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Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:00:38 +0000

Christmas Island flying fox numbers have declined as endangered species left without recovery plan

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It’s the last native mammal on the island, but the “incredibly cute and fluffy” Christmas Island flying fox is critically endangered with no recovery plan and severely outdated conservation advice.

‘It’s dying in front of our eyes’: how the UK’s largest lake became an ecological disaster

admin — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 11:00:32 +0000

Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh choked by toxic algae

The bright, cheery signs dot the shoreline like epistles from another era, a time before the calamity.

“Ballyronan marina is a picturesque boating and tourist facility on the shores of Lough Neagh,” says one. “Contours of its historical past embrace the virginal shoreline.”

Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable

admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 20:00:14 +0000

Quantum sensing, satellite tracking and AI are part of an accelerating arms race in detection that should prompt a re-evaluation of Australia’s defence strategy

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‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake

admin — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 05:00:59 +0000

As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost

• Photographs by Nicholas JR White

From the slopes behind the village of Ernen, it is possible to see the gouge where the Fiesch glacier once tumbled towards the valley in the Bernese Alps. The curved finger of ice, rumpled like tissue, cuts between high buttresses of granite and gneiss. Now it has melted out of sight.

US environment agency could end reporting of greenhouse gas emissions

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:10:55 +0000

The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce ‘bureaucratic red tape’

The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Friday a rule to end a mandatory program requiring 8,000 facilities to report their greenhouse gas emissions – an effort the agency said was burdensome to business, but which leaves the public without transparency around the environmental impact of those sources.

The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones | Editorial

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:25:41 +0000

Sea life needs protection, and the UK’s current system of marine management isn’t up to it

Trump-supporting billionaire prevented from filling lake on UK estate during drought

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:32:11 +0000

Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman acted legally, but residents complained to Southern Water

A Donald Trump-backing billionaire has been stopped from transporting water in tankers to fill a lake on his Wiltshire estate during a drought.

Southern Water has told tanker companies to cease delivering water to Stephen Schwarzman’s 2,500-acre estate after local residents filmed vehicles going day and night to its grounds.

Australia’s Cop31 bid teeters as rival Turkey refuses to withdraw

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:00:46 +0000

Government rules out using taxpayer funds to buy off competing bid as Pacific leaders urge Turkey to step aside as an ‘act of good faith’

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Much of US shark meat comes from endangered species, study finds

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:00:37 +0000

Research shows majority of shark meat mislabeled or so vaguely labeled buyers do not know what they are eating

A recent study has revealed that the majority of shark meat available to American shoppers is mislabeled, with much of it coming from endangered species.

Wealth and power shape the climate emergency – the most important tool we have to defend ourselves is the facts | Naomi Klein

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 11:00:36 +0000

The corporate-financed backlash to calls for global climate progress has been greatly empowered by the Trump administration. It’s never been more critical to challenge the misinformation that could turn a crisis into a catastrophe

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