to block out bad news – cartoon
Published: August 23, 2025 10:00
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August rain records smashed across NSW as thunderstorms and more rain loom in final week
Published: August 23, 2025 02:49
More than 20 places across New South Wales have already surpassed their highest August rain on recordGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 20 places across New South Wales have already surpassed their highest August rain on…
Explosion and fire in Louisiana leads to elementary school being evacuated
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/explosion-fire-louisiana-evacuations
Published: August 23, 2025 00:02
Flames and a tower of smoke rose above an automotive supply company 50 miles north-east of Baton RougeAn explosion and fire Friday at an automotive supply company in southeast Louisiana sent flames into the air and a tower of thick black smoke billowing…
Young climate activists in Wisconsin sue state over pro-fossil fuel policies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/young-climate-activists-sue-wisconsin
Published: August 22, 2025 18:43
Lawsuit brought by two non-profit law firms have had previous wins in Montana and WisconsinFifteen young climate advocates, aged eight to 17, on Friday sued the state of Wisconsin over its pro-fossil fuel policies.The case provides the opportunity for…
Wildfire explodes in California wine country as heatwave scorches US west
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/california-wildfire-napa-county
Published: August 22, 2025 18:28
Multiple fires have ignited this week with searing heat expected to last days and extend to Pacific north-westMultiple wildfires have ignited across California as the state continues to scorch in a multi-day heatwave that is expected to last through the…
Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/air-pollution-oil-gas-health-study
Published: August 22, 2025 18:00
Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harmAir pollution from oil and gas causes more than 90,000 premature deaths and sickens hundreds of thousands of people across the US…
Hurricane Erin intensified at a near-record rate. Is Florida ready for the next big storm?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/hurricane-erin-analysis-florida
Published: August 22, 2025 15:11
Erin went from a tropical storm to a category 5 in about 24 hours, underscoring the danger of hurricane season amid a diminished Fema and National Weather ServiceThis season’s first hurricane – and the first of the Trump administration’s new era of…
Wolf hunting in western US does little to prevent livestock losses, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/22/wolf-hunting-livestock-western-us
Published: August 22, 2025 14:00
Analysis of legal hunting in Montana and Idaho shows that eliminating one wolf protected just 7% of a single cowLegalized wolf hunting in the western US has had only a minimal impact on preventing livestock loss, a new study led by the University of…
Alarm over Fema aid rule requiring email address for disaster victims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/fema-rule-aid-disaster-victims
Published: August 22, 2025 12:00
Experts call change likely to pose problems for Americans with limited internet access ‘troubling to say the least’ Current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) officials are concerned over a new agency rule requiring disaster victims to…
Weather tracker: monsoon rains cause deadly floods in Pakistan and India
Published: August 22, 2025 09:12
More than 300 dead after downpours in mountainous regions and several killed in Indian city of MumbaiHeavy monsoon rains have continued to pummel the Indian subcontinent over the past week, bringing devastating flooding and landslides and leaving hundreds…
Week in wildlife: a clumsy fox, swinging orangutang and rescued jaguarundi cub
Published: August 22, 2025 06:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens
Published: August 22, 2025 05:00
Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same timeTake a closer look at the colourful plants dotted along an initially unassuming Bristol alleyway and you’ll see them teeming with insects. Bumblebees,…
Bumper whale calving season a ‘sign of hope’ for South Australia’s oceans
Published: August 22, 2025 04:22
Almost 200 endangered southern right wales have been spotted off state’s coastline this year, amid concerns about impact of algal bloomSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereScientists say a bumper season for…
Mystery ‘debris balls’ return to NSW beaches as residents warned to steer clear
Published: August 22, 2025 00:51
Central Coast Council says residents should not touch the balls and avoid beaches where they wash ashoreFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDebris balls have again washed up along…
Light pollution causes urban birds to stay awake longer each day, study finds
Published: August 21, 2025 18:00
Researchers ‘shocked’ to discover some species settling down for sleep 50 minutes later than rural counterpartsUrban birds stay up significantly later than their rural counterparts, according to research that highlights the impact of light pollution on…
Victoria’s mountain ash forests could lose a quarter of ‘giant’ trees as temperatures rise
Published: August 21, 2025 15:00
Eucalyptus regnans – which regularly reach 60 to 80m tall – lose about 9% of their trees for every degree of warming, research findsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereVictoria’s mountain ash forests are…
Gina Rinehart’s apocalyptic visions for bush summits just the latest in a history of climate science denialism | Temperature Check
Published: August 21, 2025 15:00
Sponsorship of News Corp’s event series has given Australia’s richest person a vehicle for her anti-net zero crusadeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastYou won’t be able to have a cremation because the ovens won’t be allowed to run…
Solar panels in space ‘could provide 80% of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050’
Published: August 21, 2025 15:00
Researchers also suggest system could resolve problems with irregular and weather-dependent Earth-based supplySolar panels in space could cut Europe’s terrestrial renewable energy needs by 80% by 2050, a study has found.Using a detailed computer model of…
Drought brings autumn harvest two weeks early, Waitrose says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/21/drought-autumn-harvest-two-weeks-early-waitrose
Published: August 21, 2025 12:46
Farmers that supply supermarket are already harvesting wheat, oilseed rape and oats amid dry conditionsHarvests are coming two weeks early because of drought, Waitrose has said, as it prepares to stock autumnal fruit in summer.Farmers that supply the…
Eden Project wildflower centre issues climate warning as it marks 25th year
Published: August 21, 2025 11:27
Changing weather patterns are affecting planting and pose a threat to a variety of species, says head of developmentRising temperatures in the spring and unpredictable autumns are making the huge task of restoring the UK’s lost meadows even more…
Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure
Published: August 21, 2025 09:34
Suspension of soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destructionOne of the key agreements for Amazon rainforest protection – the soy moratorium – has been suspended by Brazilian authorities, potentially opening up an area…
Psychedelic rock! Formations that mess with your mind – in pictures
Published: August 21, 2025 06:01
In Glass Mountain, Michael Lundgren captures remote American landscapes with a haunting stillness, revealing the hidden rhythms and enthralling mystery of the natural world Continue reading...
‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ
Published: August 21, 2025 05:00
The demilitarised zone between North and South Korea has become an ecological oasis with nearly 6,000 species documented, including rare cranes, deer and bearsStanding on top of a small mountain, Kim Seung-ho gazes out over an expanse of paddy fields…
Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land
Published: August 21, 2025 05:00
Exclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has been hit with a legal challenge after she overruled a local council to approve a hyperscale datacentre on green…
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