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To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:49:50 +0000

To solve the climate crisis, power must flow away from the billionaire class

UK’s first glyphosate-resistant weed found on Kent farm

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:37:39 +0000

Scientist says case is warning for farmers to reduce reliance on controversial and common herbicide

Scientists have identified a glyphosate-resistant weed on a farm in the UK for the first time, raising concerns about the controversial herbicide.

Coordinated effort needed to stop whales getting tangled in ropes and nets, scientists say – video

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:00:43 +0000

At least 45 whales were entangled by fishing ropes and line on the east coast in 2024. 'There’s a lot of times when we’ll get out to an entanglement where we just think, this animal should just probably be put to sleep,' says Sea World’s head of marine sciences, Wayne Phillips.

The constant drag of rope and floats slowly causes a whale to succumb to exhaustion. 'It’s probably the worst way of dying for any marine … animal,' marine scientist Olaf Meynecke, says. 'It takes weeks to several months until they actually die'

Giant pink slug makes a comeback on extinct volcano in NSW national park

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:00:39 +0000

Exclusive: The kaputar slug, which can grow longer than a human hand, was almost wiped out in the black summer bushfires of 2019-20

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A giant, fluorescent pink slug’s comeback on Mount Kaputar has been mapped by eager citizen scientists.

‘The worst way of dying’: scientists urge coordinated effort to stop whales getting tangled

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:00:38 +0000

Experts recorded 45 entanglements off Australia’s east coast in 2024 – but believe that’s ‘the tip of the iceberg’

Fast, dry winds threaten to return at end of weekend and fuel California fires

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:51:26 +0000

Moderate to strong wind and low humidity continues as five fires rage across Los Angeles area, already killing 10 people

US right wing fans misinformation fires as firefighters battle Los Angeles blazes

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:00:34 +0000

A similar campaign of rumors and lies was seen after the North Carolina hurricane, with DEI a primary target

As Los Angeles firefighters battle ongoing blazes, prominent rightwing figures are spreading bigoted criticism of the response and lies about who is to blame, including that the fire is raging because of diversity within the fire department.

Two more lynx spotted in Scottish Highland woods after pair captured

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:55:25 +0000

Police urge public not to approach illegally released animals understood to have been spotted by cameras in Cairngorms

Two more lynx have been seen in the Scottish Highlands, close to the site where two of the illegally released animals were captured on Thursday.

Week in wildlife in pictures: an entangled elk, a grieving whale and a tortoise on the run

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:00:33 +0000

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

admin — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:00:27 +0000

Highest recorded temperatures supercharged extreme weather – with worse to come, EU data shows

Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to millions of people”.