New reports say more robust and accurate accounting of livestock-based emissions should underpin the all-out effort needed to slow global warming. By Georgina Gustin Climate negotiators head to Turkey next month for the United Nations annual climate summit, just two months after an alarming U.N. report said the world hasContinue Reading
The extensive coastal flooding that swamped Los Angeles and Orange counties recently was influenced by an El Niño-powered global-scale phenomenon known as a Kelvin wave, scientists confirmed.Continue Reading
Two directors of GB News, which has loudly advocated for the new Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields, hold shares in the firms behind the projects. Sir Paul Marshall, a millionaire hedge fund boss who also owns The Spectator magazine, and Lord (Theodore) Agnew of Oulton, a Conservative peer andContinue Reading
Climate change can fuel the conditions that escalate domestic violence while weakening the system survivors depend on for safety. By Kate Waxman The call came late on a Wednesday afternoon in October, when the forecast cone stopped wobbling and started pointing steadily toward the Florida Panhandle. Tracie Hodson, who runsContinue Reading
This story was co-published with Rolling Stone. In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology professor David Jeffrey was among the residents worried that industry activity in America’s booming natural gas region could be polluting their drinking water. That’s “the biggest fear,” he said at an August meeting with topContinue Reading
At a Tuesday campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in Lubbock, Texas, Traitor 47 announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to roll back a Biden-era methane rule, setting up a likely future showdown in how the agency oversees climate pollution under the Clean Air Act. TheContinue Reading
A 17- to 18-million-year-old ape fossil discovered in Egypt is challenging long-held beliefs about where the ancestors of humans and other modern apes first evolved. Scientists now suspect that North Africa and the Middle East, rather than East Africa, may have been the cradle of modern ape evolution., Read MoreContinue Reading
The feeling of existential loss was long thought to be uniquely human. But studies of coyotes, cockatoos and other creatures are prompting some scientists to reconsider.Continue Reading
In Armenia, a three-legged Caucasian leopard’s astonishing hike signals that conservation efforts for the endangered animal may be working.Continue Reading
At the halfway mark to 2030, countries meeting in Armenia have agreed a roadmap to accelerate action for nature, after a global review found the world off track to meet its biodiversity targets.Continue Reading
A local family sold an 87-acre tract to a parks foundation for $10 “to be held in trust for future use as a parkland.” Later, the city’s Economic Development Corporation sold the land to a data center developer for $10 million. By Vivien Ayers TAYLOR, Texas—A red thresher cuts acrossContinue Reading
If passed, the measure would tax large corporate retailers to help the Oregon city meet its climate goals and improve quality of life for residents. The post Eugene could fund climate projects across the city appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Crown-of-thorns starfish are notorious for devouring coral reefs, but surprising new research reveals these spiny predators may actually help reefs thrive when their populations are kept in check. Scientists studying Australia’s Great Barrier Reef discovered that nearly 75% of observed starfish feeding events left behind living coral tissue, rather thanContinue Reading