Tonnes of dead fish wash up on shore of polluted Lebanese lake
Tonnes of dead fish have washed up on the banks of a lake on Lebanon's Litani river, engulfing a nearby village in a pungent smell, in a disaster blamed on polluted waters.
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Scientists find way to remove polluting microplastics with bacteria
Sticky property of bacteria used to create microbe nets that can capture microplastics in water to form a recyclable blob
Read articleBreaking! Bill To Ban The Trade Of Shark Fins In The United States Is Reintroduced In Congress
A bill that would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Gregoria Kilili Sablan (I-MP) and Michael McCaul (R-TX). Similar legislation was introduced in the last Congress, passing the House with widespread bipartisan support with a vote of (310-107), as well as clearing the Senate Commerce Committee and garnering the support of 47 Senate cosponsors.
Read articleWhy Climate Change is Driving Some to Skip Having Kids
A new study finds that overconsumption, overpopulation and uncertainty about the future are among the top concerns of those who say climate change is affecting their reproductive decision-making.
Read articleMarks and Spencer faces backlash over plan to release 30m honeybees
An attempt by Marks & Spencer to “do good for the environment†by releasing 30 million honeybees into the British countryside has backfired, with conservationists warning the initiative could damage ecosystems and deprive wild pollinators of valuable food sources.
Read articleTorres Strait 8: Australian Islanders in landmark climate fight
A group of indigenous islanders from Australia’s Torres Strait has launched a world-first legal battle in a bid to protect their homes.
Read articleNasa scientists find unlikely tool as rising temperatures bleach corals: a phone app
Without the app, mapping reefs usually involves high amounts of data and low-quality photos, which leads to slow analysis
Read articleScientists are racing to track what is left of Shrinking sea meadows
Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests. Seagrasses play a large role in regulating ocean environments, storing more than twice as much carbon from planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) per square mile as forests do on land, according to a 2012 study in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Read articleWildlife charities raise 8m pounds to boost nature schemes across England and Wales
Projects to transform a former golf course for nature, rewild a village and restore ice age “ghost†ponds are among schemes being launched to boost wildlife across England and Wales.
Read articleDestruction of world forests increased sharply in 2020
According to data from the University of Maryland and the online monitoring platform Global Forest Watch, the loss was well above the average for the last 20 years, with 2020 the third worst year for forest destruction since 2002 when comparable monitoring began.
Read articleAnnual Earth Hour - marked by Global landmarks turning off the lights
Cities around the world were turning off their lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19.
Read articleRussia hails rare sighting of Amur leopard mother with cubs
Sighting in Primorye region said to show success of fight against poachers and steps to boost species population
Read articleCovid vaccine used on apes at San Diego zoo trialled on mink
Experimental animal jabs could stop spillover back to humans, says firm behind vaccines for primates
Read articleClimate fight is undermined by social media's toxic reports
Scientists warn that Nobel summit and long-term decisions to save the planet are at risk from targeted attacks online
Read articleNew UN Report: urges a radical shift in the way we think about nature
The United Nations released a report Thursday on the health of the planet that proposes a radical shift in the way mankind thinks about it.
Read articleSeafood fraud happening on a vast global scale
Guardian analysis of 44 studies finds nearly 40% of 9,000 products from restaurants, markets and fishmongers were mislabelled
Read articleChinese hotel with polar bear enclosure opens to outrage
Harbin hotel keeping threatened species in pen overlooked by bedrooms angers animal welfare groups
Read articleFrance has underrated the impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Groundbreaking new analysis could allow more than 100,000 people to claim compensation
Read articleUN report: People waste nearly 1bn tonnes of food a year
Food discarded in homes is 74kg per person each year, with problem affecting rich and poor countries
Read articleScientists found Giant luminous shark that glow in the dark
Discovery off New Zealand includes kitefin shark, which at up to 180cm is now biggest-known luminous vertebrate
Read articleBaarack from the brink: Wild sheep rescued in Australia shorn of 35 kg fleece
A wild and ailing sheep found in a forest in Australia, named Baarack by rescuers, has yielded a fleece weighing more than 35 kilogrammes - nearly half the weight of an adult kangaroo - after being shorn for the first time in many a year.
Read articleArctic drilling plan in Alaska hits roadblock
Plans for seismic surveys to help find oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have fizzled due to a lack of protection for polar bears, according to a brief statement Saturday from the Department of the Interior.
Read articleGlobal green recovery plans fail to match 2008 stimulus: report shows
Efforts by governments around the world to forge a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic are so far failing even to reach the levels of green spending seen in the stimulus that followed the 2008 financial crisis, new analysis has shown.
Read articleGlobal salmon farming harming marine life and costing billions in damage
Report says pollution, parasites and fish mortality rates cost an estimated $50bn globally from 2013 to 2019
Read articleClimate action could save millions of lives through clean air diet and exercise
Meeting Paris goals would bring health benefits aside from tackling global heating, research says
Read articleShark and ray populations have dropped 70 percent and are nearing point of no return: study warns
Some species of sharks and rays could disappear from our seas altogether after a sharp drop in their numbers due to overfishing in the past 50 years.
Read articleOfficials hail encouraging number of north Atlantic right whale births
Wildlife officials in Florida have reported an “encouraging†number of sightings of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off the south-eastern US, including at least 14 new calves, three born to first-time mothers.
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