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‘Erasure of years of work’: outcry as White House moves to open Arctic reserve to oil and gas drilling

admin — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 12:00:07 +0000

US Bureau of Land management is working to rapidly strip protections to largest tract of land in the US

Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show

admin — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 11:00:52 +0000

Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog

Radioactive water from the base that holds the UK’s nuclear bombs was allowed to leak into the sea after old pipes repeatedly burst, official files have revealed.

The radioactive material was released into Loch Long, a sea loch near Glasgow in western Scotland, because the Royal Navy failed to properly maintain a network of 1,500 water pipes on the base, a regulator found.

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models

admin — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 10:00:05 +0000

Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

admin — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 08:00:01 +0000

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

People’s connection to nature has declined by more than 60% since 1800, almost exactly mirroring the disappearance of nature words such as river, moss and blossom from books, according to a study.

Brazil’s president signs environmental ‘devastation bill’ but vetoes key articles

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:54:38 +0000

Campaigners had urged Lula to veto the bill entirely, but many have welcomed his alterations

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed into law a controversial bill that scientists and environmentalists had dubbed the “devastation bill”, but vetoed key articles that would have in effect dismantled the country’s environmental licensing system.

Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:00:29 +0000

Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry

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Asian hornet’s unique buzz may hold secret to containing invasive species

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:19:34 +0000

Researchers say distinct frequency is ‘great news’ as it will allow their nests to be located with greater ease

Asian hornets buzz at a unique frequency that could be the key to controlling their spread, scientists have found, as the invasive species experiences a record year in the UK.

Rapidly spreading brush fire prompts evacuations for thousands in California

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:53:35 +0000

Canyon fire in Ventura county, north of Los Angeles, is 25% contained but still growing, officials say

Hundreds of firefighters and first responders are working to contain a rapidly growing brush fire in a mountainous area of southern California that has forced thousands of evacuations.

New York energy company ramps up disconnections as it seeks 11% price hike

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:30:18 +0000

Con Edison, city’s monopoly utility, cut off 88,000 households in first half of 2025 as climate crisis drives extreme temperatures

An energy company seeking to hike utility bills in New York City by 11% disconnected more than 88,000 households during the first six months of 2025, signaling a crackdown on families struggling to cover rising energy costs even as the climate crisis drives extreme temperatures.

‘Top marks’ for sharp-eyed snappers as UK nets new butterfly species

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:30:16 +0000

Sightings confirmed in County Durham and Suffolk as southern small white flutters in from European mainland

Britain has a new species of butterfly: the southern small white has continued its rapid colonisation of northern Europe by flying across the North Sea.

The species looks very similar to the native small, large and green-veined whites but two individuals spotted in County Durham and Suffolk this summer have been verified as Pieris mannii, which was once confined to southern Europe.