California faces highest shark numbers in years as great whites head north El Niño climate phenomenon heating waters off Mexico but incidents with humans remain a rarity The Guardian - US · Jul 14
Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourists Covert footage obtained by the Guardian shows how crime networks are using souvenir shops to hide a booming wildlife trade targeted at a new influx of Chinese tourists The Guardian - UK · Jul 14
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating The Guardian - UK · Jul 14
Country diary: Spot the young hare – they know how to make it hard Eyam Moor, Derbyshire: I go in search of a leveret, which is a tricky business. For them, subterfuge is key to survival The Guardian - UK · Jul 14
Who is ‘stealing’ Bali’s water? How tourism siphoned off a prized resource Along with the rice fields, a centuries-old infrastructure that treated water as a gift to be shared is disappearing The Guardian - UK · Jul 14
Lancashire chemicals factory facing potential legal claim announces closure More than 90 residents have expressed interest in contamination claim against AGC Chemicals Europe The Guardian - UK · Jul 13
Sécheresse et canicules : "C'est au niveau des territoires que les solutions pourront émerger" Alors que la troisième canicule de l'été se poursuit mardi en France, le niveau des nappes phréatiques est en baisse, ce qui entraîne des restrictions d'usage de l'eau dans des dizaines de départements. Une situation qui rapproche l'Hexagone des sécheresses historiques de 1976 et 2022, constate Yves Tramblay, directeur de… France 24 (Français) · Jul 13
Dolphin deaths in South Australia spike after algal bloom decimates food sources The marine disaster may be linked to a high number of dolphin deaths in the region, scientists say The Guardian - AU · Jul 13
Plan to restore nature in England by 2030 criticised as ‘completely insufficient’ Critics accuse ministers of failing to take control of nature crisis and leaving it to private landowners to act voluntarily The Guardian - UK · Jul 13
Weather tracker: Unusually warm rivers affect French nuclear power plants High temperatures and below average rainfall put pressure on waterways used to cool reactors The Guardian - UK · Jul 13
May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures The Guardian - UK · Jul 13
Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden Allendale, Northumberland: Farmers use it as cover crop, and I sow it into bare soil – but not before I’ve had a close look at its stunning details The Guardian - UK · Jul 13
Carbon capture is vital in tackling the climate crisis Letters: Prof Myles Allen, Stephanie Loo and Toby Lockwood, and Olivia Powis, respond to an article by George Monbiot about ‘the great carbon capture con’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 12
Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue The Guardian - UK · Jul 12
AAP · Jul 11 Retrofit rewards to usher in new era of fire-safe homes The promise of lower insurance premiums in return for ember screens and other bushfire-safe upgrades has more households retrofitting for the future climate.
The Guardian - US · Jul 11 Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches, but do they make the public safer? Increase in sightings may not reflect increase in sharks with little evidence that threat to swimmers has risen
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11 A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans Every few decades mass blooming in Mizoram’s forests causes a rodent boom – and devastation to crops. The cycle is well-known, so why aren’t farmers and authorities better prepared?
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11 The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them With some still unable to accept humanity’s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptions
AAP · Jul 11 Stay-away ban issued to protect rare visiting whales NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service has issued a special order for vessels to stay at least 500 metres away and swimmers 100m from southern right whales.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11 Country diary: Harvest time has arrived – and it’s three weeks earlier than 20 years ago Brigg, Lincolnshire: It’ll take six weeks to cut it all, starting with barley and likely ending with beans. Thank goodness the combine has air-conditioning
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10 In tune with the local blackbirds Letters: Readers tell us about hearing their musically inclined avian neighbours
The Guardian - US · Jul 10 Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10 MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate crisis As UK swelters in another heatwave, 50-minute Chris Packham film outlines threats to security, economy and health
The Guardian - US · Jul 10 We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief? In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals
The Guardian - UK · Jul 10 Shovels for feet and blotting paper skin: the ‘little fat froggy’ facing a fight for survival The desert rain frog, native to a narrow coastal strip of south-west Africa, has been classified as vulnerable on the IUCN red list, as its habitat is threatened by mining