In article titled A sense of wonderAmerican environmentalist Rachel Carson suggested two questions to get us to think more deeply about our natural environment. “What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?” Carson’s Wake Up Call was published in 1955, and was influential in the … Read more
Ben Taylor was seven years old when he saw the Murray River swell to peak levels in Riverland in 1974. the main points: Farmers worry about power outages as the Murray River rises The SA government says it is putting pressure on SA Power Networks to provide better communications and discretion Authorities will relocate a … Read more
Vcg | China Optical Group | Getty Images It’s not just cars that will go through the energy transition in the coming years. Parking lots where electric vehicles are recharged are a growing focus of construction efforts linked to climate change and carbon abatement. A law approved in France last month requires that car parks … Read more
With their strikingly long beaks and elegant white feathers, the spoonbill looks like it belongs in a far more exotic place than Windswept salt marshes from the uk. But the great wading bird is enjoying a boom in numbers as landowners across the country work to improve wetland habitats and tree cover. Once common throughout … Read more
Despite water conservation regulations prohibiting watering during the day, irrigation sprinklers spray water over a front lawn of degraded soil, July 12, 2022, during California’s historic drought. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The Colorado River is drying up. This day has come since it was agreed to divide the water exactly 100 years agoThe … Read more
Gov. Janet Mills announced $5.4 million in grants for climate resilience projects and clean energy workforce partnerships from Fort Kent to Chepag Island on Thursday, the second anniversary of the Maine issue. climate action plan. Mills said at the quarterly Maine Climate Council meeting, held at Colby College in Waterville. “With our Climate Action Plan … Read more
Ordinary people are being invited to invest in projects to rebuild the Scottish Highlands by a two-region nature restoration company looking to expand its rebuilding portfolio. Citizen Rewilders can invest as little as £50 and up to £200,000 in £10 shares in Highlands Rebuildingwhich hopes to provide an annual return of 5% on investment within … Read more
For something as chaotic as the wind, meteorologists tend to control very well the kinds of diffuse air patterns we might expect to see causing storms around the world. One that, it seems, has slipped so far under the radar. In an effort to better understand ocean temperature contrasts in the Indian Ocean, scientists have … Read more
IIn 2020, about 600 meters (2,000 feet) in an underwater canyon off the coast of Western Australia, scientists encountered A tall, gelatinous creature suspended in a giant whirlpool. “It was like a rope on the horizon. You can’t miss it,” says Nerida Wilson of the Western Australian Museum. “It was so huge.” It was a … Read more
IIn 2020, about 600 meters (2,000 feet) in an underwater canyon off the coast of Western Australia, scientists encountered A tall, gelatinous creature suspended in a giant whirlpool. “It was like a rope on the horizon. You can’t miss it,” says Nerida Wilson of the Western Australian Museum. “It was so huge.” It was a … Read more
