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Fast-growing chickens: Judge dismisses 'Frankenchickens' farming welfare case
via bbc.co.ukA high court judge dismisses a legal challenge over the welfare of fast-growing chickens on farms. -
Desert city of Dubai floods as heaviest rainfall in 75 years hits UAE
via theguardian.comCity records more than 142mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year and a half, as highways and malls floodedHighways and malls have been flooded and flights disrupted at one of the world’s busiest airports after the United Arab Emirates experienced what the government described as its largest amount of rainfall in 75 years.At least one person was killed, a 70-year-old man who police said was swept away in his car in Ras Al Khaimah, one of the UAE’s seven emirates. C -
Climate crisis: average world incomes to drop by nearly a fifth by 2050
via theguardian.comCost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study findsAverage incomes will fall by almost a fifth within the next 26 years as a result of the climate crisis, according to a study that predicts the costs of damage will be six times higher than the price of limiting global heating to 2C.Rising temperatures, heavier rainfall and more frequent and intense extreme weather are projected to cause $38tn (£30tn) of destruction each year by mid -
Gene editing crops to be colourful could aid weeding, say scientists
via theguardian.comCreating visually distinctive plants likely to become important as more weed-like crops are grown for foodGenetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food without pesticides, as it would make it easier to spot weeds, scientists have said.This will be increasingly important as hardy, climate-resistant “weeds” are grown for food in the future, the authors have written in their report published in the journal Trends in Plant Science. Continue reading... -
Funding Australia’s renewable transition isn’t ‘picking winners’ – it’s securing our future | Greg Jericho
via theguardian.comGovernment support for green manufacturing is actually the easy part. To truly reduce emissions, we must stop digging up and burning fossil fuelsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLast week Anthony Albanese finally announced the government’s major plan for the transition to a renewable energy economy. The Future Made in Australia plan was quickly derided by critics as “picking winners”, in the misguided view that the market is better at dec -
Europeans care more about elephants than people, says Botswana president
via theguardian.comWesterners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangersMany Europeans value the lives of elephants more than those of the people who live around them, the president of Botswana has said, amid tensions over potential trophy hunting import bans.Botswana recently threatened to send 30,000 elephants to the UK and Germany after both countries proposed stricter controls on hunting trophies. The co -
Elephant seal makes ‘epic’ trek back after Canadian officials relocate him
via theguardian.comNotorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him back in Victoria in a weekLast week, gun-wielding conservation officers stuffed a 500-lb elephant seal in the back of a van, drove him along a winding highway in western Canada and left him on a remote beach “far from human habitation”.The plan was to move the young seal far from British Columbia’s capital city, where over the last year, he has developed a reputation for ending u -
What the desert city of Dubai looks like after its biggest rainfall in 75 years – video
via theguardian.comCars submerged in raging flood waters, planes on flooded runways and ankle-deep water at a metro station – this is what the United Arab Emirates and its desert city of Dubai look after a deluge. Dubai received about as much rain in 24 hours as it usually does in a yearDesert city of Dubai floods as UAE hit by heaviest rainfall in 75 years Continue reading... -
‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need
via theguardian.comPhoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree-planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperaturesIt was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in one of the desert city’s hottest and least shaded neighborhoods.Still, it was sweaty backbreaking work as they carefully positioned, watered and staked a 10ft tall Blue palo verde and Chilean mesquite in opposite corn -
‘We need more shade’: how US’s hottest city is cooling its least protected community
via theguardian.comPhoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperaturesIt was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree planting crew dug large holes in one of the desert city’s hottest and least shaded neighborhoods.Still, it was sweaty backbreaking work as they carefully positioned, watered and staked a 10-ft tall Blue palo verde and Chilean mesquite in opposite cor -
‘These birds are telling us something serious is happening’: the songbirds disappearing from Britain’s woods
via theguardian.comThe dramatic decline of marsh tits in an ancient Cambridgeshire woodland is a story repeated across the UK as human activity drives species towards extinctionRichard Broughton has been nosing around this neighbourhood for 22 years. He gossips about inhabitants past and present, reeling off information about their relationship status, openness to visitors, brawls and neighbourly disputes. “They used to have a big punch up in spring here,” he says, pointing out where one family’s -
‘These birds are telling us something serious is happening’: the fading song of the marsh tit
via theguardian.comThe songbird’s dramatic decline in an ancient Cambridgeshire woodland is a story repeated across the UK as human activity drives species towards extinctionRichard Broughton has been nosing around this neighbourhood for 22 years. He gossips about inhabitants past and present, reeling off information about their relationship status, openness to visitors, brawls and neighbourly disputes. “They used to have a big punch up in spring here,” he says, pointing out where one family&rsqu -
Tanya says the urgent environmental reforms the ALP promised have been put on hold! | First Dog on the Moon
via theguardian.comTell all the maugean skates to hang on until after the next electionSign 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... -
UK’s native poultry under threat as bird flu takes hold worldwide
via theguardian.comAnnual watchlist raises concern for native chicken, duck, geese and turkey populations as well as rare pig breedsAll of the UK’s native breeds of chicken, duck, geese and turkey are under threat because of bird flu, a report from the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has found.The disease, which has swept the globe after it originated in poultry farms in Asia, has caused devastating declines in bird populations. It has also now jumped to mammals and some cases have been found in humans, th -
Plantwatch: why does a rainforest vine turn into a part-time carnivore?
via theguardian.comScientists have finally discovered why this remarkable plant becomes hungry for bugsIt sounds like a science fiction horror movie – a carnivorous plant that grows up to 60 metres high reaching up through the canopies of tropical trees, feasting on bugs using sticky leaf glands that ooze digestive enzymes to absorb its catch of prey.Triphyophyllum peltatum is a woody vine that grows in the rainforests of west Africa, although strangely it is a part-time carnivore that develops into a killer -
Country diary: An old haunt that’s now full of life | Derek Niemann
via theguardian.comBedford: I knew this park nearly 40 years ago when there was little here but optimism. That vision been repaid handsomelyRight here, on top of a rubbish tip, I started my first paid job after college. A slab of clay slapped over a landfill site constituted much of the land that was rebirthed as Priory Country Park. There was no longer a priory, it was hardly in the country, and for those first arrivals in the newly grassed ground planted with a scatter of whips, it wasn’t much of a pa -
The tragic death of Maureen Gilbert: why did a much-loved mother die in her flooded home?
via theguardian.comLast year, Storm Babet tore through Chesterfield in Derbyshire, an at-risk town that had been hit before. Could the devastation have been avoided?The flood alert was issued on the morning of 21 October 2023. Storm Babet was coming. Be prepared.Paul Gilbert, a 47-year-old landscape gardener from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, did what he always did when a flood alert came in: he went to check on his mum, Maureen. Continue reading... -
Healthier ready-to-eat meals would have ‘huge’ EU climate benefits – report
via theguardian.comCo-authors say ‘no-regrets policy’ would save consumers €2.8bn a year while cutting emissions by 48m tonnes Healthier ready-to-eat meals could cut EU emissions by 48m tonnes annually and save customers €2.8bn (£2.4bn) each year, as well as reducing disease, a report has found.Fast food and ready meals provide more than a sixth of the EU’s calories but contain far more salt and meat than doctors recommend, according to an analysis from the consultancy Systemiq co -
Bumblebee species able to survive underwater for up to a week
via theguardian.comCommon eastern bumblebee queens’ ability while hibernating could help it endure flooding, scientists sayBumblebees might be at home in town and country but now researchers have found at least one species that is even more adaptable: it can survive underwater.Scientists have revealed queens of the common eastern bumblebee, a species widespread in eastern North America, can withstand submersion for up to a week when hibernating. Continue reading... -
Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks
via theguardian.comThe law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030Greece has become the first country in Europe to announce a ban on bottom trawling in all of its national marine parks and protected areas.The country said will spend €780m (£666m) to protect its “diverse and unique marine ecosystems”. Continue reading... -
Albanese’s promised clean economy act has been a long time coming, but it’s the right place to start | Adam Morton
via theguardian.comThe challenge for a resource-rich, medium-sized economy such as Australia is to identify the right green industries to focus on, while minimising the risks to taxpayersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIt’s taken a while to get here, but Anthony Albanese is on the verge of promising what some economists and most clean energy advocates have been urging Australian governments to do for years. Or at least a version of it.The prime minister’s promis -
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts
via theguardian.comLoss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologistsRead more: No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silentSounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction, international experts have warned.As technology develops, sound has become an increasingly important way of meas -
The killer whale trainers who still defend captivity: ‘I’m an endangered species myself’
via theguardian.comThe 2013 documentary Blackfish turned orca trainers into pariahs in the US. Now some are hitting it big in ChinaSome people spend a long time deciding what they want to do in life. Hazel McBride feels lucky that she’s always known. As a child in Scotland, she watched a VHS tape of Free Willy on repeat. That was the first time she felt a connection with killer whales. The second time was at age eight, on a trip to SeaWorld Orlando in 2000. Shamu was the animal world’s greatest celebri -
No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent
via theguardian.comAs the soundscape of the natural world began to disappear over 30 years, one man was listening and recording it allRead more: World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn expertsThe tale starts 30 years ago, when Bernie Krause made his first audio clip in Sugarloaf Ridge state park, 20 minutes’ drive from his house near San Francisco. He chose a spot near an old bigleaf maple. Many people loved this place: there was a creek and a scattering of picnic ben -
‘Water is more valuable than oil’: the corporation cashing in on America’s drought
via theguardian.comIn an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona town – and sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has ‘opened Pandora’s box’One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves.Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community of about 200 people. Maybe 300, if you count the weekenders who come to bo -
UK facing food shortages and price rises after extreme weather
via theguardian.comHeavy rain likely to cause low yields in Britain and other parts of Europe, with drought in Morocco hitting importsWhich UK foods are at risk?The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate breakdown causes low yields on farms locally and abroad.Record rainfall has meant farmers in many parts of the UK have been unable to plant crops such as potatoes, wheat and vegetables during the key spring season. Crops that have been planted are of poor quality, with some ro -
Country diary: As close to immortality as British nature can get | Mark Cocker
via theguardian.comFortingall, Perthshire: Standing in front of this truly great yew tree – some say the oldest in the country – one wonders how to capture its totalityThe yew in the churchyard here has a legend as the oldest tree in Britain, although its exact age is a matter of dispute. Many propose that it is older than Christianity and some that it could even predate Stonehenge.Perhaps a more revealing comparison arises with an “artefact” from about the same period (circa 3000BC). It&rs -
Aerial video shows mass coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef amid global heat stress event – video
via theguardian.comScientists have recorded widespread bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef as global heating creates a fourth planet-wide bleaching event. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch, 54% of ocean waters containing coral reefs have been experiencing heat stress high enough to cause bleachingGlobal heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record Continue reading... -
Lightning and rain kill dozens in Pakistan
via bbc.co.ukAuthorities have also warned of landslides and flash floods in the coming days. -
UK accused of double counting £500m of aid to meet climate pledge
via theguardian.comHumanitarian work in Afghanistan and Yemen now classified as climate finance, FoI request reveals, as £11.6bn pledge slipsThe UK government has been accused of double counting £500m of overseas aid as climate finance in an attempt to meet its commitments under the Paris agreement .Money for humanitarian work in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia is now being classified as climate finance, according to documents released under a freedom of information request by the website Carbon Brief.
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