Syngenta says it will stop making pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease Company will halt production of controversial paraquat weed killer by end of June as it faces thousands of lawsuits The Guardian - US · Mar 3
Ocean heating and overfishing need to be tackled together Letters: Fish populations are tied directly to food security, coastal livelihoods and ecosystem stability, writes Saad Kassis-Mohamed of the WeCare Foundation The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild The Guardian - AU · Mar 3
Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
Australia just experienced its wettest summer in nearly a decade – and the eighth-hottest on record South Australia saw most of the season’s wildest swings with January heatwaves followed by wet weather in February The Guardian - AU · Mar 3
Country diary: To the old quarry, for a Triassic quest Storeton Wood, Wirral: Two centuries ago, this area teemed with workmen busying building Liverpool; more than 200m years ago very different creatures roamed here The Guardian - UK · Mar 3
Back from the brink and beyond for threatened wallaby Foxes and climate change are the biggest threats facing brush-tailed rock wallabies, which have already been on a turbulent journey from critically low numbers. AAP · Mar 3
Ferries emit ‘more sulphur pollution than cars’ in several EU capitals Dublin, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn among port cities more choked by sulphur oxides from ferries, analysis shows The Guardian - UK · Mar 2
Temperatures set to reach 18C this week as meteorological spring begins Temperatures will peak on Thursday, with a high of 18C across the South East, the Met Office said. Evening Standard · Mar 2
UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced The Guardian - UK · Mar 2
Wettest winter on record for three counties in England Southern England experienced its fourth wettest winter since data began in 1836. Evening Standard · Mar 2
Weather tracker: February temperature records broken in France and Spain Warmth was result of high pressure developing across central Europe, which brought southerly winds The Guardian - UK · Mar 2
‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out? Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other organisms waiting to be discovered The Guardian - UK · Mar 2
Country diary: Taking the long view of the farm and these fells Tebay, Cumbria: At this in-between moment where it’s both winter and spring, I’m reminded that nothing is permanent in farming The Guardian - UK · Mar 2
The Guardian - AU · Mar 2 Record-breaking rain across inland Australia like ‘weather whiplash’, BoM says Some areas receive more rainfall in a week than in all of last year, having only a few weeks ago sweltered through temperatures up to 50C
The Guardian - AU · Mar 2 Disbelief as crocodile captured in Newcastle creek thousands of kilometres from natural habitat The small freshwater crocodile was first spotted by a group of teenagers in Ironbark Creek in the Australian city on Saturday
Evening Standard · Mar 1 Sunny start to spring as temperatures expected to climb above average for some Meteorologist Honor Criswick said temperatures are sitting around or above average for the time of year.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 1 How will datacentres affect Australia’s power prices, water supply and emissions? There’s a growing expectation that if you build a datacentre you must meet your own energy needs. But there are other key policy questions that need answering
The Guardian - UK · Mar 1 Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests Exclusive: Whistleblower figures show large rise in ‘serious’ to ‘minor’ downgrades based on water company evidence
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28 From white goods to ‘driver Tizer’: volunteers pick up slack in England’s fly-tipping crisis Litter picking groups struggle to stem tide of rubbish after reported incidents rose 10% in last year
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28 ‘Who’d guess they’re the same species?’ What Italy’s wall lizards reveal about genetic diversity and why it matters Understanding biodiversity within species is key to our understanding of why nature works the way it does, say researchers
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27 A rounded response on boulders’ origins Brief letters: Stone lifting | A good result | Gorton and Denton lessons | Metres v millions
The Guardian - US · Feb 27 Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement
Evening Standard · Feb 27 Shellfish population recovers after Highland loch given protected status Researchers found the Loch Carron flame shell beds have been restored, after dredging damage was discovered in 2017.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27 ‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade