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Australia’s best sustainable architecture for 2026 – in pictures

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:00:07 +0000

This year’s finalists for the National Architecture awards’ sustainability category include a compact Canberra housing development and the largest commercial use of hempcrete in the country.

Architecture ‘holds a mirror up to who we are as a society – what we value, what we’re willing to invest in, what we want to leave behind,’ says Adam Haddow, the chair of the jury for the awards. ‘The architects on this list … [have] designed buildings built to last, not just physically, but in the way they’ll continue to serve people long after the ribbon is cut’

Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:20:49 +0000

Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projects

The German energy company RWE has reached a $1.22bn deal with the US government to relinquish its offshore wind leases and instead redirect funds towards fossil fuel investments.

‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:00:06 +0000

As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts

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‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:05:35 +0000

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 – headlands plunging into deep water, bobbing boats, a bustling harbour town.

All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:03:50 +0000

Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status

Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new government data shows, while just 14.3% of surface waters achieved good ecological status.

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:44 +0000

While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action

Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:45 +0000

Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating

The human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that led to blazes roaring across Canada, which have caused toxic smoke to spew throughout the country and into the US, twice as likely to occur, a new analysis has found.

Spatio-temporal variation of AIS data abnormally for tuna fishing fleets in the Pacific Ocean

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00234-w

Spatio-temporal variation of AIS data abnormally for tuna fishing fleets in the Pacific Ocean

A guide to support the integration of marine protected areas into maritime spatial planning

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 06 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00232-y

Winner of Florida python hunting contest nabs 96 snakes: ‘I was on a mission’

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:50:36 +0000

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Everglades, and the challenge is part of initiative to remove them

The winner of this year’s annual Florida Python Challenge hunted down and eliminated 96 invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades national park, as part of an initiative to remove hundreds of the snakes from the area every year.