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Catching up on widespread coverage of global heat waves
A review of some top current reports and analyses on the summer of 2022’s scorching heat waves … and there’s a lot more summer to come. Catching up on . . .Yale Climate Connections by SueEllen Campbell on 10 Aug 2022 |
When a coworker collapsed, this lifeguard knew exactly what to do
An Indiana lifeguard wants all lifeguards to receive thorough training on responding to heat-related illnesses. When a coworker collapsed, this lifeguard knew . . .Yale Climate Connections by YCC Team on 10 Aug 2022 |
Study highlights elusive Cameroonian gorillas, and the threats encircling them
Gunshots, grassland and a tiny population of critically endangered gorillas coexisting with nearby human populations in southwestern Cameroon: a new study . . .EnviroLink Network by Isabel Esterman on 10 Aug 2022 |
Interior Department backtracks on public comment period for Willow Project
For more than three weeks, the Alaska Native Village of Nuiqsut, Congressional Democrats, and conservation groups have been urging the Department of the . . .EnviroLink Network by Adam Federman on 10 Aug 2022 |
In Brazil’s Amazon, traditional midwives push for greater recognition
The community of Deus é Pai (“God is our Father”) sits by the Tefé River in Brazil’s Amazonas state. As children play in a creek on a sunny afternoon, a woman . . .EnviroLink Network by hayat on 10 Aug 2022 |
A stranded whale is removed from the Seine River and will be moved to saltwater
A veterinary team was planning to transport the 4-meter-long (13-foot-long) whale to a coastal spot in the northeastern French port town of Ouistreham for . . .EnviroLink Network by The Associated Press on 10 Aug 2022 |
A Brazil court reopens the case of a rainforest park larger than New York City
The court’s decision reopened a lawsuit that invalidates a protected area in Brazil’s Amazon. (Image credit: Rodrigo Vargas/AP) A Brazil court . . .EnviroLink Network by The Associated Press on 10 Aug 2022 |
Wildlife under stress as dry spell shrinks rivers
Published40 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Tony Jolliffe BBC Environmental groups say the prolonged dry spell is having a . . .EnviroLink Network by By Helen Briggs on 10 Aug 2022 |
‘Chased from every side’: Sumatran elephants pinned down by forest loss
COT GIREK, Indonesia — Saleh Kadri, a young farmer from Leubok Pusaka village in North Aceh district, was on his way to his plantation when he spotted eight . . .EnviroLink Network by Philip Jacobson on 10 Aug 2022 |
‘Birds are messengers’: An interview with BirdLife’s Patricia Zurita
Next month BirdLife International, a global partnership of 115 organizations working to protect birds and their habitats, will mark its 100th anniversary by . . .EnviroLink Network by Rhett Butler on 10 Aug 2022 |
Wildlife under stress as dry spell shrinks rivers
Most of the world's chalk streams are in southern and eastern England and are under particular strain. . . .BBC News - Science BBC News - Science & Environment by ? on 10 Aug 2022 |
Interior Department backtracks on public comment period for Willow Project
The government told an Alaska Native village it would have more time to give feedback on an oil project. Then it reversed course. . . .Climate Energy - Grist by Adam Federman on 10 Aug 2022 |
Faculty Spotlight: Franco Fubini
The founder of a company that’s reshaping food systems, Fubini will be teaching Sustainability Management this fall. . . .State of the Planet by Guest Blogger on 10 Aug 2022 |
Washington Post: A series of blasts hit the plant on Friday, causing some damage and partially disconnecting a reactor from Ukraine’s electricity grid — . . .Climate Denial Crock of the Week by greenman3610 on 10 Aug 2022 |
Marks & Spencer to Ditch ‘Best Before’ Dates on Most Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Takeaways: Marks and Spencer is removing their “best before” dates from over 300 fruit and vegetable products to cut down on food waste. The company . . .Happy Eco News by Jamie D'Souza on 10 Aug 2022 |
Over 60 Million Years Ago, Penguins Abandoned Flight for Swimming. Here’s How.
Takeaways: It’s been 60 million years since penguins abandoned flight for swimming, and researchers have finally discovered how. After looking at penguin . . .Happy Eco News by Jamie D'Souza on 10 Aug 2022 |
Warning as heatwave could spark cliff falls in England’s south coast
Public urged to be take precautions after second large landslide along Jurassic region in two weeks. Experts are urging the public to be hypervigilant on south . . .Environment | The Guardian by Davies on 10 Aug 2022 |
Parched: London, dried out – in pictures
Guardian photographer Sarah Lee has been capturing the landscapes and details of a dried out capital after weeks with no significant rain and unprecedented high . . .Environment | The Guardian by ? on 10 Aug 2022 |
Driving out invasive species on islands has high success rate and big benefits – study
New research finds that eradicating non-native rats, cats, rabbits and goats is 88% effective in restoring biodiversity. Eradicating rats, goats and other . . .Environment | The Guardian by reenfield on 10 Aug 2022 |
‘I go outside, feel miserable and come home burnt to a crisp’: the people who hate summer
It’s the breeziest, most laid-back season – or is it? For a sun-scorched minority, the warmest months of the year are an endurance test of forced jollity and . . .Environment | The Guardian by ragg on 10 Aug 2022 |
Beluga whale that strayed into River Seine dies during rescue operation
Whale had been lifted out of river as part of ambitious attempt to return it to sea. A beluga whale that strayed into the River Seine and began swimming in the . . .Environment | The Guardian by Chrisafis in Paris on 10 Aug 2022 |
Environment Agency pension fund criticised for owning stakes in UK water firms
Campaigner Feargal Sharkey says profiteering from firms that dump raw sewage into rivers an ‘obscenity’. The Environment Agency’s pension fund owns stakes in a . . .Environment | The Guardian by on on 10 Aug 2022 |
National Trust tells of bats in distress and water features drying up in heat
Charity says extreme conditions a ‘watershed moment’ and it is planning for long-term hot weather. The National Trust has reported significant effects across . . .Environment | The Guardian by urray Midlands correspondent on 10 Aug 2022 |
Birdwatch: colonies hit by avian flu on Farne Islands sound warning
At first nothing seems to have changed among the puffins, shags and guillemots, but then the corpses appear on the cliffs. Britain’s seabird colonies are, in . . .Environment | The Guardian by oss on 10 Aug 2022 |
Country diary: My own personal blackbird serenade
Sandy, Bedfordshire: In my Covid fug, I sit in my garden as our resident male seems to recall spring with the clearest, softest, quietest song. Our poor, . . .Environment | The Guardian by mann on 10 Aug 2022 |