A newly identified crocodile species nicknamed “Lucy’s hunter” prowled Ethiopia’s rivers when Lucy’s species walked the Earth more than 3 million years ago. The giant predator was likely the most dangerous animal in the ecosystem and may have regularly hunted early human relatives., Read MoreContinue Reading
Bowser, a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was rescued from the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier Sunday. The operation was one of a growing number of rescues in areas where sea turtles and humans overlap. By Dennis Pillion “Pull! Pull!” shouts Scott Dexter, chanting the cadence for eight men gripping a rope.Continue Reading
Fire officials are bracing for an active fire season in Northern California as high temperatures dry out forests. Southern California will likely see a typical season.Continue Reading
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has transformed the estuary and robbed the river of sediment over the last century. The post Dredging the Columbia River at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
This story is being published in collaboration with The Tyee , an award-winning independent media outlet based in BC. The artificial intelligence strategy announced by Mark Carney in early June promised to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, boost Canadian productivity and help domestic AI companies, with “a clearContinue Reading
Portland could climb near 100 degrees this weekend, forecasters said. Little relief is expected until next week.Continue Reading
More than 100 planned wind farms in 21 states are now stalled indefinitely as the Pentagon delays military reviews once seen as routine.Continue Reading
A charity set up by Cherie Blair has received more than £3.6 million from U.S. fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil, DeSmog can reveal. The eponymous Cherie Blair Foundation for Women was founded in 2008 – providing training and resources, including mobile apps, for “women entrepreneurs” in low-income countries to start smallContinue Reading
The surge in satellites brings pollution and risks of repeating destructive colonial practices, experts warn. By Bob Berwyn The starry night sky has always anchored humanity’s sense of place in a vast universe. It’s a map guiding travelers, a calendar for migrations and harvests, a wellspring of stories. But aContinue Reading
Researchers in South Korea have recreated the legendary “sea silk” once prized by emperors, using fibers from a clam cultivated in Korean coastal waters. They discovered that its famous golden shine comes from tiny protein structures that reflect light rather than from pigments or dyes. Because the color is builtContinue Reading
NatWest has been slammed for investing at least £17 million in the UK’s biggest supplier of coal to the cement industry, despite pressure on banks to stop financing fossil fuels. According to documents seen by DeSmog, the bank ploughed money into Hatfield Energy, which imported at least 350,000 tonnes ofContinue Reading
Denmark is set to radically overhaul its drinking water policy as part of a raft of sweeping reforms to the country’s livestock industry. In a nation with more pigs per capita than anywhere else in the world, animal welfare and nitrates pollution dominated public debate as millions headed to theContinue Reading
A new paper suggests that 15 percent of global warming comes from overlooked pollutants. By Nina Sablan Record-high global temperatures aren’t driven only by well-known greenhouse gas culprits.Continue Reading