2025-09-25 10:00:12
"World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life"
#Oceans #Environment #Climate
"World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life"
#Oceans #Environment #Climate
Report: We're reaching Earth's climate tipping points, and more are on the way #environment
"From dirty water to wildlife protections, the environmental cost of Brexit only gets higher"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Wildlife
Scientists discover microplastics deep inside human bones #environment
"Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #Environment
"Scientists develop sunscreen made from pollen that doesn’t harm corals"
#Suncream #CoralReef #Environment
Make polluters pay! Sign the Polluters Pay Pact! #environment
"Wildfires devastate nearly 10,000 km2 in 2025 with Spain and Portugal hardest-hit"
#Portugal #Wildfires #Environment
New global study shows freshwater is disappearing at alarming rates #environment
"Peatland Rewilding: Finnish Community Turns Abandoned Mine into Vibrant Bird Sanctuary"
#Finland #Peatland #Environment
Bill McKibben and Tom Steyer
A longish conversation you can read or watch on video of two leading proponents of a better way of dealing with the climate emergency
"We have the technology and the solutions to scale up and accelerate clean energy, making it cheaper, better, and faster for all. Now, we need to execute."
#environment
Good news for the #environment: Longyearbyen is finally switching to #Diesel for #electricity generation, next month or the month after.
"World’s landscapes may soon be ‘devoid of wild animals’, says nature photographer"
#Animals #Environment
Riecht ihr das? Nein?
Hier wird gezeigt, warum: #dystopia #environment
'Bigger, hotter, faster': Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions #environment
🔥 A global wildfire paradox: Human impacts worsen even as total burned area declines
#environment
Report reveals nearly 80% of the world's poor live in regions exposed to climate hazards #environment
"Aboriginal Groups Win Historic Native Title Victory in Victoria After Decades of Legal Fight"
#Australia #Environment
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Customize what happens when you start R: #rstats #environment
Report shows climate change is fueling extreme wildfire seasons across the Earth #environment
"Plastics: All around us and inside us"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
Good thread on nonsensical "space mirror" plan, and the damage and trouble it would cause if it's allowed to go ahead.
#ReflectOrbital #astronomy #environment
"International treaty protecting world's oceans to take effect"
#Oceans #Conservation #Environment
Industry managed forests more likely to fuel megafires, study finds #environment
"New conservation area protects 53% of carbon in northern Peruvian Amazon"
#Amazon #Conservation #Environment
Climate change amplifies extreme rains more than light precipitation, study finds #environment
"Analysis: Just 28% of countries have released nature pledges a year after UN deadline"
#UN #UnitedNations #Nature
"Conservationist Hail Recovery of 150 Struggling Species Thanks to Projects by Natural England"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Conservation
"Reduced car commuting is linked to residential environment, health status and health behaviors"
#Cars #Vehicles #Environment
🌍 Satellite data reveal African grasslands' carbon uptake rises with rainfall, unlike forests and savannas
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-satellite-reveal-african-grasslands-carbon.html
"Belize project seeks out heat-resilient corals to protect its reefs"
#Belize #CoralReef #Environment
"Individuals should be held to account for environmental damage, say experts"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Environment
Rising heat waves are tied to fossil fuel and cement production #environment
"Stones have been ‘overfished’ from the sea – here’s how Denmark’s rocky reefs are being restored"
#Denmark #Oceans #Environment
Trees in the tropics cool more, burn less: For fire suppression and cooling, location is everything https://phys.org/news/2025-08-trees-tropics-cool-suppression-cooling.html
🐗 A major shift in the US landscape: 'Wild' disturbances are overtaking human-directed changes
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-major-shift-landscape-wild-disturbances.html
"When 'sustainable' fashion backfires on the environment"
#Clothes #Textiles #Environment
"Toxic ammunition is rotting away in the Baltic Sea. Germany wants to recover it before it's too late"
#Germany #Environment #Oceans
Car tires are polluting the environment and killing salmon. A global plastics treaty could help https://phys.org/news/2025-07-car-polluting-environment-salmon-global.html
"‘Brownfields can be rich habitats’: the abandoned oil refinery where wildlife now thrives"
#Wildlife #Environment
"Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds"
#Nature #Environment #Wildlife
Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom #environment
"Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots"
#Myanmar #Trees #Environment
"Santa Monica's waves have turned a bright pink: How can the dye job improve water quality?"
#SantaMonica #Water #Environment
"Swiss River Cleanup Sets a Global Example"
#Switzerland #Environment
https://happyeconews.com/swiss-river-c
Save bees from deadly pesticides #environment
"Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds"
#Oceans #Environment #Nature
Five crucial Earth systems near a tipping point: Report https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/five-crucial-earth-systems-near-a-tipping-point-report/
"National Trust and TV wildlife expert team up on autumn nature campaign"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NationalTrust
"Millions of litres of oil seeping into UK soil from ageing electricity cables"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #FossilFuels
Unprecedented climate shocks are changing the Great Lakes forever #environment
"As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours"
#Butterflies #Insects #Environment
"Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades"
#India #Flowers #Environment
Overhaul global food systems to avert worsening land crisis, scientists urge #environment
The world's chemical pollution: Current state of research #environment
"What Scotland’s Ecocide Law Means for the Environment and You"
#Scotland #Environment
https://happyeconews.com/…
"The World Is Failing to Slow the Loss of Its Forests"
#Trees #Forests #Environment
"Report finds increased tropical forest regrowth over the last decade"
#Trees #Forests #Environment
Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records #environment
"Experts urge UK to ban cigarette filters to protect health and environment"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Smoking #Environment
Earth enters 'new reality' as coral reefs reach first climate tipping point #environment
Wild bees visit different flowers to balance diet, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/wild-bees-visit-different-flowers-to-balance-diet-study
"World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
"UK's largest lake 'dying' as algae blooms worsen"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day"
#Europe #Environment #Nature
"Growing cocktail of medicines in world’s waterways could be fuelling antibiotic resistance"
#Water #Pollution #Environment
The invisible plastic threat you can finally see #environment
"‘For some this is junk, for others food’: the shops collecting plastic waste and handing back cash"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
"Urban heat relief: Trees need water and space to maximize cooling, study finds"
#Trees #Environment
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"Community efforts yield new marine protected area in the Philippines"
#Philippines #Environment #Oceans #CoralReef
(2020) Economic growth is incompatible with biodiversity conservation #environment
"Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report"
#Europe #Environment
"Inside the Plastics Industry Playbook: Delay, Deny, and Distract"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
"UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
Satellites confirm 1990s sea-level predictions were shockingly accurate #environment
"A tree a minute for 24 hours: the young Victorian forest that was planted in a day"
#Australia #Trees #Environment
"Rewilding haven or eyesore? Thousands of overgrown parks are dividing Britain"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution: UN #environment
"Analysis: UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
Deforestation can cause eight-fold increase in flood event risk #environment
"World’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve is one step closer to reality"
#Oceans #Environment
"Global wetlands conference results in resolutions for protection & restoration"
#Wetlands #Environment
"Locally Extinct for a Century, Bay Scallops Thriving Again on Virginia Shore of Chesapeake Bay"
#Animals #Environment
"‘Disappearing like dominos’: Scientists seek to save endangered species in China’s longest river"
#China #Environment
"From the Peak District to St Austell Bay - how beloved beauty spots are in decline"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Orange rivers signal toxic shift in Arctic wilderness"
#Arctic #Environment
https://phys.org/…
"Brazil Records 65 Percent Drop in Amazon Area Burned by Fire, Lowest Since Monitoring Began"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #Environment
"Marine life are thriving on Nazi missile debris in the Baltic Sea: Study"
#Oceans #Environment
"Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds"
#Cars #Vehicles #Environment #Pollution
"The global plastics crisis explained in 6 charts"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
"Amazon Rainforest hits record carbon emissions from 2024 forest fires"
#AmazonRainforest #Trees #Environment
"Even moderate warming could cause irreversible damage to Mediterranean ecosystems, experts warn"
#Mediterranean #Environment #Climate
"UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Food waste is a daunting problem – but we each hold a key to the solution in our own home"
#FoodWaste #Environment
"Plastic Overshoot Day: One-third of global plastic waste won’t be properly managed in 2025"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
"Removing rats helps revive forests, birds & coral in the Marshall Islands"
#Animals #Environment
"Tidal marshes trap microplastics, raising risks for ecosystems and people"
#Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics
"Report links world’s top banks to social & environmental harms from mining"
#Banks #Finance #Environment