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Hungry bears are wandering into US homes and shops in record numbers – video

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:16:40 +0000

Experts say more bears are wandering into human's homes and shops in search of food, due to drought-driven food shortages across the US west

Judge strikes down New York law that forced climate polluters to pay damages

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:11:11 +0000

State cannot enforce policy requiring oil firms to pay $75bn over 25 years for climate mitigation and adaptation

A federal judge has struck down a landmark New York law that forces major polluters to pay climate damages.

Sydney’s beaches enter the drone age to get swimmers back in the water after spate of shark attacks

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:07 +0000

Seventy beaches across New South Wales are part of the $34m dawn-to-dusk drone-monitoring program, which one expert has called ‘the best technology we have at the moment’

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US border patrol expected to aid Grand Canyon search for missing person

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:19:17 +0000

Nearly 80 people have been rescued, and two people confirmed dead, after flood hit national park

A US border patrol technical search team is expected to deploy in the Grand Canyon, as authorities continue the search for at least one missing person after a fatal flash flood washed through the national park over the weekend.

High winds during El Niño could be deadly for England’s stressed trees, say experts

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Head of tree collections at Kew ‘very worried about this autumn’ as hot, dry summer has caused brittleness

High winds associated with El Niño could cause widespread mortality among tree species already weakened by a prolonged period of extreme heat and drought, experts have warned.

Forest Service chief faces scrutiny over logging ties as Trump plans to scrap protections

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:00:03 +0000

Rollback of ‘roadless rule’ expected to benefit companies US Forest Service chief, Tom Schultz, previously lobbied for

Donald Trump this month announced plans to rescind a landmark rule that has protected old-growth forests in the US for 25 years. If finalized, the rollback is expected to benefit the companies that Tom Schultz, chief of the US Forest Service, represented in his previous roles as a timber industry lobbyist and executive, according to research by consumer advocacy non-profit Public Citizen.

Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster | Michael Mann

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:00:05 +0000

The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now

For millennia, the high peaks of the Himalayas were held together by an invisible, frozen cement – permafrost and glacial ice that bound ancient rock into seemingly unshakable fortresses. But as the planet continues to warm, this alpine glue is liquefying.

Could this humble sea sponge clean up the world’s ports?

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:48 +0000

The chicken liver sponge has sailed through a test of its ability to filter pollutants in a harbour in Spain’s Costa Brava

In the polluted waters of Marina Palamós on Spain’s Costa Brava, Manuel Maldonado, a sponge biologist, noticed something unusual last month: red starfish had started settling in the area.

‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:30:46 +0000

As families await news of missing loved ones, the disaster is a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is creating a fast-growing threat. Plus, the town considered India’s ‘Jurassic Park’

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Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:03:17 +0000

Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?

This week the Euro summer comes to an end – and so does a certain type of posting on Instagram.