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People are altering decomposition rates in waterwaysScience

People are altering decomposition rates in waterways

By Leigh Hataway, University of Georgia Faster decomposition could exacerbate greenhouse gas emissions, threaten biodiversity Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter…
SourceSourceMay 31, 2024 Full article
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Report card shows Great Barrier Reef still has major water pollution problemClimate

Report card shows Great Barrier Reef still has major water pollution problem

By Australian Marine Conservation Society Australian and Queensland govts have made little progress in cutting Reef water pollution in two years, will miss 2025 pollution…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
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Health risk from global warming predictor of city climate action during COVID-19Climate

Health risk from global warming predictor of city climate action during COVID-19

By Hayley Dunning | Imperial College London Cities around the world were more likely to maintain climate action and enact ‘green recovery’ long-term plans after…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
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Lifestyle app empowering people to reduce environmental impact launches EU-wide versionNews

Lifestyle app empowering people to reduce environmental impact launches EU-wide version

Brussels, Belgium - After the successful uptake of 200,000 tests across eight European countries, the PS Lifestyle Test - which helps people measure their environmental…
SourceSourceMay 30, 2024 Full article
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Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first timeScience

Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first time

By University of Southampton A team of scientists from the USA and UK has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2024 Full article
US announces ‘guardrails’ for controversial carbon markets to succeedNews

US announces ‘guardrails’ for controversial carbon markets to succeed

By Issam Ahmed with Nick Perry in Paris | AFP Washington, United States (UPDATED) - President Joe Biden's administration announced new "guardrails" to help ensure…
SourceSourceMay 29, 2024 Full article
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Most bathing sites in Europe safe: EU environment agencyNews

Most bathing sites in Europe safe: EU environment agency

Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP - Most of Europe's bathing sites are safe to swim in, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Tuesday, with around…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
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Vast concessions threaten Malaysia’s forest: reportNews

Vast concessions threaten Malaysia’s forest: report

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP - Vast concessions in Malaysia's forests threaten millions of hectares of rich natural habitats and risk the country's commitment to 50…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
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Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: reportNews

Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year: report

Paris, France | AFP - The world experienced an average of 26 more days of extreme heat over the last 12 months that would probably…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado higher than in Amazon: reportNews

Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado higher than in Amazon: report

Sao Paulo, Brazil | AFP - Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado region, a vast tropical savanna renowned for its rich biodiversity, increased sharply in 2023 and…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
Submerged homes, heat waves fuel Mexico climate angstNews

Submerged homes, heat waves fuel Mexico climate angst

By Yussel Gonzalez | AFP El Bosque, Mexico - Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea --…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plasticNews

Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic

Manila, Philippines | AFP - Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
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Brazil’s new Petrobras chief calls to speed up oil explorationNews

Brazil’s new Petrobras chief calls to speed up oil exploration

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil | AFP - The new boss of Brazil's Petrobras said Monday it was crucial that the state-run company "accelerate" oil exploration,…
SourceSourceMay 28, 2024 Full article
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How politics and climate could affect the Antarctic TreatyClimate

How politics and climate could affect the Antarctic Treaty

The Antarctic Treaty System has long been hailed as an example of successful international cooperation. But could that be at risk? It's been hot in…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
France’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levelsNews

France’s historic D-Day beaches threatened by rising sea levels

By Matthieu CLAVEL | AFP Caen, France - As France prepares to mark 80 years since Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
Europe’s water contamined by PFAS chemical: NGOsNews

Europe’s water contamined by PFAS chemical: NGOs

Paris, France | AFP - Europe's rivers, lakes and groundwater are riddled with "alarming" levels of a persistent man-made 'forever chemical' linked to synthetic pesticides,…
SourceSourceMay 27, 2024 Full article
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Machine learning accelerates discovery of high-performance metal oxide catalystsScience

Machine learning accelerates discovery of high-performance metal oxide catalysts

Researchers have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to significantly advance the discovery and optimization of multicomponent metal oxide electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction…
SourceSourceMay 26, 2024 Full article
Gas strategy fuels concerns about the cost of energyClimate

Gas strategy fuels concerns about the cost of energy

By Dani Alexander, UNSW in Sydney The Australian government's gas strategy has stoked old tensions between advocates of fossil fuels and those who want our reliance on…
SourceSourceMay 25, 2024 Full article
Low-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle wavesNews

Low-lying Maldives seeks easier funding to battle waves

Malé, Maldives (AFP) - The Maldives on Saturday demanded international funding to battle rising sea levels, saying the low-lying Indian Ocean archipelago was being unfairly…
SourceSourceMay 25, 2024 Full article
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Mexico heat waves leave 48 dead since MarchNews

Mexico heat waves leave 48 dead since March

Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) - Mexico has registered 48 deaths in a series of heat waves since March, the government said Friday, as scientists warned…
SourceSourceMay 24, 2024 Full article
Celebrations as new biopiracy treaty agreed at UNNews

Celebrations as new biopiracy treaty agreed at UN

By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - Representatives of Indigenous peoples celebrated Friday at the United Nations following the agreement of a treaty against…
SourceSourceMay 24, 2024 Full article
Agreement reached at UN on biopiracy treatyNews

Agreement reached at UN on biopiracy treaty

By Agnès PEDRERO | AFP Geneva, Switzerland - More than 190 nations agreed Friday on a new treaty to combat so-called biopiracy and regulate patents…
SourceSourceMay 24, 2024 Full article
What Australia’s new gas strategy gets wrongClimate

What Australia’s new gas strategy gets wrong

By Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University in Melbourne Australia’s gas future must involve energy security and climate security. The new government strategy fails to strike this…
SourceSourceMay 24, 2024 Full article
Culling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023News

Culling controversy as French wolf population falls in 2023

By Laure FILLON | AFP Lyon, France - The estimated number of wolves in France last year was 1,003, down nine percent from the year…
SourceSourceMay 23, 2024 Full article