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Only strong action on emissions can restore economic stability, UN climate chief says

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 15:00:02 +0000

Simon Stiell says investors ‘ready to hit the go button’ if they have the right signals from governments

The climate crisis has raised the price of commodities and exacerbated famine – and only strong action on greenhouse gas emissions can restore economic stability, the UN’s climate chief has said.

Trump administration to allow work to continue on $5bn New York wind farm

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 14:32:03 +0000

Governor lobbied Trump in a series of phone calls, and will now allow new gas pipeline capacity to move forward

Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 10:00:08 +0000

The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of action

On 21 April 2019, I was on Waterloo Bridge in London with my younger siblings. Around us were planters full of flowers where there were once cars, and people singing. This was the spring iteration of Extinction Rebellion, when four bridges in London were held by protesters. My siblings, then 14, had been going out on school strike inspired by Greta Thunberg, and wanted to see her speak.

Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 09:00:04 +0000

Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds

Sea level rise will become unmanageable at just 1.5C of global heating and lead to “catastrophic inland migration”, the scientists behind a new study have warned. This scenario may unfold even if the average level of heating over the last decade of 1.2C continues into the future.

The loss of ice from the giant Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets has quadrupled since the 1990s due to the climate crisis and is now the principal driver of sea level rise.

Researchers puzzled as baby whales spotted in unexpected places along Australia’s ‘humpback highway’

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 08:34:33 +0000

Newborns seen in colder waters as far south as Tasmania, indicating breeding and migration more complex than thought

Baby humpback whales are turning up in unexpected places.

Video suggests capuchin monkeys ‘kidnap’ baby howler monkeys, scientists say

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 01:25:26 +0000

It remains unclear why the monkeys, filmed on a Panamanian island, were taking the babies from another species

“This was very much a shocking finding,” said Zoë Goldsborough, a behavioural ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany. “We’ve not seen anything like this in the animal kingdom.”

'Monkey kidnappings': footage shows capuchin monkeys carrying baby howler monkeys – video

admin — Tue, 20 May 2025 01:21:22 +0000

Scientists have spotted surprising evidence of what they describe as monkey kidnappings while reviewing video footage from a small Panamanian island. Capuchin monkeys were seen carrying at least 11 howler babies between 2022 and 2023. The footage showed the capuchins walking and pounding their stone tools with baby howlers on their backs. But cameras did not capture the moments of abduction, which scientists said likely happened up in the trees, where howlers spend most of their time

Bees face new threats from wars, street lights and microplastics, scientists warn

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 23:01:41 +0000

University of Reading report says conflicts including war in Ukraine among 12 most pressing threats to pollinator

War zones, microplastics and street lights are among the emerging threats to the bee population, according to scientists.

Bee experts have drawn up a list of the 12 most pressing threats to the pollinator over the next decade, published in a report, Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Conservation of Global Pollinators, by the University of Reading.

Dogs are being trained to weed out eggs of invasive spotted lanternflies in US

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 22:37:37 +0000

Researchers are deploying sniffing dogs to combat spread of leaf-hopping pests that can damage trees and fruit crops

The spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the US a decade ago, has steadily spread across the east coast and into the midwest with little getting in its way.

But now researchers are deploying a new weapon to slow its advance: specially trained dogs with the ability to sniff out the winged insect’s eggs before they hatch.

Perrier owner scrutinised after France reportedly covered up illegal water filter treatment

admin — Mon, 19 May 2025 18:02:17 +0000

Report finds Nestlé used purification treatments that were unauthorised for natural mineral water

France’s lucrative mineral water industry is under scrutiny after a report by the senate found the French government had covered up a scandal over illegal filtering treatments of premium brands.