2025-12-25 11:00:01
Customize what happens when you start R: #rstats #environment
Customize what happens when you start R: #rstats #environment
"Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds"
#Environment #WoodBurners #Pollution
Global greening: Study shows Earth's green wave is shifting northeast #environment
"Don’t stop be-leafin’: how urban greening can help save threatened species"
#Environment
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n…
"Robot clean-up crews tackle litter on Europe's seabed"
#Europe #Environment #Oceans
Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe #environment
"What five years on the road to net-zero has taught us"
#NetZero #Environment
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Here is my round up of the best #PositiveNews that I shared in 2025 about the #Environment and #Climate
Scientists trace microplastics in fertilizer from fields to the beach #environment
"New method uses sound waves to map soil health, stop famine, and restore farmlands"
#Farming #Environment
"Wildfire-friendly weather nearly triples: Will outbreaks leave countries scrambling for resources?"
#Wildfires #Environment #Weather
I've always felt this was, at least, partly true. Can be extrapolated to also be a reason why #China dominated cleantech too - something that most #climate & #environment groups don't want to acknowle…
"In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source"
#Bangladesh #Environment
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Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds #environment…
"North Aral Sea regains a third of its water thanks to restoration efforts spearheaded by Kazakhstan"
#Kazakhstan #Environment
"How shipwrecks become ‘islands of life’ in barren seas"
#Ships #Oceans #Environment
"Traces of cancer-linked pesticide found in tests at UK playgrounds"
#Environment #Health
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Widely used method underestimates forests' ability to prevent major floods, researchers argue https://phys.org/news/2026-02-widely-method-underestimates-forests-ability.html
"Indonesia sues 6 companies over alleged links to deadly floods & landslides"
#Indonesia #Environment
"Cigarette filters: An underestimated source of microplastic pollution"
#Cigarettes #Pollution #Environment
"Planting Billions of Trees Turned Barren Desert into a Carbon Sink That Lowers CO2"
#Trees #Environment #Forests
Crop droughts set to worsen—even as rainfall increases #environment
"Global peatlands revealed as critical frontier in fight against climate change"
#Peatlands #Environment #Climate
"'A dangerous trend': Olympic skiers voice concern over receding glaciers"
#Olympics #Glaciers #Environment
No Blood for Oil: Demand a Fossil-Free Future! #environment
"Ofwat seeks ‘bold, scalable solutions’ to water sector’s biggest environmental challenges"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Web of undersea cables poised to become marine observatory"
#Oceans #Environment
"China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban"
#China #Environment #Rivers
Why global environmental negotiations keep failing—and what we can do about it #environment
"Colombia poised for another drop in deforestation in 2025, data show"
#Colombia #Deforestation #Environment
"Conservation Groups Push for Fossil-Free Forest Zones at COP30"
#COP30 #Environment
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"Crocuses are blooming early – here’s what this means for nature"
#Nature #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange
"Vienna is turning parking spaces into parks and it’s changing the city"
#Vienna #Environment
New UN report outlines economic pathways for tackling planetary crisis #environment
"Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds"
#Rainforests #Nature #Environment
"Norway hits pause on deep-sea mining until 2029 amid growing environmental pressure"
#Norway #Oceans #Environment
Methane spiked after 2020 and the cause was unexpected #environment
"Urban Farm Shops Combine Dutch Greenhouse Technology and Food-Retail into One"
#Netherlands #Technology #Environment
"Abandoned oil refineries are becoming unlikely havens for wildlife"
#Wildlife #Environment
"Satellite images indicate that the Doñana Marshland will disappear within 60 years"
#Environment
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-satellite-images-doana-…
"Millions of hectares are still being cut down every year. How can we protect global forests?"
#Environment #Trees #Environment
"German City Wins European Green Capital Title With Bold Environmental Vision"
#Germany #Environment
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Traffic pollution alters the atmospheric electric field, study finds #environment
"Amazon rainforest flipped to carbon source during 2023 extreme drought, study shows"
#AmazonRainforest #Environment
"Costa Rica’s top court orders action to shield wildlife from power line hazards"
#CostaRica #Wildlife #Environment
Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds #environment
"Women scatter seeds, restore forests in Guinea, the ‘water tower of West Africa’"
#Africa #Guinea #Environment
"We’ve neglected the power of carbon-sucking fungi. Meet the scientist determined to change that"
#Fungi #Plants #Environment
"The Netherlands Has Banned Fireworks To Protect People, Animals, And The Environment"
#Netherlands #Fireworks #Environment
Forests are changing fast and scientists are deeply concerned #environment
"Biodegradable wet wipes remain in rivers for more than five weeks"
#WetWipes #Environment
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"Seafloor survey in Cambodia finds simple anti-trawling blocks help seagrass recover"
#Cambodia #Environment #Oceans
Most people believe climate change primarily affects others #environment
"Satellites help tackle landfill methane leaks"
#Methane #Satellites #Environment
"Denmark secures €1bn to subsidise farmers for nature restoration"
#Denmark #Nature #Environment
Takeaway coffee cups release thousands of microplastic particles, research reveals #environment
"A field of wheat becomes the world’s largest living photograph"
#Environment
https://www.positive.news/environment/a-field-…
"Amazon could lose over a third of forest cover by century's end"
#Amazon #Trees #Environment
"How plant “touch” boosts resilience: new research reveals surprising stress response"
#Plants #Nature #Environment
"Elon Musk’s xAI faces second lawsuit over toxic pollutants from datacenter"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Environment
Tree bark microbes also clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases #environment…
"Feeling chirpy: how listening to birdsong can boost your wellbeing"
#Birds #Nature #Environment
"‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’"
#FossilFuels #Environment #Nature
Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods #environment
"Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pollution #Environment
"Fir or faux: which Christmas tree is best for the environment?"
#Christmas #ChristmasTree #Environment
"Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds"
#Caribbean #CoralReef #Environment
"Study warns of major funding gap for 30×30 biodiversity goal"
#Environment #Nature #Biodiversity
"Why global environmental negotiations keep failing—and what we can do about it"
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange
"At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Report: Sixfold increase in global nature finance needed to meet 2030 goal"
#Nature #Environment
"Chemicals companies ‘omitting details on hazardous substances from sustainability reporting’"
#Chemicals #Environment
"How an invasion of purple flowers made Iceland an Instagram paradise – and caused a biodiversity crisis"
#Iceland #Environment #Biodiversity
"Marine protected areas expanded in 2025, but still far from 30% goal"
#Oceans #Environment
"Tree planting can combat urban heat, but some neighborhoods are falling behind"
#Trees #Environment
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"Reuse and return schemes could help eliminate plastic pollution in 15 years, says report"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
"IPBES report: Only 1% of companies reporting their nature impacts"
#Nature #Business #Environment
"Ocean Twilight Zone Protection Gains Ground as Global Conservation Body Votes for Safeguards"
#Conservation #Oceans #Environment
"Governments must prioritize nature protection, former US senator Russ Feingold says"
#Nature #Environment
"Inside the National Trust’s ten-year plan for 250,000 hectares of nature"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Ministers to crack down on ‘for-profit’ litter enforcers in England"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"7 hopeful wildlife sightings that researchers celebrated in 2025"
#Environment #Nature #Wildlife
"From concrete walls to living edges, here’s how riverside habitats are being restored along the Thames"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
"Environmental trade-offs of biodegradable plastics revealed"
#Plastic #Plastics #Environment
"‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement"
#Environment #Rewilding
"Light pollution could worsen allergy seasons, new study suggests"
#Pollution #Environment
"The Ocean Cleanup removed a record 25 million kilos of plastic in 2025 (and they’re just getting started)"
#Oceans #Environment #Plastic
"Seagrass restoration in Malaysia finds multi-species approach boosts recovery"
#Malaysia #Environment
"How the oceans’ coral reefs could be the secret weapon to tackle food insecurity around the world"
#Oceans #Environment #Coral
"Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands"
#Africa #Wetlands #Environment
"Kenyan woman hugs a tree for 3 days and inspires a movement"
#Kenya #Trees #Environment
"Amazon deforestation may rise 30% as major traders exit historic soy pact"
#Amazon #Deforestation #Environment
"How a ‘dysfunctional’ English farm became a biodiversity hotspot"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #England #Environment
"India Says Its Grasslands Are ‘Wastelands.’ Medieval Folklore Suggests Otherwise"
#India #Environment
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"In the world's driest desert, Chile freezes its future to protect plants"
#Chile #Plants #Environment