<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Environment - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Environment news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Reform continues to cast doubt on climate science. Do its supporters agree?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate scepticism is common at the Reform party conference, but many also criticise Labour for failing to protect Britons from hot weatherOn the second day of the Reform UK conference, in the wake of an undercover investigation alleging party officials plotted to evade the law on foreign donations, the deputy leader, Richard Tice, addressed the audience. Within minutes, a banner appeared behind him reading: &ldquo;Collect &pound;5m, burn the planet.&rdquo;It was taken down promptly and Tice, wh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reform-continues-to-cast-doubt-on-climate-science-do-its-supporters-agree/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reform-continues-to-cast-doubt-on-climate-science-do-its-supporters-agree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beekeepers warn of Asian hornet threat and call for UK awareness campaign]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts say invasive species are creating &lsquo;pollinator deserts&rsquo; and could have serious impact on food securityBritish beekeepers have called for a national awareness campaign about the impact of Asian hornets as they warned the invasive species was creating &ldquo;pollinator deserts&rdquo; and threatening food security.Native to south-east Asia, the yellow-legged hornet is thought to have arrived in Europe in 2004 and has continued to spread ever since, its numbers probably boosted by]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/beekeepers-warn-of-asian-hornet-threat-and-call-for-uk-awareness-campaign/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/beekeepers-warn-of-asian-hornet-threat-and-call-for-uk-awareness-campaign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: The wild, riotous sounds of otters in battle | Cal Flyn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Isle of Lismore, Argyll: They skim over the surface like stones, making such a hullabaloo you could hear them a mile awayI hear them before I see them: a wailing, or something more like ululation. High-pitched, repeated vocalisations that are neither man nor cat, but somewhere in between. I throw open the cabin door, unsure what to look for, and for a moment see nothing new: only the rocky strand and the sweep of dark wrack high above the shoreline.The strange, warbling sound comes again. Ai-ai-]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-wild-riotous-sounds-of-otters-in-battle-cal-flyn/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-wild-riotous-sounds-of-otters-in-battle-cal-flyn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t drain the budget: how to save on water heating costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s one of the easiest ways for households to save money and cut emissions. Australian experts share tips that will have you singing efficiently in the showerChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household&rsquo;s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comAustralians love getting into hot water. About 15% have four or more showers a day, while nearly a third]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/dont-drain-the-budget-how-to-save-on-water-heating-costs/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/dont-drain-the-budget-how-to-save-on-water-heating-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mysterious 'island' appears and then disappears in Canada &ndash; video]]></title><description><![CDATA[A mysterious island has emerged in Williston Lake in Canada. A local resident shared a video of a floating 'island' with trees growing from it &ndash; which has appeared, disappeared and appeared again within two months. Satellite imagery has confirmed its existence and disappearance, and experts say the rising water level has set free trees that have been growing on woody debris on the shore Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-mysterious-island-appears-and-then-disappears-in-canada-ndash-video/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-mysterious-island-appears-and-then-disappears-in-canada-ndash-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackdaw gasfield set to be approved by ministers this month, sources say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Energy secretary could recommend new North Sea drilling next week, as ministers also consider approval for Rosebank oilfieldUK politics live &ndash; latest updatesBusiness live &ndash; latest updatesMinisters are poised to approve a controversial new gasfield in the North Sea this month, according to government sources, and are considering approving a major oilfield later this year.Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, will give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jackdaw-gasfield-set-to-be-approved-by-ministers-this-month-sources-say/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jackdaw-gasfield-set-to-be-approved-by-ministers-this-month-sources-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-hitchhiking-crab-a-shy-wallaby-and-penguins-in-little-jackets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we know about the link between Nepal’s flash floods and our climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week&rsquo;s newsletter: The full scale of the disaster is still emerging, but as rescue efforts continue, scientists warn that a warming Himalayas could mean more deadly hazards&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAt 8.37am local time last Wednesday, a huge mass of rock and ice sheared free from a mountain, sliding 1,200 metres to the valley floor in Nepal&rsquo;s Langtang national park, about 60km north of the country&rsquo;s capital, Kathmandu.Horr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-we-know-about-the-link-between-nepals-flash-floods-and-our-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-we-know-about-the-link-between-nepals-flash-floods-and-our-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supplyLess than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 million people, as millions of households face hosepipe bans and three-quarters of the country is in drought.Businesses across England use 2.6bn litres a day from the public water supply, which includes potable and non-potable water provided by water companies. In total, businesses accoun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-how-companies-secretly-use-billions-of-litres-of-public-water-in-drought-hit-england/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-how-companies-secretly-use-billions-of-litres-of-public-water-in-drought-hit-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renewable energy in NI reaches record level]]></title><description><![CDATA[And for the first time renewable generation has consistently exceeded non-renewable generation since January.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/renewable-energy-in-ni-reaches-record-level/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/renewable-energy-in-ni-reaches-record-level/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From 'dog fruit' to darling: India's avocado boom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demand for avocados is booming in India and local growers hope to grab more of the market.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-dog-fruit-to-darling-indias-avocado-boom/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-dog-fruit-to-darling-indias-avocado-boom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common virusesMore than 2.5 million cruise passengers travelled through Southampton in 2025. It is also the UK&rsquo;s leading vehicle and deep-sea trading port. You can see the ships and port machinery from miles around. All of this is downwind of a city of 260,000 people.A team of 32 researchers began investigating air pollution from the docks in 2018. Their research has revealed that the type]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/air-pollution-from-ships-may-be-more-harmful-than-road-traffic-emissions-port-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/air-pollution-from-ships-may-be-more-harmful-than-road-traffic-emissions-port-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: It’s 10am at the Melplash Show and the cider contest is well under way | Sara Hudston]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bridport, Dorset: Away from the sheep, pigs and Martin Clunes&rsquo;s horse, I find a bounty of local ciders &ndash; and concern about this year&rsquo;s apple harvestIt&rsquo;s Melplash Show day and all of Bridport is here. Crowds jostle for a look at the pigs, cattle and sheep. The actor Martin Clunes, who lives locally, leads one of his heavy horses into the ring, a&nbsp;big strawberry roan gelding with a mane plaited with ribbons. Everyone ignores the celebrity: they are far more interested i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-its-10am-at-the-melplash-show-and-the-cider-contest-is-well-under-way-sara-hudston/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-its-10am-at-the-melplash-show-and-the-cider-contest-is-well-under-way-sara-hudston/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the BeetalooGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA giant chunk of glacier-covered mountain has collapsed with catastrophic effect and, whatever the mechanics of the disaster in Nepal&rsquo;s Langtang national park, this is what human-caused climate crisis looks like. The likelihood of it happening again will rise as temperatures increase and the ice within rock]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/albaneses-resources-minister-celebrating-the-beetaloo-carbon-bomb-is-a-hell-of-a-choice-labor-cant-say-it-wasnt-warned-clear-air/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/albaneses-resources-minister-celebrating-the-beetaloo-carbon-bomb-is-a-hell-of-a-choice-labor-cant-say-it-wasnt-warned-clear-air/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Miracle' eagle with broken wing spotted back above Scottish coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving with a broken wing has been spotted back above Scotland's west coast.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/miracle-eagle-with-broken-wing-spotted-back-above-scottish-coast/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 02:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/miracle-eagle-with-broken-wing-spotted-back-above-scottish-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be &lsquo;a bit more resilient&rsquo; as they plan for national emergenciesBritish people have been urged to have enough food and water on hand to survive a few days without power or water, as the UN said the El Ni&ntilde;o climate phenomenon was &ldquo;supersizing before our eyes&rdquo;, exacerbating extreme weather events worldwide.Forecasters say they are braced for the biggest El Ni&ntilde;o in 1,000 years, bringing wildfires and floods to parts o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/minister-tells-brits-to-stock-up-on-days-of-supplies-after-supersize-el-nio-warning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/minister-tells-brits-to-stock-up-on-days-of-supplies-after-supersize-el-nio-warning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘So scary’: massive hail and torrential rain causes chaos in Toronto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Videos shared from across the region showed streets overwhelmed by rain and hailstones falling in a matter of minutes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/so-scary-massive-hail-and-torrential-rain-causes-chaos-in-toronto/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/so-scary-massive-hail-and-torrential-rain-causes-chaos-in-toronto/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN fish farm plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Huge rollout of farms could harm ecosystems and threaten food sources of vulnerable communities, say expertsNearly half of the world&rsquo;s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found.The UN&rsquo;s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture &ndash; where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild &ndash; production by 75% by 2040. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grinding-up-fish-to-feed-to-fish-is-absurd-fears-over-un-fish-farm-plan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grinding-up-fish-to-feed-to-fish-is-absurd-fears-over-un-fish-farm-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN aquaculture plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Huge rollout of fish farms could harm ecosystems and threaten vulnerable communities&rsquo; food sources, say expertsNearly half of the world&rsquo;s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found.The UN&rsquo;s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture &ndash; where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild &ndash; production by 75% by 2040. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grinding-up-fish-to-feed-to-fish-is-absurd-fears-over-un-aquaculture-plan/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grinding-up-fish-to-feed-to-fish-is-absurd-fears-over-un-aquaculture-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How climate denialism finds its way to the US 's highest office &ndash; video explainer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although it's scientific consensus that the climate crisis is happening, climate change denialists have found support in the highest office during the second Trump administration and significantly influenced current climate and environment policies. The Guardian's fossil fuel and climate reporter Dharna Noor explains why such rhetorics could be dangerous for our planet Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-climate-denialism-finds-its-way-to-the-us-s-highest-office-ndash-video-explainer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-climate-denialism-finds-its-way-to-the-us-s-highest-office-ndash-video-explainer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? - video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes 25% of global heating today. We definitely don&rsquo;t want this gas spewing needlessly into the atmosphere, but in 2023 that&rsquo;s exactly what environment editor Damian Carrington found was happening when he reported on 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks across the globe. Now Turkmenistan, the worst country for mega-leaks, has begun to plug them. Damian tells Mad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theres-a-quick-way-to-slow-climate-change-why-isnt-everyone-doing-it-video/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theres-a-quick-way-to-slow-climate-change-why-isnt-everyone-doing-it-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the brain of a fly may help explain human behaviour]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comparing the brains of male and female flies may transform our understanding of how genes shape behaviour, including ours.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-the-brain-of-a-fly-may-help-explain-human-behaviour/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-the-brain-of-a-fly-may-help-explain-human-behaviour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Razed by wildfire, erased by USPS: Hawaiians fight to restore mail delivery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wildfire victims rebuilt their homes in Lahaina only to find USPS had &lsquo;eliminated&rsquo; their addresses &ndash; while houses that didn&rsquo;t burn receive mail as normalTwo months after a devastating wildfire whipped through Lahaina in August 2023, Pam Reader was allowed back to see what was left of her home. With a heavy heart, she returned to the Hawaiian oceanside town now filled with endless blocks of burned houses. As she rounded her corner, she saw the only thing remaining was her]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/razed-by-wildfire-erased-by-usps-hawaiians-fight-to-restore-mail-delivery/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/razed-by-wildfire-erased-by-usps-hawaiians-fight-to-restore-mail-delivery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will El Nino bring chaos to UK weather?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will El Nino bring chaos to UK weather?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/will-el-nino-bring-chaos-to-uk-weather/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/will-el-nino-bring-chaos-to-uk-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sun goddess, hundreds of devotees – and polluted water: the Nigerian festival threatened by gold mining]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each year, people from across the world gather in a grove sacred to the Yoruba goddess Osun to be healed, conceive or realise their deepest wishes. But toxic lead, mercury and cyanide is leaching into the river7Devotees in white clothing line the riverbank, praying as they carry offerings of fruit, kola nut and sacrificial animals in supplication to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, beauty and healing, whose carved form stands with arms outstretched a few metres away in the Osun River.It is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-sun-goddess-hundreds-of-devotees-and-polluted-water-the-nigerian-festival-threatened-by-gold-mining/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-sun-goddess-hundreds-of-devotees-and-polluted-water-the-nigerian-festival-threatened-by-gold-mining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A river goddess, hundreds of devotees – and polluted water: the Nigerian festival threatened by gold mining]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each year, people from across the world gather in a grove sacred to the Yoruba goddess Osun to be healed, conceive or realise their deepest wishes. But toxic lead, mercury and cyanide is leaching into the riverDevotees in white clothing line the riverbank, praying as they carry offerings of fruit, kola nut and sacrificial animals in supplication to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, beauty and healing, whose carved form stands with arms outstretched a few metres away in the Osun River.It is]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-river-goddess-hundreds-of-devotees-and-polluted-water-the-nigerian-festival-threatened-by-gold-mining/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-river-goddess-hundreds-of-devotees-and-polluted-water-the-nigerian-festival-threatened-by-gold-mining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invasive tropical mosquito found breeding in east London]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate crisis could increase incursions of Aedes aegypti, which can transmit Zika virus and dengue, experts sayAn invasive mosquito capable of transmitting tropical diseases has been found breeding in homes in east London, with warnings that the rapidly warming climate will lead to greater &ldquo;incursions of invasive mosquitoes&rdquo;.This is the first time the species has been identified breeding in the UK and the fourth time it has been detected. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invasive-tropical-mosquito-found-breeding-in-east-london/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invasive-tropical-mosquito-found-breeding-in-east-london/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a new instrument could reveal the secrets of the stars]]></title><description><![CDATA[MOONS, which was built by a team lead from Scotland, has started its work at the Very Large Telescope in Chile.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-new-instrument-could-reveal-the-secrets-of-the-stars/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-new-instrument-could-reveal-the-secrets-of-the-stars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it]]></title><description><![CDATA[From New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce wasteIn New York City, the plastic we discard has a way of remaining in plain sight. There are few alleys to hide residents&rsquo; refuse, and the clear recycling bags leave their contents on full display. In a city built on a dense grid, lightweight wrappers, bags and bottles spill from overflowing bins and skitter down sidewalks, coll]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-plastic-waste-overtaking-new-york-and-the-people-trying-to-curb-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-plastic-waste-overtaking-new-york-and-the-people-trying-to-curb-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iguaz&uacute; Falls' water level rises by five times the average &ndash; video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Water levels at Iguaz&uacute; Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argentina, have reached five times the average volume after heavy rains. The national park has stayed open to visitors with a safety protocol in place fortheir safety. The park's biologist and sustainability manager has said the water levels may be influenced by the El Ni&ntilde;o phenomenon Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/iguazuacute-falls-water-level-rises-by-five-times-the-average-ndash-video/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/iguazuacute-falls-water-level-rises-by-five-times-the-average-ndash-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toxic wildfire haze spreads across South East Asia as 'super' El Ni&ntilde;o intensifies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millions of people have been exposed to the smog, with more than 12,000 children suffering respiratory issues.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/toxic-wildfire-haze-spreads-across-south-east-asia-as-super-el-nintildeo-intensifies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/toxic-wildfire-haze-spreads-across-south-east-asia-as-super-el-nintildeo-intensifies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stormy autumn, cold winter - how might El Niño affect the UK weather?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year's El Ni&ntilde;o is expected to be the strongest in living memory and could lead to a range of impacts of the UK - including a stormy autumn.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stormy-autumn-cold-winter-how-might-el-nio-affect-the-uk-weather/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stormy-autumn-cold-winter-how-might-el-nio-affect-the-uk-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bring on the drones: how a technology revolution is being rolled out across Africa’s nature reserves]]></title><description><![CDATA[As graduates of an online training course gather from across the continent, the consensus is overwhelming: computers and saving animals go togetherOn a bitingly cold night in Lapalala Wilderness nature reserve in South Africa&rsquo;s Limpopo province, Duncan Kanyakera watches as instructor Jacques Viljoen deploys a thermal drone in search of a lone cheetah. Once the drone has disappeared into the inky sky, Kanyakera, from Tsavo in Kenya, and 20 other conservation professionals from across Africa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bring-on-the-drones-how-a-technology-revolution-is-being-rolled-out-across-africas-nature-reserves/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bring-on-the-drones-how-a-technology-revolution-is-being-rolled-out-across-africas-nature-reserves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satellite images show how Canadian 'island' vanished before turning up 20 miles away]]></title><description><![CDATA[BBC Verify has used satellite imagery to track the mysterious phenomenon, which has surprised people around the world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/satellite-images-show-how-canadian-island-vanished-before-turning-up-20-miles-away/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/satellite-images-show-how-canadian-island-vanished-before-turning-up-20-miles-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: A stranded traveller that looks more plastic than animal | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett]]></title><description><![CDATA[Appledore, Devon: By-the-wind sailors have been washed up in great numbers this summer. I stumble on a single one of these bright blue beautiesAmid the hot grit of the estuarine beach, a cool light glints. Not the habitual shade of mussel shells, nor&nbsp;even the shimmer of sea glass, this is a blue so bright that at first I mistake it for a kind of plastic, perhaps the discarded part of a pair&nbsp;of goggles.I&rsquo;m about to pick it up when something prompts me to&nbsp;pause, mid-swoop; an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-stranded-traveller-that-looks-more-plastic-than-animal-elizabeth-jane-burnett/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-stranded-traveller-that-looks-more-plastic-than-animal-elizabeth-jane-burnett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN warns of 'supersized' El Ni&ntilde;o as countries prepare for impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/un-warns-of-supersized-el-nintildeo-as-countries-prepare-for-impact/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/un-warns-of-supersized-el-nintildeo-as-countries-prepare-for-impact/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching]]></title><description><![CDATA[Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisisThe El Ni&ntilde;o climate phenomenon is &ldquo;supersizing before our eyes&rdquo;, the UN has said. The event is near certain to shatter temperature records, according to the latest forecasts.The El Ni&ntilde;o is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere where temperatures are already rising rapidly due to global heating. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/supersizing-before-our-eyes-un-warns-of-record-el-nio-approaching/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/supersizing-before-our-eyes-un-warns-of-record-el-nio-approaching/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I camped in one of Britain’s last remaining rainforests]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fragment of temperate rainforest lies on the edge of Dartmoor, and following years of conservation work, its owners have now opened up a sustainable campsite next to this fragile ecosystemMist blankets the valley as I wheel my camping gear down the small hill towards a clearing ringed by trees and shrubs. A picnic bench sits at its edge, angled towards the reason why I&rsquo;m here: one of the last remaining fragments of temperate rainforest in Britain. I&rsquo;m pitching my tent at Wray Valle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-camped-in-one-of-britains-last-remaining-rainforests/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-camped-in-one-of-britains-last-remaining-rainforests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Widow whose husband died after falling in slurry pit says farmers facing pressures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Margaret Owen said it seemed "things are getting worse" after a rise in deaths on British farms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/widow-whose-husband-died-after-falling-in-slurry-pit-says-farmers-facing-pressures/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/widow-whose-husband-died-after-falling-in-slurry-pit-says-farmers-facing-pressures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why El Niño can mean less rain but heavier downpours for India]]></title><description><![CDATA[El Ni&ntilde;o is associated with weaker monsoons in India &ndash; but research suggests it can also bring more extreme rainfallThe world is bracing for a &ldquo;super&rdquo; El Ni&ntilde;o, and its effects are already being felt in India, where the monsoon has brought less rain than average but more intense downpours.Meteorologists predict that the current El Ni&ntilde;o, which is developing over the Pacific, could be one of the strongest in living memory. India is likely to be heavily affected]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-el-nio-can-mean-less-rain-but-heavier-downpours-for-india/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-el-nio-can-mean-less-rain-but-heavier-downpours-for-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed | Emma Brockes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Small changes are what I&rsquo;m aiming for &ndash; 10-minute workouts, cleaning out my handbag. Then I&rsquo;m less likely to have failed come OctoberAre you a January resolutions or a September reset person? The latter has always felt more propitious to me, light of the exhaustion of Christmas and with the weather still on our side. Last week, when the Pavlovian response to buying new stationery (for my kids) kicked in, I found myself following a rote impulse to sort my life out by replacing t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-september-reset-is-real-im-about-to-become-a-better-person-flaxseed-by-flaxseed-emma-brockes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-september-reset-is-real-im-about-to-become-a-better-person-flaxseed-by-flaxseed-emma-brockes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? – podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes 25% of global heating today. We definitely don&rsquo;t want this gas spewing needlessly into the atmosphere, but in 2023 that&rsquo;s exactly what environment editor Damian Carrington found was happening when he reported on 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks across the globe. Now Turkmenistan, the worst country for mega-leaks, has begun to plug them. Damian tells Mad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theres-a-quick-way-to-slow-climate-change-why-isnt-everyone-doing-it-podcast/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theres-a-quick-way-to-slow-climate-change-why-isnt-everyone-doing-it-podcast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The place that never freezes: the Arctic habitat where global heating threatens more ice, not less]]></title><description><![CDATA[The race to study the North Water between Canada and Greenland before it changes has led to a bold plan for an Inuit-run protected areaElectric-blue meltwater sprays up under Terry Noah&rsquo;s snowmobile as he races across sea ice extending out from Canada&rsquo;s northernmost public community: Grise Fiord in Nunavut, a hamlet of 144 people closer to Murmansk in Russia than the Canadian city of Toronto. The bay&rsquo;s cliffs loom higher and higher like stone icebergs as he approaches his desti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-place-that-never-freezes-the-arctic-habitat-where-global-heating-threatens-more-ice-not-less/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-place-that-never-freezes-the-arctic-habitat-where-global-heating-threatens-more-ice-not-less/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Jennings on the rise of datacentres in Britain – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ben-jennings-on-the-rise-of-datacentres-in-britain-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ben-jennings-on-the-rise-of-datacentres-in-britain-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the flood: human suffering on an unfathomable scale in Nepal’s worst-hit districts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands remain missing and aid is hampered by treacherous conditions in communities almost wiped out of existenceSearching for the body of his wife in the mud, Dil Bahadur Shrestha lamented that he did not even have a shovel left. For now, he has been using his hands to try to find her as he picks through the ruins of his house.On Wednesday morning last week, Jamuna Shrestha, his wife of 50 years, had been at home in Betrawati on the banks of Nepal&rsquo;s Trishuli River, feeding her beloved c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/after-the-flood-human-suffering-on-an-unfathomable-scale-in-nepals-worst-hit-districts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/after-the-flood-human-suffering-on-an-unfathomable-scale-in-nepals-worst-hit-districts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists may have found first hint of dark matter]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mysterious material has eluded scientists for nearly a century.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-may-have-found-first-hint-of-dark-matter/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-may-have-found-first-hint-of-dark-matter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperature check: alarm as prediction markets lean into weather and climate bets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate experts warn US Kalshi and Polymarket users are &lsquo;gamifying disasters&rsquo; as they bet on events like heatwaves and daily temperaturesOnline prediction markets, saturated by money staked on sport, crypto and politics, have now set their sights on a promising new area of growth: betting on the future livability of the planet itself.The rise of gamified predictions on the unfolding climate crisis, and shorter-term weather forecasts, has been underscored by a new deal that allows Kal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/temperature-check-alarm-as-prediction-markets-lean-into-weather-and-climate-bets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/temperature-check-alarm-as-prediction-markets-lean-into-weather-and-climate-bets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass breeding of game birds without welfare checks may be curtailed in England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Campaigners say pheasants and partridges reared &lsquo;on industrial scale&rsquo; do not have same protections as chickensThe government is considering a crackdown on pheasant shooting in England as part of a consultation on strict new animal welfare laws that would affect shoot organisers.Ministers are already considering plans for the issuing of licences for those who run game bird shoots. The proposals mean anybody associated with wildlife crime, such as the poisoning or shooting of birds of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mass-breeding-of-game-birds-without-welfare-checks-may-be-curtailed-in-england/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mass-breeding-of-game-birds-without-welfare-checks-may-be-curtailed-in-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transforming toxic: a new vision for urban waterways takes shape in Brooklyn – in photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Designers are rethinking one of New York City&rsquo;s most polluted sites with climate adaptation and community benefitsThe Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation. The Guardian&rsquo;s coverage is editorially independent Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/transforming-toxic-a-new-vision-for-urban-waterways-takes-shape-in-brooklyn-in-photos/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/transforming-toxic-a-new-vision-for-urban-waterways-takes-shape-in-brooklyn-in-photos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronauts set out on rare all-female spacewalk]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the sixth time in history, a team of two women completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/astronauts-set-out-on-rare-all-female-spacewalk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/astronauts-set-out-on-rare-all-female-spacewalk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will your name be the next UK storm?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The storm name list for the next year is out. Will your name be on it?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/will-your-name-be-the-next-uk-storm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/will-your-name-be-the-next-uk-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thames Water, I refuse to pay the sewage charge in my bill while you pollute Britain’s rivers and coastlines | Jenny Jones]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will calmly read all the threatening letters and await the court case against me. But I will take a stand even if our government won&rsquo;tI can&rsquo;t even remember when I decided to stop paying the sewage element of my Thames Water bill. It might have been after reading this headline from the Guardian in July 2025: &ldquo;Serious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last year,&rdquo; with the subheading: &ldquo;Environment Agency records 75 serious incidents among total]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thames-water-i-refuse-to-pay-the-sewage-charge-in-my-bill-while-you-pollute-britains-rivers-and-coastlines-jenny-jones/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thames-water-i-refuse-to-pay-the-sewage-charge-in-my-bill-while-you-pollute-britains-rivers-and-coastlines-jenny-jones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Donald Trump 'supplying all that money' to Nasa?]]></title><description><![CDATA[BBC Verify fact checks President Trump's funding claims about Nasa.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-donald-trump-supplying-all-that-money-to-nasa/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-donald-trump-supplying-all-that-money-to-nasa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will need a mutualised systemHave you ever wondered why it is that most houses in the UK are reliant on gas boilers? Not what&rsquo;s stopping more people from replacing them with heat pumps, but instead why and how the gas boiler became so ubiquitous in the first place?Arthur Downing, the author of the new book Power and the People: A History of British Energy, can tell you exactl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britain-is-ok-with-public-ownership-but-only-by-foreign-powers-why/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britain-is-ok-with-public-ownership-but-only-by-foreign-powers-why/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find]]></title><description><![CDATA[Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalitiesAlmost half of the world&rsquo;s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found.Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network, found there to be an estimated 402-433m cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning of farmers and farm workers every year. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-half-of-worlds-farmers-poisoned-by-pesticides-every-year-experts-find/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-half-of-worlds-farmers-poisoned-by-pesticides-every-year-experts-find/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specieswatch: Deciduous trees are marching north and ousting evergreens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Northern landscapes could soon look different, as wildfires and storms disturb boreal forestsA warmer world is making high latitude forests more deciduous and less evergreen, research shows. Global heating has increased the likelihood of extreme events such as wildfires and storms and this warmer and less stable environment is favouring deciduous trees over evergreens.Boreal forest stretches for miles and miles across high northern latitudes, covering huge swathes of Canada, Russia, Alaska and S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/specieswatch-deciduous-trees-are-marching-north-and-ousting-evergreens/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/specieswatch-deciduous-trees-are-marching-north-and-ousting-evergreens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It smelled like dead people’: the plan to tackle England’s illegal waste problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Burnham has announced a crackdown, but doubts remain over authorities&rsquo; ability to take on organised crime&ldquo;There were parents dropping their children off and then heaving from the smell,&rdquo; says Liz Thompson, 45, who runs Blessings Nursery in Bradford, West Yorkshire.During the recent heatwaves, the smell from an illegal waste dump on Midland Road, just metres from the nursery, became so unbearable that staff had to keep the doors and windows shut and the children couldn&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-smelled-like-dead-people-the-plan-to-tackle-englands-illegal-waste-problem/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-smelled-like-dead-people-the-plan-to-tackle-englands-illegal-waste-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prakrit has already lost her father. As Nepal’s morgues fill, she hopes her DNA can be used to find her mother]]></title><description><![CDATA[A week on from the flash flooding disaster, authorities are urging relatives of the thousands of missing and dead to provide blood samples An army official calls out a name. A young woman stands, two pieces of identification in her hands. She fills out a form, takes another and moves to the back of the hospital to give a vial of blood.With so many people killed by Nepal&rsquo;s floods, and hundreds of bodies being buried because the morgues are full, there is now a push to identify victims throu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/prakrit-has-already-lost-her-father-as-nepals-morgues-fill-she-hopes-her-dna-can-be-used-to-find-her-mother/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/prakrit-has-already-lost-her-father-as-nepals-morgues-fill-she-hopes-her-dna-can-be-used-to-find-her-mother/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Nepal’s morgues fill, Parkrit hopes her DNA can be used to find her mother]]></title><description><![CDATA[A week on from the flash flooding disaster, authorities are urging relatives of the thousands of missing and dead to provide blood samples An army official calls out a name. A young woman stands, two pieces of identification in her hands. She fills out a form, takes another and moves to the back of the hospital to give a vial of blood.With so many people killed by Nepal&rsquo;s floods, and hundreds of bodies being buried because the morgues are full, there is now a push to identify victims throu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-nepals-morgues-fill-parkrit-hopes-her-dna-can-be-used-to-find-her-mother/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-nepals-morgues-fill-parkrit-hopes-her-dna-can-be-used-to-find-her-mother/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Astronauts set out on rare all-female spacewalk]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the sixth time in history, a team of two women completed a spacewalk outside the International Space Station.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-astronauts-set-out-on-rare-all-female-spacewalk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-astronauts-set-out-on-rare-all-female-spacewalk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungry bears are wandering into US homes and shops in record numbers – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts say more bears are wandering into human's homes and shops in search of food, due to drought-driven food shortages across the US west Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hungry-bears-are-wandering-into-us-homes-and-shops-in-record-numbers-video/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hungry-bears-are-wandering-into-us-homes-and-shops-in-record-numbers-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a small island in Canada appeared, vanished, and was found again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials in British Columbia say the floating island drifted towards the shoreline of a local lake. But its origins remain a mystery.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-small-island-in-canada-appeared-vanished-and-was-found-again/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-small-island-in-canada-appeared-vanished-and-was-found-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sydney’s beaches enter the drone age to get swimmers back in the water after spate of shark attacks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seventy beaches across New South Wales are part of the $34m dawn-to-dusk drone monitoring program, which one expert has called &lsquo;the best technology we have at the moment&rsquo;Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast&ldquo;Hey Taha, what&rsquo;s the visibility like?&rdquo; shouts a man with a towel slung over his shoulder.&ldquo;Uh, nice,&rdquo; says Surf Life Saving New South Wales drone operator Taha Kafil-Hussain. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sydneys-beaches-enter-the-drone-age-to-get-swimmers-back-in-the-water-after-spate-of-shark-attacks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sydneys-beaches-enter-the-drone-age-to-get-swimmers-back-in-the-water-after-spate-of-shark-attacks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is flying a shark drone a boring job? Possibly – until suddenly it isn’t]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taha Kafil-Hussain flies a drone above Coogee beach. Mostly he zooms in on seaweed or turtles &ndash; but occasionally he spots a shark and clears the waterFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast&ldquo;Hey Taha, what&rsquo;s the visibility like?&rdquo; shouts a man with a towel slung over his shoulder.&ldquo;Uh, nice,&rdquo; says Surf Life Saving New South Wales drone operator Taha Kafil-Hussain. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-flying-a-shark-drone-a-boring-job-possibly-until-suddenly-it-isnt/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-flying-a-shark-drone-a-boring-job-possibly-until-suddenly-it-isnt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meteorologists say mean average temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisisThis year&rsquo;s summer was the UK&rsquo;s hottest on record, according to provisional data, and the Met Office said the season&rsquo;s mean temperature was made 130 times more likely by the climate crisis.Record-breaking and back-to-back heatwaves have scorched much of Europe. In England, temperatures peaked at 38.1C (100.1F) at Kew Gardens in London on 13 August, and June had already been conf]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/summer-of-2026-was-uks-hottest-on-record-met-office-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/summer-of-2026-was-uks-hottest-on-record-met-office-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High winds during El Niño could be deadly for England’s stressed trees, say experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Head of tree collections at Kew &lsquo;very worried about this autumn&rsquo; as hot, dry summer has caused brittlenessHigh winds associated with El Ni&ntilde;o could cause widespread mortality among tree species already weakened by a prolonged period of extreme heat and drought, experts have warned.This summer much of Europe has been scorched by a series of record-breaking climate crisis-induced heatwaves. The impact is notable across much of England&rsquo;s countryside, where once green land ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/high-winds-during-el-nio-could-be-deadly-for-englands-stressed-trees-say-experts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/high-winds-during-el-nio-could-be-deadly-for-englands-stressed-trees-say-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could humans ever communicate with whales? - podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. As technology improves, scientists are decoding the intricate patterns that make different species&rsquo; vocalisations distinctive. Madeleine Finlay hears from Emma Bryce, a journalist who has spent months investigating human efforts to understand whale song. She explains how this knowledge could help us better protect]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-humans-ever-communicate-with-whales-podcast/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-humans-ever-communicate-with-whales-podcast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal-Tibet floods: millions at risk from glacial floods in Himalayas in years to come, UN warns, as death toll passes 1,000 – latest updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Technology cannot move fast enough to prevent loss&rsquo;, official says, as rescue efforts for the 4,500 still missing continueNepal last week turned down foreign &#8203;involvement in general search and rescue but said it needed specialised services and advanced technological support in areas such as life-detecting machines, large refrigerators and pre-fabricated bridges.Aid worth more than $42m has poured into the country and Nepal is now working with experts from other countries to he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-floods-millions-at-risk-from-glacial-floods-in-himalayas-in-years-to-come-un-warns-as-death-toll-passes-1000-latest-updates/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-floods-millions-at-risk-from-glacial-floods-in-himalayas-in-years-to-come-un-warns-as-death-toll-passes-1000-latest-updates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They take the water, the springs dry up’: fear as Guatemalan goldmine plan is revived]]></title><description><![CDATA[After lying dormant for years, the Era Dorada project in Asunci&oacute;n Mita resumed this year and villagers say history is being repeated, despite promises of changeIn the community of La Lima in Guatemala, Elda Dinora Ram&iacute;rez, 58, looks towards a small well at the back of her home. Dusty wooden planks lie across the opening, concealing the faint gleam of water far below. &ldquo;The well is drying up again,&rdquo; she says.Ram&iacute;rez&rsquo;s home lies less than a mile from Era Dorad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-take-the-water-the-springs-dry-up-fear-as-guatemalan-goldmine-plan-is-revived/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-take-the-water-the-springs-dry-up-fear-as-guatemalan-goldmine-plan-is-revived/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare butterfly spotted in Cornwall]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is believed to be one of only a handful of sightings recorded in England this year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-butterfly-spotted-in-cornwall/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-butterfly-spotted-in-cornwall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal-Tibet floods: warning signs visible before glacier collapse, report says, as death toll passes 1,000 – latest updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists say better early-warning system could have saved lives, as rescue efforts for the 4,500 still missing continueNepal last week turned down foreign &#8203;involvement in general search and rescue but said it needed specialised services and advanced technological support in areas such as life-detecting machines, large refrigerators and pre-fabricated bridges.Aid worth more than $42m has poured into the country and Nepal is now working with experts from other countries to help with rescue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-floods-warning-signs-visible-before-glacier-collapse-report-says-as-death-toll-passes-1000-latest-updates/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-floods-warning-signs-visible-before-glacier-collapse-report-says-as-death-toll-passes-1000-latest-updates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster | Michael Mann]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action nowFor millennia, the high peaks of the Himalayas were held together by an invisible, frozen cement &ndash; permafrost and glacial ice that bound ancient rock into seemingly unshakable fortresses. But as the planet continues to warm, this alpine glue is liquefying.The glacial collapse and deluge in Nepal and Tibet was not a freak weather event; it was the structural failure of a mountain]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepals-glacial-collapse-foreshadowed-a-future-of-climate-disaster-michael-mann/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepals-glacial-collapse-foreshadowed-a-future-of-climate-disaster-michael-mann/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could this humble sea sponge clean up the world’s ports?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The chicken liver sponge has sailed through a test of its ability to filter pollutants in a harbour in Spain&rsquo;s Costa BravaIn the polluted waters of Marina Palam&oacute;s on Spain&rsquo;s Costa Brava, Manuel Maldonado, a sponge biologist, noticed something unusual last month: red starfish had started settling in the area.Nearly two years earlier, the Spanish National Research Council scientist and his colleagues had begun transplanting sea sponges into the port to study whether they could s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-this-humble-sea-sponge-clean-up-the-worlds-ports/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-this-humble-sea-sponge-clean-up-the-worlds-ports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas]]></title><description><![CDATA[As families await news of missing loved ones, the disaster is a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is creating a fast-growing threat. Plus, the town considered India&rsquo;s &lsquo;Jurassic Park&rsquo;It has been hard not to despair while watching the ruinous floods swallow parts of Nepal, and harder, still knowing that the agony compounds each passing day for dozens of Indian families whose members remain unaccounted for.Social media is awash with desperate pleas, photos and details of th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-mountains-are-changing-what-the-floods-tell-us-about-the-future-of-indias-himalayas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-mountains-are-changing-what-the-floods-tell-us-about-the-future-of-indias-himalayas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar cuts ‘at least £400 from bills in even the cloudiest British areas’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Savings grow as energy prices in Great Britain rise and cost of panel installation falls, analysis findsHouseholds in Great Britain&rsquo;s cloudiest regions could still save more than &pound;400 a year on their energy bills by installing rooftop solar panels, research has found.Rising wholesale energy prices mean the potential savings from a home solar panel system have climbed in recent years, as the cost of installation has continued to fall, leading to increased demand. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-cuts-at-least-400-from-bills-in-even-the-cloudiest-british-areas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-cuts-at-least-400-from-bills-in-even-the-cloudiest-british-areas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heathland plan to support two rare species of ant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Devon Wildlife Trust says it will improve the heathland homes of the narrow-headed and erratic ants.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heathland-plan-to-support-two-rare-species-of-ant/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heathland-plan-to-support-two-rare-species-of-ant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?This week the Euro summer comes to an end &ndash; and so does a certain type of posting on Instagram.Waiting at the bus stop in the grey winter dawn, a slanting rain soaking your trouser leg, you can warm yourself by scrolling your feed and seeing pictures of Australians enjoying a Euro summer. There it is again &ndash; azure Greek coves, plates]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cities-sweltering-and-the-smell-of-the-middle-ages-has-the-climate-crisis-killed-instagrams-euro-summer-brigid-delaney/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cities-sweltering-and-the-smell-of-the-middle-ages-has-the-climate-crisis-killed-instagrams-euro-summer-brigid-delaney/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world |  Bill McGuire]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggeredYou may not have felt it, but the earth beneath our feet is getting twitchier, and global heating is to blame. As temperatures surge and climate breakdown accelerates, interactions between climate and geology are becoming ever more apparent &ndash; as marked by last week&rsquo;s horrific events in Nepal and Tibet. We still have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-nepal-and-tibet-flood-is-a-warning-melting-snow-and-ice-will-bring-more-disasters-around-the-world-bill-mcguire/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-nepal-and-tibet-flood-is-a-warning-melting-snow-and-ice-will-bring-more-disasters-around-the-world-bill-mcguire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clicks, grunts and squeals: the wonders of whale communication – podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever since the earliest known recording of whale song was made in 1949, researchers have been captivated by the wails, rumbles, clicks, grunts and squeals of their communication. As technology improves, scientists are decoding the intricate patterns that make different species&rsquo; vocalisations distinctive. Madeleine Finlay hears from Emma Bryce, a journalist who has spent months investigating human efforts to understand whale song. She explains how this knowledge could help us better protect]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/clicks-grunts-and-squeals-the-wonders-of-whale-communication-podcast/</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/clicks-grunts-and-squeals-the-wonders-of-whale-communication-podcast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Jennings on the end of the UK summer – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ben-jennings-on-the-end-of-the-uk-summer-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ben-jennings-on-the-end-of-the-uk-summer-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The datacentre power spat highlights a hidden truth: we’re not building renewables fast enough to meet our needs | Alison Reeve]]></title><description><![CDATA[A battle over datacentre power sources is only part of the picture. Australia needs a much bigger electricity system to meet all future demandAnthony Albanese has been clear that he wants a set of national standards to ensure datacentre growth accelerates Australia&rsquo;s push to renewables and keeps a lid on power prices. At the centre of his desired policies was a &ldquo;BYO power&rdquo; requirement &ndash; a condition that all new datacentres would be powered by 100% renewable electricity.Bu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-datacentre-power-spat-highlights-a-hidden-truth-were-not-building-renewables-fast-enough-to-meet-our-needs-alison-reeve/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-datacentre-power-spat-highlights-a-hidden-truth-were-not-building-renewables-fast-enough-to-meet-our-needs-alison-reeve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readers reply: If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long-running series in which readers answer other readers&rsquo; questions considers a change that might help the environmentThis week&rsquo;s question: Would equal pay create a better society?If all the vehicles on the planet had their tyres pumped up with CO2, would this lock up enough carbon to lower the amount in the air significantly? Would there be other issues, such as the carbon cost of trapping it all into the tyres? Chris Coldwell, LancasterSend new questions to nq@theguardian.com.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/readers-reply-if-all-car-tyres-were-filled-with-co2-would-this-cut-atmospheric-carbon-significantly/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/readers-reply-if-all-car-tyres-were-filled-with-co2-would-this-cut-atmospheric-carbon-significantly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a South African town cleaned up its polluted river using stones, wood and sand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists say system to treat contaminated wastewater offers a model for ensuring food security in a fast-warming climateAll it took to turn the murky, heavily polluted waters of South Africa&rsquo;s Stiebeuel River into a resource clean enough for irrigating a community&rsquo;s vegetable plots was a collection of stones, heat-treated wood and sand.Without chemicals and using renewable energy, researchers from the University of Cape Town are cleaning 36,000 litres of water, polluted by sewage,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-south-african-town-cleaned-up-its-polluted-river-using-stones-wood-and-sand/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-south-african-town-cleaned-up-its-polluted-river-using-stones-wood-and-sand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s time to get shirty about the short life of the football top]]></title><description><![CDATA[With millions of club shirts going to waste every season, a radical recycling rethink is neededWhen Joanna Czutkowna buried a Manchester United jersey, a cotton T-shirt and a wool-cotton jumper in her Lancashire farm and dug it up a year later, the video went viral. The T-shirt had disappeared, apart from the seams (sewn with polyester thread), the jumper was 80% gone, but the United shirt remained &ndash; grubby but indestructible. (Insert joke here)The big reveal was not a surprise, certainly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-time-to-get-shirty-about-the-short-life-of-the-football-top/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-time-to-get-shirty-about-the-short-life-of-the-football-top/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bhutan hosts first ‘conscious food summit’ amid threats to global supplies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Organisers say people must revive spiritual relationship with food amid double threat of climate crisis and conflictMending the broken food system under the threat of climate-driven weather extremes will require more than economic fixes and intensive agriculture, according to the organisers of a pioneering summit this week, who say the world must revive its spiritual relationship with food.Delegates from more than 60 countries and the UN will gather for the next five days in Paro in the tiny Him]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bhutan-hosts-first-conscious-food-summit-amid-threats-to-global-supplies/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bhutan-hosts-first-conscious-food-summit-amid-threats-to-global-supplies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather tracker: Warm Yellow Sea strengthens storms in South Korea]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 200mm of rain forecast in parts of South Korea, while parts of southern Europe to be 10C above averageSouth Korea&rsquo;s prime minister, Han Seong-sook, met officials to prepare for heavy rain expected this week, with rainfall totals across central and northern parts of the country forecast to exceed 200mm in some areas.South Korea was battered by heavy rainfall earlier this month and some areas were particularly hard hit. Over the weekend further thunderstorms pushed into the region]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-warm-yellow-sea-strengthens-storms-in-south-korea/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-warm-yellow-sea-strengthens-storms-in-south-korea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gasTurkmenistan has started plugging the mega-leaks of methane that spew from its ageing oil and gas facilities, the latest UN data shows, in a move hailed as a breakthrough.Methane, also called natural or fossil gas, is a potent greenhouse gas. It traps 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide and causes 25% of global heating today. Stopping leaks can be quick and cheap and, be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/breakthrough-as-turkmenistan-starts-fixing-mindboggling-methane-mega-leaks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/breakthrough-as-turkmenistan-starts-fixing-mindboggling-methane-mega-leaks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nepal floods seem a world away – but make no mistake, climate breakdown will affect us all | Nesrine Malik]]></title><description><![CDATA[Richer countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny itClimate breakdown is happening on one Earth, but two different worlds. In one, its impacts increasingly encroach on everyday life; longer periods of discomfort and shorter periods of sharp pain. Endless, hotter summers, and within them sudden wildfires, evacuations, homes burned to cinders in a matter of hours. In another, catastrophe. This summer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-nepal-floods-seem-a-world-away-but-make-no-mistake-climate-breakdown-will-affect-us-all-nesrine-malik/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-nepal-floods-seem-a-world-away-but-make-no-mistake-climate-breakdown-will-affect-us-all-nesrine-malik/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US space agency's telescope is starting a multi-year mission to create a new map of the universe and learn more about dark energy and dark matter.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-giant-leap-forward-nasa-launches-powerful-new-space-telescope/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-giant-leap-forward-nasa-launches-powerful-new-space-telescope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against Big Tech billionaires]]></title><description><![CDATA[The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that impact our livesBryce Gustafson has been knocking on doors in Indiana for more than a decade. The lead organizer with Citizens Action Coalition (CAC), a consumer and environmental organization, he usually encounters a mix of reactions when he&rsquo;s out canvassing; whatever issue he&rsquo;s talking about, there&rsquo;s always at least a few p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-datacenter-backlash-is-bringing-the-entire-political-spectrum-together-against-big-tech-billionaires/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-datacenter-backlash-is-bringing-the-entire-political-spectrum-together-against-big-tech-billionaires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump, fossil fuels and climate disaster – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nicola-jennings-on-donald-trump-fossil-fuels-and-climate-disaster-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nicola-jennings-on-donald-trump-fossil-fuels-and-climate-disaster-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The datacenter fight could permanently transform US politics. Which party will seize advantage?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The movement against datacenters are uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that impact our livesBryce Gustafson has been knocking on doors in Indiana for more than a decade. The lead organizer with Citizens Action Coalition (CAC), a consumer and environmental organization, he usually encounters a mix of reactions when he&rsquo;s out canvassing; whatever issue he&rsquo;s talking about, there&rsquo;s always at least a few]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-datacenter-fight-could-permanently-transform-us-politics-which-party-will-seize-advantage/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-datacenter-fight-could-permanently-transform-us-politics-which-party-will-seize-advantage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flooding devastated swathes of Indiana but response is hampered by politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Record inundations wrecked homes and took seven lives but Trump has not approved emergency aid and the state has cut funds for environmental agenciesIt&rsquo;s been 10 days since the floodwater receded from Cambridge City&rsquo;s main street and yet signs of disaster are all around.Abandoned cars, toilets and bathtubs are strewn across parks and side streets on a recent visit to the city. Garages have been lifted from their foundations and moved by the rushing water. Dumpsters up and down the st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/flooding-devastated-swathes-of-indiana-but-response-is-hampered-by-politics/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/flooding-devastated-swathes-of-indiana-but-response-is-hampered-by-politics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity thanks inmates for work to save hedgehogs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prisoners in HMP La Moye make feeding and nesting boxes for Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/charity-thanks-inmates-for-work-to-save-hedgehogs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/charity-thanks-inmates-for-work-to-save-hedgehogs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Checking for sewage spills has become as normal as checking the weather forecast, say swimmers on East Sussex beachesSouth West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows&ldquo;I&rsquo;m furious,&rdquo; says Jo Armstrong, 75, sitting on Brighton beach with her daughter and granddaughter.Armstrong lives in Lewes, a town 8 miles from Brighton, and usually goes swimming in nearby Seaford in East Sussex every day. But over the past week the water there has been too polluted to s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tiny-bit-of-rain-and-the-sewage-comes-brighton-swimmers-vent-fury-at-sea-pollution/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tiny-bit-of-rain-and-the-sewage-comes-brighton-swimmers-vent-fury-at-sea-pollution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset&lsquo;Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes&rsquo;: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollutionSouth West Water is doing more harm to the environment than any other water company in England, according to new analysis, with more sewage discharged in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset than anywhere else.Friends of the Earth analysed water companies&rsquo; environmental performance in six cate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/south-west-water-has-worst-environmental-record-in-england-analysis-shows/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/south-west-water-has-worst-environmental-record-in-england-analysis-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature reserves spot rare species during heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[A wildlife trust says unusually hot weather and increased monitoring has led to interesting finds.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nature-reserves-spot-rare-species-during-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nature-reserves-spot-rare-species-during-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia usually hosts the world's biggest cuttlefish mating event - not this year]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to official figures only 1,811 cuttlefish turned up to mate this year, down 97% on last year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/australia-usually-hosts-the-worlds-biggest-cuttlefish-mating-event-not-this-year/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/australia-usually-hosts-the-worlds-biggest-cuttlefish-mating-event-not-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The race to stop England running out of water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who is to blame for the summer drought, and can England future-proof its water supplies?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-race-to-stop-england-running-out-of-water/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-race-to-stop-england-running-out-of-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The world needs to pay attention’: Nepalis and Tibetans in New York respond to the Himalayan disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Half the world away, a Himalayan diaspora reacts in sorrow and pitches in to help victims in their home countriesGeeta Tamang was getting ready for bed when her aunts shared news that upended her world.&ldquo;My aunts came into my room and told me what had happened,&rdquo; said Tamang, a 24-year-old computer science student at Queens College. She lives in Jackson Heights, home to one of the largest Nepali and Tibetan communities in New York City. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-world-needs-to-pay-attention-nepalis-and-tibetans-in-new-york-respond-to-the-himalayan-disaster/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-world-needs-to-pay-attention-nepalis-and-tibetans-in-new-york-respond-to-the-himalayan-disaster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The world needs to pay attention’: Nepalis and Tibetans in New York City respond to the Himalayan disaster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Half the world away, a Himalayan diaspora reacts in sorrow and pitches in to help victims in their home countriesGeeta Tamang was getting ready for bed when her aunts shared news that upended her world.&ldquo;My aunts came into my room and told me what had happened,&rdquo; said Tamang, a 24-year-old computer science student at Queens College. She lives in Jackson Heights, home to one of the largest Nepali and Tibetan communities in New York City. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-world-needs-to-pay-attention-nepalis-and-tibetans-in-new-york-city-respond-to-the-himalayan-disaster/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-world-needs-to-pay-attention-nepalis-and-tibetans-in-new-york-city-respond-to-the-himalayan-disaster/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islanders asked to report sightings of rare eel]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Nature Commission asks people to record sightings of the critically endangered eels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/islanders-asked-to-report-sightings-of-rare-eel/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/islanders-asked-to-report-sightings-of-rare-eel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thunderstorms and gusty winds set to continue into Bank Holiday Monday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cooler and showery conditions will continue across the weekend and into Monday, bringing a record-breaking summer to a rather damp close as Matt Taylor explains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thunderstorms-and-gusty-winds-set-to-continue-into-bank-holiday-monday/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thunderstorms-and-gusty-winds-set-to-continue-into-bank-holiday-monday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the weather in space can affect us on Earth - and the team trying to protect us]]></title><description><![CDATA[The weather in space has the potential to impact our lives here on Earth in a fundamental way.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-the-weather-in-space-can-affect-us-on-earth-and-the-team-trying-to-protect-us/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-the-weather-in-space-can-affect-us-on-earth-and-the-team-trying-to-protect-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cleaning, downsizing and decluttering. How do we learn to live with less stuff?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of us are overwhelmed by the sheer number of our belongings, but can we change our consumption habits? And is there a more sustainable way to declutter?Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household&rsquo;s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comWhether you call it decluttering, death cleaning or a clear out, many of us face the onerous task of paring back]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/death-cleaning-downsizing-and-decluttering-how-do-we-learn-to-live-with-less-stuff/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/death-cleaning-downsizing-and-decluttering-how-do-we-learn-to-live-with-less-stuff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump administration pushing to hand parcel of Yosemite land to private developer – report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nevada-based Kingsbarn Realty Capital seeks to acquire land to construct private road to development outside parkThe Trump administration is reportedly pushing to give a parcel of land inside Yosemite, the country&rsquo;s first national park and one of its most popular, to a Nevada-based private developer.Staff with the National Park Service have been exploring how the agency can give a quarter-mile parcel to a company operated by Kingsbarn Realty Capital, the news outlet Notus reported on Frida]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/trump-administration-pushing-to-hand-parcel-of-yosemite-land-to-private-developer-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/trump-administration-pushing-to-hand-parcel-of-yosemite-land-to-private-developer-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Our parents were crossing the border an hour before the flood hit']]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities say nearly 2,000 people are missing, including more than 100 Americans and Canadians, as families await word on loved ones after the Nepal flash floods.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/our-parents-were-crossing-the-border-an-hour-before-the-flood-hit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/our-parents-were-crossing-the-border-an-hour-before-the-flood-hit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian climate pledge 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Each year, the Guardian reaffirms its commitment to the environment &ndash; both in our reporting and how we operate as a business. From critical tipping points to war in Iran, this is how the last 12 months have lookedSupport the Guardian&rsquo;s environment coverageThe Guardian climate forum 2026Today marks the end of the Guardian&rsquo;s annual climate support campaign. Each year, during the campaign, we remind our audience about the Guardian&rsquo;s role in covering the threats to our planet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-climate-pledge-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-climate-pledge-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Campaigners say &lsquo;seismic shift&rsquo; follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firmThe London Science Museum has ended its decades-long partnership with the oil and gas company BP in what has been described as a &ldquo;seismic shift&rdquo; for the museum.The Science Museum Group academy, which was established in 2018 to provide training and resources, announced on Friday that it would be ending its partnership with BP. In a statement, the director and chief executive of the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/london-science-museum-cuts-links-with-bp-after-decades-of-partnership/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/london-science-museum-cuts-links-with-bp-after-decades-of-partnership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Rowson on Trump and the consequences of the climate crisis – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/martin-rowson-on-trump-and-the-consequences-of-the-climate-crisis-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/martin-rowson-on-trump-and-the-consequences-of-the-climate-crisis-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the environmental impact of datacentres finally cutting through?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week&rsquo;s newsletter: Anti-datacentre sentiment is growing across the political spectrum in theUS &ndash; and the public is only just finding out about the potential effects on their energy bills&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAnti-datacentre sentiment is growing from across the political spectrum in the US.More than a dozen states have considered moratoria on datacentres. New York became the first US state to enact a temporary ban last month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-the-environmental-impact-of-datacentres-finally-cutting-through/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-the-environmental-impact-of-datacentres-finally-cutting-through/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Stargazers around the world glimpse 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some parts of the globe had a chance to see the rare event when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in the night sky.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-stargazers-around-the-world-glimpse-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-stargazers-around-the-world-glimpse-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric]]></title><description><![CDATA[As well as being quieter, cheaper to run and easier to clean, induction cookers can cut kitchen temperatures by up to 10CLeaping flames, searing heat, copious sweat and scorchingly inventive swearing &ndash; restaurant kitchens are never a place for the faint-hearted, but this summer they have been sweltering in successive heatwaves to a dangerous degree.Some restaurants, cafes and bakeries in the UK grew so hot that they were forced to close, or reduce their hours, for the safety of their staff]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-chefs-turning-down-the-heat-by-switching-from-gas-to-electric/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-chefs-turning-down-the-heat-by-switching-from-gas-to-electric/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil Acharya]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price &ndash; with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health &ndash; for global heating caused by wealthy statesSunil Acharya is an international climate policy and just transition specialist based in Kathmandu, NepalAs a Nepali citizen working on international climate policy for more than a decade, it is difficult to look at the harrowing images coming out of the catastrophic flash flood that thundered down valleys in Nepal, sweeping]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flood-this-is-the-cost-of-not-acting-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis-sunil-acharya/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flood-this-is-the-cost-of-not-acting-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis-sunil-acharya/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overflowing lake halts rescue efforts as Nepal-Tibet flood death toll hits 474]]></title><description><![CDATA[Risk of lake bursting forces rescue teams to withdraw as residents rush up hills to escape possible river surgeNepal-Tibet flash flood &ndash; latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Rescuers searching for survivors of Wednesday&rsquo;s deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have been forced to pull back after a debris dam overflowed, increasing the risk of fresh flooding.Residents in Nepal&rsquo;s Rasuwa district, on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/overflowing-lake-halts-rescue-efforts-as-nepal-tibet-flood-death-toll-hits-474/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/overflowing-lake-halts-rescue-efforts-as-nepal-tibet-flood-death-toll-hits-474/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal-Tibet flood rescue efforts resume after being halted by overflowing lake]]></title><description><![CDATA[Risk of fresh flooding had forced rescue teams to withdraw as residents rushed up hills to escape possible river surgeNepal-Tibet flash flood &ndash; latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Rescuers searching for survivors of deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border have resumed their efforts after suspending operations when a debris dam burst its bank on Friday, increasing the risk of fresh flooding.Residents in Nepal&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flood-rescue-efforts-resume-after-being-halted-by-overflowing-lake/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flood-rescue-efforts-resume-after-being-halted-by-overflowing-lake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank holiday weekend to see more thunderstorms and rain]]></title><description><![CDATA[The weather will remain unsettled across the next few days with showers, longer spells of rain and thunderstorms all likely at times across the weekend.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bank-holiday-weekend-to-see-more-thunderstorms-and-rain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bank-holiday-weekend-to-see-more-thunderstorms-and-rain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overflowing lake halts rescue efforts as Nepal-Tibet flood death toll hits 469]]></title><description><![CDATA[Risk of lake bursting forces rescue teams to withdraw as residents rush up hills to escape any river surgeNepal-Tibet flash flood &ndash; latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?A &#8288;lake formed by a landslide on the Nepal-Tibet border has started to overflow, endangering areas devastated by a flash flood two days ago and forcing a temporary halt to rescue efforts, authorities in China and Nepal have said.Residents in Ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/overflowing-lake-halts-rescue-efforts-as-nepal-tibet-flood-death-toll-hits-469/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/overflowing-lake-halts-rescue-efforts-as-nepal-tibet-flood-death-toll-hits-469/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal-Tibet flash flood: helicopter rescue operations suspended as lake overflows; death toll rises to 469 – latest updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Operations in Rasuwa in Nepal suspended amid fears of further destruction; 1,500 people still missing amid race to find survivorsFlood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469Visual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?More now on the Nepali army&rsquo;s rescue operation to save about 100 people trapped in a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by Wednesday&rsquo;s flooding.&ldquo;Two helicopters have been disp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flash-flood-helicopter-rescue-operations-suspended-as-lake-overflows-death-toll-rises-to-469-latest-updates/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flash-flood-helicopter-rescue-operations-suspended-as-lake-overflows-death-toll-rises-to-469-latest-updates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal-Tibet flash flood: helicopter rescue operations suspended as lake overflows; death toll rises to 469]]></title><description><![CDATA[Operations in Rasuwa in Nepal suspended amid fears of further destruction; 1,500 people still missing amid race to find survivorsFlood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469Visual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?More now on the Nepali army&rsquo;s rescue operation to save about 100 people trapped in a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by Wednesday&rsquo;s flooding.&ldquo;Two helicopters have been disp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flash-flood-helicopter-rescue-operations-suspended-as-lake-overflows-death-toll-rises-to-469/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-tibet-flash-flood-helicopter-rescue-operations-suspended-as-lake-overflows-death-toll-rises-to-469/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Britain’s railways are struggling in the heat – and can they be fixed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Problems including derailments have hit network during one of the hottest and driest summers on record Britain&rsquo;s railways have faced a string of heat-related problems this summer, including a derailment near Lewes in East Sussex two weeks ago that injured 30 people, and another the next day when the rear carriages of a Greater Anglia train derailed &ldquo;in an upright position&rdquo; at Wickford railway station in Essex, with no reported injuries.The problems came during one of the hottes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-britains-railways-are-struggling-in-the-heat-and-can-they-be-fixed/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-britains-railways-are-struggling-in-the-heat-and-can-they-be-fixed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: a Cornish wallaby, a frazzled opossum and rare Montagu’s harrier chicks]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-cornish-wallaby-a-frazzled-opossum-and-rare-montagus-harrier-chicks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-cornish-wallaby-a-frazzled-opossum-and-rare-montagus-harrier-chicks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air pollution affects us all, but there is a way we can breathe easier]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week&rsquo;s newsletter: pollutants from fossil fuels and wildfires damage nearly every part of our bodies &ndash; but initiatives such as cycle zones can make our cities safer&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAir pollution affects nearly every person on this planet. Yet global efforts to combat the scourge &ndash; which is associated with about 8 million premature deaths worldwide every year, can damage nearly every part of our body and is linked]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/air-pollution-affects-us-all-but-there-is-a-way-we-can-breathe-easier/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/air-pollution-affects-us-all-but-there-is-a-way-we-can-breathe-easier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: While all else withers, this plump fungus is in its prime | Phil Gates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tunstall Valley, Weardale: Called chicken of the woods, it is reducing this oak tree to dust, molecule by moleculeA sultry afternoon, with hardly a breath of wind. A few clouds, barely moving, are perfectly reflected in Tunstall reservoir&rsquo;s mirror-smooth surface, only disturbed by the wake of a flotilla of mallards. From here, high on the dam wall, there&rsquo;s a fine view down this secluded valley&rsquo;s patchwork of recently cut hay meadows, sun-bleached and yet to regreen through lack]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-while-all-else-withers-this-plump-fungus-is-in-its-prime-phil-gates/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-while-all-else-withers-this-plump-fungus-is-in-its-prime-phil-gates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nature thrives when given a chance’: restored Cheshire wetland now a haven for rare grebe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Woolston Eyes in Warrington, a dumping ground for canal dredgings, has become best place in UK for black-necked grebeA dumping ground for dredgings from the Manchester Ship Canal has become the best place in Britain for the rare and beautiful black-necked grebe, hosting 64% of Britain&rsquo;s breeding population.Since 2021, Woolston Eyes in Cheshire has been restored, extended and turned into a mosaic of freshwater pools, reedbeds, willow scrub and rough grassland, managed by the RSPB and Woolst]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nature-thrives-when-given-a-chance-restored-cheshire-wetland-now-a-haven-for-rare-grebe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nature-thrives-when-given-a-chance-restored-cheshire-wetland-now-a-haven-for-rare-grebe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['The flood took everything': Nepal survivors describe horror of loved ones being swept away]]></title><description><![CDATA[One woman says her father, mother, sister and sister's children were carried away before her eyes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-flood-took-everything-nepal-survivors-describe-horror-of-loved-ones-being-swept-away/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 05:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-flood-took-everything-nepal-survivors-describe-horror-of-loved-ones-being-swept-away/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clean-up of illegal waste supersite costs taxpayers £6m]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bill for clearing the dump in Oxfordshire has been covered by taxpayers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/clean-up-of-illegal-waste-supersite-costs-taxpayers-6m/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/clean-up-of-illegal-waste-supersite-costs-taxpayers-6m/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France relaxes strict cheese-making rules after prolonged drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Makers of some of France's most famous cheeses get waivers on where herds graze due to the lack of grass.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-relaxes-strict-cheese-making-rules-after-prolonged-drought/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-relaxes-strict-cheese-making-rules-after-prolonged-drought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What caused the flooding in Nepal?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts point to 'glacial collapse' as the trigger for deadly floods that have swept through parts of Nepal and Tibet.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-caused-the-flooding-in-nepal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-caused-the-flooding-in-nepal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Godzilla&rsquo; event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next yearA series of strong El Ni&ntilde;o climatic patterns in recent decades, such as the &ldquo;Godzilla&rdquo; event currently brewing that is set to warp weather around the world, have been supercharged by the broader overheating of the planet caused by the burning of fossil fuels, a major new study has found.El Ni&ntilde;o is a naturally occurring phenomenon, taking place every t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nio-climate-patterns-supercharged-by-burning-of-fossil-fuels-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nio-climate-patterns-supercharged-by-burning-of-fossil-fuels-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on the Nepal-Tibet floods: prepare for more climate-linked disasters | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Medicine, food and other supplies are the urgent priority. But the rising risks from shrinking glaciers must be faced tooThousands of people in Nepal and Tibet are in desperate need of emergency assistance following Wednesday&rsquo;s disaster. With 360 people confirmed dead, more than 1,300 others are still missing as search and rescue operations continue. The precise sequence of events linking glacier collapse to flash floods is yet to be confirmed. But there is no doubting the enormous destruc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-the-nepal-tibet-floods-prepare-for-more-climate-linked-disasters-editorial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-the-nepal-tibet-floods-prepare-for-more-climate-linked-disasters-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on energy costs: vulnerable households need help with their bills | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soaring prices are plunging struggling families into debt. The government must support them in the short term as it invests in a clean energy futureFuelled by the consequences of Donald Trump&rsquo;s disastrous war on Iran, household energy debt in Britain is continuing to soar, rising to a record &pound;6bn by the end of June. That figure is set to hit &pound;7bn by the end of the year, as the government&rsquo;s cap on gas and electricity prices goes up to a three-year high in October. The huma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-energy-costs-vulnerable-households-need-help-with-their-bills-editorial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-energy-costs-vulnerable-households-need-help-with-their-bills-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Tsunami from the sky:’ floods leave trail of devastation in Nepal and Tibet - The Latest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people are missing or have been killed after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Entire villages have been destroyed, many of which are popular pilgrimage and trekking destinations for tourists. Lucy Hough talks to global editor Devika Bhat about how the devastating event unfolded Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tsunami-from-the-sky-floods-leave-trail-of-devastation-in-nepal-and-tibet-the-latest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tsunami-from-the-sky-floods-leave-trail-of-devastation-in-nepal-and-tibet-the-latest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homes damaged as storms follow heatwaves in England and Wales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environment Agency issues 40 flood alerts across Midlands, Yorkshire and south-east of EnglandDozens of homes have been damaged by flooding and the Met Office had issued warnings for thunderstorms and heavy rain at the end of a summer in which most of England and the whole of Wales was declared in drought.The Met Office said thundery showers in England and Wales could cause 75mm of rain to fall in just 12 hours in some areas. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/homes-damaged-as-storms-follow-heatwaves-in-england-and-wales/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/homes-damaged-as-storms-follow-heatwaves-in-england-and-wales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal flash flood: more than 350 killed amid warning of fresh danger from rising lake water – latest updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities say water rising at lake at site of disaster and it could burstNearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, and hundreds killedVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Eyewitness accounts have been emerging from the Tibetan side of the border, with a woman saying she was travelling from Gyirong town towards Nepal on Wednesday morning when her group encountered the flood about 4km from Gyirong port.&ldquo;Trees and electricity poles h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-flash-flood-more-than-350-killed-amid-warning-of-fresh-danger-from-rising-lake-water-latest-updates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-flash-flood-more-than-350-killed-amid-warning-of-fresh-danger-from-rising-lake-water-latest-updates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 356]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrimsNepal-Tibet flash flood &ndash; latest updatesHave you been affected by the flash floods?Rescuers are searching for nearly 1,400 people, most of them tourists, who are missing after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, thundering down valleys, obliterating entire villages and killing at least 356 people.Efforts to locate those missing &ndash; including hundreds of p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nearly-1400-missing-mostly-tourists-after-nepal-tibet-flash-flood-kills-at-least-356/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nearly-1400-missing-mostly-tourists-after-nepal-tibet-flash-flood-kills-at-least-356/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Britain of wildfires and flood risks: be sure, the climate crisis is real, and we will deal with it | Angela Eagle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reform and the Conservatives are willing to mislead the public, but as environment secretary, I believe we must be honest &ndash; and act boldlyThis long, hot summer has brought our third drought in five years and the driest July in almost two centuries. We&rsquo;ve seen wildfires burn down homes and now face the risk of flash floods as we move into autumn. It should be a wake-up call for those saying that concerns about the climate crisis are overblown; that we should simply sit back and do not]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-britain-of-wildfires-and-flood-risks-be-sure-the-climate-crisis-is-real-and-we-will-deal-with-it-angela-eagle/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-britain-of-wildfires-and-flood-risks-be-sure-the-climate-crisis-is-real-and-we-will-deal-with-it-angela-eagle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 1,400 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 270]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrimsNepal-Tibet flash flood &ndash; latest updatesWhat we know so farHave you been affected by the flash floods?Rescuers are searching for nearly 1,400 people, most of them tourists, who are missing after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, thundering down valleys, obliterating entire villages and killing at least 270 people.Efforts to locate those missing &ndash; incl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nearly-1400-missing-mostly-tourists-after-nepal-tibet-flash-flood-kills-at-least-270/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nearly-1400-missing-mostly-tourists-after-nepal-tibet-flash-flood-kills-at-least-270/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Sheen hopes 'extraordinary' reaction to toxic waste documentary spurs action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dozens of people contacted BBC Wales following coverage of Sheen's investigation into chemical giant Monsanto.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/michael-sheen-hopes-extraordinary-reaction-to-toxic-waste-documentary-spurs-action/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/michael-sheen-hopes-extraordinary-reaction-to-toxic-waste-documentary-spurs-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves]]></title><description><![CDATA[From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales&rsquo; &lsquo;clan codas&rsquo;, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water&rsquo;s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog so thick she struggled to see her own hands. She trailed a cord out to the coast and plopped a hydrophone into the water to record the calls of b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-decoding-beluga-whales-chitchat-may-save-them-and-teach-us-more-about-ourselves/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-decoding-beluga-whales-chitchat-may-save-them-and-teach-us-more-about-ourselves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerns raised over impact of quad bikes on wildlife]]></title><description><![CDATA[A resident of Carnamoyle says quad bike riders in Lisnagra Woods have been impacting local wildlife.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/concerns-raised-over-impact-of-quad-bikes-on-wildlife/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/concerns-raised-over-impact-of-quad-bikes-on-wildlife/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrimsNepal-Tibet flash flood &ndash; latest updatesWhat we know so farHave you been affected by the flash floods?Nearly 1,500 people are missing, the majority of them tourists, authorities have said, after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, roaring down valleys and wiping out entire villages, with the preliminary death toll standing at 165.Rescuers ar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-flash-flood-more-than-1500-missing-mostly-tourists-after-disaster-kills-at-least-165-at-tibet-border/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nepal-flash-flood-more-than-1500-missing-mostly-tourists-after-disaster-kills-at-least-165-at-tibet-border/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after Nepal-Tibet flash flood kills at least 165]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrimsNepal-Tibet flash flood &ndash; latest updatesWhat we know so farHave you been affected by the flash floods?Nearly 1,500 people are missing, the majority of them tourists, authorities have said, after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, roaring down valleys and wiping out entire villages, with the preliminary death toll standing at 165.Rescuers are racing to locate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nearly-1500-missing-mostly-tourists-after-nepal-tibet-flash-flood-kills-at-least-165/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nearly-1500-missing-mostly-tourists-after-nepal-tibet-flash-flood-kills-at-least-165/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moon set to turn red as rare partial lunar eclipse graces UK skies on Friday]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Moon could glow an eerie red in the early hours of Friday but cloud cover may spoil the spectacle for some parts of the UK.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/moon-set-to-turn-red-as-rare-partial-lunar-eclipse-graces-uk-skies-on-friday/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/moon-set-to-turn-red-as-rare-partial-lunar-eclipse-graces-uk-skies-on-friday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can you see Friday's 'Magical' Blood Moon?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A blood red moon may be visible in the early hours of Friday during a partial lunar eclipse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-you-see-fridays-magical-blood-moon/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-you-see-fridays-magical-blood-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to watch the partial lunar eclipse from Northern Ireland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Skygazers may see a partial lunar eclipse early on Friday, as the Moon enters Earth's shadow.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-watch-the-partial-lunar-eclipse-from-northern-ireland/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-watch-the-partial-lunar-eclipse-from-northern-ireland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weatherwatch: how to protect our railways in hotter summers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steel rails warping and signalling equipment failing in metal cabinets are among the problems to be solvedTarmac softens in the summer heat, which may cause problems on the roads, but even trains running on steel rails are not immune.Railways in the UK are generally designed to operate within a 45C temperature range. The rails expand slightly in the heat, and excessive temperatures can produce &ldquo;sun kink&rdquo; with rails warping into S-shapes. The effect is small but the distortion can der]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-how-to-protect-our-railways-in-hotter-summers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-how-to-protect-our-railways-in-hotter-summers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation &ndash; but some are too tall to saveIt will be a gut-wrenching moment for the horticulturalists at Kew Gardens when some of the magnificent trees in the Palm House have to be felled.&ldquo;There are some sad moments ahead,&rdquo; said Palm House manager, Will Spoelstra, who knows all the plants inside the cathedral-like greenhouse. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sad-moments-ahead-kew-gardens-to-fell-rare-trees-in-race-to-save-victorian-greenhouse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sad-moments-ahead-kew-gardens-to-fell-rare-trees-in-race-to-save-victorian-greenhouse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluentLevels of a toxic &ldquo;forever chemical&rdquo; rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots for a controversial multimillion pound water recycling scheme that will pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames during drought.The data from the pilots is in stark contrast to public comments from Thames Water that their water recyc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/forever-chemicals-surge-during-pilot-of-thames-water-plan-to-combat-drought/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/forever-chemicals-surge-during-pilot-of-thames-water-plan-to-combat-drought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top of the crops: record heatwaves help deliver bumper UK berry harvest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Investment in climate-resilient irrigation enables this year&rsquo;s haul to rise 6% on 2025&rsquo;s already bigger-than-usual yieldBritish farmers have faced a sweltering summer tested by heatwaves, wildfires and water shortages &ndash; but a bumper berry harvest could prove a rare bright spot.With two-thirds of the harvest now picked, this year&rsquo;s haul is 6% up on last year&rsquo;s already unusually large crop, according to British Berry Growers (BBG). Volumes of blackberries, blueberries]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/top-of-the-crops-record-heatwaves-help-deliver-bumper-uk-berry-harvest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/top-of-the-crops-record-heatwaves-help-deliver-bumper-uk-berry-harvest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber?Last chance to buy the summer issue of The Long Read magazine, now with 15% off. Click here to orderI travelled to Oslo in the early autumn. It felt like arriving into the future. Or, at least, a fragment of a possible future. I drove north in the quiet digital bubble of my electric rental car. In 2024, Norway became the first country in the world where electric cars outnumb]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-flat-pack-skyscraper-how-wood-can-shape-the-cities-of-the-future/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-flat-pack-skyscraper-how-wood-can-shape-the-cities-of-the-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan killed 14,000 bears after a rise in deadly attacks on people – but will it work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bears killed 13 people in Japan last year, as a lack of forest foods increased conflicts. Yet some say the country&rsquo;s controversial cull could threaten the endangered speciesEvery summer, millions of people escape the heat and humidity of Tokyo by heading to the tranquil resort town of Karuizawa in Japan&rsquo;s Nagano prefecture &ndash; just an hour by bullet train from the capital. Here, at the foot of Mount Asama, visitors stroll bamboo-lined pathways, cycle in verdant highlands, and pra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/japan-killed-14000-bears-after-a-rise-in-deadly-attacks-on-people-but-will-it-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/japan-killed-14000-bears-after-a-rise-in-deadly-attacks-on-people-but-will-it-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan killed 14,000 bears after a rise in deadly attacks on people – but is a cull the answer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bears killed 13 people in Japan last year, as a lack of forest foods increased human-wildlife conflict. But the controversial cull in response has raised concerns with conservationistsEvery summer, millions of people escape the heat and humidity of Tokyo by heading to the tranquil resort town of Karuizawa in Japan&rsquo;s Nagano prefecture &ndash; just an hour by bullet train from the capital. Here, at the foot of Mount Asama, visitors stroll bamboo-lined pathways, cycle in verdant highlands, an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/japan-killed-14000-bears-after-a-rise-in-deadly-attacks-on-people-but-is-a-cull-the-answer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/japan-killed-14000-bears-after-a-rise-in-deadly-attacks-on-people-but-is-a-cull-the-answer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[​W​hy are European leaders staying silent after our summer of climate shock?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lethal temperatures &#8203;and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding &#8203;action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires&bull; Don&rsquo;t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe climate crisis means &ldquo;we&rsquo;re going to have to change everything &ndash; the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,&rdquo; France&rsquo;s veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc M&eacute;lenchon, told the s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-are-european-leaders-staying-silent-after-our-summer-of-climate-shock/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-are-european-leaders-staying-silent-after-our-summer-of-climate-shock/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1.3m plastic bottles collected in a day in global volunteer ocean cleanup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ocean Conservancy says last year&rsquo;s cleanup collected 13.9m pieces of rubbish from beaches and rivers worldwideMore than 1.3m plastic bottles were collected from beaches, rivers and waterways last year during the world&rsquo;s largest single-day volunteer ocean cleanup.About 630,000 people took part in the International Coastal Cleanup in 2025, removing almost 13.9m pieces of rubbish from more than 15,000 miles of coastline and waterways. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/13m-plastic-bottles-collected-in-a-day-in-global-volunteer-ocean-cleanup/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/13m-plastic-bottles-collected-in-a-day-in-global-volunteer-ocean-cleanup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘You can taste the ash’: surviving in America’s wildfire smoke capital]]></title><description><![CDATA[A magical corner of Oregon has the highest US rate of wildfire smoke deaths. How do residents live with the haze &ndash; and grief?Driving into the county, you can&rsquo;t miss the sign.&ldquo;IT&rsquo;S THE CLIMATE&rdquo;. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/you-can-taste-the-ash-surviving-in-americas-wildfire-smoke-capital/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/you-can-taste-the-ash-surviving-in-americas-wildfire-smoke-capital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘National scandal’: extreme heat linked to 40,000 deaths in England between 1988 and 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[ONS data shows rising toll of climate crisis, with officials warning this summer on track to set further recordsMore than 40,000 more people died on the hottest days in England between 1988 and 2025 than would be expected in normal temperatures, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday.The figures do not include this summer, when England has sweltered under a succession of heatwaves and is on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths. Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/national-scandal-extreme-heat-linked-to-40000-deaths-in-england-between-1988-and-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/national-scandal-extreme-heat-linked-to-40000-deaths-in-england-between-1988-and-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘132F’: meet the man calling out NYC’s infernally hot subway stations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jack Klein takes heat readings, gives fans to overheated passengers and lugs big jugs of water into the stationsOn a recent August day in the subterranean furnace of New York City&rsquo;s subway, one bearded, curly haired man was studying his phone for different reasons than the other wilting passengers &ndash; to track the soaring temperatures and ponder how underground train stations can cool down in an era of climate crisis.Jack Klein, a 31-year-old construction site manager, has in the past]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/132f-meet-the-man-calling-out-nycs-infernally-hot-subway-stations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/132f-meet-the-man-calling-out-nycs-infernally-hot-subway-stations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Shocking scandal’: extreme heat linked to 40,000 deaths in England between 1988 and 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[ONS data shows rising toll of climate crisis, with officials warning this summer on track to set further recordsMore than 40,000 more people died on the hottest days in England between 1988 and 2025 than would be expected in normal temperatures, according to data published by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday.The figures do not include this summer, when England has sweltered under a succession of heatwaves and is on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths. Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/shocking-scandal-extreme-heat-linked-to-40000-deaths-in-england-between-1988-and-2025/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/shocking-scandal-extreme-heat-linked-to-40000-deaths-in-england-between-1988-and-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwaves show UK must do more to promote cycling and walking, campaigners say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Civil society groups argue climate crisis means transport sector needs to urgently reduce its carbon emissionsDozens of civil society groups have demanded the UK government do more to promote cycling and walking, after this summer&rsquo;s extreme heat exposed the desperate need to decarbonise transport.This summer&rsquo;s heatwaves and wildfires were &ldquo;immediate, real-world manifestations of the climate emergency&rdquo;, the groups said, making reform of transport &ndash; responsible for mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwaves-show-uk-must-do-more-to-promote-cycling-and-walking-campaigners-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwaves-show-uk-must-do-more-to-promote-cycling-and-walking-campaigners-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Magical' and rare barn owl has bumper breeding season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten chicks have been successfully reared by two breeding pairs at secret sites across Fermanagh.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/magical-and-rare-barn-owl-has-bumper-breeding-season/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/magical-and-rare-barn-owl-has-bumper-breeding-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fires still burn in charred landscape as focus turns to wildfire prevention]]></title><description><![CDATA[The RSPB is considering measures it can take to improve resilience in the wake of a five-week long fire in the Cairngorms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fires-still-burn-in-charred-landscape-as-focus-turns-to-wildfire-prevention/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fires-still-burn-in-charred-landscape-as-focus-turns-to-wildfire-prevention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does 'rewilded' land need better wildfire prevention measures?]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSPB is considering measures it can take to improve resilience in the wake of a five week long fire]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/does-rewilded-land-need-better-wildfire-prevention-measures/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/does-rewilded-land-need-better-wildfire-prevention-measures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toxic waste sites exposed in Michael Sheen documentary are 'tip of the iceberg']]></title><description><![CDATA[One scientist says there are thousands of sites across the UK that need investigating.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/toxic-waste-sites-exposed-in-michael-sheen-documentary-are-tip-of-the-iceberg/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/toxic-waste-sites-exposed-in-michael-sheen-documentary-are-tip-of-the-iceberg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RSPB reports record-breaking chough numbers]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSPB England says 161 Choughs have been counted - 32 more than the 129 recorded last year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rspb-reports-record-breaking-chough-numbers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rspb-reports-record-breaking-chough-numbers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muck-spreading: The smellier the better as farmers ask for patience]]></title><description><![CDATA[East Yorkshire farmers explain the process as they prepare their fields for next year's crops.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/muck-spreading-the-smellier-the-better-as-farmers-ask-for-patience/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/muck-spreading-the-smellier-the-better-as-farmers-ask-for-patience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sand overextraction weakening riverbanks as concrete demand soars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research finds demand has more than doubled since 2000 and 80% of current demand comes from AsiaA booming demand for concrete has resulted in sand and gravel being extracted from riverbeds faster than nature can replenish it. A study published in Reviews of Geophysics shows that the demand for sand and gravel has more than doubled in the last two decades, with overextraction leading to weaker riverbanks, lower groundwater levels, coastal salt intrusion and poorer water quality.In 2024, city-buil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sand-overextraction-weakening-riverbanks-as-concrete-demand-soars/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sand-overextraction-weakening-riverbanks-as-concrete-demand-soars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: A farm that’s a pocket rocket of rewilding – and a success in the face of opposition | Amy-Jane Beer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asturias, Spain: Wild Finca is thrilling in its ecological abundance, and was created in just eight years despite countless obstaclesOn a rocky 13-hectare pocket in the foothills of the Picos de Europa, Luke Massey and Katie Stacey are raising children, dogs, cattle, chicken, ducks, geese and eyebrows. In their eight years here, the farm they call Wild Finca has become a mass of scrub, with scattered large trees and dozens of clearings that Luke calls fields, but which look more like tiny irregu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-farm-thats-a-pocket-rocket-of-rewilding-and-a-success-in-the-face-of-opposition-amy-jane-beer/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-farm-thats-a-pocket-rocket-of-rewilding-and-a-success-in-the-face-of-opposition-amy-jane-beer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mood-boosting benefits of birdsong drowned out by traffic noise, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even low levels of traffic noise can negate the benefits of listening to natural sounds, researchers sayHearing the trill or whistle of a bird while going about daily life is well known to boost people&rsquo;s mood. But a new study suggests the psychological benefits of hearing birdsong are being threatened by traffic noise.Researchers found that even low levels of traffic noise negatively affected the benefits to wellbeing that could otherwise be derived from listening to natural sounds. Contin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mood-boosting-benefits-of-birdsong-drowned-out-by-traffic-noise-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mood-boosting-benefits-of-birdsong-drowned-out-by-traffic-noise-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call to ban marmot hunting in France as campaigners say they are ‘killed for fun’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Protests and petitions planned amid growing concerns over impact of climate crisis on numbers of Alpine rodentAnimal rights campaigners are gearing up for protests and petitions aimed at persuading the French government to ban the hunting of Alpine marmots.Open season on the rodents, members of the squirrel and groundhog family, begins in September, a few weeks before they go into a long winter hibernation. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/call-to-ban-marmot-hunting-in-france-as-campaigners-say-they-are-killed-for-fun/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/call-to-ban-marmot-hunting-in-france-as-campaigners-say-they-are-killed-for-fun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nosy polar bear and a lucky squirrel: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist]]></title><description><![CDATA[The polar bear image taken by Audun Rikardsen was among the 'highly commended' entries in this year's competition.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-nosy-polar-bear-and-a-lucky-squirrel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-shortlist/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-nosy-polar-bear-and-a-lucky-squirrel-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-shortlist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellow warnings in force as rain and thunderstorms hit parts of UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Torrential downpours will affect parts of England and Wales, delivering some of the wettest weather in several weeks]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/yellow-warnings-in-force-as-rain-and-thunderstorms-hit-parts-of-uk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/yellow-warnings-in-force-as-rain-and-thunderstorms-hit-parts-of-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relief may be near for Indiana city after days without power]]></title><description><![CDATA[After nearly two-weeks without power, Gary, Indiana residents and officials call for accountability, infrastructure improvements, and customer relief measures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/relief-may-be-near-for-indiana-city-after-days-without-power/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/relief-may-be-near-for-indiana-city-after-days-without-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalistsWhat qualifies as a win in environmental campaigning?Is it when a huge forest area that is home to a stack of threatened species, including koalas, and has been the focus of years and years of campaigning, is protected from logging? Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nsws-koala-national-park-will-protect-threatened-species-and-cap-logging-across-the-state-could-the-greens-really-block-it-adam-morton/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nsws-koala-national-park-will-protect-threatened-species-and-cap-logging-across-the-state-could-the-greens-really-block-it-adam-morton/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Not any old vermin’: rats numbers are on the rise thanks to global heating – and poison may not be the answer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Corrigan has been dealing with the &lsquo;smart&rsquo; rodents all his life &ndash; and believes there are better solutions to deal with the growing infestation in the world&rsquo;s cities&ldquo;The rodents have paid for every single bill I&rsquo;ve ever had &ndash; every mortgage, every car payment, every pint of Guinness,&rdquo; says Dr Robert Corrigan. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a great ride and I&rsquo;m still at it.&rdquo;New York-based Corrigan is one of the most respected voices in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/not-any-old-vermin-rats-numbers-are-on-the-rise-thanks-to-global-heating-and-poison-may-not-be-the-answer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/not-any-old-vermin-rats-numbers-are-on-the-rise-thanks-to-global-heating-and-poison-may-not-be-the-answer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I love rats but we can’t live with them’: the headache of rising rodent populations around the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Corrigan has been dealing with the &lsquo;smart&rsquo; rodents all his life &ndash; and believes there are better solutions to deal with the growing infestation in the world&rsquo;s cities&ldquo;The rodents have paid for every single bill I&rsquo;ve ever had &ndash; every mortgage, every car payment, every pint of Guinness,&rdquo; says Dr Robert Corrigan. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a great ride and I&rsquo;m still at it.&rdquo;New York-based Corrigan is one of the most respected voices in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-love-rats-but-we-cant-live-with-them-the-headache-of-rising-rodent-populations-around-the-world/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-love-rats-but-we-cant-live-with-them-the-headache-of-rising-rodent-populations-around-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We asked our climate reporters to highlight one idea for positive change. We got a chronicle of global transformation]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are countless initiatives around the world that can inspire people and spur them into action. Amid the devastation of the climate crisis, our journalists strive to highlight these stories of hope Climate campaign 2026: help us reach 30,000 acts of supportThe news is very often about the bad things (especially if you&rsquo;re on the Guardian&rsquo;s environment desk). Wildfires, floods, tipping points, billionaires making huge profits and buying themselves island refuges for the apocalypse]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-asked-our-climate-reporters-to-highlight-one-idea-for-positive-change-we-got-a-chronicle-of-global-transformation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-asked-our-climate-reporters-to-highlight-one-idea-for-positive-change-we-got-a-chronicle-of-global-transformation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US fossil fuel lobbyists also represent hundreds of cities fighting for climate damages]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local governments working with firms also linked to fossil fuel giants, analysis of federal lobbying disclosures showsCongressional lobbyists working for fossil fuel firms that are exacerbating the climate crisis are simultaneously representing more than 300 local governments raising funding to recover from climate damage, according to a new analysis.The research by F Minus and Make Polluters Pay reviewed congressional lobbying disclosures for the first quarter of 2026, finding that another 568]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/us-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-also-represent-hundreds-of-cities-fighting-for-climate-damages/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/us-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-also-represent-hundreds-of-cities-fighting-for-climate-damages/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate-saving wonder – or €240m vanity bauble that ages like milk? The rocks set to hit Rotterdam docks]]></title><description><![CDATA[MVRDV &ndash; the firm behind Marble Arch Mound &ndash; says Rotterdam ROCKS! will inspire visitors to live sustainably. But in an era when the greenest building is the one that already exists, this tottering cairn looks set to misfire&lsquo;It looks like something Shrek would throw up,&rdquo; sniffed one online commentator, unflatteringly comparing Rotterdam ROCKS!, the recently unveiled proposal for a waterfront site in Europe&rsquo;s largest port, with the vomitings of a cartoon ogre. Designe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-saving-wonder-or-240m-vanity-bauble-that-ages-like-milk-the-rocks-set-to-hit-rotterdam-docks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-saving-wonder-or-240m-vanity-bauble-that-ages-like-milk-the-rocks-set-to-hit-rotterdam-docks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US building twice as much gas-fired capacity as China in AI boom, analysis finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[There has been a 76% increase in under-construction gas-fired projects amid &lsquo;frenzy&rsquo; to build more datacentersThe US has surged ahead of China in the building of new gas-fired power generation, largely to feed a boom in artificial intelligence (AI) that is adding vast amounts of planet-heating emissions, a new analysis has found.For decades, China&rsquo;s rapid economic growth has seen it outpace the US in the addition of new gas power generation but a recent &ldquo;frenzy&rdquo; in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/us-building-twice-as-much-gas-fired-capacity-as-china-in-ai-boom-analysis-finds/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/us-building-twice-as-much-gas-fired-capacity-as-china-in-ai-boom-analysis-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishy business: who really profits when sardines go viral? - video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once a cheap store-cupboard staple, sardines are fast becoming a luxury food item. Last year, #SardineGirlSummer saw influencers promoting the health benefits of sardinemaxxing, while sardinecore became the must-have fashion trend. Now, demand is accelerating just as Morocco&rsquo;s sardine stock has collapsed, causing shortages on supermarket shelves. The Guardian travels to Matosinhos in Portugal, the cultural home of the sardine industry, to investigate who is profiting from the boom, how it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fishy-business-who-really-profits-when-sardines-go-viral-video/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fishy-business-who-really-profits-when-sardines-go-viral-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listening to debate, you&rsquo;d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common senseProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghEvery few months, there are more shocking headlines about the behaviour of England&rsquo;s water companies. The latest are about the ever-increasing pay of the chief executives and chief financial officers, which rose to a total of &pound;25.3m across 14 companies o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-scotland-i-look-at-englands-water-privatisation-disaster-i-wish-you-had-done-what-we-did-devi-sridhar/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-scotland-i-look-at-englands-water-privatisation-disaster-i-wish-you-had-done-what-we-did-devi-sridhar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sitesNuclear energy was supposed to be our salvation, humanity&rsquo;s chance to retool technology first conceived as a weapon of mass destruction into an engine of limitless prosperity. But even as the industry touted nuclear fission as an economic game-changer (never mind the astronomical startup costs), a safety paragon (never mind the spills at Chornobyl,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/environmental-violence-inside-the-fight-to-save-indigenous-land-from-becoming-a-nuclear-dumping-ground/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/environmental-violence-inside-the-fight-to-save-indigenous-land-from-becoming-a-nuclear-dumping-ground/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tornado tears through French village, leaving dozens hurt and homes ravaged]]></title><description><![CDATA[The south-western village of Pomas was hardest hit, with hundreds of homes damaged and fifteen people taken to hospital.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tornado-tears-through-french-village-leaving-dozens-hurt-and-homes-ravaged/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tornado-tears-through-french-village-leaving-dozens-hurt-and-homes-ravaged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwave health risks threaten insurer earnings, rating agency S&amp;P warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and illness, especially among older people, could drive up premiumsEurope&rsquo;s intense heatwaves could hit insurers&rsquo; earnings as companies face a rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and worsening health conditions, the rating agency S&amp;P has said.While a long summer of extreme heat will have increased drought and wildfire-related claims, the rating agency said there would also be fallout for life and health insurers, and for the r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-health-risks-threaten-insurer-earnings-rating-agency-sampp-warns/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-health-risks-threaten-insurer-earnings-rating-agency-sampp-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river]]></title><description><![CDATA[A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England&rsquo;s most biodiverse marine habitatsOn a rocky beach in Cornwall, a group of wetsuit-clad freedivers and snorkellers are wading into the shallows. Below St Mawes Castle, built by Henry VIII to defend Falmouth harbour, they disappear in a swish of florescent pink and green fins.They are volunteers, trained by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust to use underwater cameras and floating GPS devices]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/small-changes-can-make-a-big-difference-how-getting-farmers-fishers-and-beavers-together-could-save-a-cornish-river/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/small-changes-can-make-a-big-difference-how-getting-farmers-fishers-and-beavers-together-could-save-a-cornish-river/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s the unseen pollution’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river]]></title><description><![CDATA[A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England&rsquo;s most biodiverse marine habitatsOn a rocky beach in Cornwall, a group of wetsuit-clad freedivers and snorkellers are wading into the shallows. Below St Mawes Castle, built by Henry VIII to defend Falmouth harbour, they disappear in a swish of florescent pink and green fins.They are volunteers, trained by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust to use underwater cameras and floating GPS devices]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-unseen-pollution-how-getting-farmers-fishers-and-beavers-together-could-save-a-cornish-river/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-unseen-pollution-how-getting-farmers-fishers-and-beavers-together-could-save-a-cornish-river/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war on ‘loudcasting’ phones can be won, but it will take some very British nudging | Dan Hancox]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although mobiles blared in public are nothing new, this crop of headphone-dodging irritants are truly maddening. It&rsquo;s time to take them on&lsquo;Interesting cities can&rsquo;t be quiet&rdquo;, runs one of grime DJ and music industry thinker Elijah&rsquo;s epigrams &ndash; and in its essential spirit, he is right. Silent, tidy, prim cities should be treated with suspicion. Any such atmosphere denotes that something has gone wrong at a macro level: either you&rsquo;ve wound up in an authorit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-war-on-loudcasting-phones-can-be-won-but-it-will-take-some-very-british-nudging-dan-hancox/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-war-on-loudcasting-phones-can-be-won-but-it-will-take-some-very-british-nudging-dan-hancox/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going with the grain: how restoring biodiversity led one farmer back to heritage wheat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Henry Astor looked back to his grandfather&rsquo;s time for the inspiration to find older varieties that could help nature on his Cotswold farmIt is the earliest harvest Henry Astor can remember. But walking through the scorched wheatfields of his Cotswolds farm, signs of life are everywhere &ndash; swarms of insects, kaleidoscopic wildflower meadows, bushy hedgerows several metres wide. A yellowhammer perches on a nearby tree.There are 18 other red-listed birds on the farm, says Astor, who this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/going-with-the-grain-how-restoring-biodiversity-led-one-farmer-back-to-heritage-wheat/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/going-with-the-grain-how-restoring-biodiversity-led-one-farmer-back-to-heritage-wheat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moon set to turn red as rare partial lunar eclipse graces UK skies]]></title><description><![CDATA[There will be a partial lunar eclipse in the UK on 28 August, and may cause the Moon appear reddish in colour.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/moon-set-to-turn-red-as-rare-partial-lunar-eclipse-graces-uk-skies/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/moon-set-to-turn-red-as-rare-partial-lunar-eclipse-graces-uk-skies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UKThe climate damage caused by developing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields under consideration by the UK government would destroy their economic benefits many times over, according to an analysis.It estimates the economic damage caused by the carbon pollution from the oil and gas produced would be between &pound;119bn and &pound;336bn in the coming decades, compared with the &poun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-damage-would-obliterate-any-economic-benefits-of-new-north-sea-fields-analysis-shows/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-damage-would-obliterate-any-economic-benefits-of-new-north-sea-fields-analysis-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: A peachy, summer beauty that loves the clean air | Nigel Brown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ynys M&ocirc;n (Anglesey): The rosy footman is a relative newcomer to this part of Wales, bringing with it nectarine tones and markings like hieroglyphsI have a routine in the summer months that I like to keep to as often as I can. That is, to start my day&nbsp;in the company of moths.This morning, after a gentle night &nbsp;&ndash; too cloudy to see the flight of Perseid meteors but mild enough&nbsp;to encourage the flight of&nbsp;moths &ndash; I head out to my Robinson light trap. It&rsquo;s 4]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-peachy-summer-beauty-that-loves-the-clean-air-nigel-brown/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-peachy-summer-beauty-that-loves-the-clean-air-nigel-brown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe&rsquo;s heatwaves threaten insurers&rsquo; earnings, rating agency S&amp;P says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and illness, especially among older people, could drive up premiumsEurope&rsquo;s intense heatwaves could hit insurers&rsquo; earnings as companies face a rise in claims linked to heat-related deaths and worsening health conditions, the rating agency S&amp;P has said.While a long summer of extreme heat will have increased drought and wildfire-related claims, the rating agency said there would also be fallout for life and health insurers, and for the r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europersquos-heatwaves-threaten-insurersrsquo-earnings-rating-agency-sampp-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europersquos-heatwaves-threaten-insurersrsquo-earnings-rating-agency-sampp-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totalsAt least 35,000 more people died during Europe&rsquo;s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent.Excess mortality in three of the EU&rsquo;s larger countries &ndash; Germany, France and Spain &ndash; alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to the provisional national fig]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/at-least-35000-excess-deaths-recorded-in-europes-back-to-back-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/at-least-35000-excess-deaths-recorded-in-europes-back-to-back-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More downpours and thunderstorms are heading the UK's way]]></title><description><![CDATA[More downpours and thunderstorms are heading the UK's way]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-downpours-and-thunderstorms-are-heading-the-uks-way/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-downpours-and-thunderstorms-are-heading-the-uks-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Ni&ntilde;o grows]]></title><description><![CDATA[The record "is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress", according to Dr Samantha Burgess from the European Copernicus climate change service.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worlds-oceans-hit-highest-temperature-on-record-as-el-nintildeo-grows/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worlds-oceans-hit-highest-temperature-on-record-as-el-nintildeo-grows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with realityAs it is August, and everyone with stronger opinions is currently on holiday, last week I went on Any Questions?, the BBC Radio 4 panel show. I had prepared beforehand with a friend whose life&rsquo;s work it is to make sure people don&rsquo;t say anything stupid on the radio (or TV), and we&rsquo;d talked about everything &]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/our-climate-is-changing-rapidly-and-our-politicians-sound-increasingly-surreal-zoe-williams/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/our-climate-is-changing-rapidly-and-our-politicians-sound-increasingly-surreal-zoe-williams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How growing up in ‘Chemical Valley’ inspired lawyer to sue industry she used to work for]]></title><description><![CDATA[H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Duguy is taking on companies accused of failing to stop Pfas pollution in the area of France she calls homeThe factories were just part of the landscape for H&eacute;l&egrave;ne Duguy growing up in the heart of an area known as France&rsquo;s &ldquo;Chemical Valley&rdquo;.&ldquo;Those factories are visible from my mother&rsquo;s apartment,&rdquo; says Duguy, 34, whose mother still lives in St-Genis-Laval, south of Lyon. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-growing-up-in-chemical-valley-inspired-lawyer-to-sue-industry-she-used-to-work-for/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-growing-up-in-chemical-valley-inspired-lawyer-to-sue-industry-she-used-to-work-for/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devastation, doubt and blame: Hurricane Helene looms over North Carolina’s US Senate race]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Democratic and the Republican candidate each blame the other for the bungled recovery effort after storm struck regionTwo years after North Carolina suffered the worst natural disaster in its history when Hurricane Helene struck the state&rsquo;s western half, life in the hardest-hit areas appears back to normal. Downtowns are lively, blocked roads have been reopened and rivers are flowing below their banks.But the telltale evidence of the disaster&rsquo;s expensive impacts can still be seen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/devastation-doubt-and-blame-hurricane-helene-looms-over-north-carolinas-us-senate-race/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/devastation-doubt-and-blame-hurricane-helene-looms-over-north-carolinas-us-senate-race/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis &ndash; I choose the Guardian because it&rsquo;s one of the few places left to share them honestlyClimate campaign 2026: help us reach 30,000 acts of supportWell, there&rsquo;s no getting around it now. What many of us once feared has become a reality.The dangerous conditions climate scientists long warned of have become our common, if deeply unwelcome, experience, and season by season, our acquaintance wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/this-is-not-a-natural-calamity-it-is-being-done-to-us-knowingly/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/this-is-not-a-natural-calamity-it-is-being-done-to-us-knowingly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions | Michael Jacobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments &ndash; if its owners are willing to pay the priceThe British government must soon decide whether it should give consent to two oil and gasfields, Rosebank in the North Atlantic and Jackdaw in the North Sea. Amid both insecurity of energy supplies and deadly evidence of the climate crisis, the prime minister, Andy Burnham, is facing pressure from the oil and gas industry and unions on one side, and en]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-burnham-justify-giving-the-go-ahead-to-oil-drilling-yes-but-these-must-be-the-conditions-michael-jacobs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-burnham-justify-giving-the-go-ahead-to-oil-drilling-yes-but-these-must-be-the-conditions-michael-jacobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK's rarest bird of prey rears new chicks in secret location]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Montagu Harrier successfully nested for the second year running in the same secret location.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uks-rarest-bird-of-prey-rears-new-chicks-in-secret-location/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uks-rarest-bird-of-prey-rears-new-chicks-in-secret-location/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No fridge, no fans, just blocks of ice: improvising to survive in Pakistan’s searing heat]]></title><description><![CDATA[With limited electricity and poor ventilation, many families in Nasirabad have little to shield them from temperatures of up to 50CAs the first light reaches Nasirabad, a queue of men, women and children has already formed outside the town&rsquo;s ice factory, with their buckets, sacks and plastic containers. Among those hoping to buy some ice to help their families endure another scorching day is 12-year-old Taimoor, in his school uniform. He says it is his most important task of the day.&ldquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/no-fridge-no-fans-just-blocks-of-ice-improvising-to-survive-in-pakistans-searing-heat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/no-fridge-no-fans-just-blocks-of-ice-improvising-to-survive-in-pakistans-searing-heat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do you vaccinate 1,000 tiny penguins against bird flu in the wild? It’s ‘really tricky’ but there is a way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phillip Island&rsquo;s &lsquo;iconic&rsquo; little penguins get first bird flu vaccinations in what is thought to be largest program of its kindFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 1,000 little penguins have received their first dose of bird flu vaccine in Victoria, in what is believed to be the world&rsquo;s largest vaccination program involving wild birds.Catherine Basterfield, the chief executive of Phillip]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-do-you-vaccinate-1000-tiny-penguins-against-bird-flu-in-the-wild-its-really-tricky-but-there-is-a-way/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-do-you-vaccinate-1000-tiny-penguins-against-bird-flu-in-the-wild-its-really-tricky-but-there-is-a-way/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pair are offspring of two beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in DecemberWild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years.The pair of newborns are the offspring of two free-living beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wild-beaver-kits-born-in-norfolk-for-first-time-in-more-than-500-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wild-beaver-kits-born-in-norfolk-for-first-time-in-more-than-500-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in six European nations, survey finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homesGiven the choice, more people across six major European nations including the UK favour encouraging the adoption of air conditioning over keeping carbon emissions down, a survey has found.After four extreme heatwaves that have caused thousands of excess deaths across the continent, the survey showed between 30% and 52% of people in six countries had feared for their household&rsquo;s health in temperat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/air-conditioning-push-favoured-over-emissions-cuts-in-six-european-nations-survey-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/air-conditioning-push-favoured-over-emissions-cuts-in-six-european-nations-survey-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: South Wales’s summer of fires will linger long in the memory | Eben Muse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tylorstown, Rhondda Valley: These coal areas are shaped by fire and ash. I find a high point to try and survey the damageMy friend John and I are climbing Tylorstown Tip &ndash; a summit also known as Old Smokey, named after the hot ash it was partly made with. We want to see how much of south Wales has burned.The tip towers over the surrounding hills, a perfect crow&rsquo;s nest from which to witness the blackening of the region. From the summit, with its sitka spruce and flowering heather, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-south-waless-summer-of-fires-will-linger-long-in-the-memory-eben-muse/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-south-waless-summer-of-fires-will-linger-long-in-the-memory-eben-muse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France links sharp rise in drownings to heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[A government minister says people have been taking risks by going into the water, with 301 deaths since 19 June.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-links-sharp-rise-in-drownings-to-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-links-sharp-rise-in-drownings-to-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ella Baron on AI and the drought – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ella-baron-on-ai-and-the-drought-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ella-baron-on-ai-and-the-drought-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end of Latrobe Valley coal – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once the economic lifeblood of the region, Latrobe Valley&rsquo;s coal industry is in terminal decline. Jesse Thompson&rsquo;s photographic project aims to document this period of rapid change and examine the legacy that is being left behind Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-end-of-latrobe-valley-coal-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-end-of-latrobe-valley-coal-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Farmer Derek Sayer let a boggy field run wild and just one annual hay-cut has led to remarkable biodiversityTucked away on a country lane, a small field bursts with yellow and pink flowers. Quail and whitethroats call from the thick hedges and the plants, including common centaury, yellow rattle and marsh and common spotted orchids, bounce with hoverflies and butterflies.More than 150 plant species have been recorded on Sayer&rsquo;s Old Meadow, in north Norfolk, England, which is remarkable whe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-love-it-its-hope-the-mysterious-self-willed-wildflower-meadow-that-seeded-itself/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-love-it-its-hope-the-mysterious-self-willed-wildflower-meadow-that-seeded-itself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readers reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long-running series in which readers answer other readers&rsquo; questions considers whether there is sufficient global physical capacity for all our discarded and worn-out purchases&bull; This week&rsquo;s question: If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?If consumer capitalism continues at its current rate, will we reach a point at which there is literally no space left on Earth for all the stuff that has been created? Alex Robinson, Alnwick,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/readers-reply-is-it-inevitable-that-consumerism-will-literally-fill-up-the-planet/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/readers-reply-is-it-inevitable-that-consumerism-will-literally-fill-up-the-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long-running series in which readers answer other readers&rsquo; questions probes an intriguing scientific question in relation to the climate emergencyReaders reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?If all the vehicles on the planet had their tyres pumped up with CO2, would this lock up enough carbon to lower the amount in the air significantly? Would there be other issues, such as the carbon cost of trapping it all into the tyres? Chris Coldwell, Lancaste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/if-all-car-tyres-were-filled-with-co2-would-this-cut-atmospheric-carbon-significantly/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/if-all-car-tyres-were-filled-with-co2-would-this-cut-atmospheric-carbon-significantly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Capitalism and the climate crisis are conspiring to destroy the concept of seasons. I&rsquo;ll take solace in my pumpkin spiceHappy spooky season, everyone! Get those jack-o&rsquo;-lanterns out, because Halloween is just around the corner!Just kidding, no, it&rsquo;s not. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stores-are-selling-halloween-stuff-in-august-time-has-lost-all-meaning-dave-schilling/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stores-are-selling-halloween-stuff-in-august-time-has-lost-all-meaning-dave-schilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pine-cone grenades and planet-baking carbon: the French fires 170 years in the making – a visual guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde infernoThe ruinous fires that overran parts of France this summer have burned more land than ever recorded, forced more people from their homes than at any point since the second world war and caused what scientists suspect is the country&rsquo;s first firestorm thundercloud. The smoke from France&rsquo;s biggest inferno in nearly 80 years choked L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pine-cone-grenades-and-planet-baking-carbon-the-french-fires-170-years-in-the-making-a-visual-guide/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pine-cone-grenades-and-planet-baking-carbon-the-french-fires-170-years-in-the-making-a-visual-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against the wind: despite Trump’s attacks, unions are fighting for good US clean energy jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a growing labor movement has addressed the climate crisis and economic inequalityRyan McElroen had spent years repairing the New York City subway underground when he got the opportunity to work in the middle of the ocean.&ldquo;I had no views other than the darkness at work,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Then I went polar opposite.&rdquo; Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/against-the-wind-despite-trumps-attacks-unions-are-fighting-for-good-us-clean-energy-jobs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/against-the-wind-despite-trumps-attacks-unions-are-fighting-for-good-us-clean-energy-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogot&aacute;, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against themTen years ago, Alastair Harper was an advocate for young people&rsquo;s health sitting in a stuffy meeting room in London planning an air pollution campaign. &ldquo;My phone started buzzing,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I took the call, and then told the room I needed to leave immediately.&ldquo;I had to get to UCLH [one of London&rsquo;s maj]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/londons-low-emission-zone-is-working-so-why-are-cities-around-the-world-so-cautious-about-clean-air/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/londons-low-emission-zone-is-working-so-why-are-cities-around-the-world-so-cautious-about-clean-air/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Surge in proposals follows Labour&rsquo;s lifting of de facto ban, with about 45 plans submitted in the year to MarchPlans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government overturned the Conservatives&rsquo; de facto ban in 2015.About 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/onshore-windfarm-applications-hit-10-year-high-in-england/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/onshore-windfarm-applications-hit-10-year-high-in-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump – and a headache for Britain’s new PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[North Sea oil, once the driving force of the UK economy, may be dwindling but it remains a symbol of prestige and a rich resource for political debateWhen oil was first discovered off the north-east coast of Scotland in September 1969, industry folklore has it that the duty superintendent on the rig carefully poured it into a pickle jar commandeered from the canteen and took it back to Amoco&rsquo;s Great Yarmouth office in Norfolk. There, it was emptied into an ash tray, sniffed and then set al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drill-burnham-drill-the-oil-basin-that-is-a-totem-for-trump-and-a-headache-for-britains-new-pm-2/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drill-burnham-drill-the-oil-basin-that-is-a-totem-for-trump-and-a-headache-for-britains-new-pm-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drill, Burnham, drill? The oil basin that is a totem for Trump - and a headache for Britain’s new PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[North Sea oil, once the driving force of the UK economy, may be dwindling but it remains a symbol of prestige and a rich resource for political debateWhen oil was first discovered off the north-east coast of Scotland in September 1969, industry folklore has it that the duty superintendent on the rig carefully poured it into a pickle jar commandeered from the canteen and took it back to Amoco&rsquo;s Great Yarmouth office in Norfolk. There, it was emptied into an ash tray, sniffed and then set al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drill-burnham-drill-the-oil-basin-that-is-a-totem-for-trump-and-a-headache-for-britains-new-pm/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drill-burnham-drill-the-oil-basin-that-is-a-totem-for-trump-and-a-headache-for-britains-new-pm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: campaigners warn 600-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth could be &lsquo;shaken to pieces&rsquo; by vibrationsSix hundred years after it was built, England&rsquo;s largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn could now be &ldquo;shaken to pieces&rdquo; by aircraft vibrations, campaigners warn.The public has until 1 September to submit objections to the Heathrow airport expansion, which could threaten the survival of the New Barn at Harmondsworth, considered a remarkable example of med]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heathrow-expansion-is-threat-to-englands-largest-surviving-medieval-barn/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heathrow-expansion-is-threat-to-englands-largest-surviving-medieval-barn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a new era of heatwaves could shake up the school calendar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers warn it could be increasingly difficult for classrooms to function during the hottest months.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-new-era-of-heatwaves-could-shake-up-the-school-calendar/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 01:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-a-new-era-of-heatwaves-could-shake-up-the-school-calendar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Devastating’: Western Australia fears a black swan moment as bird flu threatens flagship species]]></title><description><![CDATA[The state&rsquo;s bird emblem is an indicator species for H5N1, with high visibility populations and low survival rates. Experts are warning of &lsquo;significant mortality&rsquo;Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen the black swans start dying, Western Australians will know that bird flu has truly arrived.The birds are an &ldquo;indicator species&rdquo; because once they are infected with the H5N1 virus they are more likely to die than survive, according to the Univers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/devastating-western-australia-fears-a-black-swan-moment-as-bird-flu-threatens-flagship-species/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/devastating-western-australia-fears-a-black-swan-moment-as-bird-flu-threatens-flagship-species/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welsh county becomes global hotspot for carbon emissions after wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[The smell of burning from the Blaenavon wildfire was reported 30 miles away in Cardiff.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/welsh-county-becomes-global-hotspot-for-carbon-emissions-after-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/welsh-county-becomes-global-hotspot-for-carbon-emissions-after-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Unsafe for swimming’: Ironman Leeds is latest casualty of heat-fuelled toxic algae]]></title><description><![CDATA[Athletes faced last-minute cancelling of 2.4-mile swim, as experts say pollution and extreme heat are causing bloomsAs far as athletic accomplishments go, few are held in higher regard than completing an Ironman triathlon.The amount of training required to tackle the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26-mile run that make up the course, as well as the expensive equipment required to train in the first place, means that only about 50,000 people in the world complete a full race and earn the t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/unsafe-for-swimming-ironman-leeds-is-latest-casualty-of-heat-fuelled-toxic-algae/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/unsafe-for-swimming-ironman-leeds-is-latest-casualty-of-heat-fuelled-toxic-algae/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young country diary: Camping in my garden, nose to nose with a fox | Ada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leeds, West Yorkshire: I missed it first time as my dad couldn&rsquo;t wake me up. The second time round, he pulled my toeDad and I were boiling in the house because of the UK heatwave. So we decided to camp out and sleep in our garden instead. Before we went to bed, while playing catch, we could hear the swifts swoop around our house in the orange evening light.Once it had cooled down, Dad said it was time for bed and tucked me up. At some point in the night, Dad heard something and he tried to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/young-country-diary-camping-in-my-garden-nose-to-nose-with-a-fox-ada/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/young-country-diary-camping-in-my-garden-nose-to-nose-with-a-fox-ada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Its pretty much a guarantee you’ll get stung’: jellyfish keep swimmers out of Delaware beaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beach patrols report hundreds of stings a day as warmer waters and drought create favorable conditions for jellyfishAn unusually high number of jellyfish are crowding Delaware&rsquo;s beaches this summer amid climate change and other environmental factors &ndash; keeping some beachgoers out of the ocean and stinging lifeguards as well as bathers.Beach safety patrols in the state have reported hundreds of daily stings as the jellyfish have increased with intensifying environmental factors, includ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-pretty-much-a-guarantee-youll-get-stung-jellyfish-keep-swimmers-out-of-delaware-beaches/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-pretty-much-a-guarantee-youll-get-stung-jellyfish-keep-swimmers-out-of-delaware-beaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s pretty much a guarantee you’ll get stung’: jellyfish keep swimmers off Delaware beaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beach patrols report hundreds of stings a day as warmer waters and drought create favorable conditions for jellyfishAn unusually high number of jellyfish are crowding Delaware&rsquo;s beaches this summer amid climate change and other environmental factors &ndash; keeping some beachgoers out of the ocean and stinging lifeguards as well as bathers.Beach safety patrols in the state have reported hundreds of daily stings as the jellyfish have increased with intensifying environmental factors, includ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-pretty-much-a-guarantee-youll-get-stung-jellyfish-keep-swimmers-off-delaware-beaches/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-pretty-much-a-guarantee-youll-get-stung-jellyfish-keep-swimmers-off-delaware-beaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why am I called The Black Farmer? Because there are so few of us in Britain. I’d like that to change | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Running a farm is tough &ndash; TV&rsquo;s Clarkson&rsquo;s Farm shows that &ndash; but I know many minorities would love the chance. And we would all benefit Who&rsquo;d be a farmer? Clarkson&rsquo;s Farm on Amazon is great entertainment but it also gives some indication of the stresses and challenges behind the farm gate. Would anyone who lacked the significant alternative income that Clarkson is lucky to have want that? Well, actually, yes.I&rsquo;m an entrepreneur who owns a farm, as opposed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-am-i-called-the-black-farmer-because-there-are-so-few-of-us-in-britain-id-like-that-to-change-wilfred-emmanuel-jones/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-am-i-called-the-black-farmer-because-there-are-so-few-of-us-in-britain-id-like-that-to-change-wilfred-emmanuel-jones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subterranean salad: underground farmers seek solution to food crisis in disused UK mines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers in North Yorkshire feel the clock ticking as they aim to transform British food productionIt has the vibe of a Bond villain&rsquo;s underground lair but the workers in hi-vis and helmets aren&rsquo;t weighing and packing hard drugs or parts for a death laser. It&rsquo;s pak choi and lettuce.More than 1,000 metres down, researchers in North Yorkshire have created the world&rsquo;s deepest underground farm and are running trials for a project that could transform UK food production. Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/subterranean-salad-underground-farmers-seek-solution-to-food-crisis-in-disused-uk-mines/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/subterranean-salad-underground-farmers-seek-solution-to-food-crisis-in-disused-uk-mines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battery fires at recycling centres are costing UK £1bn a year, figures show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts say fires caused by wrongly discarded lithium batteries, such as thosein vapes, are putting lives at riskFires at recycling centres caused by wrongly discarded lithium batteries such as those found in vapes are occurring at the rate of more than 10 a week, according to new figures.Experts say the sheer volume of battery fires now occurring at waste facilities has reached a crisis that is putting lives at risk, costing &pound;1bn a year and frustrating fire chiefs. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/battery-fires-at-recycling-centres-are-costing-uk-1bn-a-year-figures-show/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/battery-fires-at-recycling-centres-are-costing-uk-1bn-a-year-figures-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home comforts: can remote work be better for the environment?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Australians now have the option to work from home. But is it better or worse for the environment?Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household&rsquo;s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comThe normalisation of working from home and flexible work has been one of the Covid-19 pandemic&rsquo;s few positive legacies.Today more than a third of Australians &nd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/home-comforts-can-remote-work-be-better-for-the-environment/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/home-comforts-can-remote-work-be-better-for-the-environment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US has a plan to save the Colorado River. Experts say it won’t be enough to stop the crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 10-year blueprint mandates water cuts of up to 40% for California, Arizona and NevadaIt&rsquo;s official: after years of tense negotiations and missed deadlines, there is finally a plan to govern the future of the imperiled Colorado River - or at least the makings of one.With the previous framework set to expire in October, the US Bureau of Reclamation publicly released its proposal for a new plan on Friday. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-us-has-a-plan-to-save-the-colorado-river-experts-say-it-wont-be-enough-to-stop-the-crisis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-us-has-a-plan-to-save-the-colorado-river-experts-say-it-wont-be-enough-to-stop-the-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[33m tons of toxic seaweed clogs Caribbean beaches – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[A record amount of sargassum has piled up along coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Sargassum is a brown seaweed that causes lower oxygen levels and foul-smelling gases when it decomposes on beaches. Researchers and marine scientists have warned that the algae build-up starves underwater plant life of sunlight, affects human health and can leak arsenic into sand Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/33m-tons-of-toxic-seaweed-clogs-caribbean-beaches-video/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/33m-tons-of-toxic-seaweed-clogs-caribbean-beaches-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain’s railway prepares for more extreme weather as intense El Niño develops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts say more must be done to adapt to changing climate, after two trains derailed within 24 hours during a recent heatwaveRailway companies are racing to prepare for another brutal summer next year, as a developing El Ni&ntilde;o could see 2027 break more heat-related records.Britain&rsquo;s railway system has already been under stress from extreme heat this summer, with several operators reducing timetables and train speeds. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-railway-prepares-for-more-extreme-weather-as-intense-el-nio-develops/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-railway-prepares-for-more-extreme-weather-as-intense-el-nio-develops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biggest El Niño for a century forecast to bring UK more autumn rain and storms]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Unprecedented&rsquo; weather pattern over Pacific Ocean to be felt worldwide, with severe droughts expected in some areasThe El Ni&ntilde;o event developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest for more than a century and make 2027 another record-breaking year for heat, the UK&rsquo;s Met Office has said.Increased rainfall and storms are forecast to hit the UK this autumn as a result of the &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; weather pattern, while the pulse in heat it generates m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/biggest-el-nio-for-a-century-forecast-to-bring-uk-more-autumn-rain-and-storms/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/biggest-el-nio-for-a-century-forecast-to-bring-uk-more-autumn-rain-and-storms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Grand Caraj&aacute;s project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face pollution, displacement and silenced historiesContinue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/brazils-vast-iron-mine-that-supplies-the-world-and-fractures-the-amazon-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/brazils-vast-iron-mine-that-supplies-the-world-and-fractures-the-amazon-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed London datacentre will have annual carbon footprint of 27,000 flights to New York]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in north Ockendon will be incompatible with UK net zero targetsA &ldquo;hyperscale&rdquo; datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 27,000 flights from London to New York, planning documents show.The East Havering Data Centre Campus (EHDCC) in north Ockendon would be one of the largest datacentres in Europe if approved by Havering council, using 218 hectares of green]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/proposed-london-datacentre-will-have-annual-carbon-footprint-of-27000-flights-to-new-york/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/proposed-london-datacentre-will-have-annual-carbon-footprint-of-27000-flights-to-new-york/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed London datacentre ‘incompatible’ with net zero with 1m-tonne carbon footprint]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Planning documents show annual emissions from North Ockendon project would be equivalent to 8,480 flights to New YorkA &ldquo;hyperscale&rdquo; datacentre in outer London would generate more than 1m tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 8,480 flights from London to New York, planning documents show.The East Havering Data Centre Campus (EHDCC) in North Ockendon would be one of the largest datacentres in Europe if approved by Havering council, using 218]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/proposed-london-datacentre-incompatible-with-net-zero-with-1m-tonne-carbon-footprint/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/proposed-london-datacentre-incompatible-with-net-zero-with-1m-tonne-carbon-footprint/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cut cost of loans for solar panels on UK homes, ministers urged]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report says &lsquo;solar bonds&rsquo; could fund wider access to clean energy, reducing household billsSolar panels could be cheaper for people on lower incomes if the government stepped in to reduce the cost of loans, a report argues.Solar panel installations can save households hundreds of pounds a year in energy bills, but at an initial cost of about &pound;5,000 to &pound;10,000 they are beyond the reach of many households. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cut-cost-of-loans-for-solar-panels-on-uk-homes-ministers-urged/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cut-cost-of-loans-for-solar-panels-on-uk-homes-ministers-urged/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increased rainfall and storms to hit UK due to biggest El Niño for a century, says Met Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Unprecedented&rsquo; weather pattern over Pacific Ocean to be felt worldwide with severe droughts expected in southern hemisphereThe El Ni&ntilde;o event developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest for more than a 100 years, the UK&rsquo;s Met Office has said.Increased rainfall and storms are forecast to hit the UK this autumn as a result of the &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; weather pattern, which will also cause severe droughts in the southern hemisphere, the Met Office]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/increased-rainfall-and-storms-to-hit-uk-due-to-biggest-el-nio-for-a-century-says-met-office/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/increased-rainfall-and-storms-to-hit-uk-due-to-biggest-el-nio-for-a-century-says-met-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increased rain and storms to hit UK due to biggest El Niño for a century, says Met Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Unprecedented&rsquo; weather pattern over Pacific Ocean to be felt worldwide with severe droughts expected in southern hemisphereThe El Ni&ntilde;o event developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest for more than a 100 years, the UK&rsquo;s Met Office has said.Increased rainfall and storms are forecast to hit the UK this autumn as a result of the &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; weather pattern, which will also cause severe droughts in the southern hemisphere, the Met Office]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/increased-rain-and-storms-to-hit-uk-due-to-biggest-el-nio-for-a-century-says-met-office/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/increased-rain-and-storms-to-hit-uk-due-to-biggest-el-nio-for-a-century-says-met-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why dodgy doors are the latest casualty of the UK heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sticking or unlockable doors are yet another problem caused by the hot summer, but winter can also bring difficultiesThursday was another busy day for Alan Hickman, a Bournemouth-based locksmith who works in the area around the New Forest (&ldquo;though I&rsquo;m currently dodging the bit between Ringwood and Eastleigh because that&rsquo;s closed because of the forest fires&rdquo;).Speaking on his way to see a man who can&rsquo;t close his patio doors &ndash; &ldquo;probably because they&rsquo;v]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-dodgy-doors-are-the-latest-casualty-of-the-uk-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-dodgy-doors-are-the-latest-casualty-of-the-uk-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: Bat in a toilet, a speeding gull and a bird with shoes]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-bat-in-a-toilet-a-speeding-gull-and-a-bird-with-shoes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-bat-in-a-toilet-a-speeding-gull-and-a-bird-with-shoes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eco homes that can stay cool for sale in England and Wales – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[From a triple-glazed barn conversion in a Welsh valley to a thermally regulated home in a busy area of London Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/eco-homes-that-can-stay-cool-for-sale-in-england-and-wales-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/eco-homes-that-can-stay-cool-for-sale-in-england-and-wales-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens to people’s health when air pollution is reduced?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing evidence that cutting coal use and bans on high-polluting vehicles areleading directly to health benefitsFailing crops, wildfires and overloaded health systems are focusing minds on the local impacts of our changing climate.While carbon emissions reduction is normally framed as having a global benefit rather than a local gain, studies published in 2025 and 2026 from Greece have added to growing evidence that cutting coal use and air pollution can provide immediate health benefits to loca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-happens-to-peoples-health-when-air-pollution-is-reduced/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-happens-to-peoples-health-when-air-pollution-is-reduced/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Trust&rsquo;s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and floodingAerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis.The area of the National Trust&rsquo;s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored have remained green and lush during the five heatwaves across the summ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rewilded-land-remains-green-amid-drought-stricken-english-countryside-images-show/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rewilded-land-remains-green-amid-drought-stricken-english-countryside-images-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chester zoo resident, 23, &lsquo;back to her usual feisty self&rsquo; after electrochemotherapy for tumour in her jawA 15ft (4.5-metre) python is believed to be the first snake in the world to be given a pioneering, life-saving cancer treatment normally used on humans.The 50kg reticulated python, named Jodie Foster after the Hollywood star, has just turned 23 and lives at Chester zoo. Keepers first became concerned that she may be unwell when she began eating less and spending more time inactive]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/python-named-jodie-foster-first-snake-to-receive-pioneering-cancer-treatment/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/python-named-jodie-foster-first-snake-to-receive-pioneering-cancer-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Ni&ntilde;o set to be 'strongest in living memory', says Met Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists say the growing El Ni&ntilde;o weather pattern is an "unprecedented event" and means 2027 is likely to be the world's hottest year on record.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nintildeo-set-to-be-strongest-in-living-memory-says-met-office/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nintildeo-set-to-be-strongest-in-living-memory-says-met-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rain to stop in time for weekend as sun returns]]></title><description><![CDATA[The heavy downpours that have caused flash flooding will ease during Friday with sunshine returning for the weekend. But there are some chilly nights in store, as Ben Rich explains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rain-to-stop-in-time-for-weekend-as-sun-returns/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rain-to-stop-in-time-for-weekend-as-sun-returns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My family have fished this river for 300 years - now pollution has killed all the fish]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tradition on a river once fished by US President Jimmy Carter could be coming to an end.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-family-have-fished-this-river-for-300-years-now-pollution-has-killed-all-the-fish/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-family-have-fished-this-river-for-300-years-now-pollution-has-killed-all-the-fish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass deposit operator confirmed after months of wrangling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exchange for Change is running the new recycling programmes across the UK and will also run Wales's.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/glass-deposit-operator-confirmed-after-months-of-wrangling/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/glass-deposit-operator-confirmed-after-months-of-wrangling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thunderstorm warnings expire but rain continues to bring risk of floods for UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[The prolonged dry spell has come to an end with heavy, thundery showers continuing to sweep across the UK, as Ben Rich explains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thunderstorm-warnings-expire-but-rain-continues-to-bring-risk-of-floods-for-uk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thunderstorm-warnings-expire-but-rain-continues-to-bring-risk-of-floods-for-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flash flooding risk as heavy rain hits UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heavy showers and thunderstorms will continue to affect large parts of the UK.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/flash-flooding-risk-as-heavy-rain-hits-uk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/flash-flooding-risk-as-heavy-rain-hits-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump&rsquo;s halt to funding threatens to scupper the researchFor many in the US region of New England, the lobster roll is synonymous with summertime. Loaded into a toasted bun, chunks of the sweet meat are served hot and soaked in butter, or chilled and slathered in mayonnaise with celery and herbs.The only thing more debated than the recipe is the price: the once-humble rol]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lobsters-and-acidic-seas-can-shellfish-help-neutralise-one-of-the-greatest-threats-to-the-ocean/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lobsters-and-acidic-seas-can-shellfish-help-neutralise-one-of-the-greatest-threats-to-the-ocean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northern Ireland farm profits topped £1bn in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overall performance in 2025 was heavily influenced by developments in the beef sector which saw prices rise to record levels.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/northern-ireland-farm-profits-topped-1bn-in-2025/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/northern-ireland-farm-profits-topped-1bn-in-2025/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winner of the Guardian's Invertebrate of the year 2026 revealed]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a much closer contest than previous years &ndash; when the tardigrade and the common earthworm won with popular landslides &ndash; the winner of the 2026 Guardian Invertebrate of the year has been decided.The competition was launched three years ago to celebrate overlooked and often derided invertebrates, which number at least 1.7m species &ndash; about 97% of all animals &ndash; with probably millions more still to be discovered and described.Watch presenter and naturalist Chris Packham run]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-winner-of-the-guardians-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-revealed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-winner-of-the-guardians-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-revealed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice]]></title><description><![CDATA[The leaf sheep, a neon green solar-powered slug, has inspired at least one Pok&eacute;mon character and triumphs in global ballotSee the top 10 shortlist hereChris Packham: &lsquo;Life as we know it hinges on invertebrates&rsquo;A neon green solar-powered slug that lives underwater is the winner of the increasingly popular Invertebrate of the Year competition run by the Guardian.The leaf sheep, Costasiella kuroshimae, triumphed in the global ballot after hundreds of thousands of readers around t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/winner-of-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-and-it-is-the-size-of-a-grain-of-rice/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/winner-of-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-and-it-is-the-size-of-a-grain-of-rice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humans have learned to fear ‘bugs’, but we shouldn’t – life as we know it hinges on invertebrates | Chris Packham]]></title><description><![CDATA[At this point of the crisis in our relations with the natural world, we&rsquo;ve got to protect these creatures &ndash; and we are running out of timeRead more from the Guardian&rsquo;s invertebrate of the year 2026Too many animals are regarded as &ldquo;bugs&rdquo;. And, if anything is a bug, it is a short step to it becoming a &ldquo;pest&rdquo;. Too many of us have a learned fear &ndash; it&rsquo;s not innate &ndash; of anything with six legs or antennae.I&rsquo;m a big fan of the invertebrat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/humans-have-learned-to-fear-bugs-but-we-shouldnt-life-as-we-know-it-hinges-on-invertebrates-chris-packham/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/humans-have-learned-to-fear-bugs-but-we-shouldnt-life-as-we-know-it-hinges-on-invertebrates-chris-packham/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too]]></title><description><![CDATA[Novice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs. Little did they know they were joining a nationwide movementWhen James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz first decided to replace their lawn with native plants, they did not really know what they were doing. As former city-dwellers who had moved from Chicago out to the suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, they had never done much gardening together beyond growing some planters of herb]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-one-american-couple-ditched-their-lawn-and-created-a-wildlife-haven-and-you-could-too/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-one-american-couple-ditched-their-lawn-and-created-a-wildlife-haven-and-you-could-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destructive and delicious: how an invasive deer in Hawaii is being turned into dinner]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overpopulation of axis deer has taken an environmental toll, but Maui Nui Venison sees it as a resource instead of a pestIn 1868, the government of Hong Kong gave eight axis deer to Hawaii&rsquo;s King Kamehameha V. They were a beautiful gift, these creatures that hail from south Asia, with their honey-colored pelts marked by a smattering of white spots. But their incursion into Maui started much later, in the 1950s, when they were brought to the island for recreational hunters.Now, more tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/destructive-and-delicious-how-an-invasive-deer-in-hawaii-is-being-turned-into-dinner/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/destructive-and-delicious-how-an-invasive-deer-in-hawaii-is-being-turned-into-dinner/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoo boss calls pipeline plan on site 'unacceptable']]></title><description><![CDATA[Proposals for a pipeline to transport carbon emissions to the coast would cut through the zoo.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/zoo-boss-calls-pipeline-plan-on-site-unacceptable/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/zoo-boss-calls-pipeline-plan-on-site-unacceptable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weatherwatch: Climate crisis fuelling steep fall in migratory bird numbers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many species under threat use the African-Eurasian flyway, one of the planet&rsquo;s largest mass-migration systemsIt may still feel like summer, but in the world of birds, autumn migration is already well under way. Cuckoos and swifts have already left us, and while swallows and many species of warbler will not depart our shores until September, many species of Arctic-breeding waders have begun to stop off at our coastal marshes to refuel for their long journey south.This year, however, there c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-climate-crisis-fuelling-steep-fall-in-migratory-bird-numbers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-climate-crisis-fuelling-steep-fall-in-migratory-bird-numbers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watermelons in Bristol: how UK heatwaves are affecting growers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most allotment holders say the heat has meant more work for smaller crops, although some have found a silver liningAfter a summer of repeated heatwaves and exceptionally dry weather in the UK, rain has brought some relief this week, but drought remains widespread and experts warn it will take weeks of sustained rainfall for water supplies to recover.For people growing their own fruit and vegetables, it has been a challenging and sometimes surprising season. The Guardian spoke to growers across E]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watermelons-in-bristol-how-uk-heatwaves-are-affecting-growers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watermelons-in-bristol-how-uk-heatwaves-are-affecting-growers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monstera magic: Barbican hands out cuttings as ‘green lung of the city’ closes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five hundred people turn up to adopt plants from conservatory that will reopen in 2030 after renovation projectAbove the waxy monstera leaves and bright pink hibiscus flowers in the Barbican conservatory hangs a giant net to catch the panes of glass that are at risk of falling from the ceiling on the unwitting plant lovers below.This precarious situation has caused the estate to shutter its greenhouse on the third and fourth floors for three years so a full refurbishment can take place. But the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/monstera-magic-barbican-hands-out-cuttings-as-green-lung-of-the-city-closes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/monstera-magic-barbican-hands-out-cuttings-as-green-lung-of-the-city-closes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty]]></title><description><![CDATA[This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it&rsquo;s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to comeThis summer could be the hottest, driest and deadliest in English history. Successive heatwaves have so far claimed almost 3,000 lives. Nearly three-quarters of England and all of Wales is in drought, while key reservoirs are parched. Across this brown and stickily unpleasant land, from Grimsby down to St Ives, hosepipe bans are in for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-bone-dry-to-soaked-to-the-bone-welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-whiplash-aditya-chakrabortty/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-bone-dry-to-soaked-to-the-bone-welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-whiplash-aditya-chakrabortty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: All hail the horsetail, a plant that could survive anything | Kate Blincoe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Newton Flotman, Norfolk: It looks like a toilet brush yet predates the dinosaurs. I can&rsquo;t help but give it a stroke by the roadside, even if I get strange looksThe rural road is flanked with a bank of green fuzz. It&rsquo;s jungly and verdant &ndash; lush in a landscape that has turned brown and yellow from drought. I run my hand over the green bristles erupting from a&nbsp;bamboo-like stem.Equisetum arvense, or field horsetail, looks fluffy, but it is wiry and rough. One could serve effec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-all-hail-the-horsetail-a-plant-that-could-survive-anything-kate-blincoe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-all-hail-the-horsetail-a-plant-that-could-survive-anything-kate-blincoe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholdsHeatwaves and wildfires are not just scorching forests, they are adding to the tipping point risks in the world&rsquo;s vast permafrost regions, which contain three times more carbon than all the living vegetation on Earth.This is a major concern for Gustaf Hugelius, a professor at the Bolin Centre of Climate Research at Stockholm University, Sweden, and a leading a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-threatening-thaw-climate-professor-on-heatwave-risks-to-tipping-point-of-permafrost/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-threatening-thaw-climate-professor-on-heatwave-risks-to-tipping-point-of-permafrost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Melting sea ice from climate change has opened up the region for giant whales to undertake "feeding frenzies".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/giant-whales-move-into-greenland-waters-as-ice-disappears/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/giant-whales-move-into-greenland-waters-as-ice-disappears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxpayers to fund clear-up of illegal dumps in West Yorkshire, Surrey and Kent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andy Burnham promises drive to tackle toxic waste, raise fines and use AI-powered drones to detect illegal activityIllegal dumps in West Yorkshire, Surrey and Kent will be cleared up using taxpayer money, Andy Burnham has announced, as the prime minister promises a new drive to tackle toxic waste.Ministers have identified dumps in Bradford, Runnymede and the Isle of Sheppey, which collectively contain about 22,000 tonnes of illegal waste, to be cleared in the next phase of the government&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/taxpayers-to-fund-clear-up-of-illegal-dumps-in-west-yorkshire-surrey-and-kent/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/taxpayers-to-fund-clear-up-of-illegal-dumps-in-west-yorkshire-surrey-and-kent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Success story’ hailed as bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire for first time since 1960s]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers laud return of giant tuna to North Sea after being fished almost to point of extinction Researchers have lauded two giant bluefin tunas being caught off the coast of Yorkshire for the first time in more than six decades as a &ldquo;success story&rdquo; for marine conservation.The tunas, which were caught a day apart off the coast of Whitby earlier this week, have mostly been absent along the north-east coast of Britain since the 1960s. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/success-story-hailed-as-bluefin-tunas-caught-off-yorkshire-for-first-time-since-1960s/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/success-story-hailed-as-bluefin-tunas-caught-off-yorkshire-for-first-time-since-1960s/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swimmers warned of toxic algae at newly designated Thames bathing site]]></title><description><![CDATA[People told they and their pets should keep out of river at Ham amid anger over Thames Water&rsquo;s treated sewage planSwimmers are being warned not to enter the water at the first official bathing site on the River Thames, in south-west London, because of toxic blue-green algae in the water.The blue-green algal blooms are rare in moving water but are likely to be caused by the extreme heat, low river flow, and nutrient pollution from sewage waste. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swimmers-warned-of-toxic-algae-at-newly-designated-thames-bathing-site/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swimmers-warned-of-toxic-algae-at-newly-designated-thames-bathing-site/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform says we need to choose between climate and economy. It's wrong | Larry Elliott]]></title><description><![CDATA[The party&rsquo;s deputy leader Richard Tice says we should stop worrying about extreme heat and enjoy it. This dangerous nonsense will wreck our finances and the planetSo now we know: the smart response to the UK&rsquo;s summer of record temperatures is to do precisely nothing. According to Richard Tice, Reform UK&rsquo;s deputy leader, the climate crisis is just one of those things. Nothing can be done about it, so we should simply bask in the sunshine.It is reasonable to assume Tice would not]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reform-says-we-need-to-choose-between-climate-and-economy-its-wrong-larry-elliott/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reform-says-we-need-to-choose-between-climate-and-economy-its-wrong-larry-elliott/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Incredible': SpaceX rocket spotted off Christmas Island coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[A SpaceX rocket that blasted off from Texas in July, and crashed into the Indian Ocean, made an unexpected appearance off Christmas Island.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/incredible-spacex-rocket-spotted-off-christmas-island-coast/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/incredible-spacex-rocket-spotted-off-christmas-island-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A critical crossroads’: who is the woman vying to become the first Caribbean head of the UN?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If elected, Guyanese politician, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett wants to prioritise climate issues and restore the United Nations as a force for goodDon&rsquo;t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up hereAs the Guardian&rsquo;s Caribbean correspondent, I sometimes encounter stories that everyone is talking about in the region, but are not on the radar of the international media. Today, I&rsquo;m taking over the Long Wave to bring you one of those stories. This summer, Guyanese ambassador Ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-critical-crossroads-who-is-the-woman-vying-to-become-the-first-caribbean-head-of-the-un/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-critical-crossroads-who-is-the-woman-vying-to-become-the-first-caribbean-head-of-the-un/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour ‘could lose up to 50 seats’ to Greens if new drilling in North Sea approved]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greens say analysis shows government failure to take bold climate action could lead to big gains for party at electionUK politics live &ndash; latest updatesLabour could lose dozens of seats to the Green party if the government allows new drilling in the North Sea, according to internal research shared with the Guardian.Green party analysis suggests up to 50 Labour MPs &ndash; including key Andy Burnham ally Louise Haigh &ndash; could lose their seats at the next election if the government fails]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/labour-could-lose-up-to-50-seats-to-greens-if-new-drilling-in-north-sea-approved/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/labour-could-lose-up-to-50-seats-to-greens-if-new-drilling-in-north-sea-approved/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare cows part of estate's rewilding project]]></title><description><![CDATA[White Park cattle arrive at the Castle Howard estate in North Yorkshire to support conservation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-cows-part-of-estates-rewilding-project/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-cows-part-of-estates-rewilding-project/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK relies on heat-stressed countries for fruit and veg it could grow itself – report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Food Foundation sounds alarm over supply risks and price shocks as about 40% of Britain&rsquo;s food is importedThe UK is vulnerable to food price shocks because of its dependence on imports of fruit and vegetable from countries even more exposed to the climate crisis, researchers say.Much of Britain has sweltered under a record five heatwaves this year and endured drought and wildfires, with the hot, dry conditions damaging crops and reducing yields of domestic produce. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-relies-on-heat-stressed-countries-for-fruit-and-veg-it-could-grow-itself-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-relies-on-heat-stressed-countries-for-fruit-and-veg-it-could-grow-itself-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plantwatch: Cities make a surprising refuge for threatened UK wildflowers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nooks and crannies in urban areas provide a welcome alternative to intensive farming and other rural pressuresWildflowers are having a rough time in the countryside, mostly from the onslaught of intensive farming with fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides and less grazing. On top of that, there are building developments, competition from invasive plant species and the climate crisis to contend with.The UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows over the last century and over half of the country&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plantwatch-cities-make-a-surprising-refuge-for-threatened-uk-wildflowers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plantwatch-cities-make-a-surprising-refuge-for-threatened-uk-wildflowers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: It’s hard being a vicar in a long, hot summer | Simon Lockett]]></title><description><![CDATA[Madley, Herefordshire: The cool of our churches has been welcome to many, but my polyester robes are not made for the heatEvery summer, while roasting in my robes, I say to myself: &ldquo;I must get a lighter set.&rdquo; If I had a cotton cassock instead of a polyester cassock and alb, swaying to the singing of hymns might not raise my core temperature as much. In that regard, this year hasn&rsquo;t been without its challenges.Even so, our churches have become &ldquo;cool spaces&rdquo;. In Madle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-its-hard-being-a-vicar-in-a-long-hot-summer-simon-lockett/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-its-hard-being-a-vicar-in-a-long-hot-summer-simon-lockett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hottest periods this year in most sea regions would have been &lsquo;virtually impossible&rsquo; in a preindustrial climateCarbon pollution has fuelled a &ldquo;massive expansion&rdquo; of marine heatwaves in Europe this summer, research has found, with some waters recording temperatures 6C higher than normal.The hottest fortnights of this year would have been &ldquo;virtually impossible&rdquo; in a preindustrial climate in three of the four sea regions studied, according to analysis by World We]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/carbon-pollution-has-fuelled-massive-expansion-of-marine-heatwaves-in-europe-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/carbon-pollution-has-fuelled-massive-expansion-of-marine-heatwaves-in-europe-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution was restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zoneChildren&rsquo;s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found.Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city&rsquo;s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) found a restoration of lung capacity that had been stunted by exposure to pollution. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ulez-led-to-better-lung-size-and-function-among-london-children-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ulez-led-to-better-lung-size-and-function-among-london-children-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq Khan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critics said I was attacking motorists. It&rsquo;s more important for me that the city&rsquo;s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollutionUlez led to better lung size and function among London children, study findsWhen I introduced London&rsquo;s clean air zone &ndash; the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) &ndash; more than seven years ago, no city had ever attempted anything quite like it. At the time, the scheme in central London provoked fierce opposition. When I decided to ex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/introducing-ulez-was-my-hardest-decision-as-mayor-of-london-but-now-we-know-its-astonishing-impact-sadiq-khan/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/introducing-ulez-was-my-hardest-decision-as-mayor-of-london-but-now-we-know-its-astonishing-impact-sadiq-khan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebecca Hendin on Richard Tice and the climate crisis – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rebecca-hendin-on-richard-tice-and-the-climate-crisis-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rebecca-hendin-on-richard-tice-and-the-climate-crisis-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavy rain on dry ground may cause UK floods but will not reverse drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;First meaningful rain for a long time&rsquo; is forecast but water firms continue to ask customers to restrict useFloods and drought could hit the UK at the same time this week, with heavy rain forecast to fall on hard, parched soil.While some parts of the UK will have the &ldquo;first meaningful rain for a long time&rdquo; in the coming days, it will not reverse widespread drought conditions that have put pressure on wildlife, farmers, firefighters and water resources. Continue reading..]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heavy-rain-on-dry-ground-may-cause-uk-floods-but-will-not-reverse-drought/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heavy-rain-on-dry-ground-may-cause-uk-floods-but-will-not-reverse-drought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavy rain on dry ground may cause UK floods as taps run dry for thousands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forecasters say &lsquo;first meaningful rain for a long time&rsquo; will not reverse widespread drought conditionsFloods and drought could hit the UK at the same time this week, with heavy rain forecast to fall on hard, parched soil.While some parts of the UK will have the &ldquo;first meaningful rain for a long time&rdquo; in the coming days, it will not reverse widespread drought conditions that have put pressure on wildlife, farmers, firefighters and water resources. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heavy-rain-on-dry-ground-may-cause-uk-floods-as-taps-run-dry-for-thousands/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heavy-rain-on-dry-ground-may-cause-uk-floods-as-taps-run-dry-for-thousands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavy rain forecast will not reverse widespread drought conditions in UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forecasters say intense showers might cause flooding as rain falls on dry, hard groundFloods and drought could hit the UK at the same time this week, with heavy rain forecast to fall on hard, parched soil.While some parts of the UK will have the &ldquo;first meaningful rain for a long time&rdquo; in the coming days, it will not reverse widespread drought conditions that have put pressure on wildlife, farmers, firefighters and water resources. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heavy-rain-forecast-will-not-reverse-widespread-drought-conditions-in-uk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heavy-rain-forecast-will-not-reverse-widespread-drought-conditions-in-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work on £1.5m nature reserve to start next month]]></title><description><![CDATA[A charity says the nature reserve will be a "very special thing" for the town once complete.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/work-on-15m-nature-reserve-to-start-next-month/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/work-on-15m-nature-reserve-to-start-next-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We humans are inept at taking care of baby animals’: why well-fed orphan bears die in the wild]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists surprised to find all but two of 12 grizzlies were dead within a year of &lsquo;feelgood&rsquo; release, unable to sustain their high-calorie diet and inclined to approach humansThe orphaned grizzly bear cubs were bulked up with a generous diet of roadkill, watermelon, dog food and snacks donated by the public. Their contact with carers was limited to two people. Then, after up to a year in rehabilitation, they returned home to the wilds of British Columbia.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a feelgoo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-humans-are-inept-at-taking-care-of-baby-animals-why-well-fed-orphan-bears-die-in-the-wild/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-humans-are-inept-at-taking-care-of-baby-animals-why-well-fed-orphan-bears-die-in-the-wild/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soon will the drought be over?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rain has returned to parts of the UK this week but is it enough to end the drought some regions are facing?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-soon-will-the-drought-be-over/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-soon-will-the-drought-be-over/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A new normal’: Miami faces worsening seaweed problem as piles of algae wash up on beaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials have had to remove thousands of tons of sargassum from Florida&rsquo;s beaches amid the climate crisisDealing with seaweed is the bulk of Chris Bumpus&rsquo;s job during the summer. As chief of conservation for Miami-Dade county&rsquo;s parks, recreation and open spaces department, Bumpus is in charge of cleaning sargassum off 17 miles (27km) of county beaches. But some days, the odds are stacked against him and his team.More and more sargassum, a kind of floating brown algae, has been]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-new-normal-miami-faces-worsening-seaweed-problem-as-piles-of-algae-wash-up-on-beaches/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-new-normal-miami-faces-worsening-seaweed-problem-as-piles-of-algae-wash-up-on-beaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England’s ancient oak trees dying in extreme hot and dry weather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Woodland Trust says trees struggling in drought stress, with older &lsquo;survivors&rsquo; disproportionately affectedEngland&rsquo;s ancient oak trees are dying in the summer&rsquo;s extreme heat and dry weather, according to the Woodland Trust, with trees and ecosystems unable to adapt fast enough to the changing climate.The heatwaves across much of Europe this summer have had a notable impact on crop growth and plant health. To cope with the extreme conditions, many trees are undergoing &ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/englands-ancient-oak-trees-dying-in-extreme-hot-and-dry-weather/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/englands-ancient-oak-trees-dying-in-extreme-hot-and-dry-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq’s ghost villages: Islamic State drove people away – now a new enemy is preventing their return]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly a decade after fighting ended in northern Iraq, the climate crisis has brought extreme heat and a water shortage, making life almost impossibleThe first thing that strikes visitors arriving in Faka, a small village in Sinjar district, northern Iraq, is the silence. No children play in the streets. No shops are open. Roofless houses stretch across the hillside, their walls pockmarked by shellfire, while weeds and wild grasses grow through collapsed living rooms.A decade after Islamic State]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/iraqs-ghost-villages-islamic-state-drove-people-away-now-a-new-enemy-is-preventing-their-return/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/iraqs-ghost-villages-islamic-state-drove-people-away-now-a-new-enemy-is-preventing-their-return/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham is choosing jobs over climate security. That’s a big risk | Gaby Hinsliff]]></title><description><![CDATA[The PM&rsquo;s net zero pragmatism may please some voters, but as parts of the country go up in flames, it&rsquo;s an increasingly hard sellWhen the siren sounded on Friday night, my first thought was fire.Weeks of unrelenting sun in the normally soggy Peak District, where I was visiting my mum, have bleached green valleys a dangerously dry, crispy blond. One of her neighbours had earlier pointed out an ominous cloud of smoke on the horizon, coming from one of the wildfires raging all summer on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-is-choosing-jobs-over-climate-security-thats-a-big-risk-gaby-hinsliff/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-is-choosing-jobs-over-climate-security-thats-a-big-risk-gaby-hinsliff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Waiting for a nightjar is elusive and maddening – then thrilling | Mark Cocker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Goyt Valley, Derbyshire: My patience into dusk is rewarded with a full display of unlikely calls and aerial prowessThe setting sun spread a last Iberian glow over the hills opposite before they were drained of colour and sound, and by nine, the world was in monochrome. In line with national increases in their numbers and range, nightjars have prospered here recently. It seems especially so with the clearance of conifers, which has left a mix of old Scots pine and open space perfectly suited to t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-waiting-for-a-nightjar-is-elusive-and-maddening-then-thrilling-mark-cocker/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-waiting-for-a-nightjar-is-elusive-and-maddening-then-thrilling-mark-cocker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme heat more dangerous for people 60 and over than previously thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Study finds older adults could face harmful heat stress at just 1.5C of warming above preindustrial levelsPeople aged 60 and over face dangers to their health from exposure to heat at much lower temperatures than previously thought, research has found.Older adults will bear the brunt of increasingly frequent sustained spells of extreme heat globally as the world continues to warm up, according to a study in The Lancet Public Health. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-more-dangerous-for-people-60-and-over-than-previously-thought/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-more-dangerous-for-people-60-and-over-than-previously-thought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform’s Tice accused of misinformation after urging people to enjoy heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Backlash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners in response to deputy leader dismissing efforts to reach net zeroReform&rsquo;s deputy leader has been accused of spreading misinformation after he dismissed efforts to tackle the climate crisis and urged British people to enjoy the warmth of the recent heatwaves.Richard Tice prompted a backlash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners on Monday after he told a press conference he believed it was &ldquo;arrogant&rdquo; to try]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reforms-tice-accused-of-misinformation-after-urging-people-to-enjoy-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reforms-tice-accused-of-misinformation-after-urging-people-to-enjoy-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of &lsquo;catastrophic&rsquo; harvests due to continent-wide droughtSuccessive intense heatwaves and an increasingly severe, continent-wide drought have left many of Europe&rsquo;s farmers in an &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; crisis, with vegetable and grain growers in particular warning of &ldquo;catastrophic&rdquo; harvests.French vegetable production is down by &ldquo;a very significant extent&rdquo; compared with previous years, French]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/european-farmers-face-unprecedented-crisis-after-successive-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/european-farmers-face-unprecedented-crisis-after-successive-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Flash flood sweeps vehicle away in Hawaii after Hurricane Lala]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tropical storm warnings remain for some of the state's islands, as the storm is due to progress west.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-flash-flood-sweeps-vehicle-away-in-hawaii-after-hurricane-lala/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-flash-flood-sweeps-vehicle-away-in-hawaii-after-hurricane-lala/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More hosepipe bans in force as drought declared - is your area affected?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly 30 million people have been placed under hosepipe bans due to higher demand and low rainfall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-hosepipe-bans-in-force-as-drought-declared-is-your-area-affected/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-hosepipe-bans-in-force-as-drought-declared-is-your-area-affected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharks have always stoked panic in Australia. While scientific understanding grows, conservation efforts can be unseated by fear | Anna Clark]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Aboriginal rock art to colonial encounters, sharks have been a figure of fear and fascination throughout the long human history of this continentIs there a more primal fear among beach-goers than the shark? Although many more Australians drown each year at the beach than are killed by these creatures, it&rsquo;s sharks that inhabit the jagged edges of our collective consciousness.After a terrifying spate of bites earlier this year, calls for shark culls resurfaced. Ocean swimming and surfin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sharks-have-always-stoked-panic-in-australia-while-scientific-understanding-grows-conservation-efforts-can-be-unseated-by-fear-anna-clark/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sharks-have-always-stoked-panic-in-australia-while-scientific-understanding-grows-conservation-efforts-can-be-unseated-by-fear-anna-clark/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputy leader says it is &lsquo;arrogant&rsquo; to try to stop global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewaveReform&rsquo;s deputy leader has dismissed efforts to tackle climate breakdown as futile, as he urged British people to &ldquo;enjoy&rdquo; the warmth of the recent heatwaves.Richard Tice told a press conference on Monday he believed it was &ldquo;arrogant&rdquo; to try to stop the climate emergency and added that politicians should focus instead on adaptation efforts, w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reforms-tice-says-people-should-stop-fighting-climate-crisis-and-enjoy-heat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reforms-tice-says-people-should-stop-fighting-climate-crisis-and-enjoy-heat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried everything to rid my yard of mosquitoes. This German-engineered trap finally worked]]></title><description><![CDATA[After trying nearly everything to prevent mosquito bites, I tested Biogents&rsquo; traps, used by the CDC and WHO, to find if backyard results are worth $200This $380 kayak goes from backseat to lake in 10 minutesSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsDon&rsquo;t get me wrong: I&rsquo;m a peaceful person with compassion for all earthly creatures. Except mosquitoes, which deserve all the swats, cursing and loathing they get.As someone for whom a sing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-tried-everything-to-rid-my-yard-of-mosquitoes-this-german-engineered-trap-finally-worked/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-tried-everything-to-rid-my-yard-of-mosquitoes-this-german-engineered-trap-finally-worked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperatures to fall across Europe as substantial rain heading for parts of UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Temperatures could drop by more than 15C compared with last Thursday as cold front moves inRelief from the unrelenting heat is finally arriving this week across western Europe, with more unsettled conditions bringing the chance of rain. Temperatures are expected to fall back towards the seasonal norm, with some parts of the UK even falling about 3C below normal by Thursday. After such a scorching summer, and with a temperature drop of more than 15C compared with last Thursday&rsquo;s heat, it ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/temperatures-to-fall-across-europe-as-substantial-rain-heading-for-parts-of-uk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/temperatures-to-fall-across-europe-as-substantial-rain-heading-for-parts-of-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consultation ending on controversial Rosebank oil field]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supporters and opponents of the controversial plans have been making their cases on the &pound;8.7bn project.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/consultation-ending-on-controversial-rosebank-oil-field/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/consultation-ending-on-controversial-rosebank-oil-field/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thom Yorke, Romy and Brian Eno among 200 musicians urging PM to reject new North Sea drilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robert Smith, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma also among signatories to letter saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies climate realityBusiness live &ndash; latest updatesMore than 200 musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have written to Andy Burnham urging him to reject plans for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.The letter, signed by 211 artists such as Bobby Gillespie, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma, called on the prime minister to reject the Rosebank oi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thom-yorke-romy-and-brian-eno-among-200-musicians-urging-pm-to-reject-new-north-sea-drilling/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thom-yorke-romy-and-brian-eno-among-200-musicians-urging-pm-to-reject-new-north-sea-drilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muir resignation demand is 'not personal' says UFU]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ulster Farmers' Union rejects a claim that it is trying to dictate policy after a cattle cull.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/muir-resignation-demand-is-not-personal-says-ufu/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/muir-resignation-demand-is-not-personal-says-ufu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhossi, a rare sea turtle, recovers after 5,000-mile trek from Wales to Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kemp&rsquo;s ridley sea turtle, near death on Welsh beach in 2023, is thriving in Houston despite lingering pneumoniaA Kemp&rsquo;s ridley sea turtle native to the Gulf of Mexico is largely thriving after he was found nearly dead on a beach in Wales in late 2023, nursed back to health and then flown to Houston recently to continue recovering &ndash; though scans revealed signs that the creature has been grappling with lingering pneumonia, according to his caretakers.Rhossi&rsquo;s condition was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rhossi-a-rare-sea-turtle-recovers-after-5000-mile-trek-from-wales-to-texas/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rhossi-a-rare-sea-turtle-recovers-after-5000-mile-trek-from-wales-to-texas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas]]></title><description><![CDATA[As warming seas push native species to cooler waters farther north, once-rare visitors have become more common&lsquo;It sounds silly but I thought it was a person in the water waving,&rdquo; says Kurt Lander, skipper of the Yellowfin charter boat, based out of Brighton. But when he grabbed his binoculars, he realised the fluttering movement he had noticed in the middle of the Channel shipping lane was a pair of sunfish.The huge fish were lying on their sides and flapping their fins. &ldquo;Appar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/our-new-normal-how-marine-heatwaves-affect-life-in-british-seas/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/our-new-normal-how-marine-heatwaves-affect-life-in-british-seas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Gas paid me £38,000 by mistake, and I can’t give it back]]></title><description><![CDATA[It said that was what I was due after I submitted a claim for &pound;300 for energy exported through my solar panelsBritish Gas paid me more than &pound;38,000 by mistake, then had no idea how to reclaim it. I receive quarterly feed-in tariff (Fit) payments for energy exported by my solar panels.In May, I submitted a claim for &pound;300, based on my meter reading, and I received an email stating that I was due &pound;38,611.59. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/british-gas-paid-me-38000-by-mistake-and-i-cant-give-it-back/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/british-gas-paid-me-38000-by-mistake-and-i-cant-give-it-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotlight on UN desertification summit as it mulls how to spend $12bn war chest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Extreme weather has raised the significance of Cop17 talks starting this week on tackling drought and land degradationAs swathes of the northern hemisphere bake in what could be the hottest year on record, with wildfires blazing across North America and Europe and heatwaves afflicting millions across Asia, the UN&rsquo;s bi-annual talks on desertification have assumed much greater importance &ndash; and have started attracting more money.Work will begin this week on allocating more than $12bn (&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spotlight-on-un-desertification-summit-as-it-mulls-how-to-spend-12bn-war-chest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spotlight-on-un-desertification-summit-as-it-mulls-how-to-spend-12bn-war-chest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Solar eclipse night was a social phenomenon – who cares if it was cloudy? | Mary Montague]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lisnabreeny, Co Down: There was little fanfare beforehand, but when the moment arrived, so did a group of strangers with a sense of occasion &ldquo;Eclipses be &ndash; predicted &ndash; / And Science bows them in &ndash;&rdquo; wrote the poet Emily Dickinson. As last Wednesday&rsquo;s solar eclipse was bowed in across my news apps, those lines resonated with me. Dickinson&rsquo;s masterly use of dashes to suspend the word &ldquo;predicted&rdquo; mirrored my experience of the Met&nbsp;Office&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-solar-eclipse-night-was-a-social-phenomenon-who-cares-if-it-was-cloudy-mary-montague/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-solar-eclipse-night-was-a-social-phenomenon-who-cares-if-it-was-cloudy-mary-montague/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Solar eclipse night was a phenomenon – who cares if it was cloudy? | Mary Montague]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lisnabreeny, Co Down: There was little fanfare beforehand, but when the moment arrived, so did a group of strangers with a sense of occasion&ldquo;Eclipses be &ndash; predicted &ndash; / And Science bows them in &ndash;&rdquo; wrote the poet Emily Dickinson. As last Wednesday&rsquo;s solar eclipse was bowed in across my news apps, those lines resonated with me. Dickinson&rsquo;s masterly use of dashes to suspend the word &ldquo;predicted&rdquo; mirrored my experience of the Met&nbsp;Office&rsquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-solar-eclipse-night-was-a-phenomenon-who-cares-if-it-was-cloudy-mary-montague/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-solar-eclipse-night-was-a-phenomenon-who-cares-if-it-was-cloudy-mary-montague/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India&rsquo;s capitalEvery summer evening, Gulshan follows the same routine. She washes the floor of her one-room home several times so it cools a little for her four children to sleep on. Last summer, the family saved enough to buy a desert cooler, which uses evaporation as a cheaper alternative to air conditioning.The family uses the appl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/coping-with-54c-heat-delhi-slum-diaries-detail-living-in-extreme-temperatures/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/coping-with-54c-heat-delhi-slum-diaries-detail-living-in-extreme-temperatures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicola Jennings on Andy Burnham’s disposable barbecue ban – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nicola-jennings-on-andy-burnhams-disposable-barbecue-ban-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nicola-jennings-on-andy-burnhams-disposable-barbecue-ban-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Awed by nature’: fans mourn California’s beloved Jackie the bald eagle, whose legacy soars on]]></title><description><![CDATA[Famous raptor helped livestream viewers in difficult moments, and inspired a conservation project at her lake homeThe bald eagle Jackie made her home on the shore of southern California&rsquo;s Big Bear Lake for most of her 14 years. But her death earlier this week drew international attention.The Los Angeles Times described her as &ldquo;arguably the world&rsquo;s most famous bald eagle&rdquo;. For years, millions of people tuned into a live stream of Jackie&rsquo;s nest, watching her rear her]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/awed-by-nature-fans-mourn-californias-beloved-jackie-the-bald-eagle-whose-legacy-soars-on/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/awed-by-nature-fans-mourn-californias-beloved-jackie-the-bald-eagle-whose-legacy-soars-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long-running series in which readers answer other readers&rsquo; questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsReaders reply: How is it physically possible to continue breaking sporting records?If consumer capitalism continues at its current rate, will we reach a point at which there is literally no space left on Earth for all the stuff that has been created? Alex Robinson, Alnwick, NorthumberlandPost your answers (and new questi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-it-inevitable-that-consumerism-will-literally-fill-up-the-planet/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-it-inevitable-that-consumerism-will-literally-fill-up-the-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living &ndash; he should change his plansI don&rsquo;t think I have ever written before about a British strike directly related to the climate emergency. But that&rsquo;s exactly what began late last week in north London, with a zeitgeisty connection to Andy Burnham&rsquo;s fixation on buses: picket lines outside depots and massed walkouts, while the te]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/andy-burnham-has-barely-acknowledged-the-climate-crisis-if-only-britains-workers-had-that-luxury-john-harris/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/andy-burnham-has-barely-acknowledged-the-climate-crisis-if-only-britains-workers-had-that-luxury-john-harris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It is not only a future certainty – the disaster is already here’: why we need climate fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[As wildfires rage across Europe and Britain swelters through its hottest summer on record, literary fiction has a vital role to play in capturing the severe consequences of climate crisisEarlier this summer, I&nbsp;travelled through Europe on a book tour. Everywhere I went, the heat broke records. In Italy, Germany and Spain, I sought refuge from the afternoon sun in air-conditioned hotels. In normally temperate Zurich, it averaged 37 degrees. I jumped into the Limmat for relief. On my final day]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-is-not-only-a-future-certainty-the-disaster-is-already-here-why-we-need-climate-fiction/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-is-not-only-a-future-certainty-the-disaster-is-already-here-why-we-need-climate-fiction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘If only people knew’: the fascinating lives of flies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people associate the insects with filth, but they are vital to the food cycle and sometimes even prettyVote for your favourite invertebrateEvery spring, billions of flies commute thousands of miles in a huge web around the world. They may begin life in Iran and then spend the rest of it in the UK. They may hatch in India but undertake seasonal migrations to the fertile regions of Mongolia, China and Siberia.Most of us assume that bees carry out pollination. But look closely at the creatures]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/if-only-people-knew-the-fascinating-lives-of-flies/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/if-only-people-knew-the-fascinating-lives-of-flies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which plants will survive and can I use grey water? Gardening as UK summers get drier]]></title><description><![CDATA[As parts of Beth Chatto&rsquo;s visionary drought-tolerant gardens in Essex turn brown, the head gardener offers adviceHer debut book, in 1978, was titled The Dry Garden. Since then, the late Beth Chatto created a rich legacy with her expertise as a plantswoman and by setting up one of the oldest unwatered public gardens in England.Once a car park but transformed in 1992 into an experiment to test what plants were drought-tolerant in Essex, the driest county in the UK, Chatto&rsquo;s gravel gard]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/which-plants-will-survive-and-can-i-use-grey-water-gardening-as-uk-summers-get-drier/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/which-plants-will-survive-and-can-i-use-grey-water-gardening-as-uk-summers-get-drier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From tourism to power generation and productivity, Europe feels economic cost of heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Low river levels have stalled German freight traffic and forced closure of nuclear plants in FranceAcross Europe this scorching summer, workers have struggled in the heat as wildfires raged and critical infrastructure was shut down.Here we look at the impact of the heatwaves on several major economies across mainland Europe &ndash; with the help of analysis from economists at the Dutch bank Triodos, who estimate a total of &euro;180bn could be wiped off EU GDP by the heatwaves. In the UK, the gr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-tourism-to-power-generation-and-productivity-europe-feels-economic-cost-of-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-tourism-to-power-generation-and-productivity-europe-feels-economic-cost-of-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gorging on bearcam: the livestream of big beasts eating that draws millions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ahead of Fat Bear Week, avid fans are glued to the spectacle of brown bears devouring salmon at Brooks Falls in AlaskaOne of this summer&rsquo;s biggest onscreen hits has had big beasts, great escapes and choppy waters, but it&rsquo;s not Christopher Nolan&rsquo;s The Odyssey &ndash; it&rsquo;s a livestream of Alaskan brown bears catching salmon.The Brooks Falls bearcam at Katmai national park in the US was watched 7.3m times between 22 June and 4 August &ndash; up 70% from the same period last]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/gorging-on-bearcam-the-livestream-of-big-beasts-eating-that-draws-millions/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/gorging-on-bearcam-the-livestream-of-big-beasts-eating-that-draws-millions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire rangers of Mongolian steppe: climate crisis spurs revival of ancient knowledge – photo essay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fire has always be part of life on the grasslands, but has grown worse due to rising temperatures and severe droughts. In response, people have turned to their nomadic heritage to help tackle the blazesSodnomjamts Damchaabadgar squats in a shallow, rocky depression, working quietly with his hands. Inches above the rim of the pit, the wind whips across the grasslands. But in the marginal shelter of the dig site the air remains calm &ndash; essential for delicate operations.Damchaabadgar, a resear]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fire-rangers-of-mongolian-steppe-climate-crisis-spurs-revival-of-ancient-knowledge-photo-essay/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fire-rangers-of-mongolian-steppe-climate-crisis-spurs-revival-of-ancient-knowledge-photo-essay/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU&rsquo;s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking waterFor centuries, the rock was seen as a warning. When it began to emerge from the Danube, beneath Gell&eacute;rt Hill in Budapest, it meant the river had fallen so low that floating mills could no longer operate, crops were probably failing, and hunger would almost certainly follow. That is why, in the Hungarian capital, where over time the boulder became little more tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/destroyed-crops-riverbed-cyclists-and-a-rock-of-starvation-how-drought-has-devastated-the-danube/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/destroyed-crops-riverbed-cyclists-and-a-rock-of-starvation-how-drought-has-devastated-the-danube/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hawaii braces for potential first direct hit by a hurricane in 34 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a worst-case scenario, category one Lala could dump up to 25in (63cm) of rain on Big Island.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hawaii-braces-for-potential-first-direct-hit-by-a-hurricane-in-34-years/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hawaii-braces-for-potential-first-direct-hit-by-a-hurricane-in-34-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The influencers getting bitten while chasing the perfect shark shot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tayane Dalazen was on a shark-diving trip in Brazil when she was attacked.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-influencers-getting-bitten-while-chasing-the-perfect-shark-shot/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-influencers-getting-bitten-while-chasing-the-perfect-shark-shot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefighters battle wildfire tearing through Belgian nature reserve]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fire burning through the major park was described as the country's worst in recent years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighters-battle-wildfire-tearing-through-belgian-nature-reserve/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighters-battle-wildfire-tearing-through-belgian-nature-reserve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Once I started zooming in, I never stopped’: the mesmerising art of macro photography]]></title><description><![CDATA[Converts describe a demanding form of capturing nature very close up that has grown in popularity in last few yearsVote here for your favourite invertebrate of the year&ldquo;I always just pray &lsquo;please don&rsquo;t fly away&rsquo;,&rdquo; says Dara Ojo. As a wildlife photographer, he can handle spending minutes, hours and sometimes days waiting for the shot, but insects are not always very cooperative.Ojo is one of an increasing number of photographers turning their lenses towards something]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/once-i-started-zooming-in-i-never-stopped-the-mesmerising-art-of-macro-photography/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/once-i-started-zooming-in-i-never-stopped-the-mesmerising-art-of-macro-photography/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood actor seeks help from vicar for series]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rev Paul Cawthorne helped Michael Sheen identify sites where toxic waste was dumped in the 1970s.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hollywood-actor-seeks-help-from-vicar-for-series/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hollywood-actor-seeks-help-from-vicar-for-series/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cornish sardines back on menu for penguins]]></title><description><![CDATA[The move follows a chance conversation at the wildlife attraction and replaces imported fish.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cornish-sardines-back-on-menu-for-penguins/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cornish-sardines-back-on-menu-for-penguins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natalya Lobanova on the positives to be gained from the UK’s latest heatwave – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/natalya-lobanova-on-the-positives-to-be-gained-from-the-uks-latest-heatwave-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/natalya-lobanova-on-the-positives-to-be-gained-from-the-uks-latest-heatwave-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gen Z flocks to BirdTok as birding takes flight: ‘It’s a craving for something real’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social media and Shazam-like birdsong apps drawing young people to hobby as they seek a gentler connection to the outside worldSorry Elon, but they&rsquo;re not your kind of tweets. Social media users are flocking to TikTok to join a burgeoning trend for birding videos as the hobby attracts a younger demographic.With the internet ever more cluttered with polarising, shouty and AI content, evidence is emerging of Britons preferring a gentler, more melodic window on the world in the shape of foota]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/gen-z-flocks-to-birdtok-as-birding-takes-flight-its-a-craving-for-something-real/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/gen-z-flocks-to-birdtok-as-birding-takes-flight-its-a-craving-for-something-real/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Draft dark skies guidance drawn up for the Highlands]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plan to reduce light pollution could be put out for public consultation at a later date.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/draft-dark-skies-guidance-drawn-up-for-the-highlands/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/draft-dark-skies-guidance-drawn-up-for-the-highlands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan]]></title><description><![CDATA[They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It&rsquo;s an illusion of consumer choiceRecently, while traipsing from showroom to showroom in search of a used car for my growing clan, the iconic line from Christopher Nolan&rsquo;s seminal Batman movie The Dark Knight came to mind: &ldquo;You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.&rdquo; And by villain, of course, I mean an SUV driver.Because, if you haven&rsquo;t shopped]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-suv-tyranny-where-have-all-the-normal-family-cars-gone-coco-khan/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-suv-tyranny-where-have-all-the-normal-family-cars-gone-coco-khan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar eclipse inspires talk of Pac-man and Shinto myths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands turned out to watch the solar eclipse in the South West; here's what they made of it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-eclipse-inspires-talk-of-pac-man-and-shinto-myths/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-eclipse-inspires-talk-of-pac-man-and-shinto-myths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Stink of 2026? Hot, dry summer leaves London holding its nose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts say putrid stench shows overhaul of sewers is needed &ndash; like the one prompted by the Great Stink of 1858London was &ldquo;reeking with ineffable and intolerable horrors&rdquo; after weeks of temperatures exceeding 30C and minimal rainfall. This was Disraeli&rsquo;s description of the Great Stink of 1858, but something similarly disgusting has been happening this summer.Once again, an exceptionally hot and dry spell has exposed the putrid stench of untreated human waste. Continue rea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-great-stink-of-2026-hot-dry-summer-leaves-london-holding-its-nose/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-great-stink-of-2026-hot-dry-summer-leaves-london-holding-its-nose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Down the road from the Edinburgh fringe … a true local tradition of costume and whisky | Doc Rowe]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Queensferry, West Lothian: The Burryman procession is one of Scotland&rsquo;s most remarkable customs &ndash; and a changing of the guard is about to occurWhile the Edinburgh festival grabs the headlines, just 10 miles away, one of Scotland&rsquo;s most remarkable traditions takes place every August &ndash; the Burryman procession.In this, part of the Ferry Fair, a local volunteer is covered in thousands of hooked burdock seedheads, which are attached in dense patches like Velcro. He spend]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-down-the-road-from-the-edinburgh-fringe-a-true-local-tradition-of-costume-and-whisky-doc-rowe/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-down-the-road-from-the-edinburgh-fringe-a-true-local-tradition-of-costume-and-whisky-doc-rowe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bin sins: common recycling mistakes and how to avoid them]]></title><description><![CDATA[With so many bins, and ever more complex packaging, recycling in Australia can be complicated and confusing. Here&rsquo;s what not to doChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household&rsquo;s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comAustralians consider themselves good recyclers. But while more than 90% say recycling is important, many admit to doing it wrong.Abou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bin-sins-common-recycling-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bin-sins-common-recycling-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea drilling approach as wildfires heighten climate fears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reduction in EV sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions as UK faces impact of global heatingAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales targets and accept North Sea drilling at a time of devastating wildfires caused by the climate emergency.The prime minister for the first time acknowledged on Friday that the climate crisis was behind hundreds of wildfires that have ripped across the parts of the UK. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-criticised-for-ev-and-north-sea-drilling-approach-as-wildfires-heighten-climate-fears/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-criticised-for-ev-and-north-sea-drilling-approach-as-wildfires-heighten-climate-fears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea approach amid climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cut in electric vehicle sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions in UK, say green campaignersAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales targets and accept North Sea drilling at a time of devastating wildfires caused by the climate emergency.The prime minister for the first time acknowledged on Friday that the climate crisis was behind hundreds of wildfires that have ripped across the parts of the UK. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-criticised-for-ev-and-north-sea-approach-amid-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-criticised-for-ev-and-north-sea-approach-amid-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea drilling decisions as wildfires heighten climate fears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reduction in EV sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions as UK faces impact of global heatingAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales targets and accept North Sea drilling at a time of devastating wildfires caused by the climate emergency.The prime minister for the first time acknowledged on Friday that the climate crisis was behind hundreds of wildfires that have ripped across the parts of the UK. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-criticised-for-ev-and-north-sea-drilling-decisions-as-wildfires-heighten-climate-fears/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-criticised-for-ev-and-north-sea-drilling-decisions-as-wildfires-heighten-climate-fears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thursday has been described by residents as &lsquo;horrendous&rsquo;, &lsquo;distressing&rsquo; and &lsquo;one of the scariest days of my life&rsquo;People in Stourbridge have described the fires that devastated more than a dozen homes as &ldquo;horrendous&rdquo; and &ldquo;distressing&rdquo;, with one describing blazes that surpassed the height of residential houses.Multiple fires spread across the West Midlands on Thursday as temperatures reached record highs of 38.1C in the UK, during the cou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-due-to-climate-the-people-of-stourbridge-on-the-towns-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-due-to-climate-the-people-of-stourbridge-on-the-towns-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare breeding bat found roosting near reservoir]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Nathusius' pipistrelle is believed to be the first confirmed discovery of its kind in the area.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-breeding-bat-found-roosting-near-reservoir/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-breeding-bat-found-roosting-near-reservoir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Days of the farmers' union dictating policy are over' - Muir]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir says he will continue to engage with the Ulster Farmers' Union.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/days-of-the-farmers-union-dictating-policy-are-over-muir/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/days-of-the-farmers-union-dictating-policy-are-over-muir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric vehicle sales targets could be cut after pressure from car makers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The government says it is considering cutting the new electric car sales target from 80% to 50% by 2030.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/electric-vehicle-sales-targets-could-be-cut-after-pressure-from-car-makers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/electric-vehicle-sales-targets-could-be-cut-after-pressure-from-car-makers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iberian orca known for ramming boats seen with suspected gunshot wounds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine conservationist says deliberate attack would be &lsquo;act of extreme cruelty&rsquo; against endangered populationSpanish officials have launched an investigation after the matriarch of an orca pod known for jostling and ramming boats off the Iberian Peninsula was spotted with wounds suggesting she had been shot by a pellet gun.On Friday, Spain&rsquo;s environment ministry said To&ntilde;i, the oldest living member of the pod, had been seen swimming in the Strait of Gibraltar with marking]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/iberian-orca-known-for-ramming-boats-seen-with-suspected-gunshot-wounds/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/iberian-orca-known-for-ramming-boats-seen-with-suspected-gunshot-wounds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Barrier Reef isn’t dead yet. According to News Corp that makes climate science a ‘pseudo-religion’ | Temperature Check]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;High coral cover is evidence of recovery and resilience, not evidence that the disturbances causing mortality didn&rsquo;t happen,&rsquo; scientist saysSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton&rsquo;s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe Australian newspaper appeared to think it had a slam-dunk this week with a front page story pointing to official government data which showed &ldquo;the Great Barrier Reef is refusing to die&rdquo; despite decades of warnings that global heatin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-great-barrier-reef-isnt-dead-yet-according-to-news-corp-that-makes-climate-science-a-pseudo-religion-temperature-check/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-great-barrier-reef-isnt-dead-yet-according-to-news-corp-that-makes-climate-science-a-pseudo-religion-temperature-check/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bird flu has been evolving and migrating for 30 years. It is a far more deadly virus that has now arrived in Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts say the H5N1 bird flu virus&rsquo;s risk to humans is low, but fear an impeding decimation of seal populations after tens of thousands of deaths in South America and AntarcticaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn 1996, geese in poultry farms in the Guangdong province of southern China started to get sick with a virus causing &ldquo;bleeding and neurological dysfunction&rdquo; and then death.A strain of avian influenza had likely arrived as a relatively harmless v]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bird-flu-has-been-evolving-and-migrating-for-30-years-it-is-a-far-more-deadly-virus-that-has-now-arrived-in-australia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bird-flu-has-been-evolving-and-migrating-for-30-years-it-is-a-far-more-deadly-virus-that-has-now-arrived-in-australia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham temporarily bans disposable barbecue sales in ‘tinderbox’ Britain]]></title><description><![CDATA[PM urges people not to risk lives and homes by starting fires as military brought in to help deal with wildfiresUK politics live &ndash; latest updatesDowning Street has issued a temporary GB-wide ban on the sale of disposable barbecue and brought in the military to help deal with wildfires as Andy Burnham urged people not to risk lives in &ldquo;tinderbox&rdquo; Britain this weekend.The prime minister spoke from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, where at least 19 people have been taken to hospi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-temporarily-bans-disposable-barbecue-sales-in-tinderbox-britain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-temporarily-bans-disposable-barbecue-sales-in-tinderbox-britain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham brings in military and bans disposable barbecues in ‘tinderbox’ Britain]]></title><description><![CDATA[PM temporarily bans barbecue sales as 19 people are taken to hospital during fires in West Midlands Downing Street has issued a temporary GB-wide ban on the sale of disposable barbecues and brought in the military to help deal with wildfires as Andy Burnham urged people not to risk lives in &ldquo;tinderbox&rdquo; Britain this weekend.The prime minister spoke from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, where at least 19 people have been taken to hospital during eight fires that have ripped through se]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-brings-in-military-and-bans-disposable-barbecues-in-tinderbox-britain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-brings-in-military-and-bans-disposable-barbecues-in-tinderbox-britain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwavesAndy Burnham&rsquo;s government has said it will look at cutting electric vehicle sales targets, in proposals that could add millions of tonnes a year to the UK&rsquo;s future carbon dioxide emissions.The government launched a consultation on Friday on cutting the target for new EVs to as little as 50% of all new cars in 2030, down from 80% under existing rules. The consulta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/andy-burnham-moves-to-cut-new-ev-sales-targets/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/andy-burnham-moves-to-cut-new-ev-sales-targets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The eww holds power’: why disgust shapes how we see nature, queerness and each other]]></title><description><![CDATA[We learn what to fear and reject from those around us. But if disgust can be learned, it can also be unlearnedVote for your favourite invertebrate of the yearIt was the summer of 2021 and I was standing in Hyde Park, London, trying to persuade passing tourists to come bug hunting with me. I was working on a campaign to increase public appreciation of invertebrates and, while I adore bugs, this job was teaching me how differently other people see them.A woman and her young daughter stopped to cha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-eww-holds-power-why-disgust-shapes-how-we-see-nature-queerness-and-each-other/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-eww-holds-power-why-disgust-shapes-how-we-see-nature-queerness-and-each-other/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwaveUK politics live &ndash; latest updatesThe UK&rsquo;s leading climate organisations have accused the prime minister, Andy Burnham, of &ldquo;remaining silent&rdquo; on the climate crisis as the country struggles to cope with its fifth heatwave of the year.As widespread droughts and devastating wildfires grip the country, green groups ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/green-groups-urge-andy-burnham-to-break-silence-on-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/green-groups-urge-andy-burnham-to-break-silence-on-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running dry: drought-hit UK sporting venues and parched pitches – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the UK experiencing the driest summer on record, we look at how the weather is affecting the pitches and courses across the country Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/running-dry-drought-hit-uk-sporting-venues-and-parched-pitches-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/running-dry-drought-hit-uk-sporting-venues-and-parched-pitches-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all]]></title><description><![CDATA[Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful &lsquo;Godzilla&rsquo; El Ni&ntilde;oAs a supercharged climate scorches Europe with wildfire and deluges Asia with floods, the Amazon is bracing for a drought that strikes fear into the hearts of forest defenders and food producers alike. But it should worry even more of us.Scientists are predicting that the peak of El Ni&ntilde;o will occur at the worst possible time for the world&rsquo;s biggest trop]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nio-may-peak-at-the-worst-time-for-the-amazon-and-it-should-worry-us-all/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nio-may-peak-at-the-worst-time-for-the-amazon-and-it-should-worry-us-all/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They do look majestic’: tears and pride as first white storks set free in Cornwall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twenty-one birds released on Bodmin Moor where it is hoped they will one day return to produce their own youngThey took a little coaxing at first &ndash; after all, they had got used to a safe, comfortable aviary tucked away in woodland on the edge of Bodmin Moor. But after a few minutes, the birds stepped out into freedom and the bolder ones were soon soaring into the blue, the first white storks to be released into the wilds of Cornwall.Yan Swiderski, the founder of the Cornwall Stork Project,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-do-look-majestic-tears-and-pride-as-first-white-storks-set-free-in-cornwall/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-do-look-majestic-tears-and-pride-as-first-white-storks-set-free-in-cornwall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more   | Andy Beckett]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our once-mild climate is increasingly extreme &ndash; and how we talk about it is now another front in the culture warsIn this fragmented but supposedly mild country, watching and talking about the weather forecast is meant to be a reassuring, unifying activity. Collectively, we have created and maintained a national climate narrative of small disappointments and pleasures. The first weather forecaster to appear on British TV, George Cowling, made his debut on the BBC in January 1954, predicting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-forecasts-once-gave-britons-something-safe-to-chat-about-not-any-more-andy-beckett/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-forecasts-once-gave-britons-something-safe-to-chat-about-not-any-more-andy-beckett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we talk about this extreme weather now that it’s a battleground in the culture wars? | Andy Beckett]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weather forecasts once gave Britons something safe to chat about. Not any more, and that&rsquo;s a problem for the experts &ndash; indeed, for all of usIn this fragmented but supposedly mild country, watching and talking about the weather forecast is meant to be a reassuring, unifying activity. Collectively, we have created and maintained a national climate narrative of small disappointments and pleasures. The first weather forecaster to appear on British TV, George Cowling, made his debut on th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-we-talk-about-this-extreme-weather-now-that-its-a-battleground-in-the-culture-wars-andy-beckett/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-we-talk-about-this-extreme-weather-now-that-its-a-battleground-in-the-culture-wars-andy-beckett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bird flu is a huge disaster and it’s normal to find it distressing and sad. How can we deal with this grief? | First Dog on the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Firstly you can just grieve &ndash; it&rsquo;s not your fault because you used a plastic straw that one 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...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bird-flu-is-a-huge-disaster-and-its-normal-to-find-it-distressing-and-sad-how-can-we-deal-with-this-grief-first-dog-on-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bird-flu-is-a-huge-disaster-and-its-normal-to-find-it-distressing-and-sad-how-can-we-deal-with-this-grief-first-dog-on-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tougher crops and beaver dams: how UK farmers are tackling drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hit by heatwaves and low rainfall, food producers are finding novel solutions to help crops and cattle survivePonds and collection tanks, drought-resistant crops and a certain rodent. As the climate crisis brings more extreme weather to Britain, farmers are experimenting with new tactics to tackle drought &ndash; and flooding.The string of heatwaves and drought conditions experienced across vast swathes of Britain this summer has brought a series of challenges for food producers, particularly th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tougher-crops-and-beaver-dams-how-uk-farmers-are-tackling-drought/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tougher-crops-and-beaver-dams-how-uk-farmers-are-tackling-drought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crush-worthy cephalopods and beautiful bugs – vote for the invertebrate of the year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Of the 1.3m spineless wonders in the world, you told us your favourites. Now it&rsquo;s time to pick the winner&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt&rsquo;s raining in Melbourne as I write this, and on my way to work I saw pale pink earthworms everywhere, scattered and exposed all over the footpath like soft-bodied streamers.It was a visible reminder, as I dodged to avoid squishing the inaugural winners, in 2024, of the invertebrate of the year contest, of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/crush-worthy-cephalopods-and-beautiful-bugs-vote-for-the-invertebrate-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/crush-worthy-cephalopods-and-beautiful-bugs-vote-for-the-invertebrate-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden moth population found after 70 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr Dave Wainwright describes the discovery as one of the highlights of his career.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hidden-moth-population-found-after-70-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hidden-moth-population-found-after-70-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-snake-on-a-car-a-careful-spider-mum-and-a-lazy-squirrel/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-snake-on-a-car-a-careful-spider-mum-and-a-lazy-squirrel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We feared we’d all be drowned’: the Indian floods that killed more than 100 and left thousands homeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 2,600 villages have been flooded in Assam this year, in a climate disaster made worse by uncontrolled deforestation and mining in the regionIt was a normal July morning in the Indian state of Assam. After finishing her chores and eating breakfast, Gitali Phukon, a resident of the town of Gaurisagar, left her home to buy groceries. After two days of rainfall that had made the unpaved roads muddy and slippery, the sun was shining.But less than an hour later, she returned home to a nightm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-feared-wed-all-be-drowned-the-indian-floods-that-killed-more-than-100-and-left-thousands-homeless/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-feared-wed-all-be-drowned-the-indian-floods-that-killed-more-than-100-and-left-thousands-homeless/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From toxic blooms to dead zones, how wildfires transform oceans and lakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wildfire smoke and ash can reshape aquatic ecosystems long after the flames have been extinguishedWildfires are an increasing problem in Europe and elsewhere. While their immediate effect on air quality is obvious, they can also trigger less visible but significant environmental effects, including algal blooms.An algal bloom is the rapid growth of algae and other plant-like microorganisms. These blooms can become so dense that they change the colour of the lake and seas. Although most are harmle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-toxic-blooms-to-dead-zones-how-wildfires-transform-oceans-and-lakes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-toxic-blooms-to-dead-zones-how-wildfires-transform-oceans-and-lakes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builders, bakers and cheeseburger-makers: the UK workers struggling in extreme heat]]></title><description><![CDATA[From chefs to paramedics, workers tell the Guardian how they are coping and unions outline the changes needed in the workplaceIn the sweltering kitchen of the Plimsoll pub in north London, the head chef, Joshua Swinney, has a frozen tea towel wrapped around his neck to combat the heat.As temperatures exceeded 35C (95F) in the capital, workers who were not lucky enough to be in air-conditioned offices sweltered in the heat. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/builders-bakers-and-cheeseburger-makers-the-uk-workers-struggling-in-extreme-heat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/builders-bakers-and-cheeseburger-makers-the-uk-workers-struggling-in-extreme-heat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: It’s not easy, finding grass seeds in a river – but this search matters | Claire Stares]]></title><description><![CDATA[Calshot, Hampshire: Underwater meadows are vanishingly rare habitats, so I join a group who are gathering eelgrass seed to help restore themIt&rsquo;s 6.30am and I&rsquo;m wading knee-deep in the River Solent, searching for common eelgrass (Zostera marina) seed. I meander through the shallows, scanning the underwater meadow for something no bigger than my little finger.I&rsquo;ve been shown photos of the seed-bearing spathes, but at first the sheer expanse of leaves is overwhelming. I try combin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-its-not-easy-finding-grass-seeds-in-a-river-but-this-search-matters-claire-stares/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-its-not-easy-finding-grass-seeds-in-a-river-but-this-search-matters-claire-stares/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian solar mission's new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why is the Sun's corona millions of degrees hotter than its surface? And how does it maintain its inexplicably high temperature?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/indian-solar-missions-new-findings-throw-light-on-enduring-sun-mysteries/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/indian-solar-missions-new-findings-throw-light-on-enduring-sun-mysteries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You got hold of eclipse glasses just in time - here's what to do with them now]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solar specs are tricky to recycle because of their lenses, so here are three things to do instead.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/you-got-hold-of-eclipse-glasses-just-in-time-heres-what-to-do-with-them-now/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 01:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/you-got-hold-of-eclipse-glasses-just-in-time-heres-what-to-do-with-them-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes huge drop in Danube River level]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Cernavod&#259; plant, which produces 20% of Romania's electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 days.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/romania-shuts-only-nuclear-plant-as-heat-causes-huge-drop-in-danube-river-level/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/romania-shuts-only-nuclear-plant-as-heat-causes-huge-drop-in-danube-river-level/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK sees temperatures of 38.1C, the hottest day of 2026; Greece battles wildfires after gale force winds – as it happened]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former UK government scientific adviser warned amid the &lsquo;shattering&rsquo; heat that worse is still to comeMet Office has just offered an update on temperatures across the UK, with several stations already reporting temperatures above 30C &ndash; and it&rsquo;s not even 11am.It&rsquo;s 30.4C in Wych Cross, 30.3C in Charlwood, 30.2C at Kenly Airfield. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-sees-temperatures-of-381c-the-hottest-day-of-2026-greece-battles-wildfires-after-gale-force-winds-as-it-happened/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-sees-temperatures-of-381c-the-hottest-day-of-2026-greece-battles-wildfires-after-gale-force-winds-as-it-happened/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe heatwave live: UK sees temperatures of 38.1C, the hottest day of 2026; Greece battles wildfires after gale force winds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former UK government scientific adviser warned amid the &lsquo;shattering&rsquo; heat that worse is still to comeMet Office has just offered an update on temperatures across the UK, with several stations already reporting temperatures above 30C &ndash; and it&rsquo;s not even 11am.It&rsquo;s 30.4C in Wych Cross, 30.3C in Charlwood, 30.2C at Kenly Airfield. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-uk-sees-temperatures-of-381c-the-hottest-day-of-2026-greece-battles-wildfires-after-gale-force-winds/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-uk-sees-temperatures-of-381c-the-hottest-day-of-2026-greece-battles-wildfires-after-gale-force-winds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowds reflect on watching 'incredible' eclipse]]></title><description><![CDATA[People headed to beaches, parks and hills in their droves to catch the rare event.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/crowds-reflect-on-watching-incredible-eclipse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/crowds-reflect-on-watching-incredible-eclipse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperatures soar to 38C as amber extreme heat warning in effect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heat is spiking again on Thursday with a rare warning in place and more records falling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/temperatures-soar-to-38c-as-amber-extreme-heat-warning-in-effect/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/temperatures-soar-to-38c-as-amber-extreme-heat-warning-in-effect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe heatwave live: UK sees temperatures of 38.1C, the hottest day of 2026; Greece battles gale force winds, sparking fears about wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former UK government scientific adviser warned amid the &lsquo;shattering&rsquo; heat that worse is still to comeMet Office has just offered an update on temperatures across the UK, with several stations already reporting temperatures above 30C &ndash; and it&rsquo;s not even 11am.It&rsquo;s 30.4C in Wych Cross, 30.3C in Charlwood, 30.2C at Kenly Airfield. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-uk-sees-temperatures-of-381c-the-hottest-day-of-2026-greece-battles-gale-force-winds-sparking-fears-about-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-uk-sees-temperatures-of-381c-the-hottest-day-of-2026-greece-battles-gale-force-winds-sparking-fears-about-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe heatwave live: Greece battles gale force winds, sparking fears about wildfires; UK sees temperatures of 37C for third time this year]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former UK government scientific adviser warned amid the &lsquo;shattering&rsquo; heat that worse is still to comeMet Office has just offered an update on temperatures across the UK, with several stations already reporting temperatures above 30C &ndash; and it&rsquo;s not even 11am.It&rsquo;s 30.4C in Wych Cross, 30.3C in Charlwood, 30.2C at Kenly Airfield. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-greece-battles-gale-force-winds-sparking-fears-about-wildfires-uk-sees-temperatures-of-37c-for-third-time-this-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-greece-battles-gale-force-winds-sparking-fears-about-wildfires-uk-sees-temperatures-of-37c-for-third-time-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bugging devices: the astounding ways insects are talking and listening all around us]]></title><description><![CDATA[From spiders tuning their silken listening tools, to the beetle&rsquo;s heady perfume, hundreds of conversations are happening in languages we don&rsquo;t understandIt&rsquo;s invertebrate of the year &ndash; vote for your favouriteAll around us, every day, hundreds of conversations are taking place in languages we don&rsquo;t understand, or even, in most cases, notice. Birdsong is one you would probably recognise, and you may have heard of honeybee &ldquo;waggle&rdquo; dances. But what about th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bugging-devices-the-astounding-ways-insects-are-talking-and-listening-all-around-us/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bugging-devices-the-astounding-ways-insects-are-talking-and-listening-all-around-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe heatwave live: Temperatures of 40C expected in Spain; rare warning for ‘extreme heat’ expanded across England]]></title><description><![CDATA[A former UK government scientific adviser warned amid the &lsquo;shattering&rsquo; heat that worse is still to comeMet Office has just offered an update on temperatures across the UK, with several stations already reporting temperatures above 30C &ndash; and it&rsquo;s not even 11am.It&rsquo;s 30.4C in Wych Cross, 30.3C in Charlwood, 30.2C at Kenly Airfield. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-temperatures-of-40c-expected-in-spain-rare-warning-for-extreme-heat-expanded-across-england/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-temperatures-of-40c-expected-in-spain-rare-warning-for-extreme-heat-expanded-across-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wing and a prayer: how probiotics might save bat species from a killer fungus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bat experts were shocked at how fast white-nose syndrome had spread to Canada&rsquo;s northernmost colonies from the US. Now, the race is on to find a cure before species disappearCrawling through a narrow passage in a cave beneath a boreal forest near Fort Smith in Canada&rsquo;s Northwest Territories in May, two biologists spotted a lifeless bat on a limestone ledge, its body covered in a spindly white fungus.When they shone their headlamps to get a closer look, they saw another bat with the f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wing-and-a-prayer-how-probiotics-might-save-bat-species-from-a-killer-fungus/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wing-and-a-prayer-how-probiotics-might-save-bat-species-from-a-killer-fungus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer fungus: how a disease threatening bat species has spread to northern Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bat experts were shocked at how fast white-nose syndrome had reached Canada&rsquo;s northernmost colonies from the US. Now, the race is on to find a cure before species disappearCrawling through a narrow passage in a cave beneath a boreal forest near Fort Smith in Canada&rsquo;s Northwest Territories in May, two biologists spotted a lifeless bat on a limestone ledge, its body covered in a spindly white fungus.When they shone their headlamps to get a closer look, they saw another bat with the fun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/killer-fungus-how-a-disease-threatening-bat-species-has-spread-to-northern-canada/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/killer-fungus-how-a-disease-threatening-bat-species-has-spread-to-northern-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost jobs, inequality, rogue agents: why are we accepting oligarchs’ AI agenda? | Robert Reich]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future?Rather than producing jobs, the US economy actually lost 23,000 jobs in July, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. In addition, May and June&rsquo;s job numbers were revised downward, showing a combined 103,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.As if this weren&rsquo;t bad enough, wage growth has also slowed. Average hourly earnings rose by just 0.1% from Jun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lost-jobs-inequality-rogue-agents-why-are-we-accepting-oligarchs-ai-agenda-robert-reich/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lost-jobs-inequality-rogue-agents-why-are-we-accepting-oligarchs-ai-agenda-robert-reich/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Everyone is scared’: flood-hit Porto Alegre braces for another El Niño]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two years after southern Brazil&rsquo;s worst climate disaster ravaged the city, and with poor areas still recovering, many fear official neglect has left them exposed once againIn the backstreets of Porto Alegre, a state capital in southern Brazil, you can still see signs of the devastating flood that swept through the city two years ago: scattered debris, waterlogged homes and destroyed businesses.In May 2024, flooding killed 183 people in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and displaced more than]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/everyone-is-scared-flood-hit-porto-alegre-braces-for-another-el-nio/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/everyone-is-scared-flood-hit-porto-alegre-braces-for-another-el-nio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe heatwave live: Temperatures of 40C expected in Spain, with amber heat health warning in place across large parts of UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[In France, 80 departments have been placed on an orange heat warningMore than 135 million people &ndash; particularly in France, Italy, Spain and the UK &ndash; are set to experience temperatures over 35C on Thursday as the continent&rsquo;s latest heatwave intensifies, according to AFP calculations.Temperatures are set to surpass 30C for nearly three out of five European residents (excluding Turkey), amounting to around 340 million people. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-temperatures-of-40c-expected-in-spain-with-amber-heat-health-warning-in-place-across-large-parts-of-uk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-heatwave-live-temperatures-of-40c-expected-in-spain-with-amber-heat-health-warning-in-place-across-large-parts-of-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop the bites! How to survive another summer of mosquitoes, midges and horseflies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dress like a zebra, wash your feet, keep off the beer: insect experts explain what works and what doesn&rsquo;t &ndash; and why some of us get bitten more than othersIt&rsquo;s a good time to be a mosquito or other blood-sucking insect. In the UK and beyond, they are enjoying the summer heat, and there are lots of humans outdoors, some wearing very little, like an all-you-can-eat walking buffet. Some of the humans are drinking beer, which apparently makes them even more irresistible to mosquitoe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stop-the-bites-how-to-survive-another-summer-of-mosquitoes-midges-and-horseflies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stop-the-bites-how-to-survive-another-summer-of-mosquitoes-midges-and-horseflies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain's scorched fields mean a food crisis &ndash; and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George Monbiot]]></title><description><![CDATA[This summer&rsquo;s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than everWhen a business makes long-term plans, they call it prudence. When a government makes long-term plans, they call it communism. Any sustained state intervention attracts the prefix &ldquo;Soviet-style&rdquo;, and triggers vicious attacks across the billionaire media. So governments have developed a bias against long-term thinking. This may explain why we no longer maintai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-scorched-fields-mean-a-food-crisis-ndash-and-the-government-is-ignoring-the-one-measure-that-would-help-george-monbiot/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-scorched-fields-mean-a-food-crisis-ndash-and-the-government-is-ignoring-the-one-measure-that-would-help-george-monbiot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Living proof damaged landscapes can recover’: exploring a vast restored forest in southern Sweden]]></title><description><![CDATA[S&ouml;der&aring;sen national park is one of Europe&rsquo;s largest protected broadleaf woods, offering wild swimming, spectacular hiking trails and an inspiring story of regenerationFrom the bus window, the ridge looks like a giant slumbering beast stretched deep green across the flat farmland. &ldquo;It feels alive,&rdquo; I say to the woman beside me. &ldquo;Yes,&rdquo; she answers. &ldquo;It is where you would run for safety, don&rsquo;t you think?&rdquo;I am in southern Sweden to explore S&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/living-proof-damaged-landscapes-can-recover-exploring-a-vast-restored-forest-in-southern-sweden/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/living-proof-damaged-landscapes-can-recover-exploring-a-vast-restored-forest-in-southern-sweden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloudy skies lead to mixed fortunes for Scotland's eclipse hunters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scotland's best chance of seeing a solar eclipse in 27 years left some disappointed, though there were moments of magic.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cloudy-skies-lead-to-mixed-fortunes-for-scotlands-eclipse-hunters/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cloudy-skies-lead-to-mixed-fortunes-for-scotlands-eclipse-hunters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manila river clogged with rubbish after Typhoon Dolphin floods – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Days of rain has caused widespread flooding across the Philippines capital, Manila, and filled the city&rsquo;s waterways with debris. A massive cleanup operation involving teams of workers and heavy machinery is under way Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/manila-river-clogged-with-rubbish-after-typhoon-dolphin-floods-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/manila-river-clogged-with-rubbish-after-typhoon-dolphin-floods-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weatherwatch: Why Britain’s heatwaves don’t always end with thunderstorms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The science behind summer storms &ndash; and why they have yet to break the hot spell gripping the country&ldquo;The English summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm,&rdquo; George II is reputed to have said, although the line has also been attributed to Charles II and others. It was not recorded until 1867, by which time it was already in common circulation.A brief hot spell ending in a thunderstorm is a familiar pattern, but it is not what we have experienced in recent weeks. Continue readin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-why-britains-heatwaves-dont-always-end-with-thunderstorms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-why-britains-heatwaves-dont-always-end-with-thunderstorms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animalsIn 2022 Nueva Pescanova, Spain&rsquo;s largest fisheries business, announced it was investing &euro;65m (&pound;56m) in the world&rsquo;s first industrial octopus farm and processing plant near the Canary Islands&rsquo; port of Las Palmas.Despite the creatures being notoriously difficult to farm, the company predicted that by 2025 it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/too-smart-to-eat-why-octopus-farms-are-such-a-slippery-problem/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/too-smart-to-eat-why-octopus-farms-are-such-a-slippery-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vultures are disappearing in Nigeria - but the 'Vulture King' is fighting to reverse the trend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some see them as sinister or hunt them for ritual use but these birds play a vital role in nature's cycle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/vultures-are-disappearing-in-nigeria-but-the-vulture-king-is-fighting-to-reverse-the-trend/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/vultures-are-disappearing-in-nigeria-but-the-vulture-king-is-fighting-to-reverse-the-trend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once-in-a-generation solar eclipse wows millions in UK and Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 95% of the Sun was covered by the Moon in Cornwall, while parts of Spain experienced the magic of a total eclipse.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/once-in-a-generation-solar-eclipse-wows-millions-in-uk-and-europe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/once-in-a-generation-solar-eclipse-wows-millions-in-uk-and-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Hydrogen car breaks land speed record at 406 mph]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new record surpasses the previous official hydrogen combustion title set in 2004 by more than double the speed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-hydrogen-car-breaks-land-speed-record-at-406-mph/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-hydrogen-car-breaks-land-speed-record-at-406-mph/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generations of fish 'wiped out' after pollution incident]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Department of Environment said 5km of the Kilkeel River in the Mournes area was impacted.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/generations-of-fish-wiped-out-after-pollution-incident/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/generations-of-fish-wiped-out-after-pollution-incident/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham to consider ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires rage in UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[PM to look at imposing restriction on devices in public spaces, though campaigners fear it does not go far enoughThe government will look at banning disposable barbecues as wildfires continue to rage across the UK, Andy Burnham has said.Disposable barbecues have been the cause of a number of serious fires over the last few years, but campaigners were critical of the prime minister&rsquo;s failure to link those fires more broadly to the climate crisis. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-to-consider-ban-on-disposable-barbecues-as-wildfires-rage-in-uk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-to-consider-ban-on-disposable-barbecues-as-wildfires-rage-in-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What time and where might you see the solar eclipse in Scotland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hopes of catching the best view are fading in parts of Scotland as clouds threaten to hide the celestial event.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-time-and-where-might-you-see-the-solar-eclipse-in-scotland/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-time-and-where-might-you-see-the-solar-eclipse-in-scotland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From grey water to cool spaces: 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready countryFrom record-smashing temperatures, wildfires, hosepipe bans and thousands of premature deaths, the climate crisis has left its mark across the summer of 2026.Tackling the root cause &ndash; the burning of fossil fuels &ndash; and ending the crisis will take years. So will fixing the UK government&rsquo;s calamitous failure to protect lives and livelihoods against the lon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-grey-water-to-cool-spaces-10-climate-crisis-policies-britain-needs-right-now-2/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-grey-water-to-cool-spaces-10-climate-crisis-policies-britain-needs-right-now-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From grey water to cool spaces, 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready countryFrom record-smashing temperatures, wildfires, hosepipe bans and thousands of premature deaths, the climate crisis has left its mark across the summer of 2026.Tackling the root cause &ndash; the burning of fossil fuels &ndash; and ending the crisis will take years. So will fixing the UK government&rsquo;s calamitous failure to protect lives and livelihoods against the lon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-grey-water-to-cool-spaces-10-climate-crisis-policies-britain-needs-right-now/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-grey-water-to-cool-spaces-10-climate-crisis-policies-britain-needs-right-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many holes! Why badgers are digging up Britain’s lovingly maintained golf courses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the drought, these black-and-white beauties are struggling to catch worms in the rock-hard earth. But there&rsquo;s still good foraging on well-watered fairways and greensName: Badgers.Age: European badgers live for five to eight years in the wild. They have been in the UK, where this story is set, for half to three-quarters of a million years. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/too-many-holes-why-badgers-are-digging-up-britains-lovingly-maintained-golf-courses/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/too-many-holes-why-badgers-are-digging-up-britains-lovingly-maintained-golf-courses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 urgent climate policies the UK should implement now]]></title><description><![CDATA[From rejecting drilling licences to preparing communities for heat, drought and wildfires, here&rsquo;s how Burnham can ready the UK for a hotter, drier climateFrom record-smashing temperatures, wildfires, hosepipe bans and thousands of premature deaths, the climate crisis has left its mark across the summer of 2026.Tackling the root cause &ndash; the burning of fossil fuels &ndash; and ending the crisis will take years. So will fixing the UK government&rsquo;s calamitous failure to protect live]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/10-urgent-climate-policies-the-uk-should-implement-now/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/10-urgent-climate-policies-the-uk-should-implement-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top chefs find grouse in short supply as wildfires add to heat over shoots]]></title><description><![CDATA[As London restaurants say wild birds are smaller and fewer this year, experts say countryside should not be &lsquo;playground for bloodsports&rsquo;Every year on 12 August, fans of traditional British cuisine flock to plush restaurants in Mayfair to dine on grouse served with bread sauce and game chips. But those hoping to find the small wild birds, sourced from the UK&rsquo;s moorlands, may be disappointed.Wildfires have been raging on moors across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wild]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/top-chefs-find-grouse-in-short-supply-as-wildfires-add-to-heat-over-shoots/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/top-chefs-find-grouse-in-short-supply-as-wildfires-add-to-heat-over-shoots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inglorious Twelfth? Calls for grouse season to be banned to prevent wildfires and peatland damage]]></title><description><![CDATA[As London restaurants say wild birds are smaller and fewer this year, experts say countryside should not be &lsquo;playground for bloodsports&rsquo;Every year on 12 August, fans of traditional British cuisine flock to plush restaurants in Mayfair to dine on grouse served with bread sauce and game chips.But those hoping to find the small wild birds, sourced from the UK&rsquo;s moorlands, may be disappointed. Wildfires have been raging on moors across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wild]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/inglorious-twelfth-calls-for-grouse-season-to-be-banned-to-prevent-wildfires-and-peatland-damage/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/inglorious-twelfth-calls-for-grouse-season-to-be-banned-to-prevent-wildfires-and-peatland-damage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil&rsquo;s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexistThe anticipation is palpable onboard the Boaventura II as the yacht sets off from Rio de Janeiro at sunrise. Once beyond the Cagarras Islands, rocky outcrops just three miles off Ipanema beach, the group gathers at the bow and starts scanning the horizon.They do not have to wait long. &ldquo;Eleven o&rsquo;clock!&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/humpbacks-return-to-rio-the-whales-are-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction-but-will-tourism-help-or-hinder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/humpbacks-return-to-rio-the-whales-are-back-from-the-brink-of-extinction-but-will-tourism-help-or-hinder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean]]></title><description><![CDATA[Smart, sociable squid use funnel-like organ to force water to jet propel themselves along in and out of seaOn a research vessel 15 years ago, a group of Japanese scientists documented something that had only previously been described by startled sailors to disbelieving listeners. They saw a formation of squid flying through the air.The shoal of about 100 squid rose unexpectedly from a patch of the Pacific Ocean around 370 miles from Tokyo and glided near the boat for about 30 metres. The astonis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/like-an-alien-invasion-the-neon-flying-squid-that-can-fly-in-formation-above-the-ocean/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/like-an-alien-invasion-the-neon-flying-squid-that-can-fly-in-formation-above-the-ocean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invertebrate of the year 2026: vote for your favourite]]></title><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it&rsquo;s your chance to chooseRead about this year&rsquo;s contendersIt&rsquo;s time to vote for the 2026 invertebrate of the year. For the third year running, we&rsquo;ve been profilng some of the most spectacular, fascinating and yet overlooked inhabitants of our planet; the huge category of animals (more than 1.3million different species) that have no spine. This group includes all sorts of creatures from jellyfish to bumblebee]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-vote-for-your-favourite/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-vote-for-your-favourite/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was enjoying growing vegetables. Then the climate crisis raised its ugly head | Bim Adewunmi]]></title><description><![CDATA[My child and I were bonding over our hit-and-miss approach to reaping crops. But with heatwaves pushing more of Britain into drought, it&rsquo;s starting to feel like a luxury we can&rsquo;t affordFor the first time in my life, I live in a home that has real outdoor space. What a concept! There are no downsides to a garden. Back in spring, I made grand plans &ndash; I watched all the TikToks, I bought seeds and trays and pots and grow bags, I ordered soil, a trowel and a watering can. I knew wha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-was-enjoying-growing-vegetables-then-the-climate-crisis-raised-its-ugly-head-bim-adewunmi/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-was-enjoying-growing-vegetables-then-the-climate-crisis-raised-its-ugly-head-bim-adewunmi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: England &lsquo;desperately unprepared&rsquo; for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwavesUK heatwave live &ndash; latest updatesJust 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.The officials make up 0.3% of staff within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/just-20-of-6600-defra-staff-working-on-climate-adaptation-amid-drought-and-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/just-20-of-6600-defra-staff-working-on-climate-adaptation-amid-drought-and-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s been a revelation’: how heat pumps can cool your home in a heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[It might seem an unlikely way to stop overheating, but many owners have found the tech a lifeline in hot weather&ldquo;If it is 35C outdoors, I can get the temperature down to 21C,&rdquo; says Andrew Ingram of the sanctuary that his living room has provided this summer.&ldquo;On the nights I&rsquo;ve slept in there, you have to put your thick pyjamas on,&rdquo; jokes Ingram, who lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire, with his wife, Sue. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-been-a-revelation-how-heat-pumps-can-cool-your-home-in-a-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-been-a-revelation-how-heat-pumps-can-cool-your-home-in-a-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Signs of a house sparrow comeback in the UK after decades of decline]]></title><description><![CDATA[Populations starting to stabilise but much still needs to be done to reverse loss of 30m that almost led to species vanishingHow do you lose 30 million house sparrows? That is the number that have vanished from Britain&rsquo;s hedgerows, fields and gardens during my lifetime.I can recall clouds of sparrows rising up in the fields behind my suburban childhood home on the edge of London. But by the late 1990s they had simply vanished from many of their former haunts. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/signs-of-a-house-sparrow-comeback-in-the-uk-after-decades-of-decline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/signs-of-a-house-sparrow-comeback-in-the-uk-after-decades-of-decline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: One flower here is thriving, defying the drought | Derek Niemann]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frome, Somerset: While other plants are withering or skeletal, tansy is growing in great profusion, and it rewards close observationAt first light, the scent of &rsquo;76 hangs in the air, a reminder of that endless summer burning itself into autumn, just like this one. I first caught a sniff of it walking home one sweltering evening in the June heatwave and said: &ldquo;Too soon, too soon.&rdquo; Now the toasted aroma of spent grass is everywhere &ndash;&nbsp;on&nbsp;crispy playing fields, stra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-one-flower-here-is-thriving-defying-the-drought-derek-niemann/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-one-flower-here-is-thriving-defying-the-drought-derek-niemann/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on wildfires: firefighters can’t handle this crisis alone | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[The response to this summer&rsquo;s record heat and drought should be led by ministers &ndash; not left to the emergency servicesThe wildfire that began on protected heathland in the New Forest in Hampshire on Sunday was reported to be under control on Tuesday. But with temperatures forecast to reach 36C or higher in parts of England on Thursday, the risk of further outbreaks remains high. Firefighters responded to 185 wildfires in the first 10 days of August. In coastal Suffolk, conservationist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-wildfires-firefighters-cant-handle-this-crisis-alone-editorial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-wildfires-firefighters-cant-handle-this-crisis-alone-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar eclipse glasses 'sold out everywhere' as people look for alternatives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eclipse glasses can offer protection from harmful rays of sunlight but most high street stores have sold out.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-eclipse-glasses-sold-out-everywhere-as-people-look-for-alternatives/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-eclipse-glasses-sold-out-everywhere-as-people-look-for-alternatives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eclipse chasers scramble for glasses as stocks run low]]></title><description><![CDATA[Specialist glasses are all but sold out online ahead of the UK's most significant eclipse since 1999.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/eclipse-chasers-scramble-for-glasses-as-stocks-run-low/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/eclipse-chasers-scramble-for-glasses-as-stocks-run-low/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three ways to watch the solar eclipse safely without glasses]]></title><description><![CDATA[With some shops running out of stock, it may be too late to buy eclipse glasses - but you can still safely watch the spectacle using some household items.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/three-ways-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse-safely-without-glasses/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/three-ways-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse-safely-without-glasses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Subsidies for fossil fuels ... are pouring fuel on the fire’: your questions on fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis answered]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reporters Jillian Ambrose and Damian Carrington discussed their story on oil firms&rsquo; profits amid the war in Iran and the climate crisis and answered your related questions<br />
PCMcGarry asks: Given the facts that we live on a collection of islands and that tides are predictable, what serious efforts have been made to harness sea power and with what success?Damian:The UK is actually home to the world&rsquo;s most powerful tidal stream turbine, operated by Orbital Marine Power, off Orkney and, t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/subsidies-for-fossil-fuels-are-pouring-fuel-on-the-fire-your-questions-on-fossil-fuel-profits-and-the-climate-crisis-answered/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/subsidies-for-fossil-fuels-are-pouring-fuel-on-the-fire-your-questions-on-fossil-fuel-profits-and-the-climate-crisis-answered/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Real struggle’ to tame New Forest blaze as UK set for hottest summer on record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Key tourist route closed and residents rallying round as battle against wildfire expected to go on for several daysThe battle to contain a large wildfire spreading across the New Forest will go on for several days, experts have said, as wind changes and a desiccated landscape fuel the flames.Smoke billowed above the deserted A31 road, the main tourist route into the New Forest national park where tens of thousands of families are on holiday, late on Tuesday while a helicopter flew above the blaz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/real-struggle-to-tame-new-forest-blaze-as-uk-set-for-hottest-summer-on-record/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/real-struggle-to-tame-new-forest-blaze-as-uk-set-for-hottest-summer-on-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thames Water 'flagship' chalk stream rated as poor]]></title><description><![CDATA[The firm says it has invested in the chalk stream and water quality is "influenced by a range of factors".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thames-water-flagship-chalk-stream-rated-as-poor/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thames-water-flagship-chalk-stream-rated-as-poor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar eclipse 2026 weather forecast – where and when will the best view be?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Look to the skies on Wednesday because one of the most spectacular solar eclipses for decades is coming the UK's way with likely optimum viewing conditions for many.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-eclipse-2026-weather-forecast-where-and-when-will-the-best-view-be/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-eclipse-2026-weather-forecast-where-and-when-will-the-best-view-be/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – latest news]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prediction comes amid warning of &lsquo;extreme heat&rsquo; this week with temperatures of 38C possibleThe Guardian&rsquo;s environment editor, Fiona Harvey, has written a useful explainer about the UK public services that are struggling in the extreme weather. You can read it in full here:There&rsquo;s only one solution in the end to the drought now declared across most of England and that&rsquo;s rain, says Hannah Cloke, professor of hydrology at the University of Reading.An important conseque]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/summer-2026-on-course-to-be-uks-hottest-on-record-says-met-office-latest-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/summer-2026-on-course-to-be-uks-hottest-on-record-says-met-office-latest-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to watch the solar eclipse safely]]></title><description><![CDATA[People should take precautions while witnessing the "amazing celestial event", an expert says.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse-safely/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-watch-the-solar-eclipse-safely/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reader Q&amp;A: ask our reporters anything about fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis &ndash; live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week reporters Jillian Ambrose and Damian Carrington published a piece which revealed that biggest oil firms made $93bn in profits in three months amid the war in Iran and the climate crisis. They&rsquo;re online now to to discuss their story and any other questions you might haveAsk a question: log in or sign up here<br />
Mazter asks: I see that oil imports into China have dropped about 30%. And that may be the reason the oil price hasn&rsquo;t gone far higher, is that correct?Also, that 30% ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-ask-our-reporters-anything-about-fossil-fuel-profits-and-the-climate-crisis-ndash-live/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-ask-our-reporters-anything-about-fossil-fuel-profits-and-the-climate-crisis-ndash-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best places to see partial solar eclipse across England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some parts of England could see up to 96 per cent of the moon covering the sun on 12 August.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/best-places-to-see-partial-solar-eclipse-across-england/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/best-places-to-see-partial-solar-eclipse-across-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I feel motherly towards them’: the nature reserve manager sharing her office with a wasp nest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eilish Rothney&rsquo;s first instinct was to get rid of the wasps entering her converted shipping container in Norfolk. Now she enjoys their constant humWhen wasps began streaming through a rusted gap in her office door one June morning, Eilish Rothney&rsquo;s first instinct was the same most people would have: get rid of them. The reserve manager for the Trinity Broads, part of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, had discovered a wasp colony taking up residence in her office, a converted shipping conta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-feel-motherly-towards-them-the-nature-reserve-manager-sharing-her-office-with-a-wasp-nest/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-feel-motherly-towards-them-the-nature-reserve-manager-sharing-her-office-with-a-wasp-nest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When and where to see the solar eclipse in Scotland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Up to 95% of the Sun will slowly disappear behind the Moon in the most dramatic eclipse visible from the UK since August 1999.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-and-where-to-see-the-solar-eclipse-in-scotland/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-and-where-to-see-the-solar-eclipse-in-scotland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Living fossil’: the blue-blood arthropod that has changed little in 445m years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tenacious and confounding, the horseshoe crab pre-dates dinosaurs and has copper-based blood vital to vaccine safetyThey pre-date dinosaurs, eat food using their legs and contain blue blood that we use to keep us healthy. Horseshoe crabs are the supreme, if offbeat, survivors of the invertebrate world.Often called &ldquo;living fossils&rdquo; for visually obvious reasons &ndash; horseshoe crabs resemble a sort of prehistoric helmet (their Japanese name translates as &ldquo;helmet crab&rdquo;) &n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/living-fossil-the-blue-blood-arthropod-that-has-changed-little-in-445m-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/living-fossil-the-blue-blood-arthropod-that-has-changed-little-in-445m-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick]]></title><description><![CDATA[It doesn&rsquo;t have to be this way. We know what needs to be doneDisturbing news about our water resources is now constant and unrelenting. In just the past few weeks, media have reported that Puerto Rico is suffering a deep water crisis as severe drought has cut water supplies to thousands. The Rhine and Po rivers in Europe are at record low levels. The seven states sharing the Colorado River in the US are fighting over unprecedented shortages, while its major reservoirs have shrunk to their]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-water-rationing-and-dry-rivers-our-water-crisis-is-here-peter-gleick/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-water-rationing-and-dry-rivers-our-water-crisis-is-here-peter-gleick/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happenClimate campaign 2026: help us reach 20,000 acts of supportThere are many reasons to despair: our green and pleasant land is parched and brown, reservoirs are depleted, and wildfires are wracking the UK, Europe and the US. But there are many more reasons not to despair: despair is self-fulfilling; d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/dont-despair-about-whats-happening-to-our-planet-thats-what-they-want-you-to-feel/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/dont-despair-about-whats-happening-to-our-planet-thats-what-they-want-you-to-feel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Extreme heat’ warning issued for parts of England on Thursday as temperatures could reach 38C – latest news]]></title><description><![CDATA[Met Office says this warning will likely cause &lsquo;adverse&rsquo; health effects with travel and power generation also possibly affectedThere&rsquo;s only one solution in the end to the drought now declared across most of England and that&rsquo;s rain, says Hannah Cloke, professor of hydrology at the University of Reading.&ldquo;While water companies and regulators have a range of measures available to manage demand, like restrictions and hosepipe bans, these are aimed at slowing the rate at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-warning-issued-for-parts-of-england-on-thursday-as-temperatures-could-reach-38c-latest-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-warning-issued-for-parts-of-england-on-thursday-as-temperatures-could-reach-38c-latest-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wild capture and release of a female big cat into a nature reserve is the first step towards reintroducing a population that hasn&rsquo;t been seen for 70 yearsOn 31 July, &ldquo;Umit&rdquo; &ndash; which means hope in Kazakh &ndash; was released into a nature reserve on the edge of Lake Balkhash after more than a decade of careful planning to return the caspian tiger to the region. With this release, Kazakhstan became the first country to restore its tiger range after they had been thought]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-return-of-the-caspian-tiger-how-a-species-feared-extinct-has-come-back-to-kazakhstan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-return-of-the-caspian-tiger-how-a-species-feared-extinct-has-come-back-to-kazakhstan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amber heat health alerts kick in across most of England ahead of fifth summer heatwave – latest news]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amber heat health alerts are now in effect across all regions of England, aside from the north eastFarmers have reported their earliest harvests in 20 years, with reduced yields, while reservoir levels have fallen to 69% &ndash; 11.6% lower than expected for this time of year.Paul Tompkins, the deputy president of the National Farmers&rsquo; Union, said that with no meaningful rain forecast in the coming weeks, the situation for farmers was increasingly concerning. He said:Many farmers have comp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/amber-heat-health-alerts-kick-in-across-most-of-england-ahead-of-fifth-summer-heatwave-latest-news/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/amber-heat-health-alerts-kick-in-across-most-of-england-ahead-of-fifth-summer-heatwave-latest-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reader Q&amp;A: ask our reporters anything about fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week reporters Jillian Ambrose and Damian Carrington published a piece which revealed that biggest oil firms made $93bn in profits in three months amid the war in Iran and the climate crisis. They will be online at 2pm BST to discuss their story and any other questions you might have Ask a question: log in or sign up here<br />
Last week Jillian Ambrose and Damian Carrington published a front-page story that revealed the vast scale of the profits that eight of the biggest oil firms made in three]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-ask-our-reporters-anything-about-fossil-fuel-profits-and-the-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-ask-our-reporters-anything-about-fossil-fuel-profits-and-the-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What he told me made my blood run cold - Michael Sheen investigates Wales' toxic legacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hollywood actor investigates claims cancer-causing chemicals were dumped across Wales.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-he-told-me-made-my-blood-run-cold-michael-sheen-investigates-wales-toxic-legacy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-he-told-me-made-my-blood-run-cold-michael-sheen-investigates-wales-toxic-legacy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royal Golden Guernsey Goats join conservation herd]]></title><description><![CDATA[The six-month-old goats are welcomed by the Governor of Guernsey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/royal-golden-guernsey-goats-join-conservation-herd/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/royal-golden-guernsey-goats-join-conservation-herd/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Devons Road estate residents describe months-long ordeal of not being able to wash, clean or cook for much of the dayHundreds in London flats left without regular running water since last yearChristmas Day in east London. Beatrice Asante empties a bag of potatoes into her kitchen sink and turns on the tap. Nothing. She turns it off and on again. Still nothing. What now?Asante rushes out to the only shop that is open, the local Nisa convenience store. She buys several big plastic bottles of water]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-cannot-even-flush-their-toilets-life-in-east-london-blocks-where-taps-often-run-dry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-cannot-even-flush-their-toilets-life-in-east-london-blocks-where-taps-often-run-dry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: With parched fields all around, we say thank you for the water | Ed Douglas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire: The tradition of well dressing is strong in the Peaks, and this year, I found one featuring a certain 100-year-old naturalist I could already hear the noises of appreciation as I walked up the lane towards St Martin&rsquo;s church. &ldquo;Oh yes,&rdquo; I heard a woman say. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s lovely.&rdquo; Turning before the lych gate, I spotted a small knot of people standing in front of a small and apparently ancient stone basin on which rested the white frame o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-with-parched-fields-all-around-we-say-thank-you-for-the-water-ed-douglas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-with-parched-fields-all-around-we-say-thank-you-for-the-water-ed-douglas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseid meteor shower reaches peak: When and where to catch a glimpse]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday night the Perseids will peak offering the best chance of seeing a 'shooting star'.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/perseid-meteor-shower-reaches-peak-when-and-where-to-catch-a-glimpse/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/perseid-meteor-shower-reaches-peak-when-and-where-to-catch-a-glimpse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disabled in a heatwave: 'We're talking about survival']]></title><description><![CDATA[Disabled campaigners say the official advice for staying safe in a heatwave can put them in more danger.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/disabled-in-a-heatwave-were-talking-about-survival/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/disabled-in-a-heatwave-were-talking-about-survival/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackie, the famous California bald eagle, dies after weeks of intensive care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jackie and her partner, Shadow, had been watched by millions of people over the years through the Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jackie-the-famous-california-bald-eagle-dies-after-weeks-of-intensive-care/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jackie-the-famous-california-bald-eagle-dies-after-weeks-of-intensive-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['We've had a lot of close calls': Canada wildfire evacuees wonder if they still have homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 12,000 people have been forced to evacuate and some homes have been lost after a wildfire tore through Canada's picturesque Okanagan region.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weve-had-a-lot-of-close-calls-canada-wildfire-evacuees-wonder-if-they-still-have-homes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weve-had-a-lot-of-close-calls-canada-wildfire-evacuees-wonder-if-they-still-have-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blaze tackled at suspected illegal waste dump]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fire broke out at a suspected illegal waste site near Carrington Spur in Trafford, Greater Manchester.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/blaze-tackled-at-suspected-illegal-waste-dump/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/blaze-tackled-at-suspected-illegal-waste-dump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['That fire came so fast': Wildfire rages in British Columbia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials in British Columbia are still trying to determine how many homes were lost to the fire, which remains out of control as of Monday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/that-fire-came-so-fast-wildfire-rages-in-british-columbia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/that-fire-came-so-fast-wildfire-rages-in-british-columbia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three-quarters of England in drought as summer’s fifth heatwave looms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four more regions given drought status, putting 27 million people under restrictions on water useAlmost three-quarters of England is now in drought, as much of Europe braces for its fifth climate crisis-driven heatwave this summer.Four more regions of England have officially been declared to be in drought: the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/three-quarters-of-england-in-drought-as-summers-fifth-heatwave-looms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/three-quarters-of-england-in-drought-as-summers-fifth-heatwave-looms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost three-quarters of England now in drought ahead of summer’s fifth heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Four more regions given drought status, with 27 million people now living with restrictions on water useAlmost three-quarters of England is now in drought, as much of Europe braces for its fifth climate crisis-driven heatwave this summer.Four more regions of England have officially been declared to be in drought: the east Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-three-quarters-of-england-now-in-drought-ahead-of-summers-fifth-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-three-quarters-of-england-now-in-drought-ahead-of-summers-fifth-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Rowson on the drought and Britain’s water companies – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/martin-rowson-on-the-drought-and-britains-water-companies-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/martin-rowson-on-the-drought-and-britains-water-companies-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drought expected to be declared in more parts of England ahead of possible 36C heat]]></title><description><![CDATA[North-west could join other parts of country in drought, and amber heat health alerts issued for much of EnglandDrought is expected to be declared in more areas of England as much of Europe braces for its fifth heatwave of the summer.The National Drought Group, whose members include the government, water companies, the National Farmers&rsquo; Union, the Met Office and conservation experts, will meet on Monday to assess the situation across England. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-expected-to-be-declared-in-more-parts-of-england-ahead-of-possible-36c-heat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-expected-to-be-declared-in-more-parts-of-england-ahead-of-possible-36c-heat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jean hoped bird flu wouldn’t come to Australia. Then it arrived – and she saw a tern ‘trembling and swaying’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volunteers are on the lookout for sick birds as outbreak shatters &lsquo;fairytale belief&rsquo; that disease would not reach AustraliaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBird enthusiast Jean Turner hoped avian flu would never arrive at her doorstep.At her home on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, bossy fairy wrens chirp at her from the deck, grey currawongs clumsily fall into her bird bath, and fluffy, hooded plover chicks emerge from speckled eggs in front of her binoc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jean-hoped-bird-flu-wouldnt-come-to-australia-then-it-arrived-and-she-saw-a-tern-trembling-and-swaying/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jean-hoped-bird-flu-wouldnt-come-to-australia-then-it-arrived-and-she-saw-a-tern-trembling-and-swaying/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should smile at our dogs - a new scientific study reveals why]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists have worked out what is going on inside a dog's brain when it sees a human smiling or scowling.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-should-smile-at-our-dogs-a-new-scientific-study-reveals-why/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-should-smile-at-our-dogs-a-new-scientific-study-reveals-why/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s very challenging’: how the Duke of Westminster’s farm is taking on the climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid world pressure from heatwaves and fertiliser shortages, billionaire&rsquo;s business has invested in circular farming and biomethaneThere is a distinctive smell of cow manure in the air at the Duke of Westminster&rsquo;s dairy farm near Chester. It is a world away from the collection of grand West End properties controlled by the duke that form the backbone of his near &pound;10bn fortune, a decade on from becoming Britain&rsquo;s youngest billionaire.As part of his 349-year-old Grosvenor e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-very-challenging-how-the-duke-of-westminsters-farm-is-taking-on-the-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-very-challenging-how-the-duke-of-westminsters-farm-is-taking-on-the-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amber heat-health alerts issued for most of England as temperatures could reach 36C or higher this week – latest updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[The upgraded alerts will be in place from 9am on Tuesday until 9pm on FridayAn 18-year-old died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Camber Sands beach, East Sussex, yesterday, bringing the number of deaths in open-water incidents over the hot, dry summer to over 40, according to estimates compiled by the Press Association.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has updated heat-health alerts for nine regions in England, warning that rising temperatures this week may increase health risks,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/amber-heat-health-alerts-issued-for-most-of-england-as-temperatures-could-reach-36c-or-higher-this-week-latest-updates/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/amber-heat-health-alerts-issued-for-most-of-england-as-temperatures-could-reach-36c-or-higher-this-week-latest-updates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People flocking to Spain to view solar eclipse could spark more ‘devastating’ wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Northern Spain will be one of the best places in world to view phenomenon with 460,000 extra visitors expectedAuthorities in Spain have warned of an increased risk of fires when hundreds of thousands of people head to the hills and beaches to get a better view of Wednesday&rsquo;s total solar eclipse.&ldquo;The vegetation is extraordinarily dry and the smallest spark or carelessness could lead to devastating forest fires,&rdquo; the environment minister, Sara Aagesen, said on a visit to Niebla i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/people-flocking-to-spain-to-view-solar-eclipse-could-spark-more-devastating-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/people-flocking-to-spain-to-view-solar-eclipse-could-spark-more-devastating-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drought set to be declared in more parts of England ahead of possible 36C heat]]></title><description><![CDATA[North-west could join other parts of country in drought, and amber heat health alerts issued for much of EnglandDrought is expected to be declared in more areas of England as the UK braces for its fifth heatwave of the summer.The National Drought Group, whose members include the government, water companies, the National Farmers&rsquo; Union, the Met Office and conservation experts, will meet on Monday to assess the situation across England. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-set-to-be-declared-in-more-parts-of-england-ahead-of-possible-36c-heat/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-set-to-be-declared-in-more-parts-of-england-ahead-of-possible-36c-heat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Florida’s ‘coastal corridor’ project safeguard wildlife and boost economy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservationists have created a &lsquo;coastal corridor&rsquo; of ocean-based projects designed to preserve and nourish vulnerable marine lifeFrom disappearing manatees to bleached coral reefs, gender-changing turtles and oyster beds destroyed by hurricanes, no other state&rsquo;s marine life faces the magnitude of climate-related challenges that Florida&rsquo;s does.Now, wildlife authorities are attempting to bring some cohesion to tackling the diverse slate of issues by borrowing from a playbo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-floridas-coastal-corridor-project-safeguard-wildlife-and-boost-economy/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-floridas-coastal-corridor-project-safeguard-wildlife-and-boost-economy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ambitious new project in Florida is giving marine scientists hope: ‘I just see so much potential’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservationists have created a &lsquo;coastal corridor&rsquo; of ocean-based projects designed to preserve and nourish vulnerable marine lifeFrom disappearing manatees to bleached coral reefs, gender-changing turtles and oyster beds destroyed by hurricanes, no other state&rsquo;s marine life faces the magnitude of climate-related challenges than Florida&rsquo;s.Now, wildlife authorities are attempting to bring some cohesion to tackling the diverse slate of issues by borrowing from a playbook th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/an-ambitious-new-project-in-florida-is-giving-marine-scientists-hope-i-just-see-so-much-potential/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/an-ambitious-new-project-in-florida-is-giving-marine-scientists-hope-i-just-see-so-much-potential/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Unprecedented, dangerous territory’: US north-west reckons with a summer of historic wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes &ndash; and the danger isn&rsquo;t overPiles of twisted metal and ashen debris line the cul-de-sacs where the tranquil suburbs of Spokane, Washington, once stood.The scale of devastation from a historic fire season of wildfire in the Pacific north-west has come into sharper focus as firefighters wrangle a trio of blazes that consumed at least 846 structures on the eastern side of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/unprecedented-dangerous-territory-us-north-west-reckons-with-a-summer-of-historic-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/unprecedented-dangerous-territory-us-north-west-reckons-with-a-summer-of-historic-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stuff of nightmares? Meet the bootlace worm – super-long, super-elastic, and it fires toxic slime]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its mucus, which can kill crabs and cockroaches, could be the basis of new insecticidesIt&rsquo;s the shuddery stuff of nightmares for some, but for a select group who admire extending ladders, giraffes and the Odyssey, one of the longest animals in the world is bound to appeal.This creature is nneither the blue whale, nor a lion&rsquo;s mane jellyfish but the humble bootlace worm, Lineus longissimus, one of the most remarkable marine invertebrates of them all.It&rsquo;s invertebrate of the year]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stuff-of-nightmares-meet-the-bootlace-worm-super-long-super-elastic-and-it-fires-toxic-slime/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stuff-of-nightmares-meet-the-bootlace-worm-super-long-super-elastic-and-it-fires-toxic-slime/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invisible poison: living with mercury pollution in the Colombian Amazon – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rainforest communities face a silent crisis as mercury from gold mining contaminates their food and water Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invisible-poison-living-with-mercury-pollution-in-the-colombian-amazon-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invisible-poison-living-with-mercury-pollution-in-the-colombian-amazon-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World's oceans hit record-high July temperatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Global oceans recorded their hottest July on record, partly fuelled by developing El Ni&ntilde;o conditions, as wildfires continue to ravage western Europe.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worlds-oceans-hit-record-high-july-temperatures/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worlds-oceans-hit-record-high-july-temperatures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast-moving wildfire engulfs hills in western Canada – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands of residents in British Columbia's wine and orchard region were ordered to evacuate on Saturday as a fast-moving wildfire in western Canada nearly doubled in size overnight. The Bald Range fire was burning out of control across about 9,500 hectares, prompting evacuation orders in Summerland, Peachland and other districts west of Okanagan LakeCanadian government steps in as &lsquo;out of control&rsquo; wildfires force thousands to flee Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fast-moving-wildfire-engulfs-hills-in-western-canada-video/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fast-moving-wildfire-engulfs-hills-in-western-canada-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should be happy to have a pigeon for a friend. But she wouldn’t be my first choice | Emma Beddington]]></title><description><![CDATA[Truman Capote had a &lsquo;crow bro&rsquo;; Dickens had a raven. And I get standoffish Susan, who has never brought me a present or perched on my shoulderOne of the greatest failures of my life to date (along with my sons&rsquo; shameful inability to eat apples correctly, down to the core) is my inability to attract a &ldquo;crow bro&rdquo;. That&rsquo;s a corvid companion, and more and more people apparently have them, including Washington Post journalist Caitlin Gibson, who recently wrote abou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-should-be-happy-to-have-a-pigeon-for-a-friend-but-she-wouldnt-be-my-first-choice-emma-beddington/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-should-be-happy-to-have-a-pigeon-for-a-friend-but-she-wouldnt-be-my-first-choice-emma-beddington/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beachHarry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the &ldquo;grave&rdquo; of Dobby, a fictional elf.The character was laid to rest on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, during the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Fans of the wizard series now come to leave]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK temperatures could hit 36C as fifth heatwave of summer looms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Met Office considers amber or red warning as forecasters say Thursday is likely to be hottest day of the weekTemperatures could reach 36C (97F) or higher this week, forecasters have said, with possible disruption to railway lines and power networks as the Met Office considers issuing rare amber or red extreme heat warnings.Parts of the UK are forecast to experience the fifth heatwave of the summer as the country continues to bake in an unprecedented period of dry, hot weather. Continue reading..]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-temperatures-could-hit-36c-as-fifth-heatwave-of-summer-looms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-temperatures-could-hit-36c-as-fifth-heatwave-of-summer-looms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inlandMore than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall amid fears torrential rain would cause flooding and landslides.Wenzhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, said it relocated more than 900,000 people and opened more than 1,500 emergency shelters. In neighbouring Fujian, 98,900 people wer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/typhoon-dolphin-more-than-a-million-people-evacuated-in-china-as-record-rainfall-dumped-on-shanghai/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/typhoon-dolphin-more-than-a-million-people-evacuated-in-china-as-record-rainfall-dumped-on-shanghai/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: The thin, hungry fox goes for the sleepy hen | Nic Wilson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hitchin, Hertfordshire: A rare daytime attack on our chickens led to a standoff. But I could see this animal was suffering in the heatwave High-pitched shrieking shattered the mid-morning calm and I knew, immediately, that there was a killer on the loose. I tore out of the patio door and across the lawn to intervene between predator and prey, facing down a fox with black tail feathers in its jaws. Shouting and growling, all animal myself, I&nbsp;was driven by instinct to protect our chickens, Cu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-thin-hungry-fox-goes-for-the-sleepy-hen-nic-wilson/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-thin-hungry-fox-goes-for-the-sleepy-hen-nic-wilson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian government steps in as ‘out of control’ wildfires force thousands to flee]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia battling 102 fires day and night across province, as breakneck speed hampers firefighters&rsquo; effortsCanada&rsquo;s federal government has announced it will provide urgent assistance to British Columbia after an onslaught of unprecedented fast-moving wildfires that killed one person and forced about 22,000 people to flee their homes in frantic evacuations.A total of 102 wildfires were raging across the province on Sunday, of which nearly half were categorised as &ldquo;out of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/canadian-government-steps-in-as-out-of-control-wildfires-force-thousands-to-flee/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/canadian-government-steps-in-as-out-of-control-wildfires-force-thousands-to-flee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on India’s green growth gamble: it will need more than private finance | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[The world&rsquo;s most populous country needs state-generated demand to industrialise, decarbonise and avoid China&rsquo;s overcapacity trapIndia is attempting to do something the world has never seen before. So claimed Niti Aayog, the government of India&rsquo;s policy thinktank, earlier this year. It said that no major economy has tried to expand GDP nearly eightfold within a generation while simultaneously redirecting its energy and industrial systems to reach net zero within two generations.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-indias-green-growth-gamble-it-will-need-more-than-private-finance-editorial/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-indias-green-growth-gamble-it-will-need-more-than-private-finance-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How clean air clubs are protecting Americans from wildfire smoke]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mutual aid groups that started giving out PPEs during Covid are now loaning air purifiers and distributing masks to fume-addled communitiesMiquette Thompson&rsquo;s home in rural Mendocino county has been covered in smoke all week. There are the nearby Feliz and Woodside fires in northern California, which have burned more than 1,000 acres, as well as the wildfires devastating Oregon and Washington that are sending smoke their way, too.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s become not unusual,&rdquo; she said of wal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-clean-air-clubs-are-protecting-americans-from-wildfire-smoke/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-clean-air-clubs-are-protecting-americans-from-wildfire-smoke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid rare species and only take what you need: how to forage and save money on your food shopping]]></title><description><![CDATA[While there are fears that people harvesting their food could put pressure on habitats, some ecologists suggest responsible foraging can boost conservation and biodiversityAngus Morton crouches behind a cricket pavilion in a London park to snip stinging nettles from an unkempt patch of greenery.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re so abundant and they&rsquo;re so good,&rdquo; says Morton, a regenerative gardener who pops out once a week to forage bits for dinner. &ldquo;I use them in pesto, tea &hellip; I&rsquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/avoid-rare-species-and-only-take-what-you-need-how-to-forage-and-save-money-on-your-food-shopping/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/avoid-rare-species-and-only-take-what-you-need-how-to-forage-and-save-money-on-your-food-shopping/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are datacentres doing to the places we love? In Slough, I found a bleak answer | John Harris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whitehall wants to triple the UK&rsquo;s number of datacentres &ndash; but demand for electricity and water means that could be at the expense of new homesAmid headlines about the UK&rsquo;s drought, Europe&rsquo;s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived in Slough last Monday. I was there to look around Slough Trading Estate, a place that might once have conjured up images of the TV comedy The Office, many of whose laughs came at the expense of this overgrown patc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-are-datacentres-doing-to-the-places-we-love-in-slough-i-found-a-bleak-answer-john-harris/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-are-datacentres-doing-to-the-places-we-love-in-slough-i-found-a-bleak-answer-john-harris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they&rsquo;re having on communitiesAmid headlines about the UK&rsquo;s drought, Europe&rsquo;s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived in Slough last Monday. I was there to look around Slough Trading Estate, a place that might once have conjured up images of the TV comedy The Office, many of whose laughs came at the expense of this overgrown patch of suburbia, 20-odd miles west of Lo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-ai-guzzles-water-and-energy-we-are-already-facing-a-choice-datacentres-or-homes-john-harris/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-ai-guzzles-water-and-energy-we-are-already-facing-a-choice-datacentres-or-homes-john-harris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Voting has opened! Over the last two weeks we&rsquo;ve profiled ten amazing invertebrates &ndash; nominated by you. Now it&rsquo;s time to choose this year&rsquo;s invertebrate of the yearVote for your favourite here*** Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-the-top-10-invertebrates-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-the-top-10-invertebrates-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Panda of the insect world’: the moscardón bumblebee creates buzz for invertebrate of the year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bombus dahlbomii, a giant ginger bumblebee fondly known as the flying mouse, is in decline in its native Patagonia due to commercial farmingRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearWe all love bumblebees. Not only are they beautiful, busy and social, they perform pollination services that are crucial for plants, crops and human civilisation.Any bumblebee would be a worthy winner of invertebrate of the year but a gorgeous giant ginger bumblebee fondly known as the flying mouse? Come on! Cont]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/panda-of-the-insect-world-the-moscardn-bumblebee-creates-buzz-for-invertebrate-of-the-year/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/panda-of-the-insect-world-the-moscardn-bumblebee-creates-buzz-for-invertebrate-of-the-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falkland Islanders call for referendum on plans for massive salmon farm]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 3,500 population is divided over the venture, which would bring investment and jobs, but critics claim the environmental cost would be too highIt is among the world&rsquo;s last pristine wildernesses, with unique coastal waters rich in krill and squid that attract sea lions, elephant seals, dolphins and whales, and where penguins, of which there are five different species locally, outnumber people.But plans to make the Falkland Islands, one the most remote and furthest-flung British overseas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/falkland-islanders-call-for-referendum-on-plans-for-massive-salmon-farm/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/falkland-islanders-call-for-referendum-on-plans-for-massive-salmon-farm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation]]></title><description><![CDATA[As residents, nature wardens and experts consider the damage to the heathland and how to restore it, the climate crisis is foremost in their mindsA local community pulling together, emergency services saving homes and caravan parks from catastrophe, and farmers and nature reserve wardens working to rapidly create fire breaks to halt a marauding fireball 40 metres high &ndash; there was plenty to praise the week after a swathe of east Suffolk burned.But local people were also in tears at the blac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/these-are-human-fires-not-wildfires-dunwich-reflects-on-the-devastation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/these-are-human-fires-not-wildfires-dunwich-reflects-on-the-devastation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plastics contamination an ‘overlooked’ concern in food waste schemes, experts say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers find microplastics can persist in compost, leaching into agricultural soilsPlastic contamination should be a central concern in efforts to deal with food waste, which campaigners call one of the most overlooked problems of the climate crisis, researchers have said.This is despite the fact that, as the chef, author and activist Max La Manna puts it, food waste management is &ldquo;one of the few climate problems where everyone wins&rdquo;. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plastics-contamination-an-overlooked-concern-in-food-waste-schemes-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plastics-contamination-an-overlooked-concern-in-food-waste-schemes-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blame game as Brussels builds ‘Europe’s largest frying pan’ instead of shady square]]></title><description><![CDATA[Architect&rsquo;s vision for redevelopment of heart of EU quarter unrealised amid political wrangling and rising costsThe redevelopment plan for Schuman Square at the heart of the EU quarter in Brussels was very ambitious. From a traffic-clogged, nondescript roundabout, it would become &ldquo;an urban agora&rdquo;, a greener, calmer meeting place, nothing less, said a former head of the Brussels government, than &ldquo;a symbol that beats as the heart &hellip; of the European project&rdquo;.It d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/blame-game-as-brussels-builds-europes-largest-frying-pan-instead-of-shady-square/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/blame-game-as-brussels-builds-europes-largest-frying-pan-instead-of-shady-square/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When bird flu hit the UK, suffering seabirds died in their thousands. Australia’s wild flocks will soon do the same]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia&rsquo;s bird population will experience &lsquo;large mortalities&rsquo; and risk species loss, modelling based on global outbreaks showsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSandwich terns are a graceful seabird known for their committed, forceful and spectacular plunging dives into the ocean to catch fish.Thousands of the species started to fall sick across Europe in 2022 with tens of thousands dying as a lineage of the H5N1 bird flu &ndash; 2.3.4.4b &ndash; sprea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-bird-flu-hit-the-uk-suffering-seabirds-died-in-their-thousands-australias-wild-flocks-will-soon-do-the-same/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-bird-flu-hit-the-uk-suffering-seabirds-died-in-their-thousands-australias-wild-flocks-will-soon-do-the-same/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ornithological artist drawing 1,000 birds by hand – all for an app that wants you off your phone]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mission of the Flock app is quietly subversive: to encourage users to ditch their screens and explore the wonderful world of birdingOn a brilliantly bright afternoon in his gallery and studio in Bolinas, a small town on the northern California coast, Keith Hansen was putting the finishing touches on a watercolor of an almost improbably flamboyant painted bunting.With an ultra-fine sable brush, he made a few intricate additions to the cobalt blue plumage on the bunting&rsquo;s head, and, sati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-ornithological-artist-drawing-1000-birds-by-hand-all-for-an-app-that-wants-you-off-your-phone/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-ornithological-artist-drawing-1000-birds-by-hand-all-for-an-app-that-wants-you-off-your-phone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Fearless and quietly astonishing’: the dragonfly that migrates further than any other insect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wandering gliders are descended from some of the earliest known insects &ndash; and breed as one global populationRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearAll hail the wandering glider, a citizen of the globe, an insect for all of us.Whenever we see a dragonfly zipping through the airspace and devouring tiny insects with aplomb, we can appreciate they are so timelessly effective that they have barely needed to tweak their way of life in 200m years. Odonates are directly descended from some]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fearless-and-quietly-astonishing-the-dragonfly-that-migrates-further-than-any-other-insect/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fearless-and-quietly-astonishing-the-dragonfly-that-migrates-further-than-any-other-insect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christopher Harry on a summer of devastating wildfires – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/christopher-harry-on-a-summer-of-devastating-wildfires-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/christopher-harry-on-a-summer-of-devastating-wildfires-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scratch of the day: local football season postponed due to ‘rock hard’ pitches]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drought and record heat have forced the Norfolk and Suffolk league to move kick-off to the end of August as the ground is deemed too dangerous to play onThis summer&rsquo;s record drought has forced a football league to delay the start of its season because &ldquo;rock hard&rdquo; pitches are a danger to its players.The 2026/27 season in the Anglian Combination League of 85 amateur teams in Norfolk and Suffolk was due to start next weekend. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scratch-of-the-day-local-football-season-postponed-due-to-rock-hard-pitches/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scratch-of-the-day-local-football-season-postponed-due-to-rock-hard-pitches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sadiq Khan calls on Andy Burnham to commit to climate action as pressure grows over North Sea oil]]></title><description><![CDATA[London mayor points to &lsquo;terrifying scenes&rsquo; this summer amid speculation Burnham may back Jackdaw and Rosebank projectsSadiq Khan: This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren&rsquo;t just delusional, they&rsquo;re deadlySadiq Khan has called on the government to commit to revamped climate action and to reduce the UK&rsquo;s reliance on oil and gas, as the UK endures a summer of drought, wildfires and heatwaves.Writing in the Guardian, the mayor of London said t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sadiq-khan-calls-on-andy-burnham-to-commit-to-climate-action-as-pressure-grows-over-north-sea-oil/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sadiq-khan-calls-on-andy-burnham-to-commit-to-climate-action-as-pressure-grows-over-north-sea-oil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalentA thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario&rsquo;s boreal forests, Erin O&rsquo;Connor watched the sky above Canada&rsquo;s biggest city turn an &ldquo;almost post-apocalyptic&rdquo; orange as it filled with light-scattering particles of soot and ash. Stepping outside the halls of Toronto General hospital, where air filters were keeping patients safe from the wors]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-couldnt-breathe-the-deadly-health-burden-of-wildfire-smoke/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-couldnt-breathe-the-deadly-health-burden-of-wildfire-smoke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: We’ve had fires here in the Cairngorms before. This one has changed things | Amanda Thomson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Abernethy: It&rsquo;s been a period of heartbreak and gratitude, mourning the scorched landscape and staying away from home when the smoke got too closeParts of the Cairngorms have been on fire for over three weeks. Many places I take for granted that I can walk to are off-limits. Huge swathes of moorland that should be purple with heather, understoreys that should be thick with blaeberries, granny pines and younger trees, are scorched black. In places, the fires has burned down into the tree ro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-weve-had-fires-here-in-the-cairngorms-before-this-one-has-changed-things-amanda-thomson/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-weve-had-fires-here-in-the-cairngorms-before-this-one-has-changed-things-amanda-thomson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists create OnlyFans account for marmots to fund research – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[UCLA professor Daniel Blumstein and his team started an OnlyFans account &ndash; @OnlyMarms &ndash; featuring cute, G-rated photos and videos of marmots to raise money for their research amid government funding cuts Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-create-onlyfans-account-for-marmots-to-fund-research-video/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 02:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-create-onlyfans-account-for-marmots-to-fund-research-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is this the best day of the year for stargazing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Put 12 August in the diary for some of the best astronomical events of the year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-this-the-best-day-of-the-year-for-stargazing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-this-the-best-day-of-the-year-for-stargazing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the promise of AI living up to the hype? | Fiona Katauskas]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s certainly increasing its outputSee more of Fiona Katauskas&rsquo;s cartoons here Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-the-promise-of-ai-living-up-to-the-hype-fiona-katauskas/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-the-promise-of-ai-living-up-to-the-hype-fiona-katauskas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capybaras caught roaming government building in Brazil – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Footage captured by a civil servant shows capybaras calmly roaming the entrance hall of the legislative assembly building in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The large rodents are regular visitors, often wandering over from a nearby park. 'They show up here quite often, so we've gotten used to seeing them,' Nayara Bueno says Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/capybaras-caught-roaming-government-building-in-brazil-video/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/capybaras-caught-roaming-government-building-in-brazil-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump administration to pay German firm $1.2bn to halt US wind projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/trump-administration-to-pay-german-firm-12bn-to-halt-us-wind-projects/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/trump-administration-to-pay-german-firm-12bn-to-halt-us-wind-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global food prices at three-year high as heatwaves and wars push up crop costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[UN index says weather is affecting wheat yields while conflicts in Ukraine and Iran hit exports and drive up pricesBusiness live &ndash; latest updatesGlobal food prices have hit their highest level in three and a half years, as summer heatwaves and conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East push up crop costs.The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) index of food commodity prices rose last month to its highest level since January 2023, after a jump in prices for cereals, sugar and vegetable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/global-food-prices-at-three-year-high-as-heatwaves-and-wars-push-up-crop-costs/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/global-food-prices-at-three-year-high-as-heatwaves-and-wars-push-up-crop-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Walking sausage’: the giant stick insect that proves it’s not over till we give up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also known as the tree lobster, this ultra-rare creature was inadvertently driven to the brink by European settlersRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearWhen small species are left alone to evolve for centuries on small islands, they often become larger. Quietly, over thousands of years, Dryococelus australis grew to a great size on Lord Howe Island, in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand.But the peaceful life of the Lord Howe Island stick insect, an invertebrate of such gar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/walking-sausage-the-giant-stick-insect-that-proves-its-not-over-till-we-give-up/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/walking-sausage-the-giant-stick-insect-that-proves-its-not-over-till-we-give-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could the UK ever run out of water?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month in England was the driest July since records began almost two centuries ago. How concerned should we be?Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought. But what does this mean and could the UK&rsquo;s taps eventually run dry? Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-the-uk-ever-run-out-of-water/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-the-uk-ever-run-out-of-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could England and Wales ever run out of water?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month in England was the driest July since records began almost two centuries ago. How concerned should we be?Half of England and all of Wales are officially in drought. But what does this mean and could taps eventually run dry?&bull; The headline of this article was amended on 7 August 2026 to refer to England and Wales, rather than the UK. Also, the average usage of 139 litres of water a day is for people in England and Wales, not in the UK as stated in an earlier version; and the 47bn ki]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-england-and-wales-ever-run-out-of-water/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-england-and-wales-ever-run-out-of-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe’s dry riverbeds and scorched earth – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Europe continues to struggle with the effects of extreme hot weather that has caused wildfires and droughts across the continent Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europes-dry-riverbeds-and-scorched-earth-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europes-dry-riverbeds-and-scorched-earth-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Waste colonialism’ – the Turkish city carrying the weight of Britain’s pollution problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week&rsquo;s newsletter: a Guardian investigation reveals that the UK exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to poor districts in Adana, where farmers are left to cope with microplastics, toxic smoke, and debris&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereA year ago this month, when global talks to end our spiralling plastic crisis collapsed, Emma Hardy, Britain&rsquo;s then marine minister and the UK&rsquo;s head of delegation, said she was &ldquo;hugely disappo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/waste-colonialism-the-turkish-city-carrying-the-weight-of-britains-pollution-problem/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/waste-colonialism-the-turkish-city-carrying-the-weight-of-britains-pollution-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfire damage could take hundreds of years to recover from, experts say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Habitats belonging to snakes and rare moths have been destroyed after the wildfires this summer.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfire-damage-could-take-hundreds-of-years-to-recover-from-experts-say/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfire-damage-could-take-hundreds-of-years-to-recover-from-experts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Britain is breathing the world’s wildfire smoke]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists say global blazes account for 10% of UK&rsquo;s particle pollution &ndash; and climate crisis could make the problem worseSmoke rising above wildlife habitats, thousands of people evacuated and homes and livelihoods reduced to ashes &ndash; this is fast becoming the defining image of Britain and European summers.Dr Mark Parrington, a senior scientist at the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, said: &ldquo;Recent wildfires in south-western Europe produced large quantities of smok]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-britain-is-breathing-the-worlds-wildfire-smoke/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-britain-is-breathing-the-worlds-wildfire-smoke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: a tiger release, an Exmoor eagle and Pallas’s kittens]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-tiger-release-an-exmoor-eagle-and-pallass-kittens/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-tiger-release-an-exmoor-eagle-and-pallass-kittens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme heat breaks temperature records in central and eastern Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Po&#322;aniec power plantsEurope&rsquo;s dry riverbeds and scorched earth &ndash; in picturesTemperature records have been broken in several countries across central and eastern Europe as the extreme weather that has caused wildfires and droughts across the continent continues.Countries including Slovakia, Austria and Hungary registered record temperatures. On Thursday, the Slovakian hydrometeorological a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-breaks-temperature-records-in-central-and-eastern-europe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-breaks-temperature-records-in-central-and-eastern-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drone warnings and sheltering in airports as South Korea battles historic heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president has called the extreme heat a "national disaster" and ordered agencies to mobilise all resources.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drone-warnings-and-sheltering-in-airports-as-south-korea-battles-historic-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drone-warnings-and-sheltering-in-airports-as-south-korea-battles-historic-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Rare Wensleydale sheep have their day in the sun | Andrea Meanwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Garstang, Lancashire: With fedora and broken shepherd&rsquo;s crook, I was a judge at an agricultural show, inspecting the mouths and fleeces of some fantastic breeds As I walked across the show field in the sunshine on my way to the secretary&rsquo;s tent, my shepherd&rsquo;s crook snapped in half. On closer inspection, it was riddled with woodworm &ndash; not the best start to a day of judging at the Garstang agricultural show. The event was first held in 1813, and it was an honour to be asked]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-rare-wensleydale-sheep-have-their-day-in-the-sun-andrea-meanwell/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-rare-wensleydale-sheep-have-their-day-in-the-sun-andrea-meanwell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Le Corbusier’s social housing was meant to be the dream. In a summer of extreme heat, it is a nightmare | Anna Richards]]></title><description><![CDATA[When temperatures get to 40C inside, and French building regulations won&rsquo;t even allow shutters, these tenants&rsquo; listed homes are simply unlivableThe population of Firminy, south-east France, has been dwindling for decades. Its recent history is one of factory closures in a region built by steel, and locals tell me that many people leave for better opportunities in neighbouring Saint-&Eacute;tienne, or to live in the Haute-Loire&rsquo;s countryside.On the top of a hill, however, stands]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/le-corbusiers-social-housing-was-meant-to-be-the-dream-in-a-summer-of-extreme-heat-it-is-a-nightmare-anna-richards/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/le-corbusiers-social-housing-was-meant-to-be-the-dream-in-a-summer-of-extreme-heat-it-is-a-nightmare-anna-richards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience: I dress up as rubbish]]></title><description><![CDATA[On my TikTok I find trash that&rsquo;s blowing in the wind, and mimic its movements using what I have to handI&rsquo;ve always been interested in the concept of value and what is thought of as rubbish. When people throw things away, a perfectly good table, say, I&nbsp;think, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s still usable.&rdquo; I&rsquo;m a dancer and choreographer and hoard clothing &ndash; costumes from shows or pieces my mum has lent me. Sometimes, I&rsquo;ll collect random things offered on Facebook.Durin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/experience-i-dress-up-as-rubbish/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/experience-i-dress-up-as-rubbish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After decades of decline, New Zealand’s wool industry is making a comeback]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forty years ago there were more than 22 sheep to every New Zealander, but wool prices and production declined with the uptake of synthetic alternativesJohn Hargreaves&rsquo; family has farmed sheep and beef in Kaiwaka, north of Auckland, for generations. In the 1960s they had 3,000 ewes but in the decades since, as the value of wool declined and shearing costs grew, his flock slowly decreased to just over 1,700.But now, for the first time in roughly six years, his wool is making money. Continue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/after-decades-of-decline-new-zealands-wool-industry-is-making-a-comeback/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/after-decades-of-decline-new-zealands-wool-industry-is-making-a-comeback/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is Jackie? Beloved live cam eagle in critical condition]]></title><description><![CDATA[The bald eagle, who has gained worldwide fame as the protagonist of a nest live-stream in California, has been diagnosed with anaemia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/where-is-jackie-beloved-live-cam-eagle-in-critical-condition/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/where-is-jackie-beloved-live-cam-eagle-in-critical-condition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Nasa astronauts conduct 6.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured out to install a mounting hardware for the future addition of solar arrays to the space station.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-nasa-astronauts-conduct-65-hour-spacewalk-outside-iss/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-nasa-astronauts-conduct-65-hour-spacewalk-outside-iss/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia’s best sustainable architecture for 2026 – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year&rsquo;s finalists for the National Architecture awards&rsquo; sustainability category include a compact Canberra housing development and the largest commercial use of hempcrete in the country. Architecture &lsquo;holds a mirror up to who we are as a society &ndash; what we value, what we&rsquo;re willing to invest in, what we want to leave behind,&rsquo; says Adam Haddow, the chair of the jury for the awards. &lsquo;The architects on this list &hellip; [have] designed buildings built t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/australias-best-sustainable-architecture-for-2026-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/australias-best-sustainable-architecture-for-2026-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea space agency shares Moon images after SpaceX rocket debris crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seoul's lunar orbiter captured images of the Moon before and after part of SpaceX's rocket hit its surface on Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/south-korea-space-agency-shares-moon-images-after-spacex-rocket-debris-crash/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/south-korea-space-agency-shares-moon-images-after-spacex-rocket-debris-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employees make plans for a windfall as SpaceX shares are unlocked]]></title><description><![CDATA[SpaceX's shares are unlocked Thursday, and some early employees could see a massive windfall. The BBC's Samira Hussain explains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/employees-make-plans-for-a-windfall-as-spacex-shares-are-unlocked/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/employees-make-plans-for-a-windfall-as-spacex-shares-are-unlocked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwave Britain: why are politicians so slow to act? – podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[As another summer of extreme heat rumbles on, warnings about excess deaths, ageing infrastructure and potential food shortages are growing louder. So how well prepared is the UK to cope, both now and in the years ahead? Jessica Elgot and Alexandra Topping examine why politicians have been so slow to act. Plus, Kemi Badenoch has distanced herself from the former neo-Nazi turned Tory council candidate Joshua Bonehill-Paine, only to offer him him an advisory role instead. What was she thinking?You]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-britain-why-are-politicians-so-slow-to-act-podcast/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-britain-why-are-politicians-so-slow-to-act-podcast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal warning after rise in seahorse disturbances]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservationists say protected seahorses are being disturbed, both intentionally and unintentionally.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/legal-warning-after-rise-in-seahorse-disturbances/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/legal-warning-after-rise-in-seahorse-disturbances/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s beautiful but fragile’: fears cruise ships threaten habitats in £150m redevelopment of Falmouth Docks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plans involve dredging and expanding the docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annuallyJanavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and was sitting on a bench taking in a wonderful Cornish view &ndash; headlands plunging into deep water, bobbing boats, a bustling harbour town.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re lucky to have this space,&rdquo; said Kramer, who is an artist and scientific illustrator. &ldquo;We use it for work, recreation and pleasure and it&rsquo;s so sc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-beautiful-but-fragile-fears-cruise-ships-threaten-habitats-in-150m-redevelopment-of-falmouth-docks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-beautiful-but-fragile-fears-cruise-ships-threaten-habitats-in-150m-redevelopment-of-falmouth-docks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually Janavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and was sitting on a bench taking in a wonderful Cornish view &ndash; headlands plunging into deep water, bobbing boats, a bustling harbour town.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re lucky to have this space,&rdquo; said Kramer, who is an artist and scientific illustrator. &ldquo;We use it for work, recreation and pleasure and it&rsquo;s so scary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/do-we-really-need-huge-cruise-ships-here-fears-150m-falmouth-docks-plan-threatens-habitats-and-town-itself-2/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/do-we-really-need-huge-cruise-ships-here-fears-150m-falmouth-docks-plan-threatens-habitats-and-town-itself-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’: fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annuallyJanavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and was sitting on a bench taking in a wonderful Cornish view &ndash; headlands plunging into deep water, bobbing boats, a bustling harbour town.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re lucky to have this space,&rdquo; said Kramer, who is an artist and scientific illustrator. &ldquo;We use it for work, recreation and pleasure and it&rsquo;s so scary]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/do-we-really-need-huge-cruise-ships-here-fears-150m-falmouth-docks-plan-threatens-habitats-and-town-itself/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/do-we-really-need-huge-cruise-ships-here-fears-150m-falmouth-docks-plan-threatens-habitats-and-town-itself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Like a jet taking off’: the cicada that can top 120 decibels and nearly break the pain threshold]]></title><description><![CDATA[The palm-sized greengrocer is bright, loud and abundant, and has long been a collectible item for Australian childrenRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearBefore marbles, stamps and trading cards, there were cicadas.There are thousands of cicada species globally, but for Australian children the craze centres on one particularly collectible item: the greengrocer. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/like-a-jet-taking-off-the-cicada-that-can-top-120-decibels-and-nearly-break-the-pain-threshold/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/like-a-jet-taking-off-the-cicada-that-can-top-120-decibels-and-nearly-break-the-pain-threshold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country&rsquo;s surface waters in good ecological statusEvery single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new government data shows, while just 14.3% of surface waters achieved good ecological status.Each of the country&rsquo;s rivers, lakes and estuaries was assessed by the Environment Agency as part of a six-yearly evaluation of England&rsquo;s water quality. The EA checked for a range of toxic chemicals, from Pfas &ndash; or &l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/all-bodies-of-water-in-england-polluted-with-toxic-chemicals-official-data-shows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/all-bodies-of-water-in-england-polluted-with-toxic-chemicals-official-data-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime actionAs France and Spain battle historic wildfires, comparisons to the second world war abound. &ldquo;One of the continent&rsquo;s biggest evacuation efforts since World War II,&rdquo; reports the Associated Press. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called the wildfires his country&rsquo;s &ldquo;most difficult situation since the second world war&rd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-need-a-wartime-mindset-to-fight-the-threat-of-wildfires-seth-klein/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-need-a-wartime-mindset-to-fight-the-threat-of-wildfires-seth-klein/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They were told bikes were for men’: how Latin America’s city of cycling is breaking gender barriers]]></title><description><![CDATA[With less than a third of cycling journeys taken by women, Colombia&rsquo;s capital, Bogot&aacute;, is installing bike lanes, teaching cycling and making sure &lsquo;stereotypes are left behind&rsquo;Eliana Gonz&aacute;lez has a busy morning ahead of her, dropping off her son at school and picking up groceries. Her trusted vehicle to get around in Bogot&aacute; is a colourful cargo bike, adapted to carry her two children and occasionally her dog.&ldquo;For me, my cargo bike is a way to carry my]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-were-told-bikes-were-for-men-how-latin-americas-city-of-cycling-is-breaking-gender-barriers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-were-told-bikes-were-for-men-how-latin-americas-city-of-cycling-is-breaking-gender-barriers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of England's rivers and lakes polluted with chemicals, officials say]]></title><description><![CDATA[A comprehensive assessment of England's waterways is the first in six years and shows little improvement.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/all-of-englands-rivers-and-lakes-polluted-with-chemicals-officials-say/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/all-of-englands-rivers-and-lakes-polluted-with-chemicals-officials-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weatherwatch: Paving over front gardens is leading to hotter nights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changing paved areas to grass and planting trees can reduce urban heat island effect by as much as 1C, study showsAdd together all the UK&rsquo;s household gardens and they cover an area three times larger than all the country&rsquo;s nature reserves combined. But as the demand for car parking increases, many front gardens are being paved over, with research showing that this loss of green is adding to the urban heat island effect, particularly at night.In 2005, about 7.5% of the UK&rsquo;s fron]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-paving-over-front-gardens-is-leading-to-hotter-nights/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-paving-over-front-gardens-is-leading-to-hotter-nights/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Even in a heatwave, signs of last winter storms still linger | Nicola Chester]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Devon: On holiday in deeply familiar places, we swim fully clothed, snack on overhanging cherries and see the fallen Teignmouth pierThe West Country unrolls down the M4, then M5, under the kind of&nbsp;vintage-yellow hue produced by&nbsp;35mm camera film where the light&rsquo;s leaked in. Many fields have been harvested as early as we&rsquo;ve ever witnessed on this deeply familiar route. Burnt black patches&nbsp;remind us just how flammable the countryside is.We are exploring places we&rs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-even-in-a-heatwave-signs-of-last-winter-storms-still-linger-nicola-chester/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-even-in-a-heatwave-signs-of-last-winter-storms-still-linger-nicola-chester/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marmots facing money troubles turn to OnlyFans]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Colorado lab researching the ground-squirrels comes up with an innovative way to raise money after funding cuts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/marmots-facing-money-troubles-turn-to-onlyfans/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/marmots-facing-money-troubles-turn-to-onlyfans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As NHS told to prepare for extreme weather, strain also felt in other areas including transport and farmingNHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette CooperThe NHS has been told it must become more resilient to increasingly frequent heatwaves supercharged by the climate crisis, as the UK government puts adaptation to extreme heat high on its agenda. But what other public services are already feeling the strain? Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/adapting-to-global-heating-which-uk-public-services-are-struggling-in-hot-weather/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/adapting-to-global-heating-which-uk-public-services-are-struggling-in-hot-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&lsquo;The bizarreness of many of their reproductive strategies is &hellip; incredible&rsquo; &ndash; Invertebrate of the Year reader Q&amp;A]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, we launched our third annual vote to honour nature&rsquo;s unsung heroes. The Guardian&rsquo;s natural history writer &ndash; and woodlouse fanboy &ndash; Patrick Barkham answered your questionsNarethosyne asks: It&rsquo;s often said that insects will outlast humanity, as they&rsquo;ve managed to survive in some very inhospitable environments for millions of years. Do you think that human stupidity might actually be able to kill even the hardiest of insects off if we don&rsquo;t take]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lsquothe-bizarreness-of-many-of-their-reproductive-strategies-is-hellip-incrediblersquo-ndash-invertebrate-of-the-year-reader-qampa/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lsquothe-bizarreness-of-many-of-their-reproductive-strategies-is-hellip-incrediblersquo-ndash-invertebrate-of-the-year-reader-qampa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reader Q&amp;A: Our natural history writer Patrick Barkham is answering your questions on invertebrates &ndash; live]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, we launched our third annual vote to honour nature&rsquo;s unsung heroes. The Guardian&rsquo;s natural history writer &ndash; and woodlouse fanboy &ndash; Patrick Barkham is now answering your questionsAsk a question: log in or sign up herePatrick is now answering your questions about invertebrates and anything else about the natural world.What do the tardigrade and the earthworm have in common? They are, of course, the two previous winners of the Guardian&rsquo;s Invertebrate of the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-our-natural-history-writer-patrick-barkham-is-answering-your-questions-on-invertebrates-ndash-live/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-our-natural-history-writer-patrick-barkham-is-answering-your-questions-on-invertebrates-ndash-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See the Sun like never before with most detailed images yet]]></title><description><![CDATA[New images and footage of the Sun show "whirlpools" of activity that it has not been possible to see before.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/see-the-sun-like-never-before-with-most-detailed-images-yet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/see-the-sun-like-never-before-with-most-detailed-images-yet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alarming surge in bluetongue disease reported among UK sheep]]></title><description><![CDATA[Farmers advised to vaccinate after recent hot weather provides ideal conditions for virus-carrying midgesThere has been an alarming surge in the number of sheep affected by an outbreak of bluetongue in the UK, and farmers whose livestock are at risk are being urged to move them out of areas where midges are plentiful.The viral disease, which does not necessarily kill sheep but makes them ill and can have a long recovery time, presents as high fever and swelling of the lips and tongue. The tongue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/alarming-surge-in-bluetongue-disease-reported-among-uk-sheep/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/alarming-surge-in-bluetongue-disease-reported-among-uk-sheep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Alarming’ surge in bluetongue disease among UK sheep]]></title><description><![CDATA[Farmers advised to vaccinate after recent hot weather provides ideal conditions for virus-carrying midgesThere has been an &ldquo;alarming&rdquo; surge in the number of sheep affected by an outbreak of bluetongue in the UK, with farmers whose livestock are at risk being urged to move them out of areas where midges are plentiful.The virus, which does not necessarily kill sheep but makes them ill and can have a long recovery time, presents as high fever and swelling of the lips and tongue, with a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/alarming-surge-in-bluetongue-disease-among-uk-sheep/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/alarming-surge-in-bluetongue-disease-among-uk-sheep/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The herbicide haunting a New York farm town]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paraquat is banned in over 70 countries. Some farmers and their families in Hebron believe the pesticide is causing Parkinson&rsquo;s disease and are demanding that New York ban itGordon Chaplin gingerly stepped out of the car at the top of the steep hill behind his farmhouse, sporting a bandage on his hand from a fall the day before. He gripped his cane as he shuffled through the knee-high grass. He stopped every few feet to catch his breath, leaning on his caregiver for support.Looking out at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-herbicide-haunting-a-new-york-farm-town/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-herbicide-haunting-a-new-york-farm-town/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can scientists learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon?]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the collision was an accident, it is a unique scientific gift for planetary geologists that could provide important data for future space missions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-can-scientists-learn-from-a-stray-spacex-rocket-hitting-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-can-scientists-learn-from-a-stray-spacex-rocket-hitting-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘You’d want one as a pet’: the irresistibly cute solar-powered sea slug]]></title><description><![CDATA[The beady-eyed, Pok&eacute;mon-like leaf sheep is far more ingenious than us land mammalsRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearInvertebrate of Year Q&amp;A: discuss our countdown with Patrick BarkhamA neon green punk sheep that lives underwater. A solar-powered slug that can perform photosynthesis. If you are seeking beauty, brains and a wonderfully innovative lifestyle, then vote leaf sheep.The leaf or sea sheep, Costasiella kuroshimae, is a sea slug about the size of a grain of rice. L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/youd-want-one-as-a-pet-the-irresistibly-cute-solar-powered-sea-slug/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/youd-want-one-as-a-pet-the-irresistibly-cute-solar-powered-sea-slug/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’]]></title><description><![CDATA[New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitudeButterflies, often considered a &ldquo;sentinel of change&rdquo;, are on the move across every continent they inhabit, shifting to survive as global heating reshapes their environment.About one in 10 species have already expanded or contracted their geographic range, or shifted in altitude, according to a global study published in Nature Ecology &amp; Evolution. Continue readin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/butterflies-around-the-world-are-changing-habitats-and-experts-say-its-signalling-a-warning/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/butterflies-around-the-world-are-changing-habitats-and-experts-say-its-signalling-a-warning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon characters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cristian Luca&ntilde;as has discovered multiple species of cockroach in the Philippines, and believes there&rsquo;s far more to the much-maligned insect than meets the eyeWhen Cristian Luca&ntilde;as tells people about his job, their response is normally a mix of shock and confusion. &ldquo;The majority would actually be questioning why,&rdquo; says Luca&ntilde;as, 32, who is the only entomologist specialising in cockroaches in the Philippines, where he is known as the &ldquo;Cockroach Lord&rdqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-cockroach-lord-who-names-new-species-after-tolkien-and-pokmon-characters/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-cockroach-lord-who-names-new-species-after-tolkien-and-pokmon-characters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year]]></title><description><![CDATA[UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurityAbout 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Ni&ntilde;o weather system, according to forecasting.This is in addition to the hundreds of millions of people already facing dangerous levels of hunger, owing to years of drought in parts of Africa and pressure on food prices from the war in Iran. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nio-could-push-50m-people-into-acute-hunger-before-end-of-next-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/el-nio-could-push-50m-people-into-acute-hunger-before-end-of-next-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specieswatch: Wild deer release millions of tonnes of methane a year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists find ruminants emit more of greenhouse gas individually than cows, although total contribution tiny compared with domesticated livestockWhen cows belch and fart they release methane, which is warming the planet, but how does this compare with the digestive gases emitted by wild animals? A new study shows that deer add the greatest amount of methane to the atmosphere, but compared with domesticated livestock their total contribution is minuscule.Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, whic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/specieswatch-wild-deer-release-millions-of-tonnes-of-methane-a-year/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/specieswatch-wild-deer-release-millions-of-tonnes-of-methane-a-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reader Q&amp;A: what have you always wanted to know about insects? Grill Patrick Barkham on the natural world]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, we launched our third annual vote to honour nature&rsquo;s unsung heroes. The Guardian&rsquo;s natural history writer &ndash; and woodlouse fanboy &ndash; Patrick Barkham will be here from 4pm BST (11am EDT) to discuss this year&rsquo;s poll and why we must celebrate the spinelessAsk a question: log in or sign up hereWhat do the tardigrade and the earthworm have in common? They are, of course, the two previous winners of the Guardian&rsquo;s Invertebrate of the Year poll. An annual co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-what-have-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-insects-grill-patrick-barkham-on-the-natural-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/reader-qampa-what-have-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-insects-grill-patrick-barkham-on-the-natural-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot]]></title><description><![CDATA[As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says &lsquo;Embrace the Mediterranean life&rsquo;. Embrace death, more like itCan&rsquo;t you leftists understand? Mass death is good for you. Reject the woke love of life! Welcome civilisational collapse! Watch it all burn, then dance in the ashes! This, roughly speaking, is how the dismissal of climate action is now being justified: the argument has shifted from science denial to outright nihilism.The new incendiary spirit is exempli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/murderous-heat-an-endangered-food-supply-decimated-landscapes-embrace-the-mediterranean-life-george-monbiot/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/murderous-heat-an-endangered-food-supply-decimated-landscapes-embrace-the-mediterranean-life-george-monbiot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invertebrate of Year Q&amp;A: discuss our countdown with Patrick Barkham]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, we launched our third annual vote to honour nature&rsquo;s unsung heroes. The Guardian&rsquo;s natural history writer &ndash; and woodlouse fanboy &ndash; Patrick Barkham will be here from 4pm BST (11am EDT) to discuss this year&rsquo;s poll and why we must celebrate the spinelessAsk a question: log in or sign up hereWhat do the tardigrade and the earthworm have in common? They are, of course, the two previous winners of the Guardian&rsquo;s Invertebrate of the Year poll. An annual co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invertebrate-of-year-qampa-discuss-our-countdown-with-patrick-barkham/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/invertebrate-of-year-qampa-discuss-our-countdown-with-patrick-barkham/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterwaysOver-the-counter flea treatment for cats and dogs should be banned as millions of hazardous chemicals are unnecessarily applied to UK pets each year, a parliamentary report has concluded.Cats and dogs are widely treated with topical, or &ldquo;spot on&rdquo;, treatments that include insecticides to prevent fleas. Vets often recommend regular treatments as a preventive measure, even]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/calls-to-ban-toxic-pet-flea-treatments-that-harm-uk-wildlife-and-environment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/calls-to-ban-toxic-pet-flea-treatments-that-harm-uk-wildlife-and-environment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: A beetle with a prehensile anus? Thanks to local wildlife recorders, I know one lives here | Gwyneth Lewis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Troedyraur, Ceredigion: Let&rsquo;s sing the praises of this network of volunteers who move slowly and look hard, gathering vital wildlife data &ndash; and finding fantastic speciesEven before we start a Wildwatch recording morning, Carys May of the West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre has made two identifications: an intimidating dark giant horsefly (Tabanus sudeticus) with huge eyes close together and a notch-horned cleg&nbsp;or&nbsp;horsefly (Haematopota pluvialis), which bit me.As we w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-beetle-with-a-prehensile-anus-thanks-to-local-wildlife-recorders-i-know-one-lives-here-gwyneth-lewis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-beetle-with-a-prehensile-anus-thanks-to-local-wildlife-recorders-i-know-one-lives-here-gwyneth-lewis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestockAs rain lashed the Pir Panjal mountains before dawn on 19 July, Haji Mohammad Latief stepped outside his home in Murrah, a remote mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir. His daughter had asked him to move the family&rsquo;s car to a safer place as the rain got heavier.&ldquo;I had only just parked it,&rdquo; Latief recalled. &ldquo;When I turned around, I saw the water coming.&rd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-just-want-to-find-them-deadly-cloudbursts-devastate-kashmirs-mountain-communities/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-just-want-to-find-them-deadly-cloudbursts-devastate-kashmirs-mountain-communities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe’s rivers are running dry, and the knock-on effects are disastrous | Yiannis Baboulias]]></title><description><![CDATA[Droughts that were once a century now happen every year, and the impact on wildlife, industrial output and culture itself is catastrophicLast week, 186 passengers had to be evacuated from the cruise ship Viking Ullur, after it ran aground on a sandbank in the Danube. Others have been left stranded, unable to move between Vienna and Budapest. Passengers stood on deck, the Habsburg splendour around them out of reach as the river fell to 41cm in Budapest, within 8cm of its 2018 all-time low. Elsewh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europes-rivers-are-running-dry-and-the-knock-on-effects-are-disastrous-yiannis-baboulias/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europes-rivers-are-running-dry-and-the-knock-on-effects-are-disastrous-yiannis-baboulias/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demonstrators stage &lsquo;tree sit&rsquo; in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wallProtesters are staging a &ldquo;tree sit&rdquo; in a tiny Arizona town to prevent the destruction of a grove of ancient cottonwood trees as federal contractors race to build a row of two 30ft walls along the border with Sonora, Mexico.The gathering ramped up last week in the town of Lochiel, in the remote San Rafael valley of south-east Arizona. On 27 July, contractor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/protesters-occupy-200-year-old-tree-at-us-mexico-border-to-stop-its-destruction-shes-our-statue-of-liberty/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/protesters-occupy-200-year-old-tree-at-us-mexico-border-to-stop-its-destruction-shes-our-statue-of-liberty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies &lsquo;cashing in on human misery&rsquo; to pay for environmental damageEight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (&pound;67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves.The windfall war profits have reignited calls for oil and gas supermajors such as Saudi Aramco and BP to pay for the environmental damage c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calls to ban disposable barbecues in England and Wales over wildfire risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lib Dems and many Labour MPs join farmers, landowners and firefighters in urging temporary prohibitionFarmers and landowners are calling for a temporary ban on disposable barbecues in England and Wales, as they warn of the risk of igniting wildfires.The call, which has also been made by firefighters and is backed by the Liberal Democrats and many Labour MPs, comes as much of England faces further hot dry weather, despite rain in some areas. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/calls-to-ban-disposable-barbecues-in-england-and-wales-over-wildfire-risk/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/calls-to-ban-disposable-barbecues-in-england-and-wales-over-wildfire-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme heat: why our cities can't cope | Opinion]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK and Europe have been facing extreme heatwaves &ndash; Greenpeace recorded temperatures of up to 53C at one London playground in recent weeks. It&rsquo;s clear our cities are not equipped to deal with the soaring temperatures brought by the climate crisis. With the &lsquo;Super El Ni&ntilde;o&rsquo; on its way, next year is forecast to get even hotter. But is anyone really doing anything about it? The Guardian&rsquo;s deputy opinion editor Kirsty Major goes in search of playgrounds that ar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-why-our-cities-cant-cope-opinion/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-heat-why-our-cities-cant-cope-opinion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over againRevealed: the top ten invertebrates of the yearImmortality is generally considered the realm of the gods or science fiction, a fantasy that&rsquo;s actively pursued by tech entrepreneurs in macabre experiments that include injecting &ldquo;young blood&rdquo;, cryopreservation, or resurrection in an AI afterlife.But one ethereal, thimble-shaped jellyfish has already cracked the code.It&rsquo;s Inverte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-you-kill-it-it-doesnt-die-the-jellyfish-that-has-cracked-the-secret-of-immortality/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-you-kill-it-it-doesnt-die-the-jellyfish-that-has-cracked-the-secret-of-immortality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life&rsquo;s great joys Far beyond the fires raging across Europe and North America, the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight into something grimly unsettling.An estimated 20,000 are said to have died in the extreme heat in Europe earlier this year, and heat is climate change&rsquo;s quiet killer, compared to the dramatic violence of death by fire or flood. In eastern Was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-launched-a-war-on-nature-now-we-are-in-a-climate-warzone-rebecca-solnit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-launched-a-war-on-nature-now-we-are-in-a-climate-warzone-rebecca-solnit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Guardian investigation finds irrigation canals polluted with microplastics in Turkey, a major destination for UK waste&bull; &lsquo;Nobody cares&rsquo;: Turkish farmers bear the burden of UK&rsquo;s plastic waste problemHigh levels of microplastics and other plastic contamination have been discovered in a waterway close to a major recycling hub in Turkey supplied with plastic waste by British companies.The polluted waterway, which floods into agricultural fields after heavy rain, feeds into a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-plastic-waste-colonialism-found-to-be-polluting-turkeys-farming-heartland/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-plastic-waste-colonialism-found-to-be-polluting-turkeys-farming-heartland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smokeUK plastic &lsquo;waste colonialism&rsquo; found to be polluting Turkey&rsquo;s farming heartlandPlastic debris clings to the reeds in a waterway metres from where Ayhan*, a farmer in Adana, southern Turkey, is harvesting aubergines. &ldquo;We get pollution from all sides here,&rdquo; he says, referring to the plastic recycling zon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nobody-cares-the-turkish-farmers-bearing-the-burden-of-uks-plastic-waste-problem/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nobody-cares-the-turkish-farmers-bearing-the-burden-of-uks-plastic-waste-problem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six mind-bendingly amazing facts about invertebrates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just in case you hadn&rsquo;t already realised how extraordinary the gigantic group of creatures known as invertebrates are, we&rsquo;ve gathered together five facts that made our brains hurt (plus one more, because we couldn&rsquo;t choose). Tell us your favourite extraordinary fact in the comments belowThe top ten invertebrates revealedDid you know that the mantis shrimp can accelerate to strike its prey faster than a .22 calibre bullet. They can smash shells, and even crack aquarium glass wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/six-mind-bendingly-amazing-facts-about-invertebrates/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/six-mind-bendingly-amazing-facts-about-invertebrates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of the zoo&rsquo;s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summerThree lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are undergoing treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the big cats struggle in Japan&rsquo;s high levels of humidity.Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40C in recent weeks, qualifying for the new &ldquo;cruelly hot day&rdquo; designation. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/three-lions-die-of-suspected-heatstroke-at-tokyo-zoo-as-japan-swelters/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/three-lions-die-of-suspected-heatstroke-at-tokyo-zoo-as-japan-swelters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine Lives, the feral cat that terrorised New Zealand’s rare ducks, is caught after three years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Large tabby cat that wiped out dozens of rare p&#257;teke, or brown teal, has been killed after eluding trappers with its &lsquo;very erratic&rsquo; behaviourA notorious feral cat given the name &ldquo;Nine Lives&rdquo; because it eluded trappers for three years has been caught and killed in New Zealand, ending its devastating rampage against one of the country&rsquo;s rare duck populations.The cat, a large grey tabby, is estimated to have killed dozens of New Zealand&rsquo;s rarest mainland duc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nine-lives-the-feral-cat-that-terrorised-new-zealands-rare-ducks-is-caught-after-three-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nine-lives-the-feral-cat-that-terrorised-new-zealands-rare-ducks-is-caught-after-three-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young white-tailed eagles released on Exmoor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Up to 20 additional young birds will be released over the next three years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/young-white-tailed-eagles-released-on-exmoor/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/young-white-tailed-eagles-released-on-exmoor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curlew revival continues at nature reserve]]></title><description><![CDATA[Birds from previous releases pair up and return to nest at the site on the Isle of Sheppey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/curlew-revival-continues-at-nature-reserve/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/curlew-revival-continues-at-nature-reserve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK plastic manufacturer could face legal action over toxic emissions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzeneA plastic manufacturer in the north of England is facing potential legal action over emissions of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical with no safe level, the Guardian can reveal.The Environment Agency (EA) is considering taking legal action against Huntsman Polyurethanes in Teesside for a potential breach of licence, which is a criminal offence. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-plastic-manufacturer-could-face-legal-action-over-toxic-emissions/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-plastic-manufacturer-could-face-legal-action-over-toxic-emissions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Martha, a tribute to Buxton’s miners, has been knocked off her plinth. Why? | Mark Cocker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Buxton, Derbyshire: Acts of vandalism are not unusual. Have we normalised the destruction of &lsquo;common ground&rsquo;?Our town is blessed to have the Buxton Civic Association, a charity devoted to the built and natural environment. It owns and manages, for wildlife and people, almost all our important woods, including Grin Low, which was a historically important area for lime&#8209;burning. To celebrate that industry, the civic society commissioned wooden sculptures &ndash; Charlie, then Mart]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-martha-a-tribute-to-buxtons-miners-has-been-knocked-off-her-plinth-why-mark-cocker/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-martha-a-tribute-to-buxtons-miners-has-been-knocked-off-her-plinth-why-mark-cocker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rebecca Hendin on Britain’s air con debate – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rebecca-hendin-on-britains-air-con-debate-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rebecca-hendin-on-britains-air-con-debate-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scottish seabird hunt cancelled for first time in 400 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killedA controversial Scottish seabird hunt will not go ahead for the first time in 400 years, in what campaigners have called a &ldquo;victory for common sense&rdquo;.In the annual guga hunt, up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed over a 10-day period on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir, 40 miles north of Lewis and Harris. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scottish-seabird-hunt-cancelled-for-first-time-in-400-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scottish-seabird-hunt-cancelled-for-first-time-in-400-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scottish gannet chick hunt blocked for first time in 400 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 seabirds are killedA controversial Scottish seabird hunt will not go ahead for the first time in 400 years, in what campaigners have called a &ldquo;victory for common sense&rdquo;.In the annual guga hunt, up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed over a 10-day period on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir, 40 miles north of Lewis and Harris. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scottish-gannet-chick-hunt-blocked-for-first-time-in-400-years/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scottish-gannet-chick-hunt-blocked-for-first-time-in-400-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rhine-falls-to-record-low-levels-as-drought-strains-europes-rivers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rhine-falls-to-record-low-levels-as-drought-strains-europes-rivers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[July was driest month in southern England since records began]]></title><description><![CDATA[England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office saysJuly 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, the Met Office has said.England and Wales also provisionally recorded their driest July since records began in 1836. Wales had its joint warmest July on record for mean temperature, and England recorded its second warmest July. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/july-was-driest-month-in-southern-england-since-records-began/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/july-was-driest-month-in-southern-england-since-records-began/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The buzz about fly infestations this summer | Letters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Readers respond to an article on the swarms of houseflies people are having to cope with in hot weatherMy experience of flies is that during the past 20 years or so there has been a significant decline in numbers &ndash; Highland midges not included of course (&lsquo;It makes you feel you&rsquo;ve got a really dirty house&rsquo;: what&rsquo;s behind the UK&rsquo;s plagues of flies?, 30 July).Memories of childhood summers in the 1950s and 60s are of endless sticky flytraps, typically placed near]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-buzz-about-fly-infestations-this-summer-letters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-buzz-about-fly-infestations-this-summer-letters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whey to go! Could the cheese byproduct heat our homes and fuel our cars?]]></title><description><![CDATA[British cheesemakers have struggled to find a use for the 95,000 tonnes of salty whey they produce every year. But researchers may have come up with a solutionName: Whey.Age: As old as milk. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/whey-to-go-could-the-cheese-byproduct-heat-our-homes-and-fuel-our-cars/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/whey-to-go-could-the-cheese-byproduct-heat-our-homes-and-fuel-our-cars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The obsession with endless growth can only end in tears’: your questions on extreme weather this summer answered]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Europe&rsquo;s deadly heat to floods in Asia, it&rsquo;s been a terrifying summer. Environment writers Jonathan Watts and Ajit Niranjan answered Reddit users&rsquo; questions about their work &ndash; and their sources of hopeExtreme weather supercharged by the climate crisis is fuelling an explosive wildfire season in Europe and extreme rainfall across Asia this summer.Global heating made hot, dry and windy weather stoking wildfires at least 20 times more likely in Spain and twice as likely]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-obsession-with-endless-growth-can-only-end-in-tears-your-questions-on-extreme-weather-this-summer-answered/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-obsession-with-endless-growth-can-only-end-in-tears-your-questions-on-extreme-weather-this-summer-answered/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From living roofs to rainwater harvesting: the future of sustainable homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book, Homes for Our Time, by Philip Jodidio, showcases the quiet revolution in green residential architecture Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-living-roofs-to-rainwater-harvesting-the-future-of-sustainable-homes/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-living-roofs-to-rainwater-harvesting-the-future-of-sustainable-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They are such neat, busy little folk’: the unexpected superpowers of the common woodlouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[This detritivore &ndash; known by a range of colourful names &ndash; tidies up our world and can withstand toxic pollutionRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearChucky pig. Slater. Monkey pea. Roly-poly. Boat-builder. Butchy boy. Cheeselog. Hobbling Andrew. Wood pig. If there were a prize for the range and joyfulness of a creature&rsquo;s English-language names, the humble woodlouse would undoubtedly triumph over its million-plus invertebrate rivals.Over centuries of easy cohabitation wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-are-such-neat-busy-little-folk-the-unexpected-superpowers-of-the-common-woodlouse/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-are-such-neat-busy-little-folk-the-unexpected-superpowers-of-the-common-woodlouse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Danger no longer only comes from the hitmen, but from the state’: the Honduran farmers labelled terrorists for protecting their land]]></title><description><![CDATA[After another massacre of smallholders &ndash; who are subjected to violence from palm oil firms and drug traffickers &ndash; the country&rsquo;s new Trump-backed government has criminalised community leadersSitting on the back of the motorcycle, 15-year-old Orlean* heard gunshots. A moment later, the bike crashed. His uncle and two cousins fell to the ground dead. Orlean fled into the dense green forest of the palm oil farm and rushed along the dirt road until he was home.He survived a massacre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/danger-no-longer-only-comes-from-the-hitmen-but-from-the-state-the-honduran-farmers-labelled-terrorists-for-protecting-their-land/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/danger-no-longer-only-comes-from-the-hitmen-but-from-the-state-the-honduran-farmers-labelled-terrorists-for-protecting-their-land/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Bumbling, mumbling’ tidiers of our world: the unexpected superpowers of the common woodlouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[This detritivore &ndash; known by a range of colourful names &ndash; feeds on rotting plant matter and can withstand toxic pollutionRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearChucky pig. Slater. Monkey pea. Roly-poly. Boat-builder. Butchy boy. Cheeselog. Hobbling Andrew. Wood pig. If there were a prize for the range and joyfulness of a creature&rsquo;s English-language names, the humble woodlouse would undoubtedly triumph over its million-plus invertebrate rivals.Over centuries of easy cohabi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bumbling-mumbling-tidiers-of-our-world-the-unexpected-superpowers-of-the-common-woodlouse/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bumbling-mumbling-tidiers-of-our-world-the-unexpected-superpowers-of-the-common-woodlouse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspected mass bird flu deaths found in second state as Murray Watt warns ‘this is the beginning’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environment minister says Australia has &lsquo;long and difficult journey&rsquo; and says more mass mortality events likelyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAerial surveillance has detected mass bird deaths in a second Australian state in another suspected escalation of the spread of deadly H5 bird flu.The environment minister, Murray Watt, said on Monday Australia had begun &ldquo;a long and difficult journey&rdquo; as CSIRO analysis confirmed Australia&rsquo;s first ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/suspected-mass-bird-flu-deaths-found-in-second-state-as-murray-watt-warns-this-is-the-beginning/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/suspected-mass-bird-flu-deaths-found-in-second-state-as-murray-watt-warns-this-is-the-beginning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Foils on crest of a wave in fight against destructive marine trawling]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Zealand sailing team combine racing with campaigning for environmental and social impact&ldquo;Sailing on the Solent was awesome, but our racing &hellip; not quite perfect,&rdquo; says Blair Tuke, co-chief executive of the Black Foils, New Zealand&rsquo;s SailGP team, after finishing fifth at last month&rsquo;s Great Britain Sail Grand Prix. It was only the team&rsquo;s second competitive outing of the season after the boat had to be &ldquo;pretty much rebuilt&rdquo; following a big crash in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/black-foils-on-crest-of-a-wave-in-fight-against-destructive-marine-trawling/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/black-foils-on-crest-of-a-wave-in-fight-against-destructive-marine-trawling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find funding and save Jodrell Bank, stars say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronaut Tim Peake, guitarist Johnny Marr and 150 other public figures have signed an open letter.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/find-funding-and-save-jodrell-bank-stars-say/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/find-funding-and-save-jodrell-bank-stars-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South-eastern Europe faces heatwave energy crunch as Romania detonates Danube rock to increase water flow – Europe live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explosives used to move a large rock and let more water flow to cool nuclear power plantHere&rsquo;s a better look at the impressive controlled explosion in Romania&hellip;Meanwhile in Romania, the Romanian naval forces carried out a controlled explosion to divert a large volume of water to the Old Danube and the Cernavod&#259; nuclear power plant to help with its cooling. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/south-eastern-europe-faces-heatwave-energy-crunch-as-romania-detonates-danube-rock-to-increase-water-flow-europe-live/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/south-eastern-europe-faces-heatwave-energy-crunch-as-romania-detonates-danube-rock-to-increase-water-flow-europe-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather tracker: Austria breaks heat records as Japan braces for Typhoon Dolphin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soaring temperatures continue to sweep parts of Europe, while Okinawa faces powerful winds and storm surgesEurope live &ndash; latest updatesUnbearable, record-breaking heat has dominated the summer of 2026 across much of Europe. New records were set in central Europe last week, with Wieselburg in Austria registering a new July peak of 40.3C (104.5F). This is particularly significant as it is just 0.2C behind the all-time high, set in the August of 2003.However, not all of the northern hemispher]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-austria-breaks-heat-records-as-japan-braces-for-typhoon-dolphin/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-austria-breaks-heat-records-as-japan-braces-for-typhoon-dolphin/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s the debate of the century! Two climate ‘denialists’ battle it out to see who agrees the most denialistly | First Dog on the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a vibrant marketplace of ideas 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 prints Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-debate-of-the-century-two-climate-denialists-battle-it-out-to-see-who-agrees-the-most-denialistly-first-dog-on-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-debate-of-the-century-two-climate-denialists-battle-it-out-to-see-who-agrees-the-most-denialistly-first-dog-on-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volunteers clear brook to reduce flood risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[With a hot summer drying out Syston Brook, volunteers have prepared the waterway ready for rain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/volunteers-clear-brook-to-reduce-flood-risk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/volunteers-clear-brook-to-reduce-flood-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Down an old lead mine, an explosion of colour | Susie White]]></title><description><![CDATA[Garrigill, Cumbria: The abandoned Tynebottom mine is alive with vivid orange, raspberry-ripple pink and sulphurous yellow. But it&rsquo;s the cave pearls that captivate me mostAt first I can&rsquo;t believe that there&rsquo;s a way in, the entrance is so hidden by downy willow, ferns and field rush. Just a trickle of rusty water hints at the opening to an abandoned mine. That we have to push through scrub to enter the underground world only adds to the excitement.A long adit stretches before us,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-down-an-old-lead-mine-an-explosion-of-colour-susie-white/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-down-an-old-lead-mine-an-explosion-of-colour-susie-white/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['You can't describe the loss' - the reality of bovine TB on farmers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wildlife intervention proposals are controversial but farmers say they are needed to reduce bTB.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/you-cant-describe-the-loss-the-reality-of-bovine-tb-on-farmers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/you-cant-describe-the-loss-the-reality-of-bovine-tb-on-farmers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two helicopters collide outside Athens as Greece battles to control wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fire department says two-person crew of one aircraft killed in incident during gale-force winds to west of capitalTwo firefighting helicopters have collided west of Athens, killing the two-person crew of one of the aircraft, as efforts to control a massive wildfire barrelling towards the outskirts of the Greek capital intensified.Footage showed one of the helicopters losing control in the face of gale-force winds that have pushed flames towards settlements on Athens&rsquo; western fringes. Conti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/two-helicopters-collide-outside-athens-as-greece-battles-to-control-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/two-helicopters-collide-outside-athens-as-greece-battles-to-control-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continueBritain could face shortages of certain foods after punishing drought in parts of England, the National Farmers&rsquo; Union (NFU) has warned as a heatwave was forecast to continue into next week.The UK&rsquo;s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued heat health alerts for eight regions of England, with temperatures set to rise above 30C in parts of the country. UKHSA said rising temperatures may increase health]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britain-could-face-food-shortages-as-drought-continues-farmers-warn/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britain-could-face-food-shortages-as-drought-continues-farmers-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on drought: hot, dry conditions make inequality starker | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Water is a vital shared resource, and privatisation has made a just transition harder Compared with rising heat-related deaths, and devastating wildfires in the Cairngorms and Suffolk,&nbsp;the announcement that the Royal Horticultural&nbsp;Society&nbsp;(RHS) is considering moving its hydrangea collection from Surrey to Greater Manchester and North Yorkshire might seem unimportant. But it points to geographical differences&nbsp;in exposure to global&nbsp;heating that have arguably never been mor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-drought-hot-dry-conditions-make-inequality-starker-editorial/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-drought-hot-dry-conditions-make-inequality-starker-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July]]></title><description><![CDATA[Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid &ndash; and figures reveal a surge in new installationsSolar energy supplied more power to Great Britain&rsquo;s grid in July than in any previous month as households turned to rooftop panels to cut their energy bills.Solar farms and rooftop panels provided 14.4% of the country&rsquo;s electricity after some parts of the UK recorded almost twice the average sunshine hours for the time of year. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-powers-record-share-of-britains-electricity-mix-in-july/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/solar-powers-record-share-of-britains-electricity-mix-in-july/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new Queensland bill aims to ‘streamline’ major projects. Matt and Caitlin fear it could hand their farm to developers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts say new power to bypass conservation and planning regulations are incredibly broad and could let the state effectively fast-track any project it wantsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMatt Wood gives Neville a pat behind his ear &ndash; as if the one-tonne Droughtmaster bull were an oversized labrador puppy &ndash; while his wife, Caitlin, watches hundreds of pasture-fed hens scratch beneath old macadamia trees her dad planted.Their talk is of building their rege]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-new-queensland-bill-aims-to-streamline-major-projects-matt-and-caitlin-fear-it-could-hand-their-farm-to-developers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-new-queensland-bill-aims-to-streamline-major-projects-matt-and-caitlin-fear-it-could-hand-their-farm-to-developers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mystery virus started killing horses. Then humans. Was this the moment our coronavirus era began?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the 1990s, scientists in Australia began searching for the origins of a new disease showing up in places hundreds of kilometres apart. They discovered the origin: bats. And found a way to reduce the risk of bat disease spilloversThe virus could have appeared in many places on the east coast, but it is a strange coincidence, in the light of later scientific discoveries, that it first became known in the Brisbane suburb of Hendra. The high school is named Aviation High, and the streets are bord]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-mystery-virus-started-killing-horses-then-humans-was-this-the-moment-our-coronavirus-era-began/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-mystery-virus-started-killing-horses-then-humans-was-this-the-moment-our-coronavirus-era-began/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘There’s no nurdle fairy’: thousands mobilise to clean up plastic spillage in north-east England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Volunteers painstakingly gather plastic pellets washing up on beaches after ship collision on 19 July&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got a local community that really cares about the coastline,&rdquo; said Alice Laverty, reflecting on the huge army of volunteers who had taken to crisis-hit beaches in north-east England with passion and only the most basic tools. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve all got a dustpan, a brush, a bucket, a kitchen sieve.&rdquo;On beaches from Cambois in Northumberland to Seaburn on Wearside,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theres-no-nurdle-fairy-thousands-mobilise-to-clean-up-plastic-spillage-in-north-east-england/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theres-no-nurdle-fairy-thousands-mobilise-to-clean-up-plastic-spillage-in-north-east-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggling to get through summer? Treat yourself like a beloved dog – and six other survival tips | Emma Beddington]]></title><description><![CDATA[August usually sends me into an anxious funk, but I think I&rsquo;ve worked out how to handle 2026&rsquo;s terrifying heat and apocalyptic imagesUnfortunately for hairdressers, &ldquo;How&rsquo;s your summer going?&rdquo; is a loaded question this year. Even basking lizards and barbecue obsessives are wavering in their sun worship as cataclysmic wildfires engulf our nearest neighbours (and threaten the UK), Wales and parts of England experience drought, and farmers issue dire warnings about our]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/struggling-to-get-through-summer-treat-yourself-like-a-beloved-dog-and-six-other-survival-tips-emma-beddington/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/struggling-to-get-through-summer-treat-yourself-like-a-beloved-dog-and-six-other-survival-tips-emma-beddington/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfallHalf of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought and July is set to be the driest month on record as extreme heat intensified by the climate crisis continues to grip the UK and Europe this summer.The announcements this week by England&rsquo;s Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales mark the third such event over the past five years, and come in the wake of four rec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/relentless-uk-heatwaves-turn-green-and-pleasant-land-brown-2/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/relentless-uk-heatwaves-turn-green-and-pleasant-land-brown-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant’ land brown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visible impact of warming climate is impossible to ignore across landscapes that have been starved of rainfallHalf of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought and July is set to be the driest month on record as extreme heat intensified by the climate crisis continues to grip the UK and Europe this summer.The announcements this week by England&rsquo;s Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales mark the third such event over the past five years, and come in the wake of four rec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/relentless-uk-heatwaves-turn-green-and-pleasant-land-brown/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/relentless-uk-heatwaves-turn-green-and-pleasant-land-brown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[July set to be driest on record for England and Wales after relentless heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate scientist urges better planning as southern England had just 1% of long-term average rainfall last monthHalf of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought and July is set to be the driest month on record as extreme heat intensified by the climate crisis continues to grip the UK and Europe this summer.The announcements this week by England&rsquo;s Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales mark the third such event over the past five years, and come in the wake of four r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/july-set-to-be-driest-on-record-for-england-and-wales-after-relentless-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/july-set-to-be-driest-on-record-for-england-and-wales-after-relentless-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I have an understanding housemate’: the student who makes videos of fungus on faeces]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alfred Drummond-Herdman&rsquo;s extraordinary timelapses have been viewed by millions &ndash; and led him to identify new speciesAlfred Drummond-Herdman is possibly the only person in the UK who is sent animal faeces in the post out of goodwill. His bedroom in Edinburgh is full of the stuff: clothes have been removed from his wardrobe and cupboards, replaced with terrariums and plastic containers housing sections of cowpats, grouse droppings and rabbit pellets.&ldquo;I have a very understanding]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-have-an-understanding-housemate-the-student-who-makes-videos-of-fungus-on-faeces/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-have-an-understanding-housemate-the-student-who-makes-videos-of-fungus-on-faeces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beaver dams 'helping boost drought resilience']]></title><description><![CDATA[Research shows beavers are creating more wetland areas since being reintroduced to the wild.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/beaver-dams-helping-boost-drought-resilience/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/beaver-dams-helping-boost-drought-resilience/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Council leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government&rsquo;s plans for new homesThe government&rsquo;s housebuilding agenda is hitting the stark reality of a lack of water and crumbling infrastructure across the east and south-east of England.Half the country was declared to be in serious drought this week, for the second consecutive year, with the Environment Agency warning of dire consequences for the economy, environment and wildlife. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-cannot-magic-up-more-water-the-supply-problems-putting-housing-targets-in-england-at-risk/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-cannot-magic-up-more-water-the-supply-problems-putting-housing-targets-in-england-at-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injured peregrine reunion 'brought tears to eyes']]></title><description><![CDATA[The bird of prey was found injured on the ground but was nursed back to health over a month.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/injured-peregrine-reunion-brought-tears-to-eyes/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/injured-peregrine-reunion-brought-tears-to-eyes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers]]></title><description><![CDATA[PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmovedJust over four years ago, Spain&rsquo;s prime minister, Pedro S&aacute;nchez, visited a small town in the south-western region of Extremadura that had been affected by one of the wildfires devouring tens of thousands of hectares of land across the country.That summer&rsquo;s blazes had left two people dead in the northern region of Castilla y Le&oacute;n and another man there fatally burned]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-change-kills-pedro-snchez-speaks-plain-truth-to-spains-deniers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-change-kills-pedro-snchez-speaks-plain-truth-to-spains-deniers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The case for a blatantly discriminatory Australian voting system]]></title><description><![CDATA[Older Australians are overrepresented in every sphere of life, from politics to the economy and media &hellip; and they&rsquo;re living longer. It&rsquo;s time we stack the deck in favour of young people. Here&rsquo;s howAs someone nearing 60, I can confidently say my generation, and older generations, have been very good at tilting the policy playing field in our favour. Our political and economic system is very good at prioritising the views of older people. So maybe it&rsquo;s time to tilt th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-case-for-a-blatantly-discriminatory-australian-voting-system/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-case-for-a-blatantly-discriminatory-australian-voting-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some 19 major Italian cities - including Rome, Milan and Naples - are already on red alert, and by Monday all but two will be.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/italy-putting-nearly-all-major-cities-on-highest-heat-alert/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/italy-putting-nearly-all-major-cities-on-highest-heat-alert/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free diver, 21, wants to 'give back' to the ocean that has helped him]]></title><description><![CDATA[Iesetyn Morgan regularly free dives and shares the footage of marine life on social media.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/free-diver-21-wants-to-give-back-to-the-ocean-that-has-helped-him/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/free-diver-21-wants-to-give-back-to-the-ocean-that-has-helped-him/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketingPubs, restaurants and supermarkets are having to buy lettuce and broccoli from Spain at what should be the height of UK growing season, as drought and extreme heat hit crops.The wholesale price of tomatoes is up by more than 60%, iceberg lettuce by 90% and potatoes by more than 40% as a number of farmers struggle to grow in consistently high temperatures. Even those with irrigation systems]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worst-weve-known-uk-turns-to-imports-as-drought-and-heat-hit-vegetable-crops/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worst-weve-known-uk-turns-to-imports-as-drought-and-heat-hit-vegetable-crops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost income, energy fears and a woolly mammoth: what Europe’s dried-up rivers have yielded]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heat and drought have affected shipping, power plants and tourism across eastern Europe &ndash; as well as unearthing some surprisesBaking temperatures and drought across large swathes of central and eastern Europe have driven water levels on the Danube and Rhine rivers to record lows in some areas, hitting shipping, energy production and tourism hard.Extreme conditions aggravated by the climate emergency left Europe&rsquo;s waterways from the Netherlands to the Black Sea parched, triggering com]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lost-income-energy-fears-and-a-woolly-mammoth-what-europes-dried-up-rivers-have-yielded/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lost-income-energy-fears-and-a-woolly-mammoth-what-europes-dried-up-rivers-have-yielded/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Pity the poor limpets – must the summer holidays mean they get smashed by a child? | Sara Hudston]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lyme Regis, Dorset: Busy beaches can be bad news for shellfish. If curious children don&rsquo;t know they are live creatures, then let&rsquo;s educate themMy favourite beach at Lyme Regis is the capricious East Cliff, visible only at low tide. The best way to reach it is down a 114-step walkway.The path drops through rough scrub, a feral mix of wild plants and garden escapes, sizzling with grasshoppers. Buddleia flourishes next to sallow bushes, hazel and gorse. Sour blackberries are already red]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-pity-the-poor-limpets-must-the-summer-holidays-mean-they-get-smashed-by-a-child-sara-hudston/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-pity-the-poor-limpets-must-the-summer-holidays-mean-they-get-smashed-by-a-child-sara-hudston/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We stared into an abyss’: the men and women battling to tame France’s megafire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exhausted firefighters, foresters and volunteers wage &lsquo;war of attrition&rsquo; against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homesBy noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the smell of ash, cinders and burnt wood hang acrid in the air. At tables laid out in the shrinking shade on the desiccated grass and sand outside the sports centre in Le Porge, 200 men and a handful of women have gathered. Firefighters, soldiers, police, gendarmes, officials, first aid teams, f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-stared-into-an-abyss-the-men-and-women-battling-to-tame-frances-megafire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-stared-into-an-abyss-the-men-and-women-battling-to-tame-frances-megafire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We stared into an abyss’: the men and women battling France’s megafire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exhausted firefighters, foresters and volunteers wage &lsquo;war of attrition&rsquo; against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homesBy noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the smell of ash, cinders and burnt wood hang acrid in the air. At tables laid out in the shrinking shade on the desiccated grass and sand outside the sports centre in Le Porge, 200 men and a handful of women have gathered. Firefighters, soldiers, police, gendarmes, officials, first aid teams, f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-stared-into-an-abyss-the-men-and-women-battling-frances-megafire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-stared-into-an-abyss-the-men-and-women-battling-frances-megafire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We stared into an abyss’: the heroes battling to tame France’s ‘megafire’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exhausted firefighters wage &lsquo;war of attrition&rsquo; against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homesBy noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the smell of ash, cinders and burnt wood hang acrid in the air. At tables laid out in the shrinking shade on the desiccated grass and sand outside the sports centre in Le Porge, 200 men and a handful of women have gathered. Firefighters, soldiers, police, gendarmes, officials, first aid teams, foresters and volunteers si]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-stared-into-an-abyss-the-heroes-battling-to-tame-frances-megafire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-stared-into-an-abyss-the-heroes-battling-to-tame-frances-megafire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Household chemicals end up as pollutants if not disposed of correctly. What shouldn’t go down the drain?]]></title><description><![CDATA[To safely get rid of your detergents, paints, pesticides and bleaches without harming the environment, keep in mind handy rules such as the &lsquo;three Ps&rsquo;Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household&rsquo;s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comFrom bleaches, disinfectants and detergents to pest sprays and paints, many kitchen cabinets and laundry sh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/household-chemicals-end-up-as-pollutants-if-not-disposed-of-correctly-what-shouldnt-go-down-the-drain/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/household-chemicals-end-up-as-pollutants-if-not-disposed-of-correctly-what-shouldnt-go-down-the-drain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientist's lifelong obsession with mystery of elusive 'pink zebra' seaweed]]></title><description><![CDATA[An ancient algae first spotted four decades ago will now join the collection of the Natural History Museum.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-lifelong-obsession-with-mystery-of-elusive-pink-zebra-seaweed/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-lifelong-obsession-with-mystery-of-elusive-pink-zebra-seaweed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pine marten babies born on Exmoor for first time in 100 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nine females and 10 males were introduced to the area by the Two Moors Pine Marten Project last year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pine-marten-babies-born-on-exmoor-for-first-time-in-100-years/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pine-marten-babies-born-on-exmoor-for-first-time-in-100-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England and Wales on course for driest July on record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Met Office records indicate England and Wales are likely to have had their driest July since records began 190 years ago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/england-and-wales-on-course-for-driest-july-on-record/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/england-and-wales-on-course-for-driest-july-on-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfire near Sizewell nuclear plant causes ‘total devastation’ to Suffolk landscape]]></title><description><![CDATA[Situation &lsquo;stabilising&rsquo; as more than 100 firefighters continue to battle blaze that broke out on Dunwich HeathA wildfire near Britain&rsquo;s biggest nuclear power station has caused &ldquo;total devastation&rdquo; to one of the UK&rsquo;s most important landscapes, experts have warned, as fire crews said the situation was &ldquo;stabilising&rdquo;.More than 100 firefighters have been battling the blaze on Dunwich Heath, near Leiston, on the Suffolk coast since Wednesday evening. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfire-near-sizewell-nuclear-plant-causes-total-devastation-to-suffolk-landscape/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfire-near-sizewell-nuclear-plant-causes-total-devastation-to-suffolk-landscape/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a constant battle,&rdquo; says Tim Young. He and his family have been tracking the rainfall on their Norfolk farm since 1976, and the data shows the last six years have seen two-thirds the amount of rain compared with previous years. The lack of water has become the number one risk to Young&rsquo;s business.This summer has seen record-breaking climate induced heatwav]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-too-fast-too-big-speed-of-climate-crisis-is-devastating-crops-say-farmers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-too-fast-too-big-speed-of-climate-crisis-is-devastating-crops-say-farmers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: snub-nosed monkeys, amorous cobras and a milk-snatching fox]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-snub-nosed-monkeys-amorous-cobras-and-a-milk-snatching-fox/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-snub-nosed-monkeys-amorous-cobras-and-a-milk-snatching-fox/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New solar panels in Great Britain at 15-year high as fossil fuel costs soar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boom in solar farms and home installations in first half of 2026 began shortly after start of US-Israel war against IranGreat Britain has recorded more new solar power installations in the first half of this year than in any six-month period since 2011, as households turn to rooftop panels to help cut their energy bills.An analysis of the government&rsquo;s official figures shows that Great Britain added 142,536 solar installations in the first six months of the year, putting it on track to top]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-solar-panels-in-great-britain-at-15-year-high-as-fossil-fuel-costs-soar/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-solar-panels-in-great-britain-at-15-year-high-as-fossil-fuel-costs-soar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffolk wildfire near Sizewell nuclear plant ‘stabilising’ after 24 hours]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 100 firefighters remain at scene after Dunwich Heath blaze spread across 150 hectares and forced evacuationsFire crews tackling a large wildfire burning for more than 24 hours near Britain&rsquo;s biggest nuclear power station have said the situation is &ldquo;stabilising&rdquo;.More than 100 firefighters have been battling the blaze in Dunwich Heath, near Leiston, on the Suffolk coast since Wednesday evening. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/suffolk-wildfire-near-sizewell-nuclear-plant-stabilising-after-24-hours/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/suffolk-wildfire-near-sizewell-nuclear-plant-stabilising-after-24-hours/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likelyThe extreme heat and drought stoking huge wildfires in Spain and France were made far more likely by the climate crisis, a scientific analysis has found.Global heating made hot, dry and windy weather at least 20 times more likely in Spain and twice as likely in France, experts from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium calculated. The finding is the latest to pin the blame for t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extremely-scary-findings-show-climate-crisis-is-supercharging-europes-wildfire-weather/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extremely-scary-findings-show-climate-crisis-is-supercharging-europes-wildfire-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week&rsquo;s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action? &bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen Stefan Rahmstorf walked through the ruined streets of Dresden after the river Elbe flooded in 2002, and again when severe heat killed 70,000 people in Europe the following summer, the German climatologist wondered if worsening weather would make the political world &ldq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-cant-make-it-better-again-what-europes-wildfires-tell-us-about-the-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-cant-make-it-better-again-what-europes-wildfires-tell-us-about-the-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hedgehog road deaths 'devastating' populations]]></title><description><![CDATA[A study finds road traffic kills have an exaggerated impact on the viability of small groups.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hedgehog-road-deaths-devastating-populations/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hedgehog-road-deaths-devastating-populations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where to see the biggest solar eclipse since 1999]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK's biggest solar eclipse since 1999 arrives on 12 August. Here's where to see it safely.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/where-to-see-the-biggest-solar-eclipse-since-1999/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/where-to-see-the-biggest-solar-eclipse-since-1999/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Upsetting' that camp fire likely led to rare habitat blaze]]></title><description><![CDATA[The area's National Trust countryside manager says nesting birds, reptiles, small mammals and amphibians will have died.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/upsetting-that-camp-fire-likely-led-to-rare-habitat-blaze/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/upsetting-that-camp-fire-likely-led-to-rare-habitat-blaze/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s all right for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans]]></title><description><![CDATA[As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush &ndash; even in school holidaysAfter multiple punishing heatwaves, and no rain in parts for over a month, it seems the whole of the south of England is golden brown.But by Hammersmith Bridge in Barnes, south-west London, there is the unmistakable scent of damp soil. The playing fields of St Paul&rsquo;s school, where fees are up to &pound;57,000 a year, are a bright, lush green. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-all-right-for-them-private-schools-and-golf-courses-stay-green-despite-englands-hosepipe-bans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-all-right-for-them-private-schools-and-golf-courses-stay-green-despite-englands-hosepipe-bans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soy sauce refills and reused jars: can Philippines’ tingi culture hold back deluge of plastic waste?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A zero-waste shop set up by a district council provides plastic-free products at affordable prices in a country that gets through 164m sachets a dayJust after classes finish for the day in Malabon City, in the Philippines, a corner shop begins to fill. Mothers arrive with their children, handing over empty bottles to be refilled with soy sauce and cooking oil. Plastic tubs that previously held ice-cream or biscuits are weighed and filled with flour or sugar. The kids get some sweets and banana c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/soy-sauce-refills-and-reused-jars-can-philippines-tingi-culture-hold-back-deluge-of-plastic-waste/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/soy-sauce-refills-and-reused-jars-can-philippines-tingi-culture-hold-back-deluge-of-plastic-waste/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works? – podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intensive farming has all but destroyed England&rsquo;s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there&rsquo;s money in protecting natureBy Patrick Barkham. Read by Dermot DalyRead the text version hereSupport the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpodThe summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to order Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-makes-your-heart-sing-can-a-pioneering-project-show-that-rewilding-really-works-podcast/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-makes-your-heart-sing-can-a-pioneering-project-show-that-rewilding-really-works-podcast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drought conditions may worsen before improving as little rain in sight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conditions in the most parched areas of the United Kingdom could worsen before they improve, according to the latest forecasts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-conditions-may-worsen-before-improving-as-little-rain-in-sight/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-conditions-may-worsen-before-improving-as-little-rain-in-sight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[India wants to join the strawberry superpowers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indian strawberry farmers rely on varieties imported from the US and Europe, but that could change.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/india-wants-to-join-the-strawberry-superpowers/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/india-wants-to-join-the-strawberry-superpowers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds evacuated after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major incident declared, Sizewell B power station monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve badly hitHundreds of people have been evacuated and a major incident declared after a wildfire spread over more than 200 acres on the coast of Suffolk, just a few miles from the Sizewell B nuclear power station.The fire &ndash; described by one witness as &lsquo;apocalyptic&rsquo; &ndash; was still not completely under control as of late Thursday afternoon, according to Jon Lacey, chief fire officer at Suf]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hundreds-evacuated-after-apocalyptic-wildfire-near-suffolk-nuclear-power-station/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hundreds-evacuated-after-apocalyptic-wildfire-near-suffolk-nuclear-power-station/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia are also grappling with the effects of a series of prolonged heatwaves and low rainfall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/danubes-record-low-levels-force-shutdown-of-hungarys-only-nuclear-plant/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/danubes-record-low-levels-force-shutdown-of-hungarys-only-nuclear-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hosepipe bans in force as drought declared - is your area affected?]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 20 million households have been placed under hosepipe bans due to higher demand and low rainfall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hosepipe-bans-in-force-as-drought-declared-is-your-area-affected/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hosepipe-bans-in-force-as-drought-declared-is-your-area-affected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drought declared across whole of Wales as conditions 'deteriorate']]></title><description><![CDATA[Wales is on course for its driest July on record in almost 190 years.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-declared-across-whole-of-wales-as-conditions-deteriorate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drought-declared-across-whole-of-wales-as-conditions-deteriorate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dashcam captures tornado toppling power lines onto car]]></title><description><![CDATA[Video obtained by the BBC provides a firsthand look at the powerful storm system that ripped through parts of eastern Wisconsin on 27 July.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/dashcam-captures-tornado-toppling-power-lines-onto-car/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/dashcam-captures-tornado-toppling-power-lines-onto-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holiday park evacuated as 90 firefighters tackle Suffolk heath wildfire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major incident declared, Sizewell B power station closely monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve closed to visitorsA holiday park with about 200 caravans has been evacuated after a wildfire broke out on the Suffolk coast, and the nearby Sizewell B nuclear power station has said it is closely monitoring the blaze.A major incident has been declared as firefighters battle a large heathland fire at Dunwich Heath near Leiston, about 3 miles from Sizewell B. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/holiday-park-evacuated-as-90-firefighters-tackle-suffolk-heath-wildfire/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/holiday-park-evacuated-as-90-firefighters-tackle-suffolk-heath-wildfire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and picturesThe hellish infernos that have torn through parts of France and Spain have caused deaths, the evacuation of 330,000 people from their homes, widespread destruction and clouds of toxic smoke. Records have already been smashed and with the fourth heatwave of the European summer setting in, there are few signs of the waves of wildfires ending.France has already s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-burns-a-visual-guide-to-the-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-burns-a-visual-guide-to-the-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis of samples collected from carcasses found traces of toxic chemical compound, says Kenya Wildlife ServiceThe recent deaths of 15 elephants near a park in southern Kenya in the past month were most likely caused by the animals ingesting pesticides used on nearby tomato farms, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has said.Erustus Kanga, the agency&rsquo;s director general, told Citizen TV that analysis of samples collected from the carcasses had found traces of cyanide, a chemical compound use]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fifteen-elephant-deaths-at-kenya-park-may-be-due-to-cyanide-poisoning/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fifteen-elephant-deaths-at-kenya-park-may-be-due-to-cyanide-poisoning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families to be moved out of billionaire-owned tower after suffering without air con]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several councils to stop housing tenants in glass-fronted Britannia Point in London, where tenants were earlier told they could not use air conAs the fourth heatwave of the year hit the UK on Wednesday, Benice Bodah and her three teenage sons braced for more scorching temperatures inside their south-west London home. The two-bedroom flat has a built-in air-conditioning unit, but it has worked only intermittently in the almost three years since the family were placed in temporary accommodation at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/families-to-be-moved-out-of-billionaire-owned-tower-after-suffering-without-air-con/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/families-to-be-moved-out-of-billionaire-owned-tower-after-suffering-without-air-con/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vow to tackle city problem of nitrous oxide misuse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city agrees to crack down on the Class C drug with public education and enforcement measures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/vow-to-tackle-city-problem-of-nitrous-oxide-misuse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/vow-to-tackle-city-problem-of-nitrous-oxide-misuse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cyanide in tomato pesticide killed 15 elephants, Kenyan officials suspect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Foul play is ruled out in the record number of elephant deaths for decades in this area of southern Kenya.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cyanide-in-tomato-pesticide-killed-15-elephants-kenyan-officials-suspect/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cyanide-in-tomato-pesticide-killed-15-elephants-kenyan-officials-suspect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe is burning – and if Trump’s war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change courseAre we understanding it yet? As Europe burns in the west, the south and the north, are we grasping the fact that our economies, food systems, political stability and even our ability to plan for the future, will all be charred in a world on fire?Paris got a taste of what is in store for us Europeans when, weeks ago, fire ripped through Fontainebleau forest, a bouldering pa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-is-burning-and-if-trumps-war-on-the-climate-is-not-met-with-sanctions-things-will-only-get-worse-alexander-hurst/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-is-burning-and-if-trumps-war-on-the-climate-is-not-met-with-sanctions-things-will-only-get-worse-alexander-hurst/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice same period for 2025The UK is on track to suffer its highest ever number of heat-related deaths this summer after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that an estimated 2,877 people had died in the May and June heatwaves.The record was set in 2022 with 2,985 deaths and August, traditionally the hottest month is yet to arrive. The health secretary, Yvette Cooper, said: &ldquo;My thoughts are with all those]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-on-track-for-record-heat-related-deaths-this-summer-official-data-shows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-on-track-for-record-heat-related-deaths-this-summer-official-data-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 seasonEngland is on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths this summer after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that an estimated 2,877 people had died in the May and June heatwaves.The record was set in 2022 with 2,985 deaths, and August, traditionally the hottest month, is yet to arrive. The health secretary, Yvette Cooper, said: &ldquo;My thoughts are with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/england-on-track-for-record-heat-related-deaths-this-summer-official-data-shows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/england-on-track-for-record-heat-related-deaths-this-summer-official-data-shows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bagpipes - the first defence against alien invaders?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oxfordshire piper's tunes could soon make it to the moon under the plans of an space entrepreneur.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bagpipes-the-first-defence-against-alien-invaders/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bagpipes-the-first-defence-against-alien-invaders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Kind of like a fairytale’: documentary tells the unusual tale of Flaco the Owl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wild Inside looks back on the incredible year when an escaped zoo owl managed to bring New Yorkers together Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl gained a cult following after leaving his life in captivity at the Central Park zoo in 2023 and surviving, against all odds, for more than a year as a free bird in Manhattan.Birdwatchers tracked his every move, capturing his vast wingspan and luminous orange eyes with their cameras. His fans got tattoos in his honor. And now, Wild Inside, a new documentary chro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/kind-of-like-a-fairytale-documentary-tells-the-unusual-tale-of-flaco-the-owl/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/kind-of-like-a-fairytale-documentary-tells-the-unusual-tale-of-flaco-the-owl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Kind of like a fairy tale’: documentary tells the unusual tale of Flaco the Owl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wild Inside looks back on the incredible year when an escaped zoo owl managed to bring New Yorkers together Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl gained a cult following after leaving his life in captivity at the Central Park zoo in 2023 and surviving, against all odds, for more than a year as a free bird in Manhattan.Birdwatchers tracked his every move, capturing his vast wingspan and luminous orange eyes with their cameras. His fans got tattoos in his honor. And now, Wild Inside, a new documentary chro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/kind-of-like-a-fairy-tale-documentary-tells-the-unusual-tale-of-flaco-the-owl/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/kind-of-like-a-fairy-tale-documentary-tells-the-unusual-tale-of-flaco-the-owl/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess deaths caused by heatwaves in England ‘almost double’ so far this year]]></title><description><![CDATA[UKHSA estimates 2,877 heat-associated deaths during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice the number in summer 2025The number of excess deaths caused by heatwaves has almost doubled so far this year in England compared with 2025, the UK Health Security Agency, has said.There were 2,877 heat-associated deaths during the heatwaves in May and June this year, a report has estimated, almost double the figure reported from the UK heatwaves in June to August last year. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/excess-deaths-caused-by-heatwaves-in-england-almost-double-so-far-this-year/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/excess-deaths-caused-by-heatwaves-in-england-almost-double-so-far-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountaineer who began fossil hunting after near-death experience discovers rare 'sea dragon']]></title><description><![CDATA[Matthew Myerscough swapped mountains for fossil-laden beaches after becoming trapped in snow on Yr Wyddfa.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mountaineer-who-began-fossil-hunting-after-near-death-experience-discovers-rare-sea-dragon/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mountaineer-who-began-fossil-hunting-after-near-death-experience-discovers-rare-sea-dragon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stunning photos capture July's Buck Moon over the UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Skygazers captured brilliant photos of July's full Moon as it rose over the UK on Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stunning-photos-capture-julys-buck-moon-over-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/stunning-photos-capture-julys-buck-moon-over-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major incident declared in Suffolk as 90 firefighters tackle wildfire on heathland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several people evacuated after &lsquo;large-scale, wind-driven&rsquo; fire breaks out at Dunwich Heath near LeistonA major incident has been declared as firefighters battle a large heathland fire on the Suffolk coast.Suffolk fire and rescue service was called to reports of a wildfire at Dunwich Heath, near Leiston, shortly after 5.30pm on Wednesday, and crews remained at the scene on Thursday morning. About 90 firefighters were tackling the blaze, while several people had been evacuated. Leiston]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/major-incident-declared-in-suffolk-as-90-firefighters-tackle-wildfire-on-heathland/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/major-incident-declared-in-suffolk-as-90-firefighters-tackle-wildfire-on-heathland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Grey lump with orange wings’: migrating moth descends on UK gardens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boom in hummingbird hawk-moth sightings put down to hot weather, strong winds and food scarcity in EuropeHe had just sat down to dinner in the garden when a speedy visitor whizzed by &ndash; a &ldquo;grey lump with orange wings&rdquo;, recalled Luke Burstow, from Sussex. It was a hummingbird hawk-moth, a flying insect that migrates to the UK from continental Europe and north Africa.&ldquo;I was like: &lsquo;Wow!&rsquo;,&rdquo; said the software project manager. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even know th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grey-lump-with-orange-wings-migrating-moth-descends-on-uk-gardens/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grey-lump-with-orange-wings-migrating-moth-descends-on-uk-gardens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Grey lump with orange wings’: hummingbird hawk-moths descend on UK gardens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boom in migrating moth sightings put down to hot weather, strong winds and food scarcity in Europe He had just sat down to dinner in the garden when a speedy visitor whizzed by &ndash; a &ldquo;grey lump with orange wings&rdquo;, recalled Luke Burstow, from Sussex. It was a hummingbird hawk-moth, a flying insect that migrates to the UK from continental Europe and north Africa.&ldquo;I was like: &lsquo;Wow!&rsquo;,&rdquo; said the software project manager. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even know they exi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grey-lump-with-orange-wings-hummingbird-hawk-moths-descend-on-uk-gardens/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/grey-lump-with-orange-wings-hummingbird-hawk-moths-descend-on-uk-gardens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run councilIt was at the confluence of seven forest paths that Allison Sweetman came to a stop. Trees rose on all sides, save for a recently coppiced section to the north-east. The noon heat had silenced most birds, but the quiet was peaceful.&ldquo;This is what they call Seven Wents,&rdquo; she said. For centuries, the people of Kent had travelled this way, from East Malling to Barming,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-irreplaceable-fury-over-reform-plans-to-expand-quarry-in-ancient-kent-woodland/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-irreplaceable-fury-over-reform-plans-to-expand-quarry-in-ancient-kent-woodland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weatherwatch: rainclouds are travelling farther in warmer world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate crisis affects not only the amount of rain that falls but where, with implications for land use and water securityHave you ever wondered how far a raindrop has travelled before it lands on you? It may have journeyed thousands of kilometres from the ocean, sea or lake it evaporated from &ndash; and now research shows raindrops are travelling even farther than they used to.Warmer air can hold more water vapour, and that is changing not only how much rain we receive but also where it falls.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-rainclouds-are-travelling-farther-in-warmer-world/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-rainclouds-are-travelling-farther-in-warmer-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: A trip down Dungeon Lane for Beatles nostalgia and coastal beauty | Jennifer Jones]]></title><description><![CDATA[Liverpool: Paul McCartney&rsquo;s latest album has brought tourists here, but there&rsquo;s so much more to see than the signEarlier this year, Paul McCartney released an album called The Boys of Dungeon Lane. Among the unashamed nostalgia is a wistful track, Days We Left Behind, which evokes memories of his visits to the Mersey shore with George Harrison and friends. Young Paul was, it turns out, a keen birdwatcher.Perhaps inevitably, the album has brought crowds of tourists to photograph the s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-trip-down-dungeon-lane-for-beatles-nostalgia-and-coastal-beauty-jennifer-jones/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-trip-down-dungeon-lane-for-beatles-nostalgia-and-coastal-beauty-jennifer-jones/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It makes you feel you’ve got a really dirty house’: what’s behind the UK’s plagues of flies?]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Leicestershire to Carmarthenshire, neighbourhoods are struggling with wave after wave of houseflies. Why are they suffering while others are spared? And is there no alternative to nets and zappers?Francesca Davies&rsquo;s living room is absolutely teeming with flies. You can&rsquo;t enter the contact centre worker&rsquo;s home without a cluster of insects rising from the sofa or the floor to buzz around your face. Davies and her family live in West Heath, a suburb of the Cheshire town Congl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-makes-you-feel-youve-got-a-really-dirty-house-whats-behind-the-uks-plagues-of-flies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-makes-you-feel-youve-got-a-really-dirty-house-whats-behind-the-uks-plagues-of-flies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rain festival with no rain: the Indian farmers bracing for a ‘super’ El Niño as monsoon arrives late]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raja is normally a celebration of the start of the monsoon, but in the eastern state of Odisha, the rains came so late the seeds were sown under clear skiesKasturi Gamango and Pramila Sabar cannot contain their giggles as they explain one of the big attractions of the Raja festival, which they attended a few days earlier along with 20 other farmer families in Laxmipur, in Odisha&rsquo;s Ganjam district.&ldquo;We do no work for three days during the festival,&rdquo; they say. &ldquo;Our husbands]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-rain-festival-with-no-rain-the-indian-farmers-bracing-for-a-super-el-nio-as-monsoon-arrives-late/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-rain-festival-with-no-rain-the-indian-farmers-bracing-for-a-super-el-nio-as-monsoon-arrives-late/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Bordeaux as the wildfires close in – podcast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis reports from Bordeaux, as wildfires in the region and beyond cause the biggest peacetime evacuation in French historyThis week, across France, more than 220,000 people were evacuated from their homes, fleeing wildfires that are burning all across the country.The Guardian&rsquo;s Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis reports from Bordeaux, the historic centre of winemaking country, as the flames approach the outskirts of the city. We hear from evacuees ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/in-bordeaux-as-the-wildfires-close-in-podcast/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/in-bordeaux-as-the-wildfires-close-in-podcast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con]]></title><description><![CDATA[Should we embrace air conditioning despite its costs and consequences?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-the-uks-extreme-heat-is-shifting-the-conversation-about-air-con/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-the-uks-extreme-heat-is-shifting-the-conversation-about-air-con/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The breath just went out of us’: people return to their homes after wildfires near Madrid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents struggle to take in the devastation five days after El Morro was evacuated as fires burned across the countryside west of the Spanish capitalThe handwritten sign taped to the front gate of a house in the mountains an hour west of Madrid offered as succinct a summary of recent events as you will find.&ldquo;EMPTY,&rdquo; it said. &ldquo;No people or animals here.&rdquo; Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-breath-just-went-out-of-us-people-return-to-their-homes-after-wildfires-near-madrid/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-breath-just-went-out-of-us-people-return-to-their-homes-after-wildfires-near-madrid/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain faces ‘complex’ three days with risks of heatwave and strong winds reigniting some fires – as it happened]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40sin BrusselsThe European Union&rsquo;s crisis-management team is expecting difficult weeks ahead, fearing a further outbreak of wildfires in Italy and Greece as the summer goes on.&ldquo;A firefighter will focus on protecting people. They will focus on protecting houses, protecting a business, a company, because this is something that matters for all our s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spain-faces-complex-three-days-with-risks-of-heatwave-and-strong-winds-reigniting-some-fires-as-it-happened/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spain-faces-complex-three-days-with-risks-of-heatwave-and-strong-winds-reigniting-some-fires-as-it-happened/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can a heatwave cause trees to fall?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don't sit under a tree during a heatwave - here's why.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-a-heatwave-cause-trees-to-fall/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-a-heatwave-cause-trees-to-fall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than half of England in drought, Environment Agency declares]]></title><description><![CDATA[The drought declarations follow an exceptionally hot and dry period, which has hit rivers, crops and nature.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-than-half-of-england-in-drought-environment-agency-declares/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-than-half-of-england-in-drought-environment-agency-declares/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ​decade on the Iberian ​frontline​ has shown me that Europe’s ​climate ​emergency​ is ​impossible to ​deny]]></title><description><![CDATA[What once felt exceptional now arrives with grim regularity&#8203; all over the continent, and it will only get worse&bull; Don&rsquo;t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereSpain has changed immeasurably since I arrived here 10 years ago to begin work as the Guardian&rsquo;s Madrid correspondent.Over that time, the push for Catalan independence has exploded, sputtered and faded out; the Covid pandemic has hit with unimaginable ferocity, before seeming to linger for a face-mask]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-decade-on-the-iberian-frontline-has-shown-me-that-europes-climate-emergency-is-impossible-to-deny/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-decade-on-the-iberian-frontline-has-shown-me-that-europes-climate-emergency-is-impossible-to-deny/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain faces ‘complex’ three days with risks of heatwave and strong winds reigniting some fires – Europe live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40sin BrusselsThe European Union&rsquo;s crisis-management team is expecting difficult weeks ahead, fearing a further outbreak of wildfires in Italy and Greece as the summer goes on.&ldquo;A firefighter will focus on protecting people. They will focus on protecting houses, protecting a business, a company, because this is something that matters for all our s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spain-faces-complex-three-days-with-risks-of-heatwave-and-strong-winds-reigniting-some-fires-europe-live/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spain-faces-complex-three-days-with-risks-of-heatwave-and-strong-winds-reigniting-some-fires-europe-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repeated use of saunas could help people cope better in heatwaves, scientists say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing number of studies assessing whether heat training can help people prepare for scorching temperaturesEven as summer temperatures soar, the sauna trend is booming, with some venues touting them as a way to beat the heat. But while experts have urged caution about sweating it out in hot weather, a growing number of studies are considering whether heat training could help people prepare for heatwaves.With parts of the UK experiencing their fourth heatwave of the year, the UK Health Security]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/repeated-use-of-saunas-could-help-people-cope-better-in-heatwaves-scientists-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/repeated-use-of-saunas-could-help-people-cope-better-in-heatwaves-scientists-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Great Lakes’ most emblematic fish could be consigned to history books]]></title><description><![CDATA[A delicacy for centuries and a key part of Native tradition, the lake whitefish has seen its population crash. Researchers know why &hellip; but stopping it is another matterFrom the basement of the Sandusky library, page 29 of the book Sandusky of To-Day proclaims the town to be the &ldquo;largest fresh water fish market in the world&rdquo;. Two pages later, an image of the lake whitefish, referred to as &ldquo;Sandusky&rsquo;s pride&rdquo;, takes up the entire page.But the book was published i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-great-lakes-most-emblematic-fish-could-be-consigned-to-history-books/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-great-lakes-most-emblematic-fish-could-be-consigned-to-history-books/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environment Agency names seven regions affected by unusually hot and dry weather and shortage of waterHalf of England is officially in drought, with July set to be the driest on record after winter floods, the Environment Agency has said.The &ldquo;flash drought&rdquo; developed quickly because of unusually low rainfall and high temperatures. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/half-of-england-officially-in-exceptionally-serious-drought/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/half-of-england-officially-in-exceptionally-serious-drought/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedro Sánchez says next 12 hours will be ‘decisive’ in battle to contain wildfires – Europe live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40sin BrusselsThe European Union&rsquo;s crisis-management team is expecting difficult weeks ahead, fearing a further outbreak of wildfires in Italy and Greece as the summer goes on.&ldquo;A firefighter will focus on protecting people. They will focus on protecting houses, protecting a business, a company, because this is something that matters for all our s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pedro-snchez-says-next-12-hours-will-be-decisive-in-battle-to-contain-wildfires-europe-live/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pedro-snchez-says-next-12-hours-will-be-decisive-in-battle-to-contain-wildfires-europe-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotter summers may force RHS to move hydrangeas to north of England]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: British garden staple becomes plant most frequently reported as suffering in heat, charity reportsWith their lush foliage and blooms which turn pink, purple or blue depending on the soil, hydrangeas are a firm favourite in Britain.The shrubs bloom throughout summer and have historically thrived in the mild, damp British climate. But hotter summers and heatwaves such as the one hitting parts of England this week are putting the flower at risk in the south of the country, the Royal Hort]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hotter-summers-may-force-rhs-to-move-hydrangeas-to-north-of-england/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hotter-summers-may-force-rhs-to-move-hydrangeas-to-north-of-england/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Findings can inform conversations about global climate reparations and financing for mitigations, researchers sayCaribbean nations suffered $53.2bn (&pound;40bn) of damage from climate-fuelled disasters between 2000 and 2024, research into the cost of the climate crisis to developing small islands has found.The figure is more than 90% of the total $57bn in economic damage caused by floods, storms and drought across 39 developing island nations in the Caribbean, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Ind]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/caribbean-bears-brunt-of-43bn-climate-fuelled-damage-to-developing-islands/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/caribbean-bears-brunt-of-43bn-climate-fuelled-damage-to-developing-islands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jodrell Bank cuts 'a disappointing gamble']]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr George Dransfield says the decision to cut funding is "short-sighted".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jodrell-bank-cuts-a-disappointing-gamble/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jodrell-bank-cuts-a-disappointing-gamble/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buck Moon lights up Devon and Cornwall skies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The July full moon is expected to peak at 15:36 BST on Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/buck-moon-lights-up-devon-and-cornwall-skies/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/buck-moon-lights-up-devon-and-cornwall-skies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’m super proud of him’: father of teen lifeguard recounts dramatic ocean rescue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ryder Williams, 16, saved a boy from drowning in Santa Cruz, California &ndash; the first rescue of his careerA rookie, teenage California lifeguard who saved a young boy from drowning amid massive waves &ndash; while a bystander recorded dramatic video &ndash; has spent his whole life preparing for such a moment, according to his father.Ryder Williams, 16, said he refused to let go of the child because he knew the boy would almost certainly die if he did, the lifeguard&rsquo;s father, Shane, re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/im-super-proud-of-him-father-of-teen-lifeguard-recounts-dramatic-ocean-rescue/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/im-super-proud-of-him-father-of-teen-lifeguard-recounts-dramatic-ocean-rescue/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out against fossil fuels. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave beginsSuch is the astonishing scale of the wildfires burning at the gates of Bordeaux and Madrid, that if they had happened 20 &ndash; even 10 &ndash; years back, they may well have shocked the world into taking action on the climate crisis. But like the proverbial frog in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-are-raging-and-the-world-has-junked-45-climate-pledges-disaster-looms-and-little-wonder-bill-mcguire/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-are-raging-and-the-world-has-junked-45-climate-pledges-disaster-looms-and-little-wonder-bill-mcguire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France and Spain brace for fresh heatwave as warnings issued over risk of new wildfires – Europe live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40sM&eacute;t&eacute;o-France&rsquo;s weather forecast shows temperatures up to 39C near Bordeaux &ndash; just where the largest wildfire continues to blaze &ndash; 38C in Lyon, 37C in Paris and Toulouse.Over in Spain, it will be even hotter, with Aemet expecting 42C in Pamplona, 41C in Cordova and Saragossa, 40C in Ciudad-Real and Toledo, and 37C in Madrid.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-brace-for-fresh-heatwave-as-warnings-issued-over-risk-of-new-wildfires-europe-live/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-brace-for-fresh-heatwave-as-warnings-issued-over-risk-of-new-wildfires-europe-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ships stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumesThe closure of the strait of Hormuz has created conditions for an extreme global biodiversity threat, with scientists warning that thousands of stranded ships could spread invasive marine species across the world&rsquo;s oceans once they begin sailing again.More than 1,500 commercial vessels have been stuck in the Gulf since the strategic waterway closed on 28 February after the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ships-stuck-in-strait-of-hormuz-pose-super-spreader-biodiversity-threat-scientists-warn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ships-stuck-in-strait-of-hormuz-pose-super-spreader-biodiversity-threat-scientists-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birdwatch: A song thrush connects me with the great-grandfather I never knew]]></title><description><![CDATA[No other bird speaks to us quite so directly, its serenade conjuring memories of old family talesI wake early on these bright summer mornings. And now that the birds in my garden have mostly fallen silent, only one is still serenading me at this hour: the aptly named song thrush. Its measured, deliberate repetitions &ndash; which this particular bird has provided without a break since the turn of the year &ndash; are unmistakable.Whenever I hear a song thrush, I&rsquo;m taken back in time. First]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/birdwatch-a-song-thrush-connects-me-with-the-great-grandfather-i-never-knew/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/birdwatch-a-song-thrush-connects-me-with-the-great-grandfather-i-never-knew/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: In poet John Clare’s garden, I contemplate my ancestor who lived here too | Nic Wilson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helpston, Cambridgeshire: I picture Henry as a young lad, hiding in flowerbeds, chasing butterflies, learning to love natureIf there&rsquo;s one thing better than a gatekeeper butterfly, it&rsquo;s wild marjoram playing host to a flurry of gatekeepers. Almost impossible to count for all the rising, fluttering and resettling, their warm orange and brown wings with white double-dots in a black eye-spot are only a wing-flick away from mottled invisibility: now you see me, now you don&rsquo;t.I&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-in-poet-john-clares-garden-i-contemplate-my-ancestor-who-lived-here-too-nic-wilson/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-in-poet-john-clares-garden-i-contemplate-my-ancestor-who-lived-here-too-nic-wilson/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The heat took him from me’: India’s death toll rises amid escalating heat crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[As extreme heat claims the lives of workers in India&rsquo;s poorest areas, many fear the true mortality rate is being dangerously undercountedThe morning air was already hot and cloying when Palli Mahalaxmi rose at about 5am. It was May, and in the summer heatwave that had engulfed this corner of southern India, even night-time did not give the villagers respite.A single ceiling fan hung above Mahalaxmi, her husband and her son as they slept in a small windowless room made of thick concrete. Ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-heat-took-him-from-me-indias-death-toll-rises-amid-escalating-heat-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-heat-took-him-from-me-indias-death-toll-rises-amid-escalating-heat-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggestsOrganic eggs are twice as bad for the climate as eggs from chickens living in cages, research suggests.According to the study, switching the UK&rsquo;s entire egg production to an organic free-range model would lead to greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2 (tCO2e), while production through a fully caged system would emit 1,184,000 tCO2e. Continu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/organic-eggs-have-worse-impact-on-climate-than-eggs-from-caged-chickens/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/organic-eggs-have-worse-impact-on-climate-than-eggs-from-caged-chickens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on noise pollution: keep it down | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[New research linking the issue to Parkinson&rsquo;s disease adds to the evidence of serious health repercussions from traffic volume and other sourcesThe roar of late-night traffic is not just annoying for those trying to sleep. It can also have profound effects on their health. A pioneering new study, published this month, has found a clear link between road noise and Parkinson&rsquo;s disease. The research, which followed more than 3 million Danish participants, found a modest but consistent e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-noise-pollution-keep-it-down-editorial/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-noise-pollution-keep-it-down-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They’re part of folklore’: storks return to Derbyshire after 600-year absence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservationists are thrilled at the arrival of three juvenile birds at Willington Wetlands, hoping more will followA long orange beak poked curiously out from its wooden crate, followed by a sleek head and slender body. Then the first white stork of the morning flapped its wings and took to the air. Moments later a second emerged tentatively to stalk through the long grass, followed closely by a final sibling who stretched its wings and explored the length of the enclosure.The trio of juvenile]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theyre-part-of-folklore-storks-return-to-derbyshire-after-600-year-absence/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/theyre-part-of-folklore-storks-return-to-derbyshire-after-600-year-absence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 4,000 people evacuated from tourist sites near Bordeaux as wildfires rage in France and Spain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Return of winds and extreme heat threaten firefighters&rsquo; attempts to bring blazes under controlNearly 4,000 people have been evacuated from tourist sites on France&rsquo;s Atlantic coast as the return of winds and extreme heat jeopardises firefighters&rsquo; battles to contain wildfires raging in France and Spain.The precautionary evacuation order in France, which covers campsites, holiday villages and other tourist accommodation around the resort of Lacanau to the west of Bordeaux, exacerb]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-4000-people-evacuated-from-tourist-sites-near-bordeaux-as-wildfires-rage-in-france-and-spain/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-4000-people-evacuated-from-tourist-sites-near-bordeaux-as-wildfires-rage-in-france-and-spain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Jodrell Bank Observatory and what does it do?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Jodrell Bank Observatory was built, the site was seen as gamechanger for radio astronomy.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-is-jodrell-bank-observatory-and-what-does-it-do/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-is-jodrell-bank-observatory-and-what-does-it-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some have called for Nuremberg-style trials against big oil. But there are laws already on the books to describe companies&rsquo; conductThe sky outside is hazy orange, and my five-year-old son is screaming bloody murder. &ldquo;Sorry, buddy, we have to stay inside,&rdquo; I say. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not safe to breathe out there.&rdquo; I had told him we&rsquo;d be going to the beach today. Something inside me tears a little as I wonder how many promises he&rsquo;ll see similarly broken in the com]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-time-to-prosecute-climate-crimes-with-laws-that-already-exist-aaron-regunberg/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-time-to-prosecute-climate-crimes-with-laws-that-already-exist-aaron-regunberg/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New evacuation from tourist sites near Bordeaux as France and Spain fight wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[French authorities order evacuation of almost 4,000 people from Lacanau resort amid return of heatwaveEurope live &ndash; latest updatesThe evacuation of nearly 4,000 people from tourist sites on France&rsquo;s Atlantic coast is under way as the return of winds and extreme heat jeopardised firefighters&rsquo; battles to contain wildfires raging to the west of Bordeaux.The precautionary evacuation order, which covers campsites, holiday villages and other tourist accommodation around the resort of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-evacuation-from-tourist-sites-near-bordeaux-as-france-and-spain-fight-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-evacuation-from-tourist-sites-near-bordeaux-as-france-and-spain-fight-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My climate anxiety was crippling. Could a stand-up comedy class help?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The daily dread of political and planetary free fall had become untenable. What if I channeled my anxiety into something lighter?If you had told me six months ago that I would soon be performing standup comedy to dozens of strangers, I would have assumed it was a bad dream.Public speaking ranks about as high as driving in rush hour traffic through downtown Boston on my list of favorite activities. That I would choose to do standup, with its potential for public humiliation, is basically unimagin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-climate-anxiety-was-crippling-could-a-stand-up-comedy-class-help/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-climate-anxiety-was-crippling-could-a-stand-up-comedy-class-help/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I took a standup class to cope with the end of the world]]></title><description><![CDATA[My climate dread was becoming unbearable. I never thought I would do comedy, but what if I channeled my anxiety into something lighter?If you had told me six months ago that I would soon be performing standup comedy to dozens of strangers, I would have assumed it was a bad dream.Public speaking ranks about as high as driving in rush hour traffic through downtown Boston on my list of favorite activities. That I would choose to do standup, with its potential for public humiliation, is basically un]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-took-a-standup-class-to-cope-with-the-end-of-the-world/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-took-a-standup-class-to-cope-with-the-end-of-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate anxiety was consuming me. Then I learned to laugh about it]]></title><description><![CDATA[The daily dread pushed me to enroll in a standup class. Could I channel my anxiety into something lighter?If you had told me six months ago that I would soon be performing standup comedy to dozens of strangers, I would have assumed it was a bad dream.Public speaking ranks about as high as driving in rush hour traffic through downtown Boston on my list of favorite activities. That I would choose to do standup, with its potential for public humiliation, is basically unimaginable. Continue reading.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-anxiety-was-consuming-me-then-i-learned-to-laugh-about-it/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-anxiety-was-consuming-me-then-i-learned-to-laugh-about-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? – video explainer]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Earth keeps getting hotter and experts fear this year's El Ni&ntilde;o, nicknamed 'Godzilla' because of its predicted intensity, could raise global temperatures by up to 3.6C. Environment correspondent Damien Gayle spoke to climate scientists to understand how the weather phenomenon and the climate crisis pose a huge threat to the planet&lsquo;Super&rsquo; El Ni&ntilde;o could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts sayEl Ni&ntilde;o is back with a vengeance &ndash; and fea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-godzilla-el-nio-bring-the-hottest-year-on-record-video-explainer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/could-godzilla-el-nio-bring-the-hottest-year-on-record-video-explainer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matthew Myerscough&rsquo;s remarkable find is one of many detailed in his new book. But his journey into fossil hunting began years earlier, when he was caught in an avalancheWhen Matthew Myerscough walks along a beach, he cannot help hunting for fossils. &ldquo;I think my fossil radar is always on &ndash; even if I&rsquo;m not looking, it&rsquo;s hard sometimes to not see things,&rdquo; says the 40-year-old civil engineer, who has discovered thousands of fossils on British beaches.It was while]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-one-mans-near-death-experience-led-to-the-discovery-of-the-first-jurassic-sea-dragon-in-wales/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-one-mans-near-death-experience-led-to-the-discovery-of-the-first-jurassic-sea-dragon-in-wales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Ash fell from the sky’: Tourists describe fleeing ‘apocalyptic’ wildfires in France]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of residents and holidaymakers in France and Spain have been forced to evacuateWildfires have forced about 375,000 people to leave their homes in France and Spain.In France, nearly 260,000 have had to flee, while in neighbouring Spain 116,000 have been evacuated as the wildfires continue to wreak havoc across southern Europe. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ash-fell-from-the-sky-tourists-describe-fleeing-apocalyptic-wildfires-in-france/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ash-fell-from-the-sky-tourists-describe-fleeing-apocalyptic-wildfires-in-france/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain and France brace for new heatwaves as wildfire closes in on Bordeaux]]></title><description><![CDATA[Temperatures are expected to soar past 40C in some regions as a heatwave builds, further hampering firefighting efforts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spain-and-france-brace-for-new-heatwaves-as-wildfire-closes-in-on-bordeaux/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spain-and-france-brace-for-new-heatwaves-as-wildfire-closes-in-on-bordeaux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Dark against the gold wheat stubble, the hares sit tall like a hieroglyph | Amy-Jane Beer]]></title><description><![CDATA[North Yorkshire: It&rsquo;s been a remarkable breeding season for these gorgeous creatures with ripped physiques and all-seeing eyes&ldquo;Just seen a gorgeous hare and thought of you. They&rsquo;ve had an unbelievable breeding season.&rdquo;Like most farmers, my friend Richard is always busy and often exasperated. But he&rsquo;s also refreshingly cognisant of his privilege and determined not to blow the opportunity to make a difference. Nature is always part of his management, and now and then]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-dark-against-the-gold-wheat-stubble-the-hares-sit-tall-like-a-hieroglyph-amy-jane-beer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-dark-against-the-gold-wheat-stubble-the-hares-sit-tall-like-a-hieroglyph-amy-jane-beer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown&ldquo;It rained for 10 days and 10 nights, non-stop &ndash; I&rsquo;d never seen anything like it,&rdquo; says Anar Gul, a construction worker who lives in the remote district of Dur Baba in eastern Afghanistan.The houses in his village are built from stone and mud, which makes them extremely vulnerable to heavy rains. After days of rain, Gul&rsquo;s kitchen collapsed and his neighbour, Sayed Afsa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-have-lost-everything-extreme-rainfall-across-asia-brings-flash-floods-and-typhoons/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-have-lost-everything-extreme-rainfall-across-asia-brings-flash-floods-and-typhoons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coming days are &lsquo;absolutely critical&rsquo; for firefighters before temperatures rise again this week, officials say Firefighters in France and Spain are racing to bring huge wildfires under control before another heatwave this week that will complicate efforts to tame the flames.Spain&rsquo;s interior minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, said Monday and Tuesday were &ldquo;absolutely crucial days&rdquo; before temperatures rise again from Wednesday, prompting prime minister, Pedro S&aacute]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-race-to-contain-huge-wildfires-before-fresh-heatwave-begins/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-race-to-contain-huge-wildfires-before-fresh-heatwave-begins/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do the heatwaves in Europe and North America tell us about our future?  | Fiona Katauskas]]></title><description><![CDATA[The signs are thereSee more of Fiona Katauskas&rsquo;s cartoons here Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-do-the-heatwaves-in-europe-and-north-america-tell-us-about-our-future-fiona-katauskas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-do-the-heatwaves-in-europe-and-north-america-tell-us-about-our-future-fiona-katauskas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prehistoric species fighting for survival in Lough Neagh]]></title><description><![CDATA[Restrictions have been placed on fishing the critically-endangered European eel in Lough Neagh to try to restore the species]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-prehistoric-species-fighting-for-survival-in-lough-neagh/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-prehistoric-species-fighting-for-survival-in-lough-neagh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it time to stop using glue and labels on paper?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labels and adhesives can prevent paper from being recycled but there's new tech aimed at changing that.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-it-time-to-stop-using-glue-and-labels-on-paper/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-it-time-to-stop-using-glue-and-labels-on-paper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates smashed and crops destroyed as farmers threatened by gangs hunting hares]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some barricade the entrances to their fields with concrete blocks and fallen trees.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/gates-smashed-and-crops-destroyed-as-farmers-threatened-by-gangs-hunting-hares/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/gates-smashed-and-crops-destroyed-as-farmers-threatened-by-gangs-hunting-hares/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfire now nine miles from French city of Bordeaux, mayor warns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thomas Cazenave says they are preparing if further evacuations are issued, as the mayor of a nearby town called the situation "catastrophic".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfire-now-nine-miles-from-french-city-of-bordeaux-mayor-warns/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfire-now-nine-miles-from-french-city-of-bordeaux-mayor-warns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfires 'stark reminder' of extreme climate challenge, says William]]></title><description><![CDATA[The prince's warning comes as wildfires rage in parts of Europe and the UK during a spell of extreme heat.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-stark-reminder-of-extreme-climate-challenge-says-william/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-stark-reminder-of-extreme-climate-challenge-says-william/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intensive nature of modern chicken farming creates ideal conditions for campylobacter, allowing bacteria to evolveIndustrial chicken farming is accelerating the spread of the world&rsquo;s most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea, scientists have found.The study found a dramatic increase in the exchange of campylobacter strains between wild birds and chickens as farming has intensified, creating the ideal conditions for the bacteria to mix, spread and acquire new traits. There has also been a ri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/industrial-chicken-farming-accelerating-spread-of-diarrhoea-bacteria-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/industrial-chicken-farming-accelerating-spread-of-diarrhoea-bacteria-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a time when the quickening pace of global heating has never been clearer, climate policies are being deprioritisedA new and ominous word has entered the vocabulary of firefighters struggling to cope with the vast wildfire sweeping through south-west France. A pyrocumulonimbus is a fire-generated thunderstorm that can whip up winds in unpredictable ways, making the containment of a blaze and assessment of its likely course far more difficult. A known phenomenon in North America and Australia,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-europes-wildfires-politics-must-catch-up-with-the-new-reality-editorial/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-europes-wildfires-politics-must-catch-up-with-the-new-reality-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Jennings on southern Europe’s wildfires – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ben-jennings-on-southern-europes-wildfires-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ben-jennings-on-southern-europes-wildfires-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[With large areas still burning, damage from national park&rsquo;s worst blaze could take decades, if not longer, to put rightIt is the jewel in the crown of the Highlands, one of Scotland&rsquo;s most impressive natural landscapes, but 12 days on from the start of an enormous wildfire that is tearing through moorland and forest, the Cairngorms national park is unrecognisable.Hectares of blackened land were visible as low cloud cleared on Sunday, with smoke billowing into the air from large areas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swathes-of-cairngorms-unrecognisable-after-12-days-of-cataclysmic-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swathes-of-cairngorms-unrecognisable-after-12-days-of-cataclysmic-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devastating European wildfires in maps - and how they're being tackled]]></title><description><![CDATA[A blaze near Bordeaux has torn through more than 162 sq miles (420 sq km) in less than four days, while the Madrid region is seeing its worst fires ever.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/devastating-european-wildfires-in-maps-and-how-theyre-being-tackled/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/devastating-european-wildfires-in-maps-and-how-theyre-being-tackled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain braces for fourth heatwave of year as fire chiefs issue public appeal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Temperatures up to 35C forecast, triggering heat health alerts and pleas to take care in parched parks and rural areasParamedics and firefighters are braced for emergencies across the country this week after UK forecasters predicted a fourth heatwave of the year.Temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 35C by Wednesday, triggering heat health alerts and an appeal from fire chiefs to take care in parched parks and rural areas. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britain-braces-for-fourth-heatwave-of-year-as-fire-chiefs-issue-public-appeal/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britain-braces-for-fourth-heatwave-of-year-as-fire-chiefs-issue-public-appeal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to predicting the future, why are TV writers better than politicians? | Zoe Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[From BBC drama The Rapture on the climate crisis to Apple&rsquo;s Criminal Record on the rise of the far right, culture often sees what politics fails toIn the BBC&rsquo;s new apocalypse drama, The Rapture, the UK is engulfed in a terrifying heatwave. I watched a preview of the programme in May, while preparing to interview the lead actor Ruth Madeley. I thought at the time: &ldquo;This will be much more frightening when it chimes with the real life weather, bad luck for them that it&rsquo;s not]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-it-comes-to-predicting-the-future-why-are-tv-writers-better-than-politicians-zoe-williams/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-it-comes-to-predicting-the-future-why-are-tv-writers-better-than-politicians-zoe-williams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound&rsquo;s useA coalition of 17 environmental groups is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency reject a new Pfas that chemical giant Chemours is attempting to fast track for approval for use in cooling datacenters, and would almost certainly pollute regions around the facilities.In formal comments submitted to the agency, the groups accuse Chemours of using bad science to downplay the chemical&rsquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/us-environmental-groups-urge-epa-to-reject-new-pfas-to-cool-datacenters/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/us-environmental-groups-urge-epa-to-reject-new-pfas-to-cool-datacenters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It came out of real frustration’: the 90s activist network that set fires to save a burning planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Matthew Wolfe&rsquo;s Fires in the Night examines Earth Liberation Front, a US eco-anarchist movement, and its legacy of radical environmentalismAre echoes of 1990s radical environmentalism returning louder or fading away? It&rsquo;s a question posed by Fires in the Night, a new book on the history of the Earth Liberation Front (Elf), a loosely grouped band of US Pacific north-west activists that used economic sabotage and arson to protest environmental destruction.The members called themselves]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-came-out-of-real-frustration-the-90s-activist-network-that-set-fires-to-save-a-burning-planet/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-came-out-of-real-frustration-the-90s-activist-network-that-set-fires-to-save-a-burning-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK's iconic Jodrell Bank telescope faces axe in science cuts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uks-iconic-jodrell-bank-telescope-faces-axe-in-science-cuts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uks-iconic-jodrell-bank-telescope-faces-axe-in-science-cuts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How 'fire-generated thunderstorms' make wildfires more deadly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Certain types of severe wildfire can create pyrocumulonimbus - something that Nasa calls the "fire-breathing dragon of clouds".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-fire-generated-thunderstorms-make-wildfires-more-deadly/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-fire-generated-thunderstorms-make-wildfires-more-deadly/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PM urged to uphold climate pledges made as mayor and ban new North Sea oil drilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts who helped Burnham draw up Manchester carbon neutral pledge say backtracking would send wrong message amid wildfires and heatwavesEurope wildfires &ndash; latest updatesLeading climate scientists who created Greater Manchester&rsquo;s carbon neutral by 2038 commitment are urging Andy Burnham to unequivocally reject new drilling in the North Sea.In a letter to the prime minister they said he, as mayor of Greater Manchester, had unveiled one of the UK&rsquo;s most ambitious local climate p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pm-urged-to-uphold-climate-pledges-made-as-mayor-and-ban-new-north-sea-oil-drilling/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pm-urged-to-uphold-climate-pledges-made-as-mayor-and-ban-new-north-sea-oil-drilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cars swept away and trees toppled as Typhoon Noul brings flooding to southern China – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Typhoon Noul made landfall early on Sunday in southern China, bringing heavy rain and gale-force winds across Guangdong province. Authorities said heavy to torrential rain would continue until Tuesday. The rapidly developing storm is the strongest to hit China so far in 2026, according to state media. It has forced the relocation of more than 715,000 people in Guangdong province, authorities said on SundayTyphoon Noul forces more than 715,000 from homes and cancels hundreds of flights in China a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cars-swept-away-and-trees-toppled-as-typhoon-noul-brings-flooding-to-southern-china-video/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/cars-swept-away-and-trees-toppled-as-typhoon-noul-brings-flooding-to-southern-china-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The city isn’t built for heat’: how extreme weather puts London’s rough sleepers at risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[As heatwaves make the capital increasingly dangerous, outreach workers warn that vulnerable people face barriers to finding water and cool spaces&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve just got to bear it. It&rsquo;s like being in a hot country. It drains you,&rdquo; said Tom*, a man in his 60s who has been homeless for a number of years. &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t seen weather like this for as long as I&rsquo;ve been outside.&ldquo;I keep to my routines, but you need to find somewhere to sit down and rest. Either some]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-city-isnt-built-for-heat-how-extreme-weather-puts-londons-rough-sleepers-at-risk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-city-isnt-built-for-heat-how-extreme-weather-puts-londons-rough-sleepers-at-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volunteer scheme credited with changing man's life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Reynolds, 27, says the scheme helps him to "get away from day-to-day life".]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/volunteer-scheme-credited-with-changing-mans-life/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/volunteer-scheme-credited-with-changing-mans-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Off the scale' haul of nitrous oxide cans found]]></title><description><![CDATA[Litterpickers say they found 82 in a day, and normally find between three and 12.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/off-the-scale-haul-of-nitrous-oxide-cans-found/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/off-the-scale-haul-of-nitrous-oxide-cans-found/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature reserve where 'magical' glow worms thrive]]></title><description><![CDATA[The nature reserve in Sussex is seen as a 'stronghold' for the near threatened glow worm.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-nature-reserve-where-magical-glow-worms-thrive/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-nature-reserve-where-magical-glow-worms-thrive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Littering fines draw in almost £100k across county]]></title><description><![CDATA[New figures reveal which councils in Cambridgeshire have issued the most fines for littering.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/littering-fines-draw-in-almost-100k-across-county/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/littering-fines-draw-in-almost-100k-across-county/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: I always dreamed of a safe, scenic footpath. Finally, my wish has been granted | John Gilbey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Comins Coch, Ceredigion: It took more than 30 years, but now I am walking it for the first time &ndash; and no hi-vis clothing is necessary. It will benefit the community for generations to comeWhere the lane heading north from the village joins the main road, a small, venerable stone barn used to stand. Like me, it had seen better days. I walked past it twice a day on my journey to and from work, hoping to catch a glimpse of the semi-resident barn owl that used it&nbsp;as an outpost. Sadly, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-i-always-dreamed-of-a-safe-scenic-footpath-finally-my-wish-has-been-granted-john-gilbey/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-i-always-dreamed-of-a-safe-scenic-footpath-finally-my-wish-has-been-granted-john-gilbey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macron calls crisis meeting as wildfires threaten Bordeaux and heatwave looms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blazes are about 15km from Bordeaux, but the city's mayor says there are no plans to evacuate.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/macron-calls-crisis-meeting-as-wildfires-threaten-bordeaux-and-heatwave-looms/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/macron-calls-crisis-meeting-as-wildfires-threaten-bordeaux-and-heatwave-looms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ella Baron on the wildfires in France and Spain – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ella-baron-on-the-wildfires-in-france-and-spain-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ella-baron-on-the-wildfires-in-france-and-spain-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ed Miliband indicates development and climate will be at heart of UK foreign policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Foreign secretary to take up World Bank seat and play active role in shaping changes to global lender Britain&rsquo;s foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is to indicate he will put the climate crisis and overseas development at the heart of UK international relations by taking up the country&rsquo;s seat on the board at the World Bank.The position, which is usually delegated to a junior minister, means Miliband will play an active role in shaping the changes to the World Bank that develop]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ed-miliband-indicates-development-and-climate-will-be-at-heart-of-uk-foreign-policy/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ed-miliband-indicates-development-and-climate-will-be-at-heart-of-uk-foreign-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe wildfires: ‘Difficult hours lie ahead’ in battle to contain fires, says Pedro Sánchez as more than 300,000 flee homes in France and Spain – as it happened]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in FranceMore than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and SpainAs my colleagues note in this story, scientists say climate breakdown is triggering more frequent and more extreme weather events, evaporating soils and waterways, fuelling wildfires and leading to thousands of excess deaths. Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate.Spain&rsquo;s environ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-difficult-hours-lie-ahead-in-battle-to-contain-fires-says-pedro-snchez-as-more-than-300000-flee-homes-in-france-and-spain-as-it-happened/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-difficult-hours-lie-ahead-in-battle-to-contain-fires-says-pedro-snchez-as-more-than-300000-flee-homes-in-france-and-spain-as-it-happened/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe wildfires: ‘Difficult hours lie ahead’ in battle to contain fires, says Pedro Sánchez as more than 300,000 flee homes in France and Spain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in FranceMore than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and SpainAs my colleagues note in this story, scientists say climate breakdown is triggering more frequent and more extreme weather events, evaporating soils and waterways, fuelling wildfires and leading to thousands of excess deaths. Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate.Spain&rsquo;s environ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-difficult-hours-lie-ahead-in-battle-to-contain-fires-says-pedro-snchez-as-more-than-300000-flee-homes-in-france-and-spain/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-difficult-hours-lie-ahead-in-battle-to-contain-fires-says-pedro-snchez-as-more-than-300000-flee-homes-in-france-and-spain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blazes near Madrid coming under control but efforts to contain huge fire near Bordeaux hampered by windy conditionsAuthorities in France are battling to contain a huge wildfire near Bordeaux in the south-west as Spain&rsquo;s prime minister, Pedro S&aacute;nchez, warned Spain and the Iberian peninsula were suffering the effects of the climate emergency.Efforts to extinguish the blaze in the Gironde region of France &ndash; which has consumed an area four times the size of Paris and caused nearly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pedro-snchez-says-spain-is-suffering-effects-of-climate-crisis-as-firefighters-battle-wildfires-in-france/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pedro-snchez-says-spain-is-suffering-effects-of-climate-crisis-as-firefighters-battle-wildfires-in-france/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefighters in France battle to prevent huge blaze from approaching Bordeaux]]></title><description><![CDATA[Efforts to contain wildfire that has consumed an area of four times the size of Paris impeded by windy conditionsEurope wildfires live &ndash; latest updatesAuthorities are battling to contain a huge wildfire near Bordeaux in south-west France that has consumed an area of land four times the size of Paris.Efforts to extinguish the blaze in the Gironde region, where nearly 220,000 people have been evacuated, were hampered by windy conditions on Saturday night. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighters-in-france-battle-to-prevent-huge-blaze-from-approaching-bordeaux/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighters-in-france-battle-to-prevent-huge-blaze-from-approaching-bordeaux/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe wildfires: ‘Difficult hours lie ahead’ in battle to contain fires, says Pedro Sanchez as more than 300,000 flee homes in France and Spain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in FranceMore than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and SpainAs my colleagues note in this story, scientists say climate breakdown is triggering more frequent and more extreme weather events, evaporating soils and waterways, fuelling wildfires and leading to thousands of excess deaths. Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate.Spain&rsquo;s environ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-difficult-hours-lie-ahead-in-battle-to-contain-fires-says-pedro-sanchez-as-more-than-300000-flee-homes-in-france-and-spain/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-difficult-hours-lie-ahead-in-battle-to-contain-fires-says-pedro-sanchez-as-more-than-300000-flee-homes-in-france-and-spain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe wildfires: more than 300,000 flee homes and holiday accommodation in France and Spain as fires rage]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in FranceMore than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and SpainAs we mentioned in the opening post, about 55,000 people were ordered to leave villages around the French city of Bordeaux overnight as the fire continues to spread.A Bordeaux city council spokesperson has told Sky News that is &ldquo;currently studying scenarios for all possible ways the fire could evo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-more-than-300000-flee-homes-and-holiday-accommodation-in-france-and-spain-as-fires-rage/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/europe-wildfires-more-than-300000-flee-homes-and-holiday-accommodation-in-france-and-spain-as-fires-rage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['It's like having an amusement park and not opening it' - algae closures take toll]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are currently 245 algae blooms across water systems in Northern Ireland.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-like-having-an-amusement-park-and-not-opening-it-algae-closures-take-toll/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-like-having-an-amusement-park-and-not-opening-it-algae-closures-take-toll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nasa boss praises rise of women in science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr Nicola Fox says she was one of four women on her science course at university in the 1991.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nasa-boss-praises-rise-of-women-in-science/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nasa-boss-praises-rise-of-women-in-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allowing use of two neonicotinoids to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union saysBeekeepers and environmentalists in France have reacted furiously after parliament approved a bill reauthorising two banned pesticides scientists say can poison bees.&ldquo;There are no words to describe the frustration,&rdquo; said Carolyn Bouguet, a beekeeper in Essonne, greater Paris. &ldquo;Bee populations have already been badly compromised by climate change, new parasites and los]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scandalous-irrational-and-irresponsible-french-beekeepers-fury-at-lifting-of-pesticides-ban/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scandalous-irrational-and-irresponsible-french-beekeepers-fury-at-lifting-of-pesticides-ban/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to keep cool in a heatwave: 25 tips from the people who know best, from a Rio lifeguard to an Egyptian archaeologist]]></title><description><![CDATA[For some, scorching days and humid nights are just the norm. So how do they stay chilled and comfortable?Luis Pacherrez Ant&oacute;n is president of Agroperu Cooperative, a democratic collective of 102 small-scale farmers in the Chira River valley, Peru. He is based in Piura, known as &ldquo;the city of eternal heat&rdquo; because it stays hot and dry all year round. &ldquo;The sun rays start to shine very early &ndash; from 9am,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;So as people who work in cultivation, under]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-keep-cool-in-a-heatwave-25-tips-from-the-people-who-know-best-from-a-rio-lifeguard-to-an-egyptian-archaeologist/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-keep-cool-in-a-heatwave-25-tips-from-the-people-who-know-best-from-a-rio-lifeguard-to-an-egyptian-archaeologist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 300,000 flee wildfires in France and Spain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spain's PM warns of "complex hours" ahead as authorities in France say they are far from bringing blazes burning near Bordeaux under control.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-than-300000-flee-wildfires-in-france-and-spain/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-than-300000-flee-wildfires-in-france-and-spain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to see July's full Buck Moon as it rises in the night sky]]></title><description><![CDATA[July's full Moon, know as the Buck Moon, is set to light up the night sky next week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-see-julys-full-buck-moon-as-it-rises-in-the-night-sky/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-to-see-julys-full-buck-moon-as-it-rises-in-the-night-sky/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evacuated villagers in Cairngorms allowed home after wildfire threat lifts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scottish first minister thanks Nethy Bridge residents and aid workers after earlier requesting UK military aid to fight 10-day fireResidents of Nethy Bridge have been told they can return to their homes after a large fire broke out in the Cairngorms national park.Supt Judy Hill of Police Scotland said: &ldquo;Thanks to the efforts of fire crews, gamekeepers, contractors, partners and many others over the past 24 hours, there is no longer the immediate threat which prompted the evacuation of prop]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/evacuated-villagers-in-cairngorms-allowed-home-after-wildfire-threat-lifts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/evacuated-villagers-in-cairngorms-allowed-home-after-wildfire-threat-lifts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boomGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was a &ldquo;friendly introduction from the team behind the Victorian AI hub&rdquo;.&ldquo;I am knocking on doors to explain what we have in mind and, most importantly, to listen,&rdquo; the letter from Syncline Energy stated. Continue reading]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-six-times-bigger-than-a-large-shopping-centre/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-six-times-bigger-than-a-large-shopping-centre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be almost six times the size of Chadstone shopping centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boomGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was a &ldquo;friendly introduction from the team behind the Victorian AI hub&rdquo;.&ldquo;I am knocking on doors to explain what we have in mind and, most importantly, to listen,&rdquo; the letter from Syncline Energy stated. Continue reading]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-almost-six-times-the-size-of-chadstone-shopping-centre/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mega-datacentre-planned-for-outer-melbourne-will-be-almost-six-times-the-size-of-chadstone-shopping-centre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Locals fear for their children’s quality of life if the biggest coalmine extension in NSW is approved]]></title><description><![CDATA[Minns government promised no new coalmines but permits expanding existing sites, despite being behind on climate targetsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt Branxton community hall in the New South Wales Hunter Valley last week, local resident Janet Murray was given five minutes to speak about plans for the state&rsquo;s biggest coalmine extension.Before her were dozens of people, also there to share their views about whether the 19-year extension proposed by Hunter Vall]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/locals-fear-for-their-childrens-quality-of-life-if-the-biggest-coalmine-extension-in-nsw-is-approved/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/locals-fear-for-their-childrens-quality-of-life-if-the-biggest-coalmine-extension-in-nsw-is-approved/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swinney requests UK military aid as 500 firefighters tackle Cairngorms wildfire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scottish first minister hopes aerial support will help quench 10-day fire that has forced evacuation of Highlands villageThe first minister of Scotland has asked for military aid from the UK government as more than 500 firefighters continue to tackle a firewhich has raged in the Cairngorms national park for the past 10 days and forced the evacuation of homes in the remote region.John Swinney has said the blaze remains a &ldquo;major and serious&rdquo; incident but that Saturday afternoon had bro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swinney-requests-uk-military-aid-as-500-firefighters-tackle-cairngorms-wildfire/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swinney-requests-uk-military-aid-as-500-firefighters-tackle-cairngorms-wildfire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Blunder at Rosebank, UK&rsquo;s biggest undeveloped oilfield, comes as government considers granting licenceProduction at Britain&rsquo;s biggest undeveloped oil and gasfield could be delayed for months after equipment from a rig was accidentally dropped in the North Sea, the Guardian can reveal.Andy Burnham&rsquo;s new government is under pressure from the fossil fuel industry to allow oil to be retrieved from the Rosebank site despite opposition from climate campaigners and some Lab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-north-sea-oil-drilling-faces-delay-after-gear-accidentally-dropped-in-sea/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-north-sea-oil-drilling-faces-delay-after-gear-accidentally-dropped-in-sea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of firefighters battle blazes as strong winds drive fires towards Bordeaux and smoke prompts health warnings in MadridUnrestrained wildfires in Spain and France have forced more than 250,000 people to flee, authorities from both countries have said, as they struggle to contain the blazes.About 70,000 people were evacuated from central Spain, while 197,000 people fled in France, including tens of thousands from the wine region city of Bordeaux. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-than-250000-people-flee-wildfires-in-france-and-spain/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/more-than-250000-people-flee-wildfires-in-france-and-spain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefighters in Spain and France battle raging wildfires – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Footage shows the extent of the devastation caused by wildfires in Cenicientos, in the Madrid region of Spain, on Friday. Members of Spain's military emergency unit sought to contain the blazes in the Madrid region and in Cuevas de Ca&ntilde;art in the country's north-east. In France, dozens of firefighters battled flames threatening homes around the towns of Saumos and Sainte-H&eacute;l&egrave;ne in the south-west as a wildfire swept the nearby forest. The virulence of the wildfires, fuelled by]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighters-in-spain-and-france-battle-raging-wildfires-video/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighters-in-spain-and-france-battle-raging-wildfires-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France and Spain race to control wildfires as more than 250,000 evacuated – live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, in the UK, a blaze in the Cairngorms national park has been described as &lsquo;very serious&rsquo; by Scotland&rsquo;s first ministerTell us: have you been affected by wildfires in Europe?The French prime minister, S&eacute;bastien Lecornu, has requested the armed forces to deploy an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft earlier than originally planned to help tackle the major wildfires in Gironde, according to Le Monde.The French newspaper reported the aircraft&rsquo;s use was no]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-race-to-control-wildfires-as-more-than-250000-evacuated-live/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-race-to-control-wildfires-as-more-than-250000-evacuated-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France and Spain race to control wildfires as Bordeaux suburbs evacuated – live]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, in the UK, a blaze in the Cairngorms national park has been described as &lsquo;very serious&rsquo; by Scotland&rsquo;s first ministerTell us: have you been affected by wildfires in Europe?The French prime minister, S&eacute;bastien Lecornu, has requested the armed forces to deploy an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft earlier than originally planned to help tackle the major wildfires in Gironde, according to Le Monde.The French newspaper reported the aircraft&rsquo;s use was no]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-race-to-control-wildfires-as-bordeaux-suburbs-evacuated-live/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/france-and-spain-race-to-control-wildfires-as-bordeaux-suburbs-evacuated-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young country diary: A jellyfish party around our surfboards | Jess]]></title><description><![CDATA[North Devon: The cool water was full of them &ndash; and we found out later that one of them, the compass jellyfish, should be avoidedOn a scorching hot day, my friend and I went surfing at my local beach. We partnered up to carry the boards down to the water &ndash; mine coral-coloured, his blue &ndash; and we clambered across the dunes, with the sand burning the soles of our feet. As we jumped into the cool water, we realised we were not alone. At first, we saw one or two, but by the point we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/young-country-diary-a-jellyfish-party-around-our-surfboards-jess/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/young-country-diary-a-jellyfish-party-around-our-surfboards-jess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Major incident declared over blaze that has intensified amid strengthening windsA major incident has been declared over a wildfire that has been raging in the Cairngorms national park for more than a week, police have said, with a whole village having been evacuated.Officers from Police Scotland said there had been a significant change in weather conditions, with strengthening winds making a fire that has been burning out of control for 11 days yet more difficult to contain. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/entire-cairngorms-village-evacuated-as-raging-wildfire-nears/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/entire-cairngorms-village-evacuated-as-raging-wildfire-nears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Campaigners urge government to introduce right of access to water, particularly as heatwaves become more commonAlmost three-quarters of riverbanks in England have no public access, according to data released by the Right to Roam campaign.Across the country, the public cannot use riverbanks or gain access to the rivers themselves in most of the river catchments from the west of Cornwall up to the Tweed, which flows through northern England and Scotland. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-75-of-englands-riverbanks-off-limits-to-public-figures-show/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/almost-75-of-englands-riverbanks-off-limits-to-public-figures-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the cocktail taking young drinkers by storm - but the packaging is 'unrecyclable']]></title><description><![CDATA[BuzzBallz cannot be recycled because the metal lid and plastic body are attached, say experts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-cocktail-taking-young-drinkers-by-storm-but-the-packaging-is-unrecyclable/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-the-cocktail-taking-young-drinkers-by-storm-but-the-packaging-is-unrecyclable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Without us, they are doomed’: volunteers save fish from French rivers drying up in heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fish being moved to oxygenated flowing water further downstream as water levels drop across countryAlong the Odet River in Brittany, fisher Mathieu Le Bouter and a dozen volunteers are catching hundreds of trout and young salmon &ndash; not for sport but to save them.They are only a few miles from the source of the river, which springs from the Black Mountains in Finist&egrave;re and runs for about 40 miles (65km) into the Atlantic Ocean, but the water is barely up to their knees. Continue readi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/without-us-they-are-doomed-volunteers-save-fish-from-french-rivers-drying-up-in-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/without-us-they-are-doomed-volunteers-save-fish-from-french-rivers-drying-up-in-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials have long lobbied for peak that rises 2,918 metres above sea level to be given coveted designationMore than four decades have elapsed since Evangelos Geroliolios made his first ascent to the home of the ancient gods. At the top of Mount Olympus, on the rocky peak of Greece&rsquo;s highest mountain, he felt unalloyed awe.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never forgotten that unique moment, that unique feeling up there on the throne of Zeus,&rdquo; recalled Geroliolios, who as mayor of Dion-Olympus now]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/no-time-to-waste-greece-bids-for-mount-olympus-to-be-included-on-unesco-list-of-world-heritage-sites/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/no-time-to-waste-greece-bids-for-mount-olympus-to-be-included-on-unesco-list-of-world-heritage-sites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: SpaceX's successful test flight and splashdown for Starship]]></title><description><![CDATA[The megarocket pulls off a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean an hour after launch.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-spacexs-successful-test-flight-and-splashdown-for-starship/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-spacexs-successful-test-flight-and-splashdown-for-starship/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lofty ambitions: can puffer jackets be made more sustainable?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As temperatures dip, the puffer&rsquo;s appeal inflates. But quality and filler are factors to consider before buying newChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household&rsquo;s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comWhether you call it a parka, puffer or Tassie tuxedo, the insulated jacket has become a cold-weather closet staple.A 1920s version by Australian mou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lofty-ambitions-can-puffer-jackets-be-made-more-sustainable/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lofty-ambitions-can-puffer-jackets-be-made-more-sustainable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This desert oasis is a biological wonderland. Trump’s border wall threatens to destroy it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environmental groups are sounding the alarm over plans that threaten a desert spring that&rsquo;s home to rare fish and turtles and sacred to the O&rsquo;odham peopleQuitobaquito Springs in south-west Arizona has been called a biological wonderland with few equals.The springs are an oasis in the vast Sonoran desert along the US-Mexico border, held sacred by the O&rsquo;odham people, who call it A&rsquo;al Vaipia. Here, water flows out of an aquifer at the bottom of a hill, runs along a short con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/this-desert-oasis-is-a-biological-wonderland-trumps-border-wall-threatens-to-destroy-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/this-desert-oasis-is-a-biological-wonderland-trumps-border-wall-threatens-to-destroy-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water bosses’ pay rises despite bonus ban and public fury over bills and pollution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Eight companies expect to be covered by the ban for 2025-26, the Guardian can revealWater company bosses&rsquo; total pay rose over the past year despite a government bonus ban and public outrage over pollution and bills, the Guardian can reveal.One chief executive, Mark Thurston of Anglian Water, received &pound;1.9m &ndash; including a &pound;500,000 &ldquo;retention payment&rdquo;, despite the bonus ban. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/water-bosses-pay-rises-despite-bonus-ban-and-public-fury-over-bills-and-pollution/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/water-bosses-pay-rises-despite-bonus-ban-and-public-fury-over-bills-and-pollution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parts of England under heat alert with 30C temperatures possible]]></title><description><![CDATA[Warning in place until Sunday morning in southern and central regions after drought declared in parts of WalesHeat alerts are in place across parts of England, with possible highs of 30C (86F) and officials saying temperatures are likely to have an impact on health and wellbeing.The yellow heat health alerts issued for the East Midlands, east of England, London, south-east, south-west and West Midlands are in place until 9am on Sunday. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/parts-of-england-under-heat-alert-with-30c-temperatures-possible/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/parts-of-england-under-heat-alert-with-30c-temperatures-possible/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on ponds: these freshwater havens need a law of their own | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Small pools don&rsquo;t get the same attention as polluted rivers or seas. But they have a vital role to play in boosting natureFrogs; newts; small fish such as minnows and sticklebacks; dragonflies; water boatmen and water snails: these are just a few of the hundreds of animal species that make their homes in Britain&rsquo;s ponds alongside diverse wetland plants, some of which are endangered. Yet while small bodies of water are cherished by hobbyists as well as scientists, they have startlingl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-ponds-these-freshwater-havens-need-a-law-of-their-own-editorial/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-ponds-these-freshwater-havens-need-a-law-of-their-own-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Buck Moon' set to light up sky]]></title><description><![CDATA[July's full Moon is set to be a special one - Sophia Herod explains why.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/buck-moon-set-to-light-up-sky/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/buck-moon-set-to-light-up-sky/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rain returns for some parts of the UK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rain is returning for some of us this weekend &ndash; but is it enough for places that have seen little or now rain for weeks?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rain-returns-for-some-parts-of-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rain-returns-for-some-parts-of-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A global threat for millennia: experts warn Australia’s nuclear submarine legacy will be weapons-usable uranium cache]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Uranium waste from Aukus submarines will be enriched to an estimated 80%: the same level as the bomb dropped on HiroshimaAustralia&rsquo;s proposed nuclear submarine fleet will leave behind tonnes of weapons-usable uranium-235: radioactive for hundreds of millions of years, and capable of being processed into scores of warheads, nuclear experts have told a public inquiry into Aukus.And a former White House national security adviser has told the Guardian that Australia&rsquo;s Aukus de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-global-threat-for-millennia-experts-warn-australias-nuclear-submarine-legacy-will-be-weapons-usable-uranium-cache/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-global-threat-for-millennia-experts-warn-australias-nuclear-submarine-legacy-will-be-weapons-usable-uranium-cache/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tens of thousands evacuated from French tourist spot and near Madrid as wildfires spread]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fire has raged in the region for several days with officials now ordering the evacuation of the entire Cap Ferret peninsula.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tens-of-thousands-evacuated-from-french-tourist-spot-and-near-madrid-as-wildfires-spread/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tens-of-thousands-evacuated-from-french-tourist-spot-and-near-madrid-as-wildfires-spread/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nutrients in our food are declining. Can regenerative agriculture save it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Approach focuses on rebuilding soil health, increasing biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystemsFor the last few decades, the nutrient content of our crops has been declining. In the late 90s, the US Department of Agriculture found the vitamin C content of lemons had decreased by almost a third over the previous 22 years. Calcium in carrots, an important source especially for non-meat eaters, had reduced, on average, by more than a quarter. Vitamin A in bananas was down by 57%. The mineral c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nutrients-in-our-food-are-declining-can-regenerative-agriculture-save-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nutrients-in-our-food-are-declining-can-regenerative-agriculture-save-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Total chaos’: the biological wonderland threatened by Trump’s border wall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environmental groups are sounding the alarm over plans that threaten a desert spring that&rsquo;s home to rare fish and turtles and sacred to the O&rsquo;odham peopleQuitobaquito Springs in south-west Arizona has been called a biological wonderland with few equals.The springs are an oasis in the vast Sonoran desert along the US-Mexico border, held sacred by the O&rsquo;odham people, who call it A&rsquo;al Vaipia. Here, water flows out of an aquifer at the bottom of a hill, runs along a short con]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/total-chaos-the-biological-wonderland-threatened-by-trumps-border-wall/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/total-chaos-the-biological-wonderland-threatened-by-trumps-border-wall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mangrove photography awards 2026 – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[A selection of the winners, runners-up and highly commended photos from the Mangrove photography awards, run by the Mangrove Action Project, which received 5,258 entries from 87 countries. In its 12th year, the awards continue to offer a window into landscapes viewers may otherwise never encounter Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mangrove-photography-awards-2026-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/mangrove-photography-awards-2026-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: a thirsty baby hedgehog, a rare puffling and a jumping spider]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-thirsty-baby-hedgehog-a-rare-puffling-and-a-jumping-spider/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-thirsty-baby-hedgehog-a-rare-puffling-and-a-jumping-spider/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can the Galápagos Islands’ animals teach us about the threats of El Niño?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week&rsquo;s newsletter: the archipelago at the centre of the extreme weather phenomenon could help scientists predict how other marine ecosystems will adapt to our warming climate&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe ocean waters around the Gal&aacute;pagos Islands are hot. Very hot. Observed for centuries in the Pacific by fishers, the El Ni&ntilde;o weather phenomenon begins when the prevailing trade winds slow, allowing warm water to spread eas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-can-the-galpagos-islands-animals-teach-us-about-the-threats-of-el-nio/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-can-the-galpagos-islands-animals-teach-us-about-the-threats-of-el-nio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One year, 17 towns, dozens of voices: what we heard along the coast of England and Wales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reporting from some of the poorest seaside towns revealed how young people have been left isolated &ndash; but remain resilient and full of hopeIf you were asked to summon up images of the coastline of England and Wales, you might think of sunny days, buckets, spades and carefree holidays. But for many young people growing up by the sea, decades of evidence tell a very different story. For them, rather than a picture-perfect horizon full of hope, the sea has become a boundary that swallows up op]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/one-year-17-towns-dozens-of-voices-what-we-heard-along-the-coast-of-england-and-wales/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/one-year-17-towns-dozens-of-voices-what-we-heard-along-the-coast-of-england-and-wales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play area aims to interest children in rare habitat]]></title><description><![CDATA[A science centre hopes play is the key to making children care about the future of chalk streams.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/play-area-aims-to-interest-children-in-rare-habitat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/play-area-aims-to-interest-children-in-rare-habitat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare night heron spotted at National Trust site]]></title><description><![CDATA[The small bird, which is widespread across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, is seen on camera.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-night-heron-spotted-at-national-trust-site/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-night-heron-spotted-at-national-trust-site/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: A fragrant walk among the sweet stranglehold of honeysuckle | Phil Gates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deerness Valley, County Durham: For all its beauty, there is something sinister about honeysuckle, a vegetable boa constrictor lurking in the floraAn early morning walk before the heat of the day becomes oppressive. The woodland footpath&nbsp;lies in deep shadow, flecked with sunbeams. A familiar fragrance &ndash; honeysuckle &ndash; lingers in&nbsp;the cool, still air.There are a few Lonicera periclymenum flowers at eye level, but most of the sweet, clove-like perfume comes from thousands of in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-fragrant-walk-among-the-sweet-stranglehold-of-honeysuckle-phil-gates/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-fragrant-walk-among-the-sweet-stranglehold-of-honeysuckle-phil-gates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare heron seen at Somerset estate where river has been allowed to run free]]></title><description><![CDATA[Black-crowned night heron one of many species thriving at Holnicote Estate where river &lsquo;reset&rsquo; has transformed area into lush oasisA rare black-crowned night heron has been spotted on an estate in the south-west of England where an innovative river &ldquo;reset&rdquo; is transforming the area into an oasis for birdlife.The heron was caught on camera in a jungly corner of the Holnicote Estate, where conservation experts have been restoring the landscape by allowing a river to return t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-heron-seen-at-somerset-estate-where-river-has-been-allowed-to-run-free/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rare-heron-seen-at-somerset-estate-where-river-has-been-allowed-to-run-free/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience: I hunt for missing hikers in remote mountains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since I started doing search and rescue five years ago, I have found seven survivors. Sadly, the number I find dead is higherIn 2012, I was a student and had arrived in Taiwan from the Czech Republic. I soon discovered something that interested me far more than my studies: the mountains of Taiwan. I would leave the campus to explore untouched trails near Taipei. I was obsessed with old maps, often looking for routes that had vanished from modern ones, and hiking paths that no one had taken for d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/experience-i-hunt-for-missing-hikers-in-remote-mountains/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/experience-i-hunt-for-missing-hikers-in-remote-mountains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands flee wildfires in France and Spain as temperatures reach extreme levels in southern Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[France asks EU for help while Spain declares national emergency around Madrid, as marine heatwave sees parts of Mediterranean Sea 5C hotter than normalBrutal heat torching southern Europe has forced about 30,000 people to flee wildfires in France and Spain as a marine heatwave scalds the Mediterranean and researchers warn that &ldquo;Dantesque&rdquo; scenarios cannot be ruled out as infernos worsen.France has requested assistance from &#8288;the European Union to help it deal &#8288;with a &#828]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thousands-flee-wildfires-in-france-and-spain-as-temperatures-reach-extreme-levels-in-southern-europe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thousands-flee-wildfires-in-france-and-spain-as-temperatures-reach-extreme-levels-in-southern-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists find the secret of birdsong's 'spectacular diversity']]></title><description><![CDATA[A scientific study has revealed the acoustic secret that connects all birdsong - and it is surprisingly simple]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-find-the-secret-of-birdsongs-spectacular-diversity/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scientists-find-the-secret-of-birdsongs-spectacular-diversity/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands evacuated in south of France as wildfire rages across pine forest – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local people and tourists were evacuated from the Arcachon Bay area overnight into Thursday after a huge fire engulfed more than 3,400 hectares (8,400 acres) of forest. Pushed by the wind, with flames reaching 10 metres high, the fire is still spreading towards the Cap Ferret peninsula. On Tuesday, two firefighters died battling another nearby fire close to Bordeaux airport Thousands flee wildfires in France as temperatures reach extreme levels in southern Europe Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thousands-evacuated-in-south-of-france-as-wildfire-rages-across-pine-forest-video/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thousands-evacuated-in-south-of-france-as-wildfire-rages-across-pine-forest-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Guardian view on Britain’s uninhabitable homes: as temperatures rise, a new approach is needed | Editorial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sadiq Khan&rsquo;s heat-ready plan for London is a sensible strategy for adaptation that should provide a roadmap for other cities&ldquo;Our ability to trust that our homes will keep us safe from the outside is under threat,&rdquo; the geographer Sam Johnson-Schlee writes in Hot House, his recent book on how heat has transformed domestic life. This summer, high temperatures have become inescapable. People have coped with makeshift solutions: keeping curtains drawn, placing foil over windows or &]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-britains-uninhabitable-homes-as-temperatures-rise-a-new-approach-is-needed-editorial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-guardian-view-on-britains-uninhabitable-homes-as-temperatures-rise-a-new-approach-is-needed-editorial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you throw out all the synthetic fabrics in your closet, read this]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts weigh in on wellness culture&rsquo;s obsession with natural fibers and the growing trend of people shunning plastic-based clothingA few months ago, Lane Koch made a decision: she would purge her family&rsquo;s closets of all plastic-based fabrics and replace them with natural fibers, such as cotton and linen.Koch, a longtime Republican political strategist who was a senior staffer on Robert F Kennedy Jr&rsquo;s presidential campaign, has long avoided processed foods and rid her kitchen o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/before-you-throw-out-all-the-synthetic-fabrics-in-your-closet-read-this/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/before-you-throw-out-all-the-synthetic-fabrics-in-your-closet-read-this/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you be fined for using a hosepipe?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ben Rich looks at what is and isn't allowed during a hosepipe ban.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-you-be-fined-for-using-a-hosepipe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-you-be-fined-for-using-a-hosepipe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hosepipe ban in force as drought threatens - is your area affected?]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than eight million households have been placed under hosepipe bans - which has raised questions about how effectively water resources are being managed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hosepipe-ban-in-force-as-drought-threatens-is-your-area-affected/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hosepipe-ban-in-force-as-drought-threatens-is-your-area-affected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfires and record dry conditions trigger drought in parts of Wales]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wales has seen about 5% of the average rainfall for July, after a series of back-to-back heatwaves.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-and-record-dry-conditions-trigger-drought-in-parts-of-wales/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-and-record-dry-conditions-trigger-drought-in-parts-of-wales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegal waste investigation sees £275k forfeited]]></title><description><![CDATA[The investigation spans Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire, police say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/illegal-waste-investigation-sees-275k-forfeited/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/illegal-waste-investigation-sees-275k-forfeited/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islanders asked to 'track' not 'trample' Asian hornets]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 200 Asian hornet queens have been caught and nine nests destroyed so far this year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/islanders-asked-to-track-not-trample-asian-hornets/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/islanders-asked-to-track-not-trample-asian-hornets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When can you see the Perseid meteor shower?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Perseid meteor shower is set to light up the night sky, putting on a spectacular treat for skygazers.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-can-you-see-the-perseid-meteor-shower/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-can-you-see-the-perseid-meteor-shower/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Guatemala&rsquo;s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend on itThe low rumbling grows louder until a huge harvester crashes into the open, dragging a 15-metre trunk of mahogany in its wake. The tractor manoeuvres before releasing its load and shovelling it like a matchstick on to a growing pile of lumber at the edge of the clearing. Then, with a crunch of gears and a be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/legal-logging-and-soaring-saplings-the-green-islands-bucking-the-deforestation-trend-in-central-america/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/legal-logging-and-soaring-saplings-the-green-islands-bucking-the-deforestation-trend-in-central-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am used to hot days now. But the warm wind has really panicked me | Adrian Chiles]]></title><description><![CDATA[I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago on the streets of Cardiff &ndash; and it felt alarmingly wrongWhen the wind is warm, you know something is up. Naturally, I have been well aware of the awful reality of the climate crisis, but it has taken the warmth of the wind to really panic me. Not the endless 30C+ days, the desiccated garden, the tap slowing to a drip. No, it is the warm wind blowing on me. I can just about manage in punishing heat, even though it is particularly suffocating when the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-am-used-to-hot-days-now-but-the-warm-wind-has-really-panicked-me-adrian-chiles/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-am-used-to-hot-days-now-but-the-warm-wind-has-really-panicked-me-adrian-chiles/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weatherwatch: How increased Arctic shipping affects cloud formation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shipping routes opened by climate change mean more industrial pollutants in the airThe gradual reduction in Arctic ice has started to open up new shipping routes, with marine traffic increasing by about 40% over the past 12 years. All these ships leave trails of pollutants in the air, which are already having a measurable climate effect.Aerosol particles in engine exhaust act as nuclei for water droplets, promoting cloud formation. Like aircraft, ships may leave contrails behind them in the sky.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-how-increased-arctic-shipping-affects-cloud-formation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weatherwatch-how-increased-arctic-shipping-affects-cloud-formation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out | George Monbiot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide?There&rsquo;s a slightly mean question I often ask British people with an interest in the living world: can you name the environment secretary? I don&rsquo;t intend to show them up: it&rsquo;s not them I&rsquo;m testing. I watch the brows knit, a finger go up, the mouth open and close. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s, you know, the one who &hellip; no, they wen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/besieged-by-lobbyists-will-uk-ministers-protect-our-ecosystems-no-theyll-chicken-out-george-monbiot/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/besieged-by-lobbyists-will-uk-ministers-protect-our-ecosystems-no-theyll-chicken-out-george-monbiot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: The eyebright paradox: a sunny healer and tiny parasitic thief | Paul Evans]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Marches, Shropshire: Eyebrights are ancient herbs used to cure eye problems, but they also penetrate grass roots to siphon off water and nutrients A sight for sore eyes. Eyebrights flower in the short turf of Old Racecourse Common as sunlight burns a hole through rowan trees to cast sunset colours on the grass. The eyebrights are annuals with tiny flowers, 4mm-11mm long with&nbsp;a&nbsp;violet vibe, a white corolla with purple marks and a central flash of yellow.There are about 20 British ey]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-eyebright-paradox-a-sunny-healer-and-tiny-parasitic-thief-paul-evans/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-eyebright-paradox-a-sunny-healer-and-tiny-parasitic-thief-paul-evans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘People are scared their neighbours will call the police on them’: how the hosepipe ban got caught up in the culture wars]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many people in the UK recognise the need to preserve water, others are furious and planning to flout the ban in their area. The target of their anger? Failing water companies and frighteningly thirsty datacentres&lsquo;Plants are like your babies,&rdquo; says Harry. And accordingly, he argues, most people would do anything to keep them alive, including break the law. This is what he plans to do this week &ndash; defying a hosepipe ban in place across large parts of England, to ensure his s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/people-are-scared-their-neighbours-will-call-the-police-on-them-how-the-hosepipe-ban-got-caught-up-in-the-culture-wars/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/people-are-scared-their-neighbours-will-call-the-police-on-them-how-the-hosepipe-ban-got-caught-up-in-the-culture-wars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists believe sunfish-smashing behaviour could be form of entertainment or to help younger whales feedOrcas have been observed ramming into giant fish so hard that the prey explode, possibly as a form of gory entertainment.On several occasions, orcas were observed to hold sunfish in their jaws while a second whale smashed into the target at high speed, causing it to break into thousands of pieces. Since the fish had already been killed, scientists suggested the behaviour may represent a for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/orcas-seen-ramming-prey-so-hard-it-explodes-may-be-playing-game/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/orcas-seen-ramming-prey-so-hard-it-explodes-may-be-playing-game/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generationExtreme heat supercharged by the climate crisis is sucking Europe dry in summer and intensifying the drought hitting the continent, a scientific analysis has found.Record-breaking heatwaves meant the hot atmosphere strongly evaporated water from rivers, lakes, soils and plants &ndash; conditions made 80 times more likely by global heating in western Europe and 40 times more]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-crisis-driven-heat-sucking-soils-dry-as-extreme-drought-hits-europe/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-crisis-driven-heat-sucking-soils-dry-as-extreme-drought-hits-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret court documents reveal potential scale of illegal sewage spilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new analysis from a prominent water campaigner emerged after secret court documents were leaked.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/secret-court-documents-reveal-potential-scale-of-illegal-sewage-spilling/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/secret-court-documents-reveal-potential-scale-of-illegal-sewage-spilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even camels can't cope: Africa's ships of the desert hit by rising temperatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/even-camels-cant-cope-africas-ships-of-the-desert-hit-by-rising-temperatures/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/even-camels-cant-cope-africas-ships-of-the-desert-hit-by-rising-temperatures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nicola Jennings on drought-hit Britain – cartoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nicola-jennings-on-drought-hit-britain-cartoon/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nicola-jennings-on-drought-hit-britain-cartoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially fearedApproximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a &ldquo;devastating spill&rdquo;, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought.Nurdles, which are usually 1mm-5mm in size, act as the raw material to manufacture most plastic products. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/one-billion-plastic-pellets-spilled-into-river-tyne-after-two-ships-collide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/one-billion-plastic-pellets-spilled-into-river-tyne-after-two-ships-collide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human fridge: is this really the best way to cool down in a ‘cruelly hot’ climate?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A &lsquo;personal cooling booth&rsquo; that promises to chill you out in 10 minutes has launched in Japan, with its makers claiming it beats air-conditioning or a fanName: The human fridge.Age: Brand new. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-human-fridge-is-this-really-the-best-way-to-cool-down-in-a-cruelly-hot-climate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-human-fridge-is-this-really-the-best-way-to-cool-down-in-a-cruelly-hot-climate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Billion plastic pellets spilled into UK river after two ships collide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially fearedApproximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a &ldquo;devastating spill&rdquo;, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought.Nurdles are tiny pellets, usually about 1-5mm in size, that act as the raw material to manufacture most plastic products. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/billion-plastic-pellets-spilled-into-uk-river-after-two-ships-collide/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/billion-plastic-pellets-spilled-into-uk-river-after-two-ships-collide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research identifies 808,585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362,802 different virusesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a decade after the human microbiome was comprehensively mapped, scientists have now identified the vast communities of microbes that make up the Great Barrier Reef.Analysing DNA from seawater samples of 48 reefs, researchers have mapped the microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef, documenting more than 360,000 distinct vi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-barrier-reef-microbiome-mapped-as-researchers-discover-500-bacterial-species-previously-unknown-to-science/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-barrier-reef-microbiome-mapped-as-researchers-discover-500-bacterial-species-previously-unknown-to-science/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops]]></title><description><![CDATA[Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018 The heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent&rsquo;s grain farmers &euro;2bn (&pound;1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of food.Coceral, the European cereals and oilseeds trade association, made the estimate for the harvest of crops such as wheat, barley, maize and oats following the heatwa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/food-price-fears-after-europes-heatwave-destroys-estimated-2bn-of-crops/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/food-price-fears-after-europes-heatwave-destroys-estimated-2bn-of-crops/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals&rsquo; audible clicks when marine traffic was closeSperm whales produce a specific pattern of clicking noises when they hear the noise of boats, researchers have found. The pattern is so distinct that the scientists who identified it said they can now use it to predict when ships are nearby.Researchers from Project Ceti (the Cetacean Translation Initiative), a non-profit research organisation working to de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sperm-whales-change-vowel-sounds-when-boats-are-nearby-scientists-discover/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sperm-whales-change-vowel-sounds-when-boats-are-nearby-scientists-discover/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate of massive 20m-high space radar in ministers' hands]]></title><description><![CDATA[The MoD wants to put 27 giant radar dishes in Pembrokeshire, which campaigners have strongly opposed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fate-of-massive-20m-high-space-radar-in-ministers-hands/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fate-of-massive-20m-high-space-radar-in-ministers-hands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise themSix beluga whales have at last left Marineland, the embattled Canadian marine park in Niagara Falls that previously threatened to kill its own animals, and are arriving at US aquariums this week.While the whales&rsquo; journey into the US marks the end of their long and controversial saga of captivity in Canada, advocates say the new conditions, though superior to Marineland, could bring cont]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/six-beluga-whales-finally-leave-embattled-canadian-marine-park/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/six-beluga-whales-finally-leave-embattled-canadian-marine-park/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians | Arwa Mahdawi]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US president has been complaining about Canada&rsquo;s &lsquo;filthy, polluted and unhealthy air&rsquo;. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisisRight, that&rsquo;s it: we&rsquo;ve got to do something about Canada. The country&rsquo;s wildfires, which resulted in air quality alerts across more than 20 US states, ruined my weekend. On Friday the air in Philadelphia, where I live, was so unhealthy I couldn&rsquo;t go outside without my eyes stinging. My kid&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-world-is-on-fire-and-who-does-trump-blame-the-canadians-arwa-mahdawi/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-world-is-on-fire-and-who-does-trump-blame-the-canadians-arwa-mahdawi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cost £2.1bn to divert a river in Brazil’s outback. So where has all the water gone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite official claims that the S&atilde;o Francisco River project supplies 12m people, many of those who had to make way for its construction in 2007 still have no water at allA concrete canal cutting through the Caatinga scrubland feeds a surface reservoir two and a half miles from Maria de F&aacute;tima Ferreira da Silva&rsquo;s home in rural Brazil. The canal passes Sert&acirc;nia and continues until it reaches Monteiro, the next town along, where it spills its precious cargo into the bed o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-cost-21bn-to-divert-a-river-in-brazils-outback-so-where-has-all-the-water-gone/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-cost-21bn-to-divert-a-river-in-brazils-outback-so-where-has-all-the-water-gone/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK's largest onshore wind farm to be rebuilt with fewer, larger turbines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whitelee Windfarm has been producing electricity for about 20 years on a stretch of moorland near Eaglesham but is reaching the end of its life.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uks-largest-onshore-wind-farm-to-be-rebuilt-with-fewer-larger-turbines/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uks-largest-onshore-wind-farm-to-be-rebuilt-with-fewer-larger-turbines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[​World’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greenpeace petitions Dutch courts to order JBS to disclose how its aims are compatible with responsibilities to climate and human rightsThe world&rsquo;s biggest meat company, JBS, faces a landmark legal challenge to disclose how its $6bn (&pound;4.5bn) global expansion plan is compatible with responsibilities to the climate, nature and human rights.Courts in the Netherlands, where JBS is headquartered, will assess the petition filed by Greenpeace for information on whether the company is compli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worlds-largest-meat-company-faces-legal-challenge-over-green-credentials-of-6bn-global-expansion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/worlds-largest-meat-company-faces-legal-challenge-over-green-credentials-of-6bn-global-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[​World largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greenpeace petitions Dutch courts to order JBS to disclose how its aims are compatible with responsibilities to climate and human rightsThe world&rsquo;s biggest meat company, JBS, faces a landmark legal challenge to disclose how its $6bn (&pound;4.5bn) global expansion plan is compatible with responsibilities to the climate, nature and human rights.Courts in the Netherlands, where JBS is headquartered, will assess the petition filed by Greenpeace for information on whether the company is compli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/world-largest-meat-company-faces-legal-challenge-over-green-credentials-of-6bn-global-expansion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/world-largest-meat-company-faces-legal-challenge-over-green-credentials-of-6bn-global-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How farmers could fix Wales' polluted rivers and save money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Farmers have a crucial role in cleaning up one of the UK's most polluted river systems, a study shows.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-farmers-could-fix-wales-polluted-rivers-and-save-money/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-farmers-could-fix-wales-polluted-rivers-and-save-money/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan swelters through rising heat – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Japan, days where the mercury soars above 40C now have their own term &ndash; kokushobi (&#37239;&#26257;&#26085;), or &lsquo;cruelly hot day&rsquo;, as rising temperatures cause heatstroke deaths and impact on crop yields across the countryJapan records its first &lsquo;cruelly hot day&rsquo; as cities swelter in 40-degree heat Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/japan-swelters-through-rising-heat-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/japan-swelters-through-rising-heat-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Risking blackouts’? How Great Britain’s grid operator was dragged into a political row]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neso denies allegations aired by Tory MP that staff took part in cover-up over decision-making in heatwaveIn a control room in Wokingham, Berkshire, staff work around the clock, minute by minute, to align Great Britain&rsquo;s fluctuating power supplies with its ever-changing demand.However, as households struggle to adapt to soaring summer temperatures, staff at the government-owned National Energy System Operator (Neso), tasked with keeping the lights on, have faced the kind of challenge usual]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/risking-blackouts-how-great-britains-grid-operator-was-dragged-into-a-political-row/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/risking-blackouts-how-great-britains-grid-operator-was-dragged-into-a-political-row/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: With a flick of its tail, the fragile baby lobster vanishes into a rock pool | Charlie Elder]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trevone Bay, Cornwall: The odds of survival of these juveniles raised in a hatchery are 1,000 times greater than if they had been born in the wildAs I tipped the plastic pot, the juvenile lobster edged forwards, seemingly reluctant to take the plunge. Barely a couple of centimetres long, it had been nurtured through the perilous first&nbsp;weeks of life. Now it was free to&nbsp;roam the sea, with all the risks that entailed.Shaped like a miniature clothes peg, tiny claws spread wide, it gave a f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-with-a-flick-of-its-tail-the-fragile-baby-lobster-vanishes-into-a-rock-pool-charlie-elder/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-with-a-flick-of-its-tail-the-fragile-baby-lobster-vanishes-into-a-rock-pool-charlie-elder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades]]></title><description><![CDATA[Puffling excites volunteers trying to save the last known regular nesting site on mainland of southern EnglandFor years, volunteers have craned their necks and tested their patience to peer into the crevices of the cliffs hoping for a glimpse of fluffy joy.Finally it all paid off as a puffling &ndash; baby puffin &ndash; poked its way into the sunshine, becoming the first to be spotted on the coast of Dorset in southern England for three decades. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-great-thrill-baby-puffin-is-first-one-seen-on-dorset-coast-in-three-decades/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-great-thrill-baby-puffin-is-first-one-seen-on-dorset-coast-in-three-decades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hugging before stressful events may be an ancient way of building trust, say scientists studying apes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-apes-kiss-and-cuddle-to-keep-the-peace-says-study/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 01:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-apes-kiss-and-cuddle-to-keep-the-peace-says-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tokyo urges men to wear shorts to work, but women say it's 'leg hair harassment']]></title><description><![CDATA[The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants workers to ditch the suit and tie for t-shirts, trainers - and shorts.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tokyo-urges-men-to-wear-shorts-to-work-but-women-say-its-leg-hair-harassment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tokyo-urges-men-to-wear-shorts-to-work-but-women-say-its-leg-hair-harassment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Saved my bacon every summer’: 12 things our writers use to keep cool on hot, sticky days]]></title><description><![CDATA[Portable fans, a &lsquo;cooling necklace&rsquo;, sun protective hats and more products we reach for when the heat won&rsquo;t quitSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsIf you&rsquo;ve stepped outside lately, you know the heat isn&rsquo;t letting up. With another round of triple-digit temperatures and heat advisories blanketing parts of the US, we asked our writers to share the things they rely on when summer gets unbearable.They shared recommendati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/saved-my-bacon-every-summer-12-things-our-writers-use-to-keep-cool-on-hot-sticky-days/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/saved-my-bacon-every-summer-12-things-our-writers-use-to-keep-cool-on-hot-sticky-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions face long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action, scientists warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[A &lsquo;reasonable worst-case scenario&rsquo; suggests need for large-scale movement of populations away from reshaped coastUp to 13 million people in the UK face the long-term risk of coastal flooding due to the climate crisis, scientists have warned, with a &ldquo;reasonable worst-case scenario&rdquo; suggesting the need for the large-scale movement of populations away from a dramatically reshaped coast.Even if today&rsquo;s global pledges to cut carbon pollution are met, about 1.4 million mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/millions-face-long-term-coastal-flooding-risk-in-uk-without-climate-action-scientists-warn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/millions-face-long-term-coastal-flooding-risk-in-uk-without-climate-action-scientists-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts share tips to avoid the blood-sucking pests that can transmit Lyme disease and other illnesses on to humansI won&rsquo;t go into gory detail about the tick I found latched behind my ear approximately 35 hours after a hike in early June. Suffice it to say, the parasite was well fed, and I was horrified.I am far from alone in making such a disgusting discovery. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), emergency room visits for tick bites have been unusually high i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tick-bites-are-on-the-rise-in-the-us-and-uk-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tick-bites-are-on-the-rise-in-the-us-and-uk-heres-how-to-protect-yourself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thames Water joins hosepipe ban as England and Wales approach drought status]]></title><description><![CDATA[About 23 million people across country affected by water-saving measures with &lsquo;prolonged dry weather&rsquo; in eight areasHow can I water my garden in a hosepipe ban and will there be drought this summer?Thames Water investors offer &lsquo;golden share&rsquo; in bid to head off nationalisationAbout 23 million people will be banned from using hosepipes by this weekend, as England and Wales moves closer to drought status.On Tuesday Thames Water became the latest water company to announce a h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thames-water-joins-hosepipe-ban-as-england-and-wales-approach-drought-status/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/thames-water-joins-hosepipe-ban-as-england-and-wales-approach-drought-status/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I water my garden in a hosepipe ban and will there be drought this summer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millions of people in southern England and parts of Wales face restrictions after prolonged periods of hot weatherMillions of people across southern England are subject to hosepipe bans after prolonged periods of extreme heat and reduced rainfall. On Tuesday, Thames Water, Britain&rsquo;s biggest water company, announced a ban starting on Thursday. Here, the Guardian answers questions about what the restriction means for you. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-i-water-my-garden-in-a-hosepipe-ban-and-will-there-be-drought-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-i-water-my-garden-in-a-hosepipe-ban-and-will-there-be-drought-this-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: I’m immersed in the rich, chromatic aura of a summer meadow | Mark Cocker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hartington Meadows, Derbyshire: Amid a complex reticulation of stalks, stems, blooms and leaves, the right response might be to drop down before itIn his glorious poem Haymaking, about a flower meadow, Edward Thomas describes how the fiery day &ldquo;had a kernel sweet of cold&rdquo; and &ldquo;the white empty road was lightly strewn/With leaves&rdquo;. The heat here, however, was unrelieved, and if the road was empty, it was also liquefying at its margin. Sweat banded my cap and ran in the crea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-im-immersed-in-the-rich-chromatic-aura-of-a-summer-meadow-mark-cocker/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-im-immersed-in-the-rich-chromatic-aura-of-a-summer-meadow-mark-cocker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Industry says government&rsquo;s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are &lsquo;fatally flawed&rsquo;The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres, the water industry has said in stark criticism of the government&rsquo;s AI growth plans.Datacentres rely on large amounts of water to manage the heat generated by densely packed servers. Cooling towers, chillers and humidification systems make direct use of this water, with large volumes also consumed indirectly throu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/not-enough-water-for-uks-datacentre-plans-trade-body-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Bertha threatens US Gulf coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Storm surges up to 4ft are possible along parts of the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts, officials say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tropical-storm-bertha-threatens-us-gulf-coast/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tropical-storm-bertha-threatens-us-gulf-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is UK facing drought for second summer in a row?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The longest dry spell in over 30 years for central England raises concerns about drought and when it might rain.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-uk-facing-drought-for-second-summer-in-a-row/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-uk-facing-drought-for-second-summer-in-a-row/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bumblebees are struggling in UK heatwaves - but you can help them]]></title><description><![CDATA[The furry bodies of UK bumblebees are specially adapted for cold weather - making heatwaves a struggle.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bumblebees-are-struggling-in-uk-heatwaves-but-you-can-help-them/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/bumblebees-are-struggling-in-uk-heatwaves-but-you-can-help-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends after largest winter decline on record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists recorded slower reduction over past 20 years, but study finds this was &lsquo;temporary rather than sustained&rsquo;A previously recorded slowdown in Arctic sea ice decline has ended, according to a new study, with the largest year-to-year wintertime reduction ever recorded.In a study published last summer, researchers found that melting sea ice in the Arctic had slowed down over the past 20 years, with no statistically significant decline in its extent recorded between 2005 and 2024.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/slowdown-in-arctic-ice-melt-ends-after-largest-winter-decline-on-record/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/slowdown-in-arctic-ice-melt-ends-after-largest-winter-decline-on-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian wildfires rage as Trump warns Carney again over 'poisoning' US air]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US president raised the issue with the the Canadian prime minister while the pair attended the World Cup Final in New Jersey.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/canadian-wildfires-rage-as-trump-warns-carney-again-over-poisoning-us-air/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/canadian-wildfires-rage-as-trump-warns-carney-again-over-poisoning-us-air/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A public health emergency waiting to occur’: how US industry groups spent years fighting who gets to measure toxic air]]></title><description><![CDATA[Air polluters try to ensure toxic emissions happen far from monitors &ndash; but the people who live nearby still feel itKimbrelle Kyereh lives just a few hundred feet from the massive chemical storage tanks in St Rose, in south-eastern Louisiana. Oily fumes sometimes drift into her home, bringing headaches, nausea and insomnia. On one such night, she grabbed her son at 3am and fled to an all-night Ihop.In 2023, after years of coping with the noxious odors, Kyereh began collecting air samples in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-public-health-emergency-waiting-to-occur-how-us-industry-groups-spent-years-fighting-who-gets-to-measure-toxic-air/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-public-health-emergency-waiting-to-occur-how-us-industry-groups-spent-years-fighting-who-gets-to-measure-toxic-air/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘My shirt was wringing’: National Express bus drivers speak out on 40C conditions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Drivers in West Midlands say buses &lsquo;unbearable&rsquo; during heatwaves, raising employee and passenger safety fearsBus drivers in the West Midlands have spoken out about the &ldquo;horrendous&rdquo; working conditions they have experienced during heatwaves, which led to 40C temperatures in their cabs.The UK was hit by high temperatures and dry weather in three successive heatwaves, with temperatures topping 37C last month when the country recorded its hottest ever June day. Last week, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-shirt-was-wringing-national-express-bus-drivers-speak-out-on-40c-conditions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-shirt-was-wringing-national-express-bus-drivers-speak-out-on-40c-conditions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hunger-striking engineer demanding education reforms in India]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has a long history of challenging the status quo and refusing food to highlight his causes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-hunger-striking-engineer-demanding-education-reforms-in-india/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-hunger-striking-engineer-demanding-education-reforms-in-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a Colorado farm, solar panels bring shade for plants, power – and cash: in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 3,000 solar panels power Jack&rsquo;s Solar Garden, cool the land and help it turn a profitThe Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation. The Guardian&rsquo;s coverage is editorially independent Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/on-a-colorado-farm-solar-panels-bring-shade-for-plants-power-and-cash-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/on-a-colorado-farm-solar-panels-bring-shade-for-plants-power-and-cash-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather tracker: Flooding and landslides hit large parts of Asia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Torrential rain has battered Vietnam, southern China and South Korea, leading to multiple deathsLarge parts of Asia were hit by devastating flooding and landslides last week, leading to multiple deaths, as torrential rain battered Vietnam, southern China and South Korea.According to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological forecasting in Vietnam, the Phuc Than weather station recorded 206mm of rain in 24 hours, from last Thursday into Friday, which caused homes to be swept away, power cuts a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-flooding-and-landslides-hit-large-parts-of-asia/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-flooding-and-landslides-hit-large-parts-of-asia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going with the flow: Renewable energy battery breakthrough]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/going-with-the-flow-renewable-energy-battery-breakthrough/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/going-with-the-flow-renewable-energy-battery-breakthrough/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight to save rare ecosystem of chalk streams]]></title><description><![CDATA[We visit Langford Lakes nature reserve in Wiltshire, home to the River Wylye chalk stream.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fight-to-save-rare-ecosystem-of-chalk-streams/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fight-to-save-rare-ecosystem-of-chalk-streams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Controversial farm subsidy scheme gets billion pound budget]]></title><description><![CDATA[The protest-hit Sustainable Farming Scheme has been introduced after almost a decade in development.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/controversial-farm-subsidy-scheme-gets-billion-pound-budget/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/controversial-farm-subsidy-scheme-gets-billion-pound-budget/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Hidden time-capsule of UK biodiversity' unlocked]]></title><description><![CDATA[The specimens with links to Charles Darwin will soon be studied by scientists across the world.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hidden-time-capsule-of-uk-biodiversity-unlocked/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hidden-time-capsule-of-uk-biodiversity-unlocked/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Guardian goes on the ground with Brazilian forces fighting to eradicate mining that has destroyed protected areas of Indigenous landThe jerry-built bordello at the foot of Vila Cururu, an illegal gold-mining settlement at the heart of Brazil&rsquo;s most desecrated Indigenous territory, was a hive of depravity until just a few weeks ago.Inebriated prospectors huddled around wooden tables, swigging beer and Scotch whisky, and ogling pole-dancing sex workers before going with them to shacks be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-total-devastation-inside-the-amazonian-war-against-illegal-gold-mining/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-total-devastation-inside-the-amazonian-war-against-illegal-gold-mining/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Beaver-style flood defences take root amid a hosepipe ban | Kate Blincoe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Underfoot the ground is as hard as metal, while the council&rsquo;s &lsquo;leaky dams&rsquo; are set for the next delugeCatkins fall from the sweet chestnut trees like long yellow streamers from a party. More than 20 wasps fret over the bonnet of my car, feeding off something &ndash; maybe sticky tree sap or dead insects.The hay crop is in. No high yields, but better than last year. Two red kites hunt over the coumarin-sweet cut meadows and the swallows glide low. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-beaver-style-flood-defences-take-root-amid-a-hosepipe-ban-kate-blincoe/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-beaver-style-flood-defences-take-root-amid-a-hosepipe-ban-kate-blincoe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Al-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientistsFor many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal range is the holy grail. In the UK, the discoveries often make national headlinesThe western reef heron, for example, usually found in Africa and southern Europe, spotted in a seaside town in north Wales in June, which was widely celebrated on birding forums.But a new scourge is threatening to disrup]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/al-altered-images-on-birdwatching-forums-putting-research-at-risk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/al-altered-images-on-birdwatching-forums-putting-research-at-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientistsFor many birdwatchers, recording a species outside its normal range is the holy grail. In the UK, the discoveries often make national headlinesThe western reef heron, for example, usually found in Africa and southern Europe, spotted in a seaside town in north Wales in June, which was widely celebrated on birding forums.But a new scourge is threatening to disrup]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ai-altered-images-on-birdwatching-forums-putting-research-at-risk/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ai-altered-images-on-birdwatching-forums-putting-research-at-risk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Outdoor workers losing up to 9% of income as weather becomes &lsquo;poverty multiplier&rsquo;, research saysExtreme heat is pushing some of India&rsquo;s poorest workers further into poverty, with income losses of up to 9% for outdoor workers, new research has found.Analysis done by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that extreme heat is acting as a &ldquo;poverty multiplier&rdquo; for hundreds of million]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-i-get-home-my-whole-body-aches-extreme-heat-saps-health-and-wages-of-indias-poorest-workers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-i-get-home-my-whole-body-aches-extreme-heat-saps-health-and-wages-of-indias-poorest-workers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Burnham promising a new dawn for North Sea oil and gas?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The incoming PM is expected to announce fresh support for the North Sea from day one of his premiership.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-burnham-promising-a-new-dawn-for-north-sea-oil-and-gas/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/is-burnham-promising-a-new-dawn-for-north-sea-oil-and-gas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From coffee grounds to guinea pig bedding - the composters keeping it local]]></title><description><![CDATA[Food waste is a resource like water and should be kept in communities, compost champions say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-coffee-grounds-to-guinea-pig-bedding-the-composters-keeping-it-local/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/from-coffee-grounds-to-guinea-pig-bedding-the-composters-keeping-it-local/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Liberate the lidos!’ Who will win the war over Italy’s private beaches?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Almost all of the sandy stretches on the country&rsquo;s 8,000km of coastline are run for profit. Now &lsquo;free beach&rsquo; campaigners are fighting back against the mafia, the military and those profiteering from sun loungers and cocktailsWalking along Italian beaches is like strolling through a rainbow. The sand will be subdivided into colours: for 50 metres or so the perfectly spaced parasols and deck&nbsp;chairs will be all red, then they become orange, then yellow, green and so on.These]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/liberate-the-lidos-who-will-win-the-war-over-italys-private-beaches/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/liberate-the-lidos-who-will-win-the-war-over-italys-private-beaches/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises]]></title><description><![CDATA[From manufactured election insecurity to an outbreak of &lsquo;explosive&rsquo; diarrhea, Americans are bearing the brunt of harmful policiesBetween widespread cuts to vital government agencies, various disease and illness outbreaks, and new environmental disaster vulnerabilities, the United States is facing a convergence of crises with widespread repercussions.Yet the Trump administration has hamstrung the federal government from addressing these crises &ndash; and in some cases is actively fan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-trump-and-his-administration-have-mired-the-us-in-multiple-crises/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-trump-and-his-administration-have-mired-the-us-in-multiple-crises/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseid meteors to light up night sky in one of the year's most active showers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Perseid meteor shower will light up the night sky over the next five weeks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/perseid-meteors-to-light-up-night-sky-in-one-of-the-years-most-active-showers/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/perseid-meteors-to-light-up-night-sky-in-one-of-the-years-most-active-showers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex-loving hookworms and other peculiar parasites: one man’s mission to champion nature’s villains]]></title><description><![CDATA[Award-winning entomologist Dino Martins, known for his work on pollinators, shows in his latest book that even the most gruesome creatures have vital roles to playDino J Martins has never been able to resist the small things. The renowned entomologist and evolutionary biologist spent his formative years in biodiversity-rich western Kenya with his foster parents, Joe and Sarah Ellen, looking at birds, flowers and insects on Mt Elgon, and in Kakamega forest and Kerio valley.He was especially trans]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sex-loving-hookworms-and-other-peculiar-parasites-one-mans-mission-to-champion-natures-villains/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/sex-loving-hookworms-and-other-peculiar-parasites-one-mans-mission-to-champion-natures-villains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than three million people in the UK work night shifts, which can greatly impact their health. What can be done to help them?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-hidden-cost-of-the-night-shift-and-how-to-sleep-it-off/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-hidden-cost-of-the-night-shift-and-how-to-sleep-it-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over fires sending 'filthy' air into US cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian leader Mark Carney says both the US and Canada have an equal responsibility to fight climate change, which experts say are worsening wildfire conditions.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/trump-threatens-new-canada-tariffs-over-fires-sending-filthy-air-into-us-cities/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/trump-threatens-new-canada-tariffs-over-fires-sending-filthy-air-into-us-cities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto, New York and Washington top list of most polluted cities as wildfires burn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian officials say that fire activity in Ontario is beginning to ease, with air quality expected to improve in US cities too.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/toronto-new-york-and-washington-top-list-of-most-polluted-cities-as-wildfires-burn/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/toronto-new-york-and-washington-top-list-of-most-polluted-cities-as-wildfires-burn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnham risks Labour backlash if he reverses ban on new oil and gas drilling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Party manifesto pledged to honour existing North Sea exploration licences but not issue new onesAndy Burnham risks his first confrontation with Labour MPs if he announces new oil and gas drilling licences when he becomes prime minister, insiders have warned.Speculation is rife that Burnham will unveil fresh plans for drilling in the North Sea after he is installed in Downing Street. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-risks-labour-backlash-if-he-reverses-ban-on-new-oil-and-gas-drilling/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/burnham-risks-labour-backlash-if-he-reverses-ban-on-new-oil-and-gas-drilling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘They car-bombed my house – there’s not much more they can do’: the astonishing podcast taking on illegal bloodsports]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 20 mutilated animal corpses were left outside a rural primary school, the creators of award-winning podcast Buried began investigating &ndash; with a little help from Chris Packham. It plunged them into organised crime, the dark web and Line of Duty-esque rumours of police corruptionIn 2024, a village in Hampshire woke up to something truly disturbing. A mound of dead animals had been dumped outside a school, and blood oozed out on to the streets before children&rsquo;s classes started for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-car-bombed-my-house-theres-not-much-more-they-can-do-the-astonishing-podcast-taking-on-illegal-bloodsports/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/they-car-bombed-my-house-theres-not-much-more-they-can-do-the-astonishing-podcast-taking-on-illegal-bloodsports/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water firms in England and Wales ‘leak five times what hosepipe ban would save’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greenpeace UK says 2.87bn litres lost daily, a fifth of all water pumped through networkWater companies are wasting five times more water through leaky pipes than even a nationwide hosepipe ban could save, environmental campaigners say.Research by Greenpeace UK found that 2.87bn litres of water a day seep from leaky pipes in England and Wales. That is enough to fill 1,150 Olympic-sized swimming pools and amounts to a fifth of all water pumped through the network. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/water-firms-in-england-and-wales-leak-five-times-what-hosepipe-ban-would-save/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/water-firms-in-england-and-wales-leak-five-times-what-hosepipe-ban-would-save/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamonds and 'cab to orbit': Rocket aiming to transform India's space ambitions takes off]]></title><description><![CDATA[India's first space-tech unicorn Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1 on Saturday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/diamonds-and-cab-to-orbit-rocket-aiming-to-transform-indias-space-ambitions-takes-off/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/diamonds-and-cab-to-orbit-rocket-aiming-to-transform-indias-space-ambitions-takes-off/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former tube network cleaner says tribunal vindicated his health concerns, including about asbestos, that could affect publicA London Underground worker who was unfairly sacked after whistleblowing about his concerns over exposure to asbestos and other toxic dust has said he wants all tube passengers to know about the potential hazards his case has revealed.Micky Steeds, a former professional boxer from Aveley in Essex, started working for London Underground in 2018 cleaning up decades of dust fr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/london-underground-users-should-know-about-toxic-dust-risk-whistleblower-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/london-underground-users-should-know-about-toxic-dust-risk-whistleblower-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the climate crisis fuels more intense blazes, pushing them to new parts of the world, those tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which to fightC&eacute;sar Alcaraz had only just become a firefighter in the late 1990s when he found himself ambushed by a fast-moving blaze. Barely able to breathe and with no more water left in his truck, he and his colleagues fled an inferno ravaging Spain&rsquo;s Montg&oacute; mountain region, wishing their bosses had sent more support.But ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-only-going-to-get-worse-wildfires-forcing-firefighters-to-make-impossible-choices/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/its-only-going-to-get-worse-wildfires-forcing-firefighters-to-make-impossible-choices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Breeding ferrets is a wonderfully chaotic business | Michael White]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cranbrook, Kent: Right now the young are hellbent on seeking adventure, much to the dismay of their mothersProgression through the country year here is not marked by numbers on paper or buzzing phone notifications, but by the burning chill of a first frost in the nostrils, the scent of southern climes on our native breeze or, sometimes, a barely perceptible squeal emanating from my shed. I heard the plaintive mewing in early May this year and knew immediately that the first of my ferrets had giv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-breeding-ferrets-is-a-wonderfully-chaotic-business-michael-white/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-breeding-ferrets-is-a-wonderfully-chaotic-business-michael-white/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second half of summer to bring chances for rain but heatwave threat persists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forecasts suggest the weather could turn more changeable during late July and August but the risk of heatwaves remains.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/second-half-of-summer-to-bring-chances-for-rain-but-heatwave-threat-persists/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/second-half-of-summer-to-bring-chances-for-rain-but-heatwave-threat-persists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU proposes slowing down cuts to carbon emissions for businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Under the proposals, the EU plans to relax its emissions trading system to give companies more time to reduce their carbon output.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/eu-proposes-slowing-down-cuts-to-carbon-emissions-for-businesses/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/eu-proposes-slowing-down-cuts-to-carbon-emissions-for-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rising cost of Australian ski resorts: ‘It was like throwing $100 bills out the window as we drove up the mountain’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia experienced a boom in beginner-friendly skiing in the 1980s and 1990s. But have global heating and rising lift prices ended that run?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMount Hotham was like a second home to Dan Burke. In the 1980s, his family stayed in the communal lodges, back when the lifts were run by the Schumann family, who lived in Harrietville at the mountain&rsquo;s base and knew regulars by name. He&rsquo;d sneak into nightclubs with the teenagers who w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-rising-cost-of-australian-ski-resorts-it-was-like-throwing-100-bills-out-the-window-as-we-drove-up-the-mountain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-rising-cost-of-australian-ski-resorts-it-was-like-throwing-100-bills-out-the-window-as-we-drove-up-the-mountain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southern Water fined £7m after illegally dumping sewage off Kent coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[Firm pleaded guilty to 13 offences over discharges at Margate and Broadstairs wastewater pumping stationsSouthern Water has been fined more than &pound;7m after illegally dumping sewage off the Kent coast between 2019 and 2021.The company, described by the judge as having a &ldquo;record of criminality&rdquo; that was &ldquo;an exceptionally serious aggravating factor&rdquo;, pleaded guilty to 13 offences at Medway magistrates court last April over sewage discharges at Margate and Broadstairs wa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/southern-water-fined-7m-after-illegally-dumping-sewage-off-kent-coast/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/southern-water-fined-7m-after-illegally-dumping-sewage-off-kent-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help, my sofa is killing me! The toxic chemicals hiding in your home – and how to avoid them]]></title><description><![CDATA[From mattresses to saucepans, scientists offer tweaks to help detoxify your spaceThe problem Whenever we burn anything inside our homes, we cause indoor air pollution, whether we&rsquo;re cooking using gas, frying bacon, lighting a wood burner, an open fire, a cigarette or incense, or ruining the toast. &ldquo;&#8202;We spend 80-90% of our time indoors,&rdquo; says Prof Francis Pope, chair of atmospheric science at the University of Birmingham. &ldquo;And there is potential to have quite high co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/help-my-sofa-is-killing-me-the-toxic-chemicals-hiding-in-your-home-and-how-to-avoid-them/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/help-my-sofa-is-killing-me-the-toxic-chemicals-hiding-in-your-home-and-how-to-avoid-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biodiversity fears as human-bred hybrid fish integrate into Philippines lake]]></title><description><![CDATA[Escaped flowerhorn cichlids are causing concern for native species and about parasites capable of infecting humansEscaped ornamental aquarium fish have integrated into a local ecosystem in the Philippines, but scientists say they may be threatening the native biodiversity of the lake.Flowerhorn cichlids &ndash; human-bred hybrid fish prized for their bright-gold colour and prominent head humps &ndash; are believed to have escaped from breeding facilities into Lake Sampaloc, which sits in a volca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/biodiversity-fears-as-human-bred-hybrid-fish-integrate-into-philippines-lake/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/biodiversity-fears-as-human-bred-hybrid-fish-integrate-into-philippines-lake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/first-atmosphere-found-on-earth-like-planet-in-habitable-zone-of-distant-star/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/first-atmosphere-found-on-earth-like-planet-in-habitable-zone-of-distant-star/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show]]></title><description><![CDATA[Campaigners say field will bring minimal benefit for UK economy, as industry lobbies Burnham for go-aheadMore people can fit on to the top deck of a standard London bus than will be directly employed on the new Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, industry documents show.Only 27 direct full-time jobs would be created by Jackdaw, one of the biggest gasfields remaining in the North Sea, according to an environmental impact assessment filed publicly by its owner, Adura, a joint venture between Shell]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jackdaw-gasfield-would-create-only-27-direct-full-time-jobs-documents-show/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/jackdaw-gasfield-would-create-only-27-direct-full-time-jobs-documents-show/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California braces for its sharkiest summer in a decade – but experts say don’t panic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Young great white sharks are returning in large numbers, but researchers say humans are not on the menuSurfers, swimmers and fishermen across California will be sharing the waves with an influx of visitors this summer: young great white sharks.Juvenile white sharks are already appearing along the coastline, fleeing warmer than usual waters in Mexico during what&rsquo;s expected to be an incredibly strong El Ni&ntilde;o. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/california-braces-for-its-sharkiest-summer-in-a-decade-but-experts-say-dont-panic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/california-braces-for-its-sharkiest-summer-in-a-decade-but-experts-say-dont-panic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather tracker: Thunderstorms strike across Europe amid record heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Storms are typical during intense heat but this week&rsquo;s have been extreme. Plus, deadly monsoon rains in BangladeshHailstones the size of golf balls have been seen in French villages as, on top of the exceptional European heatwave, thunderstorms have struck across parts of Europe.While thunderstorms are typical during and after a period of extreme heat, the storms across countries such as France, Germany and Poland have been particularly severe, bringing flooding, strong winds and heavy sho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-thunderstorms-strike-across-europe-amid-record-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-thunderstorms-strike-across-europe-amid-record-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: a stuck raccoon, a hardy mouse and a well-camouflaged wildcat]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-stuck-raccoon-a-hardy-mouse-and-a-well-camouflaged-wildcat/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-stuck-raccoon-a-hardy-mouse-and-a-well-camouflaged-wildcat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Forever chemicals’ – the national cancer scandal brewing in a Lancashire town]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week&rsquo;s newsletter: residents living near a chemical factory are the latest community concerned about the health and environmental impact of Pfas contamination&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereResidents within a kilometre of the AGC Chemicals Europe factory in Thornton-Cleveleys in the north of England, have found themselves at the centre of what is quickly becoming a national scandal.In 2024, the UK Environment Agency and the local authority]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/forever-chemicals-the-national-cancer-scandal-brewing-in-a-lancashire-town/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/forever-chemicals-the-national-cancer-scandal-brewing-in-a-lancashire-town/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: A magical encounter with a ‘fairy bird’ not seen here for 30 years | Mary Montague]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annagh Marsh, County Mayo, Ireland: I hold my breath as I watch a red-necked phalarope darting about, tweezering food. Without habitat restoration, it wouldn&rsquo;t be hereOn a sunny morning a few weeks ago, Dave Suddaby, the reserves manager with the conservation organisation BirdWatch Ireland, led me across the machair to where the fairy birds were nesting in Annagh Marsh. &ldquo;Fairy bird&rdquo; is the name given to the red-necked phalarope by the Irish naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger after]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-magical-encounter-with-a-fairy-bird-not-seen-here-for-30-years-mary-montague/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-a-magical-encounter-with-a-fairy-bird-not-seen-here-for-30-years-mary-montague/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the UK and Europe battle deadly wildfires, what lessons can Australia offer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Knowledge learned over more than a century in Australia is being tested by worsening fires. It&rsquo;s a familiar narrative around the worldThe violent hot red flames of deadly wildfires across the UK and Europe and scenes of panicked communities fleeing homes could not, at least geographically, be further away for Jan Harris.But sitting in her new home at Reedy Swamp in rural New South Wales in Australia, the 67-year-old has found herself in tears. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-the-uk-and-europe-battle-deadly-wildfires-what-lessons-can-australia-offer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-the-uk-and-europe-battle-deadly-wildfires-what-lessons-can-australia-offer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We are waiting with bated breath’: experts alarmed as BoM says gathering El Niño could be strongest on record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most Australian capital cities have at least 80% chance of unusually warm and dry spring as climatologists watch developing system with increasing alarmFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe El Ni&ntilde;o climate phenomenon linked to record global temperatures and now locked in place in the Pacific Ocean could develop into the strongest on record, according to Australia&rsquo;s Bureau of Meteorology.Climatologists are]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-are-waiting-with-bated-breath-experts-alarmed-as-bom-says-gathering-el-nio-could-be-strongest-on-record/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-are-waiting-with-bated-breath-experts-alarmed-as-bom-says-gathering-el-nio-could-be-strongest-on-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK heatwave approaches two-week mark]]></title><description><![CDATA[All UK nations have experienced recent heatwave conditions but in southern England, the heatwave has now continued for 13 days. Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at how unusual this spell of heat is, and when we might see it easing.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-heatwave-approaches-two-week-mark/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-heatwave-approaches-two-week-mark/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area where campers died]]></title><description><![CDATA[The same area devastated by floods last year's floods, which caused more than 130 deaths, is once again being hit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/at-least-one-dead-in-texas-floods-ravaging-same-area-where-campers-died/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/at-least-one-dead-in-texas-floods-ravaging-same-area-where-campers-died/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaky pipes may explain years-long bay pollution]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Environment Agency has rated Cullercoat's water quality as "poor" since 2018.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/leaky-pipes-may-explain-years-long-bay-pollution/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/leaky-pipes-may-explain-years-long-bay-pollution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buzz off: this pop-up screen shelter provides a safe retreat from bugs and mosquitoes]]></title><description><![CDATA[I tried repellents, mesh hats and natural remedies, but this inexpensive screen tent beats them all to keep insects outThis $380 foldable kayak fits in my Prius and goes from backseat to lake in 10 minutesSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsWhen I lived in Arizona, I used to think mosquitoes were a minor annoyance. Then I moved to Nova Scotia.Blanketed with lakes, rivers and streams, Canada&rsquo;s east coast is also thick with mosquitoes, biting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/buzz-off-this-pop-up-screen-shelter-provides-a-safe-retreat-from-bugs-and-mosquitoes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/buzz-off-this-pop-up-screen-shelter-provides-a-safe-retreat-from-bugs-and-mosquitoes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Flood waters surge in Texas after huge rainstorms]]></title><description><![CDATA[The deluge prompted evacuations and water rescues in the same region where 25 children and two counsellors at Camp Mystic died in flooding in 2025.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-flood-waters-surge-in-texas-after-huge-rainstorms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-flood-waters-surge-in-texas-after-huge-rainstorms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does an air purifier do and can it help with wildfire smoke?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As wildfires burn in Canada and parts of the US, air purifiers can be useful when the air outside is unhealthyWith smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota spreading across the US, more than 20 states have issued air quality alerts. Local leaders urged people to stay inside as &ldquo;unhealthy&rdquo; air quality levels affected the US midwest and north-east.For several decades, air quality in the US was trending up by many measures. Data indicated that fine, inhalable airborne particulate ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-does-an-air-purifier-do-and-can-it-help-with-wildfire-smoke/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-does-an-air-purifier-do-and-can-it-help-with-wildfire-smoke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will it rain again in the UK?]]></title><description><![CDATA[July has been very dry so when will it rain again in the UK?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-will-it-rain-again-in-the-uk/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/when-will-it-rain-again-in-the-uk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to know about the Canadian and US wildfires and their impact]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wildfires in Ontario have blanketed US and Canadian cities with dangerous smoke.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-to-know-about-the-canadian-and-us-wildfires-and-their-impact/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/what-to-know-about-the-canadian-and-us-wildfires-and-their-impact/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature reserve declared to coincide with King's visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A stretch of sand dunes will receive the highest statutory protections as a national nature reserve.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nature-reserve-declared-to-coincide-with-kings-visit/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/nature-reserve-declared-to-coincide-with-kings-visit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: What we know about newly discovered monkey species]]></title><description><![CDATA[New monkey species hailed as 'amazing discovery' by conservationist.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-what-we-know-about-newly-discovered-monkey-species/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-what-we-know-about-newly-discovered-monkey-species/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New monkey species a 'fascinating discovery', study lead says]]></title><description><![CDATA[A monkey found in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed as a new specie.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-monkey-species-a-fascinating-discovery-study-lead-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-monkey-species-a-fascinating-discovery-study-lead-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volunteer firefighter suspected of starting devastating France forest fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Macron said there would be no leniency for arsonists, as France - along with much of Europe - deals with a series of unusual heatwaves.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/volunteer-firefighter-suspected-of-starting-devastating-france-forest-fire/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/volunteer-firefighter-suspected-of-starting-devastating-france-forest-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme weather in the UK is the 'new normal']]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Keith-Lucas details five things you need to know about how the UK climate has changed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-weather-in-the-uk-is-the-new-normal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-weather-in-the-uk-is-the-new-normal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Complete extermination' of greys is the only way to protect red squirrels]]></title><description><![CDATA[A grey squirrel control officer says there is no other option to trapping and killing the greys after a number of cases of squirrelpox were confirmed in the Borders.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/complete-extermination-of-greys-is-the-only-way-to-protect-red-squirrels/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/complete-extermination-of-greys-is-the-only-way-to-protect-red-squirrels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlifeEurope live &ndash; latest updatesNewly revealed documents from inside the most powerful farming lobby in Europe show how it delayed, gutted and overturned some of the most sweeping farming reforms in EU history, including a plan to cut pesticide use in half.Copa Cogeca describes itself as the voice of 22 million farmers across the continent, and enjoys unrivalled access to EU lawmake]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-how-europes-most-powerful-farming-lobby-killed-eus-pesticide-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/revealed-how-europes-most-powerful-farming-lobby-killed-eus-pesticide-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emergencies on planet Earth: images from the climate crisis – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[From fierce flooding and escaped pigs to birds that can&rsquo;t fly due to the weight of plastic in their stomachs, mankind&rsquo;s biggest challenges are on stark display at Summit Photo 2026 Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/emergencies-on-planet-earth-images-from-the-climate-crisis-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/emergencies-on-planet-earth-images-from-the-climate-crisis-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How birds are coping in the heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Birds are unable to sweat but they keep cool by seeking shade and bathingAs we humans sweltered in the record-breaking late June heatwave, we might not have spared much thought on how birds were coping.Unlike us, birds are unable to sweat, so instead they have evolved other ways to avoid overheating. These include seeking shade beneath trees, bushes and hedgerows, spreading their wings to allow cooler air to circulate around their body, and opening their bills to cool down, the same as dogs do w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-birds-are-coping-in-the-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-birds-are-coping-in-the-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: From the beech trees of home to the hot Surrey Hills | Virginia Spiers]]></title><description><![CDATA[St Dominic, Cornwall, to Reigate: Along the way, this nervous passenger passes rolling downlands of cereals, Stonehenge, and of course, lorries loaded up with strawAt the start of the second heatwave, we visit Jack&rsquo;s twin and her family in Surrey. From our landmark clump of beech loaded with mast, the car brushes through lanes of rampant deciduous growth woven with bedstraw, honeysuckle and incipient fruits of bramble. Our neighbour&rsquo;s cut and cleared hayfield overlooks luminous flowe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-from-the-beech-trees-of-home-to-the-hot-surrey-hills-virginia-spiers/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-from-the-beech-trees-of-home-to-the-hot-surrey-hills-virginia-spiers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots, AI and drones: how the Dutch navy is using tech to transform its sea defences]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uncrewed systems are the future for armed forces and the Netherlands is leading the way &lsquo;to keep people out of danger zones&rsquo;On each side of the target ship, a black vessel keeps a watchful distance. Defender 1 and Defender 2 are the eyes and ears of the navy &ndash; but they have nobody onboard, and their paths are controlled by a computer system.This is the future of the Royal Netherlands Navy, according to Capt Sjoerd Feenstra, head of the expertise centre for unmanned systems. He]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/robots-ai-and-drones-how-the-dutch-navy-is-using-tech-to-transform-its-sea-defences/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/robots-ai-and-drones-how-the-dutch-navy-is-using-tech-to-transform-its-sea-defences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Adaptation to frightening new normal and reducing emissions further and faster is critical, scientists warnDozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts of west Africa last month.Now scientists have concluded that the rains that caused the floods were supercharged by climate breakdown. Global heating, they say, turned what should have been a routine weather event into a climate catastrophe. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-global-heating-supercharged-floods-in-west-africa-displacing-thousands/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-global-heating-supercharged-floods-in-west-africa-displacing-thousands/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DR Congo forest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists describe "amazing feeling" to look into the face of an animal that so few people knew existed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-monkey-species-with-orange-lips-found-hiding-in-dr-congo-forest/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-monkey-species-with-orange-lips-found-hiding-in-dr-congo-forest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SpaceX share price drops below stock market debut]]></title><description><![CDATA[Share trading in Elon Musk&rsquo;s rocket company has been volatile since it went public a month ago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spacex-share-price-drops-below-stock-market-debut/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/spacex-share-price-drops-below-stock-market-debut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Food supplements could help bees cope with climate crisis, research suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insects in study fared better in cold when given a probiotic and prebiotic mix alongside their usual sugar dietFood supplements for honeybees could help the insects better withstand temperature stresses linked to a changing climate, early research suggests.Scientists found that worker bees fed a mixture of probiotics and inulin, a plant-derived prebiotic, survived prolonged cold exposure better than bees given an ordinary sugar diet. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/food-supplements-could-help-bees-cope-with-climate-crisis-research-suggests/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/food-supplements-could-help-bees-cope-with-climate-crisis-research-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada wildfires leave train 'encased in flames' as smoke drifts towards US]]></title><description><![CDATA[The crew was rescued after the close call. Meanwhile, blazes in Canada have left Toronto under a haze and smoke heading towards several major US cities.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/canada-wildfires-leave-train-encased-in-flames-as-smoke-drifts-towards-us/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/canada-wildfires-leave-train-encased-in-flames-as-smoke-drifts-towards-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My neighbours and I were left with no water this week. Why was I the only one who seemed annoyed?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A burst pipe left me high, dry and desperate to wash my hair. But around me, everyone seemed stoic and unsurprised - no rolling of eyes, tutting or, God forbid, speaking ill of the water companyOn Monday morning, the water coming out of my tap was but a dribble. Disappointing. I checked the water company website and there was something about some problem somewhere that was being resolved. It was sorted. Then Tuesday evening, uh-oh, not even a dribble. Not again, surely. Back to the water company]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-neighbours-and-i-were-left-with-no-water-this-week-why-was-i-the-only-one-who-seemed-annoyed/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/my-neighbours-and-i-were-left-with-no-water-this-week-why-was-i-the-only-one-who-seemed-annoyed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfires in Ontario make Toronto air quality worst in world]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environment Canada has issued health warnings after sky over city turns yellowSmoke from more than 100 active wildfires in northern Ontario have made Toronto&rsquo;s air quality the current worst in the world and caused yellow, smoky air in cities across the north-east US.Environment Canada issued health warnings on Wednesday after the sky over country&rsquo;s largest city turned a sickly yellow and was ranked the worst in the world according to IQAir, the Swiss technology company that racks glo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-in-ontario-make-toronto-air-quality-worst-in-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildfires-in-ontario-make-toronto-air-quality-worst-in-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scots urged to 'stay vigilant' as wildfire risk very high]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning for central Highlands, southern and eastern Scotland from Wednesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scots-urged-to-stay-vigilant-as-wildfire-risk-very-high/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/scots-urged-to-stay-vigilant-as-wildfire-risk-very-high/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia has a love-hate relationship with cats – but under all the emotion is a fascinating history | Jodie Stewart]]></title><description><![CDATA[We got our first feline hero in 1971 when Matthew Flinders&rsquo; heartfelt tribute to his pet Trim was discoveredIn 1872, the city of Melbourne hosted its first cat show one year after London&rsquo;s Crystal Palace debuted its first show. By 1885, &ldquo;cats were seldom treated very well&rdquo; in Australia, according to a writer in the Victorian Almanac that year &ndash; but they were pleased to report that Australians were starting to appreciate them more.The colonial newspapers were also be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/australia-has-a-love-hate-relationship-with-cats-but-under-all-the-emotion-is-a-fascinating-history-jodie-stewart/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/australia-has-a-love-hate-relationship-with-cats-but-under-all-the-emotion-is-a-fascinating-history-jodie-stewart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’ve never worked with so many conservatives’: the Texans fighting the Big Bend border wall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Residents across party lines say Trump&rsquo;s proposed wall threatens their homes, livelihoods and wilderness along the Rio GrandeLast February, 41-year-old Molly Walker posted an Instagram story: a photo of herself standing in the desert, sunglasses hooked over the front of her shirt, jeans slung low beneath her exposed midriff. She held a protest sign fashioned from a pizza box, a hand-drawn heart framing the words &ldquo;Border Cultura&rdquo;, with &ldquo;NO WALL&rdquo; scrawled beneath.The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ive-never-worked-with-so-many-conservatives-the-texans-fighting-the-big-bend-border-wall/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/ive-never-worked-with-so-many-conservatives-the-texans-fighting-the-big-bend-border-wall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme temperature warnings in place as ‘heat dome’ bakes US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Americans warned to be on alert for heat-related illness as parts of country experience record high temperaturesExtreme heat warnings are in place for large swaths of the United States this week, as an unusual weather pattern eclipses record temperature highs.In Billings, Montana, residents experienced a sweltering 111F (43.9C) on Sunday, the hottest day in its history. Salt Lake City in Utah also hit an all-time record high on Sunday at 109F (42.8C). Boston has seen more 90F (32.3C) days than a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-temperature-warnings-in-place-as-heat-dome-bakes-us/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/extreme-temperature-warnings-in-place-as-heat-dome-bakes-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The battle over peat: why do some gardeners still insist on using it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Peat bogs are essential to the environment, holding twice as much carbon as all the world&rsquo;s forests. But in the UK, 80% are damaged, most of what is extracted is used in horticulture &ndash; and some campaigners fear the problem is getting worse&lsquo;I don&rsquo;t see how I can possibly do my job and eat mushrooms,&rdquo; says Sally Nex, a campaign advocate for the Peat-Free Partnership. &ldquo;An awful lot of the food you buy in the supermarket is grown in peat: field mushrooms and littl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-battle-over-peat-why-do-some-gardeners-still-insist-on-using-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-battle-over-peat-why-do-some-gardeners-still-insist-on-using-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surviving extreme heat increasingly boils down to this: access to air conditioning | Mark Wolfe]]></title><description><![CDATA[The next great climate divide will be between countries that have the resources to adapt and those that don&rsquo;tThis summer, much of the media&rsquo;s attention has focused on record temperatures across Europe and the United States. Television coverage has been filled with familiar images: heat maps shaded deep red, schools closing, rail lines slowing, wildfires spreading and emergency rooms treating growing numbers of people with heat-related illnesses.Public officials have responded with eq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/surviving-extreme-heat-increasingly-boils-down-to-this-access-to-air-conditioning-mark-wolfe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/surviving-extreme-heat-increasingly-boils-down-to-this-access-to-air-conditioning-mark-wolfe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate we had in 20th Century 'has now gone' - Met Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest report on the UK's climate warns cold mountainous areas are also being lost.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-we-had-in-20th-century-has-now-gone-met-office/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/climate-we-had-in-20th-century-has-now-gone-met-office/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Europe’s heatwaves get more dangerous, here are four ways we can protect ourselves and others]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the newsletter: From avoiding flights to checking on vulnerable neighbours, there are steps we can all take to fight the effects of extreme heat&bull; Don&rsquo;t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereFrom the comfort of a friend&rsquo;s air-conditioned car last weekend, I watched a dozen sweaty men on a &ldquo;beer bike tour&rdquo; chug booze while pedalling through Berlin, as the city broke its temperature record with 39.2C heat. Few wore hats, and their tender pink necks s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-europes-heatwaves-get-more-dangerous-here-are-four-ways-we-can-protect-ourselves-and-others/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-europes-heatwaves-get-more-dangerous-here-are-four-ways-we-can-protect-ourselves-and-others/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blockades, marches and human shields: Bolivia’s farmers resist as land opened up to industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indigenous groups organised mass protests over a series of deals by the president, Rodrigo Paz, that prioritise agribusiness and mining interestsFrom her home in the Bolivian Amazon, Vivian Palomequi walked for a month and more than 560 miles (900km) to the capital, La Paz. She arrived in late April to protest over a law she fears would open the door to accelerated deforestation and land privatisation. &ldquo;We declared a state of emergency and started marching,&rdquo; says Palomequi, who leads]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/blockades-marches-and-human-shields-bolivias-farmers-resist-as-land-opened-up-to-industry/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/blockades-marches-and-human-shields-bolivias-farmers-resist-as-land-opened-up-to-industry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian scientists visit remains of polar exploration vessels in &lsquo;golden era for shipwreck investigating&rsquo;Moments after devouring the final glimmers of light, the seafloor offered nothing but darkness and silt. Then the bow appeared.More than 1,000ft (305 metres) below the surface of the Labrador Sea, off the coast of Canada, the skeleton of the final ship used by the famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton appeared in its silty grave. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/shipwrecks-of-shackleton-and-scott-recreated-in-3d-digital-form-after-deep-sea-expedition/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/shipwrecks-of-shackleton-and-scott-recreated-in-3d-digital-form-after-deep-sea-expedition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England risks building new ‘death traps’ as experts warn of overheating crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vulnerable people more at risk as research finds only half of local authority plans require cooling strategiesEngland risks constructing a new generation of &ldquo;death trap&rdquo; buildings that can fatally overheat unless the government tightens standards and prioritises climate safeguards, planning experts have said.Fears are growing about the plight of vulnerable people in heatwaves, with research this week suggesting that 2,700 people had died in the May and June heatwaves in England and W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/england-risks-building-new-death-traps-as-experts-warn-of-overheating-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/england-risks-building-new-death-traps-as-experts-warn-of-overheating-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drivers charging electric cars handed shock parking fines]]></title><description><![CDATA[EV owners were sent hefty PCNs but say some signs in private car parks fail to warn of fees to park and recharge carDoes refuelling your car class as parking? The answer appears to be yes if it&rsquo;s an electric vehicle. Guardian Money has been contacted by several readers who were fined after charging their cars away from&nbsp;home.The motorists report being caught out by signs that fail to make clear that charging points are subject to parking tariffs or to store opening times. Also, they ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drivers-charging-electric-cars-handed-shock-parking-fines/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/drivers-charging-electric-cars-handed-shock-parking-fines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hosepipe ban in force for millions of households - is your area affected?]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than eight million households have been placed under hosepipe bans - which has raised questions about how effectively water resources are being managed.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hosepipe-ban-in-force-for-millions-of-households-is-your-area-affected/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hosepipe-ban-in-force-for-millions-of-households-is-your-area-affected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plantwatch: Beware a tasty mushroom with a powerful hallucinogen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone eating Lanmaoa asiatica could have visions for days of tiny people running and jumping aroundLanmaoa asiatica is a bolete mushroom, prized for its delicious taste and hugely popular in Yunnan province, China, where it is found growing in a symbiotic relationship with pine trees. But anyone eating the mushroom needs to be careful because it also gives hallucinations of lots of tiny people about 2cm tall wearing brightly coloured clothes, all jumping, running, climbing and being generally p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plantwatch-beware-a-tasty-mushroom-with-a-powerful-hallucinogen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plantwatch-beware-a-tasty-mushroom-with-a-powerful-hallucinogen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: The rewards of sloping off down an old railway line | Derek Niemann]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frome, Somerset: I feel like a walking carriage, trundling down Colliers Way, glimpsing hedgerows and hayfields and, best of all, one of the original tracksIf there is such a thing as a level playing field in the Mendip Hills, I have yet to find it. Not one street has &ldquo;Rise&rdquo; in its name, for nigh on every road has a rise (and fall). Folk here walk, run and cycle up the steepest of climbs. The former Guardian journalist Matthew Engel once interviewed an elderly yet sprightly man in a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-rewards-of-sloping-off-down-an-old-railway-line-derek-niemann/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-rewards-of-sloping-off-down-an-old-railway-line-derek-niemann/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain's weather even more extreme?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As temperatures rise, scientists are investigating whether a changing Atlantic could bring more volatile weather to the UK]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/after-record-heat-could-the-atlantic-make-britains-weather-even-more-extreme/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/after-record-heat-could-the-atlantic-make-britains-weather-even-more-extreme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on recordThe UK&rsquo;s climatic extremes are becoming increasingly normal, a report has found, with last year the hottest on record and further &ldquo;unprecedented changes&rdquo; likely to break the record again soon.Data stretching back to 1884 shows the UK has never experienced a year as hot as 2025, according to the annual State of the UK Climate report, with temperatures pushed to dizzying heights b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/unprecedented-changes-in-uk-climate-are-normalising-extremes-report-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/unprecedented-changes-in-uk-climate-are-normalising-extremes-report-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I looked into the river and saw all these dead fish']]></title><description><![CDATA[There have been 50,000 fish killed in Northern Ireland because of water pollution since 2020.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-looked-into-the-river-and-saw-all-these-dead-fish/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-looked-into-the-river-and-saw-all-these-dead-fish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven Britons among 12 foreign nationals killed in Spain’s deadly wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fire broke out last Thursday in the southeastern province of Almer&iacute;a, which is home to many foreign residents<br />
Seven Britons are among 12 foreign nationals killed in wildfires in southern Spain, authorities said.Officials said 12 of the 13 victims were foreign nationals after completing postmortem examinations after the fires that swept through Andalusia. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/seven-britons-among-12-foreign-nationals-killed-in-spains-deadly-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/seven-britons-among-12-foreign-nationals-killed-in-spains-deadly-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy Burnham must act fast on the climate – or risk getting stuck in a ‘derailment’ doom loop | Laurie Laybourn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Around the world, climate-sceptic parties are exploiting floods and fires to make political capital. Without urgent changes, this deadly spiral will continueRecent unprecedented heatwaves in the UK may have killed thousands of people. Children are suffering in overheating schools. NHS trusts are straining under record-breaking demand. This all comes after climate extremes have even affected national security, with three of Britain&rsquo;s five worst harvests coming since 2020, impairing food sec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/andy-burnham-must-act-fast-on-the-climate-or-risk-getting-stuck-in-a-derailment-doom-loop-laurie-laybourn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/andy-burnham-must-act-fast-on-the-climate-or-risk-getting-stuck-in-a-derailment-doom-loop-laurie-laybourn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: New ISS crew blasts off from Kazakhstan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Soyuz spacecraft will carry Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina to the ISS for an eight-month mission.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-new-iss-crew-blasts-off-from-kazakhstan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-new-iss-crew-blasts-off-from-kazakhstan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyrannosaurus rex most expensive dinosaur ever sold]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dinosaur skeleton, which roamed the planet 67 million years ago, was sold by Sotheby's in New York.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tyrannosaurus-rex-most-expensive-dinosaur-ever-sold/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/tyrannosaurus-rex-most-expensive-dinosaur-ever-sold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwave conditions in NI for second time this summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[That heat threshold must be met for at least three consecutive days at the same weather station to be a heatwave.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-conditions-in-ni-for-second-time-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-conditions-in-ni-for-second-time-this-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California faces highest shark numbers in years as great whites head north]]></title><description><![CDATA[El Ni&ntilde;o climate phenomenon heating waters off Mexico but incidents with humans remain a rarityCalifornia is set to see one of its sharkiest summers in a decade, with large numbers of juvenile great whites already on a reverse vacation from the warm waters of Mexico to cooler pastures along the western United States.The marine predator has become more common along the west coast in recent years, with stories of surfers seeing underwater behemoths closer to shore and scientists saying swimm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/california-faces-highest-shark-numbers-in-years-as-great-whites-head-north/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/california-faces-highest-shark-numbers-in-years-as-great-whites-head-north/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronomers' surprise at discovery of new stars]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Warwick University team, working with US astronomers, find four, previously hidden, white dwarf stars.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/astronomers-surprise-at-discovery-of-new-stars/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/astronomers-surprise-at-discovery-of-new-stars/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourists]]></title><description><![CDATA[Covert footage obtained by the Guardian shows how crime networks are using front souvenir shops to hide a booming wildlife trade targeted at a new influx of Chinese touristsThe shop is dark and deserted. Though the door is open, there is clearly no expectation of any customers walking in off the street. Visits are likely by appointment and from a specific clientele. This shop is part of an organised crime network. What is being sold is highly illegal and incredibly unethical.Anyone wandering in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/inside-the-secret-laos-shops-selling-pangolin-scales-bear-bile-and-tiger-bones-to-tourists/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/inside-the-secret-laos-shops-selling-pangolin-scales-bear-bile-and-tiger-bones-to-tourists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undercover in Laos: how Chinese tourism fuels animal trafficking – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinese tourism is booming in Laos and the illegal wildlife trade is booming with it. Pangolin scales, rhino horn and elephant ivory are all being sold at secret shops and restaurants as a new high-speed rail line brings millions of visitors to the country. Working with Chinese activists, the Guardian goes undercover to investigate the criminal networks profiting from this trade and to reveal how wildlife trafficking is pushing the critically endangered pangolin ever closer to extinction Continu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/undercover-in-laos-how-chinese-tourism-fuels-animal-trafficking-video/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/undercover-in-laos-how-chinese-tourism-fuels-animal-trafficking-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the rights of nature are increasingly being recognised, the Scottish Association for Marine Science is the latest organisation to make the ocean a trusteeIn a boardroom in an office building in Oban, a picturesque town on the west coast of Scotland, trustees attending meetings have long been able to see the breaking waves of the Atlantic through the windows. But since last month, the ocean has also been present in the room, with an unusual new initiative ensuring that it now has a say on deci]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/giving-nature-a-say-why-scottish-marine-scientists-appointed-the-ocean-to-their-board/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/giving-nature-a-say-why-scottish-marine-scientists-appointed-the-ocean-to-their-board/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you spot the poacher’s handprint? Earth Photo award winners – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[From scientific tricks to stop turtle traffickers to stranded seals and displaced workers, these images all scooped prizes at this year&rsquo;s Earth Photo awards Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-you-spot-the-poachers-handprint-earth-photo-award-winners-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/can-you-spot-the-poachers-handprint-earth-photo-award-winners-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heatingMost of the UK media stories about the record-breaking heatwave that struck in June failed to mention the climate crisis, analysis has found.Nearly 2,500 articles about the extreme heat &ndash; when temperatures topped 37C, a record for the time of year &ndash; appeared in the UK&rsquo;s nine main national daily media publications. But nearly three-quarters of them &ndash; about 72% &ndash]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/most-uk-media-reports-on-june-heatwave-failed-to-mention-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/most-uk-media-reports-on-june-heatwave-failed-to-mention-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Spot the young hare – they know how to make it hard | Ed Douglas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eyam Moor, Derbyshire: I go in search of a leveret, which is a tricky business. For them, subterfuge is key to survivalHigh on Eyam Moor, there was no shortage of things to look at. Meadow vetch and lady&rsquo;s bedstraw had turned the trackside a vibrant yellow. The moor itself glittered white with heath bedstraw, over which small heath butterflies fluttered restlessly. The rich and ceaseless accompaniment to this was a skylark overhead, and as I approached the farmhouse and the stand of sycamo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-spot-the-young-hare-they-know-how-to-make-it-hard-ed-douglas/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-spot-the-young-hare-they-know-how-to-make-it-hard-ed-douglas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource]]></title><description><![CDATA[Along with the rice fields, a centuries-old infrastructure that treated water as a gift to be shared is disappearing I Putu Partayasa pushes his fingers into the soil as he squats at the edge of a rice terrace. They come up dry. His field has water; his neighbour&rsquo;s does not. &ldquo;We have a big problem in the dry season,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Fifteen years ago, we have water every day. But today it&rsquo;s getting less.&rdquo;The 52-year-old, who goes by the name Parta, is lucky because]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/who-is-stealing-balis-water-how-tourism-siphoned-off-a-prized-resource/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/who-is-stealing-balis-water-how-tourism-siphoned-off-a-prized-resource/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than 90 residents have expressed interest in contamination claim against AGC Chemicals EuropeA Pfas factory in Lancashire has announced plans to close down, just days after the Guardian revealed that more than 90 residents had signed up to be involved in a potential legal claim over contamination of the local area.AGC Chemicals Europe is consulting with employees and their union representatives about plans to cease operations at its manufacturing plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lancashire-chemicals-factory-facing-potential-legal-claim-announces-closure/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/lancashire-chemicals-factory-facing-potential-legal-claim-announces-closure/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK in ‘firewave’ as extreme heat provides ideal conditions for wildfires, experts warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Fire Chiefs Council say emergency services dealing with 19 wildfires across Britain, many near urban areasThe UK is in the grip of a &ldquo;firewave&rdquo;, as the summer&rsquo;s extreme heat produces the ideal conditions for wildfires, scientists and environmentalists have warned.A particular danger was that more blazes seem to be taking place closer to urban areas rather than in remote countryside, causing hazards to homes and health, they said. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-in-firewave-as-extreme-heat-provides-ideal-conditions-for-wildfires-experts-warn/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-in-firewave-as-extreme-heat-provides-ideal-conditions-for-wildfires-experts-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British couple named among 13 killed in Spanish wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pete and Fran Gillam confirmed dead as authorities use DNA samples to identify victims of blaze in Almer&iacute;aA British couple have been named among the 13 people killed by wildfires in Spain, as authorities race to use DNA to identify victims who were unable to escape the blaze.Pete and Fran Gillam, who lived in B&eacute;dar, the village that bore the brunt of the wildfires on Thursday, were confirmed dead by their family. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/british-couple-named-among-13-killed-in-spanish-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/british-couple-named-among-13-killed-in-spanish-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello from the outside: heat domes impeding radio and other signals in US midwest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Higher temperatures can cause radio, TV and microwave signals to travel hundreds of miles farther, upsetting communicationsIt was 3am in north-east Indiana&rsquo;s Huntington county when the outdoor emergency alarm went off on 1 July.The only issue? There wasn&rsquo;t a storm, tornado or any other emergency weather event forecast or present anywhere for hundreds of miles. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hello-from-the-outside-heat-domes-impeding-radio-and-other-signals-in-us-midwest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/hello-from-the-outside-heat-domes-impeding-radio-and-other-signals-in-us-midwest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘As if a hurricane had passed’: Puerto Ricans at breaking point after weeks without water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shortages triggered by pipeline rupture drive up costs and deepen frustrations, as pressure grows on water utilityJonathan Collazo owns two restaurants in a bustling section of San Juan, which has been plagued by water outages, severely disrupting the daily lives of residents and businesses alike.The water scarcity is part of an escalating frustration felt by thousands of customers of Puerto Rico&rsquo;s water utility over the past several months, prompting the governor to activate the national]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-if-a-hurricane-had-passed-puerto-ricans-at-breaking-point-after-weeks-without-water/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/as-if-a-hurricane-had-passed-puerto-ricans-at-breaking-point-after-weeks-without-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First came the dead fish, then invasive plants. A year later and Lake Suchitlán’s pollution remains a mystery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fishers on El Salvador&rsquo;s largest lake are still looking for answers after the die-off, with no explanation provided by the governmentFrom the village of Copapayo, Noel Avalos recalls the morning they ran to the shore of Lake Suchitl&aacute;n, El Salvador&rsquo;s main hydroelectric reservoir, also known as Cerr&oacute;n Grande, and its largest body of freshwater, to find thousands of dead fish had washed up overnight.By August 2025, nearly 70% of the lake&rsquo;s 135 sq km (33,000 acres) su]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/first-came-the-dead-fish-then-invasive-plants-a-year-later-and-lake-suchitlns-pollution-remains-a-mystery/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/first-came-the-dead-fish-then-invasive-plants-a-year-later-and-lake-suchitlns-pollution-remains-a-mystery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A journey down one of the last wild rivers in the American west: ‘The bullseye will always be on its back’]]></title><description><![CDATA[As US water wars rage, a tributary of the Colorado River faces unprecedented pressure. Visitors worry how long this aquatic &lsquo;relict&rsquo; will lastOn an early morning in mid-May, a group of near strangers shoved camping gear and clothes into waterproof bags, slathered on sunscreen, and ambled into the bright-yellow rafts that would carry them down one of the last free-flowing rivers in the American west.Unhindered by large dams or diversions, the Yampa curves across 250 miles (400km) of a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-journey-down-one-of-the-last-wild-rivers-in-the-american-west-the-bullseye-will-always-be-on-its-back/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-journey-down-one-of-the-last-wild-rivers-in-the-american-west-the-bullseye-will-always-be-on-its-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critics accuse ministers of failing to take control of nature crisis and leaving it to private landowners to act voluntarilyThe government&rsquo;s plan to protect and restore nature in England by 2030 has been condemned as &ldquo;pathetic&rdquo; and &ldquo;completely insufficient&rdquo; in the face of the spiralling environmental crisis.The long-awaited plan published on Monday calls for landowners to voluntarily opt to protect and enhance nature, rather than creating legal protections for natur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plan-to-restore-nature-in-england-by-2030-criticised-as-completely-insufficient/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/plan-to-restore-nature-in-england-by-2030-criticised-as-completely-insufficient/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather tracker: Unusually warm rivers affect French nuclear power plants]]></title><description><![CDATA[High temperatures and below average rainfall put pressure on waterways used to cool reactorsAbove average temperatures combined with below average rainfall across much of western and central Europe during June and the first half of July have placed increasing pressure on rivers, ecosystems and energy infrastructure. Persistent high pressure brought prolonged sunshine, suppressed rainfall and enhanced evaporation, causing river levels to fall and water temperatures to increase.These unusually war]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-unusually-warm-rivers-affect-french-nuclear-power-plants/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/weather-tracker-unusually-warm-rivers-affect-french-nuclear-power-plants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Officials say blaze in Fontainebleau forest is of &lsquo;exceptional scale&rsquo;, with 900 homes evacuated and road and rail links hitEurope live &ndash; latest updatesFirefighters are tackling a blaze of unprecedented scale sweeping through Fontainebleau forest south-east of Paris.The fire began late on Sunday afternoon in the one-time royal hunting preserve about 40 miles (60km) from the capital, which today is dotted with villages. The blaze, which is unusual in its proximity to Paris, raced]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighting-planes-scrambled-from-south-of-france-to-tackle-huge-wildfire-near-paris/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/firefighting-planes-scrambled-from-south-of-france-to-tackle-huge-wildfire-near-paris/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperaturesThe heatwave that affected England and Wales in June killed about 440 people a day during its three-day peak, scientists have estimated. Across the whole of the June heatwave, plus the one in May, about 2,700 people lost their lives prematurely.The data starkly illustrates the danger of extreme heat, which is being supercharged by the climate crisis. More than 40% of the people affec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/may-and-june-heatwaves-killed-about-2700-people-in-england-and-wales-data-suggests/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/may-and-june-heatwaves-killed-about-2700-people-in-england-and-wales-data-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden | Susie White]]></title><description><![CDATA[Allendale, Northumberland: Farmers use it as cover crop, and I sow it into bare soil &ndash; but not before I&rsquo;ve had a close look at its stunning detailsCupped by bristly sepals, the five-petalled flowers of phacelia flare open at the tips, drawing insects to their abundant nectar and blue pollen. Hoverflies, honeybees, parasitic wasps, solitary bees and bumblebees &ndash; there&rsquo;s life all around&nbsp;me as I hunker down among&nbsp;the&nbsp;plants.I always have a ready packet of Phac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-phacelia-is-the-most-useful-plant-i-always-have-a-packet-for-my-garden-susie-white/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-phacelia-is-the-most-useful-plant-i-always-have-a-packet-for-my-garden-susie-white/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘No matter how bad, it is always fixable’: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses – and lives – of desperate people]]></title><description><![CDATA[She has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it. It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transform everything&lsquo;There might be a dead bird in the box room. We think it has been there for a couple of years,&rdquo; says Bea Elton, raising her voice to be heard through her respirator. It is particularly robust, as she has a dust and cat hair allergy. &ldquo;Not ideal,&rdquo; in her line of wo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/no-matter-how-bad-it-is-always-fixable-how-bea-elton-cleans-up-the-houses-and-lives-of-desperate-people/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/no-matter-how-bad-it-is-always-fixable-how-bea-elton-cleans-up-the-houses-and-lives-of-desperate-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’  | Christian Wolmar]]></title><description><![CDATA[Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let&rsquo;s curb them before they do even more damageWe need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on the roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles in car parks and endangering pedestrians.Like ever-hungry teenagers, cars in Europe are growing, on average, a centimetre wider every year, according to new research reported by the Guardian. And fewer than half of new cars in the UK can fit in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-cars-and-suvs-are-growing-bigger-but-there-is-a-way-to-stop-this-deadly-carspreading-christian-wolmar/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-cars-and-suvs-are-growing-bigger-but-there-is-a-way-to-stop-this-deadly-carspreading-christian-wolmar/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Timing of Devon switchoff &lsquo;could not be worse&rsquo;, says board, as members face an estimated &pound;2m in lost revenue Britain&rsquo;s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut for the duration of its first summer by the government&rsquo;s energy system operator to avoid overloading the local grid with renewable energy.The north Devon solar farm was ordered to shut weeks before record high temperatures across Europe led to power supply warnings, due to concerns that the lar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-biggest-community-solar-farm-forced-to-shut-over-grid-overload-fears/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/britains-biggest-community-solar-farm-forced-to-shut-over-grid-overload-fears/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We plant belonging’: how nature charities and asylum seekers work together in UK countryside]]></title><description><![CDATA[Environmental and refugee groups have joined forces to benefit lives and wildlife in Wales and elsewhereShielding his eyes from the blinding midday sun, Abdullah, a Sudanese asylum seeker, gazes out at the expanse of green in T&#375; Mawr country park in north Wales.&ldquo;This place is so beautiful,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;It feels a very long way from the Home Office.&rdquo; Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-plant-belonging-how-nature-charities-and-asylum-seekers-work-together-in-uk-countryside/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-plant-belonging-how-nature-charities-and-asylum-seekers-work-together-in-uk-countryside/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readers reply: Why put solar panels on green space when we could put them over car parks?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The long-running series in which readers answer other readers&rsquo; questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsThis week&rsquo;s question: Why is there no rugby culture in Germany?I would like to know why we build solar farms over green space, when we could just put them over massive car parks as a popular current internet meme suggests. Chris, MiddlesbroughSend new questions to nq@theguardian.com. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/readers-reply-why-put-solar-panels-on-green-space-when-we-could-put-them-over-car-parks/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/readers-reply-why-put-solar-panels-on-green-space-when-we-could-put-them-over-car-parks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risksThe plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a slam dunk for the climate, according to its supporters &ndash; all generously funded by US tax dollars.But as far as Melissa Harrison and some other residents of Clymers, Indiana, are concerned, it just might be the end of their town. &ldquo;This is our place,&rdquo; she says. Generations of her family are buried in the ceme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/huge-wave-of-carbon-storage-projects-causes-alarm-in-small-town-usa-as-oil-firms-eye-billions-in-subsidies/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/huge-wave-of-carbon-storage-projects-causes-alarm-in-small-town-usa-as-oil-firms-eye-billions-in-subsidies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China evacuates nearly two million people as powerful typhoon makes landfall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools, work and outdoor activities have been suspended in Zhejiang province and many transport services cancelled.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/china-evacuates-nearly-two-million-people-as-powerful-typhoon-makes-landfall/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/china-evacuates-nearly-two-million-people-as-powerful-typhoon-makes-landfall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weather cycle threatens harvests worldwide, adding to inflation already fuelled by the Iran warEconomists are warning that a &ldquo;super&rdquo; El Ni&ntilde;o weather cycle this year could cause a severe shock to global food prices lasting into 2028.As the Iran war pushes up world food prices to the highest level in three years, economists said supply chains faced &ldquo;two shocks at once&rdquo; stoked by extreme weather linked to global heating. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/super-el-nio-could-cause-global-food-price-shock-lasting-into-2028-analysts-say/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/super-el-nio-could-cause-global-food-price-shock-lasting-into-2028-analysts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alderney set to welcome Britain in Bloom judges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alderney is set to represent the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the national Royal Horticultural Society awards.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/alderney-set-to-welcome-britain-in-bloom-judges/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/alderney-set-to-welcome-britain-in-bloom-judges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pupils vow to save 'dying' river in beauty spot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children from a school near a popular beauty spot test local water quality over pollution concerns.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pupils-vow-to-save-dying-river-in-beauty-spot/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pupils-vow-to-save-dying-river-in-beauty-spot/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amur tiger Ginger Biscuit settles into new home]]></title><description><![CDATA[The two-year-old female has moved from Longleat to Woburn and is settling in well, her keepers say.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/amur-tiger-ginger-biscuit-settles-into-new-home/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/amur-tiger-ginger-biscuit-settles-into-new-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The South African trailblazers seeking to change how wildlife documentaries are made]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Geographic explorers create dive lab after finding too few black film-makers telling African wildlife storiesWhen Pragna Parsotam-Kok and Noel Kok made a wildlife series for South African TV in 2015, they were struck by how challenging it was to access animals to film and how few other African wildlife documentary makers there were.Their response was to set up the not-for-profit Nature Environment and Wildlife Conservation Trust (NEWF) and to host a conference for African wildlife film-]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-south-african-trailblazers-seeking-to-change-how-wildlife-documentaries-are-made/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-south-african-trailblazers-seeking-to-change-how-wildlife-documentaries-are-made/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[T. rex could become most expensive fossil ever - but it's a &#8203;problem for scientists]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex will go on sale in New York with a pre-sale value of $30m.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/t-rex-could-become-most-expensive-fossil-ever-but-its-a-8203problem-for-scientists/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/t-rex-could-become-most-expensive-fossil-ever-but-its-a-8203problem-for-scientists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford]]></title><description><![CDATA[Below the surface is one of the only places I can switch my brain off. Coming face to face with a shark comes with the territory &ndash; and we all have to adapt to this new normalThe first time I came face to face with a great white shark I felt something shift inside me. One look into those eyes darker than a planet-sucking black hole really does humble you.But it wasn&rsquo;t the eyes. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/in-my-years-of-spearfishing-ive-never-encountered-more-sharks-than-now-but-i-know-where-i-stand-in-the-underwater-pecking-order-clarke-gayford/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/in-my-years-of-spearfishing-ive-never-encountered-more-sharks-than-now-but-i-know-where-i-stand-in-the-underwater-pecking-order-clarke-gayford/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fastest spider in the world? This huge, hairy-legged Australian arachnid may be the quickest on the planet]]></title><description><![CDATA[A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and GermanyIf arachnophobes were not frightened enough by the horrific ability of Australia&rsquo;s huntsman spiders to drag dead mice up the sides of fridges, they now have another reason.They might be the fastest spiders on the planet. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fastest-spider-in-the-world-this-huge-hairy-legged-australian-arachnid-may-be-the-quickest-on-the-planet/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fastest-spider-in-the-world-this-huge-hairy-legged-australian-arachnid-may-be-the-quickest-on-the-planet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildlife conservation work to get £1m boost]]></title><description><![CDATA[Endangered rodents, birds and butterflies will be among the species benefitting from the investment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildlife-conservation-work-to-get-1m-boost/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/wildlife-conservation-work-to-get-1m-boost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A slap in the face’: small farmers say Trump is turning his back on them]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president wooed farmers in his campaign, but now the USDA is yanking funding, citing &lsquo;DEI&rsquo; and wasteful spendingIt&rsquo;s just an eighth of an acre, but for Lawrencia Rogers, the plot where she grows broccolini, lettuce and beans on land once tilled by poorhouse residents in eastern Iowa is the closest she has come to living her dream.Iowa is one of the most agriculturally productive states in the country, but getting into farming is not easy, particularly for people like Rogers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-slap-in-the-face-small-farmers-say-trump-is-turning-his-back-on-them/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-slap-in-the-face-small-farmers-say-trump-is-turning-his-back-on-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RSPB buys 'magical' 96-hectare landscape to reconnect habitats]]></title><description><![CDATA[The move will help conservationists in Gallt-y-bere to protect internationally important habitats.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rspb-buys-magical-96-hectare-landscape-to-reconnect-habitats/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/rspb-buys-magical-96-hectare-landscape-to-reconnect-habitats/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Every time the rain falls, the fear comes back’: life in Lagos under the constant threat of floods]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Nigeria braces for another season of devastating rains, people affected describe the mental toll of repeatedly rebuilding their livesMurky water first tore down a perimeter fence, then bubbled into the yard before spilling into every room. Within minutes, electronics, kitchen appliances, furniture, documents and academic certificates lay submerged.With the water rising rapidly, Daniel Ebiesua evacuated his home in the Shogunle area of Lagos, with his wife, their two-week-old baby, four-year-o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/every-time-the-rain-falls-the-fear-comes-back-life-in-lagos-under-the-constant-threat-of-floods/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/every-time-the-rain-falls-the-fear-comes-back-life-in-lagos-under-the-constant-threat-of-floods/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Datacentres drive up big tech’s carbon emissions to a third of those of France]]></title><description><![CDATA[Microsoft, Amazon and Google say they still aim to achieve net zero output despite construction boomMicrosoft, Amazon and Google&rsquo;s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction.In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO&#8322;e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), or about a third of those of France. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/datacentres-drive-up-big-techs-carbon-emissions-to-a-third-of-those-of-france/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/datacentres-drive-up-big-techs-carbon-emissions-to-a-third-of-those-of-france/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwave to stretch into second week despite cooler air for some this weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sizzling heat continues into next week despite a drop in temperatures over the weekend.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-to-stretch-into-second-week-despite-cooler-air-for-some-this-weekend/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-to-stretch-into-second-week-despite-cooler-air-for-some-this-weekend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tube cannot easily be adapted to cope with heatwaves, making conditions almost unbearableAs the escalator descends below ground at King&rsquo;s Cross St Pancras station in London, the shift from what was already a hot station entrance to the furnace-like subterranean depths is perceptible.On the tube it&rsquo;s worse: a man leans back in his seat, eyes closed, sweltering; people hold electric fans an inch away from their faces. London commuters are known for their stoicism and the heat appea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/like-a-sauna-london-tube-travellers-swelter-in-temperatures-higher-than-legal-limit-for-cattle/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/like-a-sauna-london-tube-travellers-swelter-in-temperatures-higher-than-legal-limit-for-cattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New dinosaur species as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-dinosaur-species-as-long-as-cricket-pitch-discovered-in-thailand/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-dinosaur-species-as-long-as-cricket-pitch-discovered-in-thailand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every few decades mass blooming in Mizoram&rsquo;s forests causes a rodent boom &ndash; and devastation to crops. The cycle is well-known, so why aren&rsquo;t farmers and authorities better prepared?In the hills of Mizoram state in north-east India, the first thing that farmers notice are the swarms of stink bugs, known locally as thangnang. It can mean only one thing: the rats are coming. And with them, famine.As dawn breaks in Mamit district, Maunsanga, a 62-year-old farmer, walks across his p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-swarm-of-stink-bugs-and-a-river-of-rats-why-indias-flowering-bamboo-causes-a-crisis-for-humans/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/a-swarm-of-stink-bugs-and-a-river-of-rats-why-indias-flowering-bamboo-causes-a-crisis-for-humans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them]]></title><description><![CDATA[With some still unable to accept humanity&rsquo;s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptionsSome people &ndash; and media organisations &ndash; still have difficulty connecting the heatwaves currently gripping much of the world and human-caused climate chaos. Others are in outright denial. So how to address their evasions, distractions and lies?The Guardian has trawled through climate sceptics&rsquo; claims and put their doubts to one of the UK&rsquo;s top climate scie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-13-biggest-myths-about-heatwaves-and-how-to-bust-them/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-13-biggest-myths-about-heatwaves-and-how-to-bust-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days of salted codfish and cabbage leaves are over: how climate crisis is shaping Tour de France’s future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heatwaves have long been part of the Tour but temperatures now are pushing the riders to limit of human enduranceThe Tour de France and the heat of the midday sun are old bedfellows, going back long before an era when the biggest catastrophe of the Tour&rsquo;s opening week was a major fault in the Visma team bus&rsquo;s air conditioning. Flip back 50 years to my favourite Tour read, the late Geoffrey Nicholson&rsquo;s The Great Bike Race, and we find the doyen of cycling writers discussing a To]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/days-of-salted-codfish-and-cabbage-leaves-are-over-how-climate-crisis-is-shaping-tour-de-frances-future/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/days-of-salted-codfish-and-cabbage-leaves-are-over-how-climate-crisis-is-shaping-tour-de-frances-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New research into basking sharks around island]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Manx Shark Foundation hopes to learn more about basking sharks often spotted around the island.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-research-into-basking-sharks-around-island/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/new-research-into-basking-sharks-around-island/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstrokeThe extreme heat that has hit the UK twice in the past few weeks has left teachers struggling to cope as temperatures in some classrooms climb above 40C, with pupils and staff suffering from heatstroke, nausea and headaches.Teachers say they have been desperately trying to keep children safe, with some covering younger pupils in wet paper towels as they lie on the floor, while older st]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/children-were-calling-for-their-mummies-uk-pupils-struggle-in-40c-plus-classrooms/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/children-were-calling-for-their-mummies-uk-pupils-struggle-in-40c-plus-classrooms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: Harvest time has arrived – and it’s three weeks earlier than 20 years ago | Colin Chappell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brigg, Lincolnshire: It&rsquo;ll take six weeks to cut it all, starting with barley and likely ending with beans. Thank goodness the combine has air-conditioningThe crops have managed to survive winter flooding (almost) and two heatwaves, but another hot spell of weather is on the way as we embark on the enormous task of harvesting our crops.Winter barley for seed is usually first, followed by oilseed rape (OSR), then probably wheat. Beans are nearly always last to be cut, often in September, bu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-harvest-time-has-arrived-and-its-three-weeks-earlier-than-20-years-ago-colin-chappell/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-harvest-time-has-arrived-and-its-three-weeks-earlier-than-20-years-ago-colin-chappell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death trap: what to do about the everyday items catching and killing Australian wildlife]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thousands of native animals get caught in back yard fruit nets, fences and fishing line every year. Here&rsquo;s what you can do to helpChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household&rsquo;s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comThousands of native animals get snared in fruit tree netting, fencing and fishing gear every year in Australia &ndash; events that fr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/death-trap-what-to-do-about-the-everyday-items-catching-and-killing-australian-wildlife/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/death-trap-what-to-do-about-the-everyday-items-catching-and-killing-australian-wildlife/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helping one of Britain's rarest butterflies]]></title><description><![CDATA[For more than 30 years, Paul Dunn has been working to revive the fortunes of the high brown fritillary.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/helping-one-of-britains-rarest-butterflies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/helping-one-of-britains-rarest-butterflies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast-spreading wildfire kills at least 12 in southern Spain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twenty-three people missing and four Britons thought to be among those who died trying to flee Almer&iacute;a blaze&lsquo;I had an incredible escape&rsquo;: British woman tells of close encounter with wildfireAt least 12 people have been killed and 23 are unaccounted for after one of Spain&rsquo;s deadliest wildfires broke out in the south-eastern province of Almer&iacute;a as the country endures its second heatwave of the summer.The regional government of Andaluc&iacute;a said the victims, four]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fast-spreading-wildfire-kills-at-least-12-in-southern-spain/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/fast-spreading-wildfire-kills-at-least-12-in-southern-spain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can you help wildlife during hot weather?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sophia Herod has some tips for helping animals that might visit your garden or neighbourhood.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-you-help-wildlife-during-hot-weather/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-can-you-help-wildlife-during-hot-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxy forms and odd lights: US declassifies more UFO files]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/boxy-forms-and-odd-lights-us-declassifies-more-ufo-files/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/boxy-forms-and-odd-lights-us-declassifies-more-ufo-files/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I had an incredible escape’: British woman tells of close encounter with Spanish wildfire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeanne Henny, 74, put her friend, a wheelchair and two dogs into the car and drove away, only to meet fire surging on to the roadThe speed, scale and ferocity of the wildfire in and around the B&eacute;dar municipality of Almer&iacute;a took everyone by surprise.Jeanne Henny, an English woman who has had a house in the tiny hamlet of Los Pinos for 33 years, initially took Thursday afternoon&rsquo;s yellow skies as proof that a calima wind from the Sahara was showering desert dust on the area. Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-had-an-incredible-escape-british-woman-tells-of-close-encounter-with-spanish-wildfire/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-had-an-incredible-escape-british-woman-tells-of-close-encounter-with-spanish-wildfire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[East Asia braces for destructive typhoon as landslides kill 15 in Philippines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heading for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/east-asia-braces-for-destructive-typhoon-as-landslides-kill-15-in-philippines/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/east-asia-braces-for-destructive-typhoon-as-landslides-kill-15-in-philippines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch: Typhoon Bavi forecast to bring heavy rains and floods to Taiwan, Japan and China]]></title><description><![CDATA[See how the powerful storm is expected to move across east Asia on Saturday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-typhoon-bavi-forecast-to-bring-heavy-rains-and-floods-to-taiwan-japan-and-china/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/watch-typhoon-bavi-forecast-to-bring-heavy-rains-and-floods-to-taiwan-japan-and-china/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggling pig farmers say &pound;2m support package 'not enough']]></title><description><![CDATA[Farmers welcome the Scottish government funding but say it's not enough to stop them losing about &pound;1m a month]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/struggling-pig-farmers-say-pound2m-support-package-not-enough/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/struggling-pig-farmers-say-pound2m-support-package-not-enough/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump administration urged to relist a species in &lsquo;very, very serious trouble&rsquo;under Endangered Species ActClimate change is driving a gray whale &ldquo;catastrophic mortality event&rdquo; in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the animals starve, environmental groups warn.Meanwhile, a range of other issues, like ship strikes, oil spills, microplastic pollution, algal blooms and Russian harvesting are also probably contributing to the die-off that has nearly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pacific-gray-whales-facing-catastrophic-die-off-as-climate-crisis-hits-food-supply/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pacific-gray-whales-facing-catastrophic-die-off-as-climate-crisis-hits-food-supply/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK bakes in 35C highs as millions under hosepipe bans]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Thursday, temperatures exceeded 34C for the eighth day this year, breaking the previous record of seven days in a calendar year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-bakes-in-35c-highs-as-millions-under-hosepipe-bans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-bakes-in-35c-highs-as-millions-under-hosepipe-bans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these ritualsI remember interviewing a North Atlantic right whale expert years ago. He was a practical, science-minded man. But as we discussed a female whale that had lost her calf, he became visibly emotional. She had lost the previous one, too, struck by a ship. He seemed almost embarrassed by the depth of his feeling.I wasn&rsquo;t surprised. I found his grief honorable.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-know-how-to-mourn-other-humans-but-what-about-ecological-grief/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-know-how-to-mourn-other-humans-but-what-about-ecological-grief/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How cows are helping one of Britain's rarest butterflies]]></title><description><![CDATA[The high brown fritillary needs bracken and a certain violet to thrive - but everything in moderation.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-cows-are-helping-one-of-britains-rarest-butterflies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/how-cows-are-helping-one-of-britains-rarest-butterflies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shovels for feet and blotting paper skin: the ‘little fat froggy’ facing a fight for survival]]></title><description><![CDATA[The desert rain frog, native to a narrow coastal strip of south-west Africa, has been classified as vulnerable on the IUCN red list, as its habitat is threatened by miningThe desert rain frog is one of the most unusual amphibians on the planet. With a rotund body and stumpy legs that dig rather than jump, it has evolved to survive not in wetlands or rainforests, but in the unforgiving dunes of the southern African desert.This week the species was declared to be threatened with extinction by the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/shovels-for-feet-and-blotting-paper-skin-the-little-fat-froggy-facing-a-fight-for-survival/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/shovels-for-feet-and-blotting-paper-skin-the-little-fat-froggy-facing-a-fight-for-survival/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swift nest reportedly thrown in skip during house renovations in South Tyneside]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservationists fear more nests may have been destroyed during work on Jarrow houses by council-appointed contractorSwift chicks are feared to have been thrown into a skip during house renovations in South Tyneside, despite rules that should stop the destruction of nests.The Northern Swifts Group (NSG) was alerted to the destruction of at least one nest on Tuesday, in a street in Jarrow where houses were being renovated by South Tyneside council. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swift-nest-reportedly-thrown-in-skip-during-house-renovations-in-south-tyneside/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/swift-nest-reportedly-thrown-in-skip-during-house-renovations-in-south-tyneside/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week in wildlife: a froggy lunch, a surf-loving penguin and an ambitious treehopper]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week&rsquo;s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-froggy-lunch-a-surf-loving-penguin-and-an-ambitious-treehopper/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/week-in-wildlife-a-froggy-lunch-a-surf-loving-penguin-and-an-ambitious-treehopper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says]]></title><description><![CDATA[It follows similar landings of reusable rockets by US-owned companies SpaceX and Blue Origin.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/china-lands-reusable-rocket-for-first-time-state-media-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/china-lands-reusable-rocket-for-first-time-state-media-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say thanks to all our selfless spineless pals | First Dog on the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[While I have no influence on the Guardian committee, I know who this year&rsquo;s winner of the Invertebrate of the Year competition should beNominate your Invertebrate of the Year now! You have until midnight on Monday 13 July to submit your responseSign 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...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-say-thanks-to-all-our-selfless-spineless-pals-first-dog-on-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/we-say-thanks-to-all-our-selfless-spineless-pals-first-dog-on-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory]]></title><description><![CDATA[People in Thornton-Cleveleys want answers on the impact of widespread contamination around the chemical plant&ldquo;Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,&rdquo; says Liz Hurst, looking out to sea on a hot evening in Blackpool.&ldquo;But then all of a sudden, everything was put on hold.&rdquo; Fifteen years ago, Hurst was diagnosed with kidney cancer aged 32. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-just-want-to-know-if-it-has-caused-my-cancer-life-in-the-shadow-of-lancashire-pfas-factory/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/i-just-want-to-know-if-it-has-caused-my-cancer-life-in-the-shadow-of-lancashire-pfas-factory/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pollutionwatch: How harmful ozone builds up near ground in heatwaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Concentrations of gas were continuously raised in Europe during June hot spell, with potentially deadly effectsWidespread air pollution was a feature of June&rsquo;s record-breaking heat across western Europe and is likely to increase again as the UK experiences its third heatwave of the summer.UK weather warnings for extreme heat from 22 June were followed by a rare high air pollution alert from the London mayor. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pollutionwatch-how-harmful-ozone-builds-up-near-ground-in-heatwaves/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pollutionwatch-how-harmful-ozone-builds-up-near-ground-in-heatwaves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwave across western Europe – in pictures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Western Europe has been scorched by its hottest June on record, scientists have said, as the UK enters its third heatwave of the year and wildfires ravage France and SpainWestern Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-across-western-europe-in-pictures/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/heatwave-across-western-europe-in-pictures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: I thought I was poking a hedgehog’s nest. I was wrong | Claire Stares]]></title><description><![CDATA[Langstone, Hampshire: Tree bumblebees are generally placid, but they&rsquo;re not keen on someone prodding their home with the end of a bamboo caneLast summer, one by one, all our visiting hedgehogs fell victim to the road. For the first time in years, the hedgehog house beneath a purple-leaved elder in a secluded corner of the garden sat empty over winter.Then a few weeks ago I found fresh faeces on the patio, glistening with fragments of undigested insect exoskeleton &ndash; a sure sign that&n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-i-thought-i-was-poking-a-hedgehogs-nest-i-was-wrong-claire-stares/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-i-thought-i-was-poking-a-hedgehogs-nest-i-was-wrong-claire-stares/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure builds on Europe's biggest port to be greener]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit demands that the Port of Rotterdam moves faster to cut its dependence on fossil fuel firms.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pressure-builds-on-europes-biggest-port-to-be-greener/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/pressure-builds-on-europes-biggest-port-to-be-greener/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does hot weather put me in such a bad mood?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not everyone experiences heat the same way, and studies show aggression, violence and road rage increase on hotter daysRecently, my husband and I embarked on what should have been a pleasant spring errand: a stroll to the local farmer&rsquo;s market. But a passing heatwave had made it unseasonably hot outside. I cut him off on the sidewalk and he snapped at me, so I snapped at him for snapping at me. We spent the rest of the excursion in sweaty, stony silence. When we were almost home, he said,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-does-hot-weather-put-me-in-such-a-bad-mood/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/why-does-hot-weather-put-me-in-such-a-bad-mood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fight against AI data centers is important – but it’s just a starting point | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI companies want to capture the value created by entire industries. That concentration of wealth and power is society&rsquo;s greatest riskOpposition to AI datacenters has emerged as a primary theme in US politics, one that &ndash; surprisingly &ndash; doesn&rsquo;t fall along party lines. We applaud people coming together for constructive debate on any issue, and agree that communities need to evaluate whether any economic benefits these datacenters bring is worth their costs. Still, we worry]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-fight-against-ai-data-centers-is-important-but-its-just-a-starting-point-bruce-schneier-and-nathan-e-sanders/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-fight-against-ai-data-centers-is-important-but-its-just-a-starting-point-bruce-schneier-and-nathan-e-sanders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brown huntsman timed as the fastest spider at a top speed of 3.59 m/s – video]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brown huntsman spiders were filmed to measure their speed. The 2021 research has been included in new analysis of the speeds of more than 250 spider species by scientists in the UK and Germany, which concludes the brown huntsman, Heteropoda jugulans, has a top speed of 3.59 m/s, making it the fastest of all spiders measured. The study includes research supervised by Dr Christofer Clemente, an evolutionary biomechanist at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-brown-huntsman-timed-as-the-fastest-spider-at-a-top-speed-of-359-ms-video/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/the-brown-huntsman-timed-as-the-fastest-spider-at-a-top-speed-of-359-ms-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experimental bathtub: the remote lake island trying wave power to boost energy security]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers on Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, are trying to find a more reliable form of power using local resourcesBeaver Island sits in the middle of the northernmost end of Lake Michigan, about 70 miles from the maritime border with Canada. The forested island, just a little bigger than San Francisco in size, is a popular summer destination for tourists and home to about 600 permanent residents. Getting there requires a boat or plane ride.Getting electricity to the island is not as easy. Po]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/experimental-bathtub-the-remote-lake-island-trying-wave-power-to-boost-energy-security/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/experimental-bathtub-the-remote-lake-island-trying-wave-power-to-boost-energy-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by miningLife has colonised every corner of the planet by evolving ingenious survival strategies but these are increasingly being overwhelmed by destructive human activities, this year&rsquo;s red list of endangered species has revealed.Many snails, limpets and clams have adapted to life at crushing depths in the oceans on hydrothermal vents where water temperatures can reach 450C (842F). But an ass]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/species-ingenious-survival-strategies-no-match-for-human-destruction-red-list-reveals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/species-ingenious-survival-strategies-no-match-for-human-destruction-red-list-reveals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Britain’s grid operator issues fresh warning over power supplies in heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neso asks for extra supplies from electricity generators to cope with added demand on Thursday nightGreat Britain&rsquo;s energy system operator has warned that &ldquo;extreme temperatures&rdquo; could hit power supplies on Thursday night, as the UK entered its third heatwave of the year.The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a notice overnight asking for extra supplies from power generators to cope with the added demand from households turning on fans and air conditioners to cope wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-britains-grid-operator-issues-fresh-warning-over-power-supplies-in-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-britains-grid-operator-issues-fresh-warning-over-power-supplies-in-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Britain’s grid operator issues another warning over power supplies in heatwave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neso asks for extra supplies from electricity generators to cope with added demand on Thursday nightGreat Britain&rsquo;s energy system operator has warned that &ldquo;extreme temperatures&rdquo; could hit power supplies on Thursday night, as the UK entered its third heatwave of the year.The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a notice overnight asking for extra supplies from power generators to cope with the added demand from households turning on fans and air conditioners to cope wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-britains-grid-operator-issues-another-warning-over-power-supplies-in-heatwave/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/great-britains-grid-operator-issues-another-warning-over-power-supplies-in-heatwave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Low-e windows keep homes cool … but may set neighbours’ property on fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[Low-emissivity windows also keep houses warm in winter, but use on bowed glass can have magnifying-glass effectLow-emissivity or low-E window glass is a useful green technology for keeping buildings warm in winter and cool in summer &hellip; but a rare side-effect can set the neighbours&rsquo; property on fire.The glass is coated with a thin layer of metal or metal oxide which lets visible light through but acts like a mirror in the infrared. Heat from the interior is reflected back in, retainin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/low-e-windows-keep-homes-cool-but-may-set-neighbours-property-on-fire/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/low-e-windows-keep-homes-cool-but-may-set-neighbours-property-on-fire/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Country diary: The field names here read like a history book | Eben Muse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ynys Enlli, Gwynedd: A stroll down this island&rsquo;s one road provides clues to its past &ndash; and it has nothing to do with the 20,000 saints apparently buried hereIn 1938, the Welsh naturalist Ronald Lockley described Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island) as a mountain &ldquo;crudely cemented to a lowland valley, and the whole thing thrown into the middle of a violent tide-race&rdquo;. Much has changed since then, but that vivid picture holds true, as I wander it today.Certainly there&rsquo;s a love]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-field-names-here-read-like-a-history-book-eben-muse/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/country-diary-the-field-names-here-read-like-a-history-book-eben-muse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify]]></title><description><![CDATA[Temperatures across ravaged region 3C above average as scientists warn of risks for people, ecosystems and infrastructureRecord wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting costWestern Europe has been scorched by its hottest June on record, scientists have said, as the UK enters its third heatwave of the year and wildfires ravage France and Spain.Inflamed by carbon pollution, the deadly June heatwave helped push surface air temperatures for the region 3.06C above their average fr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/western-europe-records-hottest-ever-june-as-heatwaves-intensify/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/western-europe-records-hottest-ever-june-as-heatwaves-intensify/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It makes your heart sing’: can a pioneering project show that rewilding really works?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Intensive farming has all but destroyed England&rsquo;s ancient woodlands and freshwater wetlands. On a farm in Lincolnshire a radical aristocrat hopes to show there&rsquo;s money in protecting nature&bull; The summer issue of the Long Read magazine is out now. Click here to orderIn the silent countryside south of Grantham, three vast steel barns rattled in the breeze. Gathered in a loose circle beside them were 15 landowners, land agents and a couple of young investors; all expensively dressed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-makes-your-heart-sing-can-a-pioneering-project-show-that-rewilding-really-works/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/it-makes-your-heart-sing-can-a-pioneering-project-show-that-rewilding-really-works/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK heatwave spreads further north and west as temperatures continue to climb]]></title><description><![CDATA[This year's third heatwave is one of the longest lasting heatwaves since the infamous year of 1976.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-heatwave-spreads-further-north-and-west-as-temperatures-continue-to-climb/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/news/environment/uk-heatwave-spreads-further-north-and-west-as-temperatures-continue-to-climb/</guid></item></channel></rss>