One of the most comprehensive biodiversity surveys ever carried out in a mangrove forest has revealed that an astonishing array of wildlife makes its home…
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Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches
From Oregon to California, blankets of alien-like blue creatures are washing up on rocky beaches. They are Velella velella, tiny colonies of organisms with a…
View More Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beachesJapan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happened
So my take is that it landed and rolled. Why?* Landing too fast* Landing and not shutting down engines immediately* landing with too much lateral…
View More Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ craft makes lunar landing but is unable to generate electricity via solar power – as it happenedChina’s BYD overtakes Tesla as top-selling electric car seller
Elon Musk’s Tesla has been overtaken by its Chinese rival, BYD, as the world’s top selling electric carmaker. BYD, which has been backed by the…
View More China’s BYD overtakes Tesla as top-selling electric car sellerFrom sea to plate … to sea? Hong Kong puts oyster shells to a new use
Every Thursday around noon, a brown minivan pulls up in the alley behind the glitzy Peninsula hotel at Victoria Harbour in Kowloon, Hong Kong. A…
View More From sea to plate … to sea? Hong Kong puts oyster shells to a new use‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal
“We are now swimming against the tide and trying our best to survive,” Lavenia Naivalu told Cop28 this month. Speaking on an Indigenous panel representing…
View More ‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal‘Like a 40-metre pizza’: the seaweed farms that could feed us all – at a cost
A white metal platform on the surface of the Pacific Ocean faces another, smaller one some distance away. Sam Donohue stands on the big platform,…
View More ‘Like a 40-metre pizza’: the seaweed farms that could feed us all – at a costMicroplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperatures
Air, water, soil, food and even blood – microplastics have found their way virtually everywhere on Earth, and now that list includes clouds. Bits of…
View More Microplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperaturesOrangutan killings in Borneo likely still occurring in large numbers
Orangutans on the island of Borneo continue to be illegally killed, likely in large numbers, even when there are nearby projects to save the critically…
View More Orangutan killings in Borneo likely still occurring in large numbersShe kills to be kind: the mastermind ecologist eliminating invasive predators
In the middle of the night, nine-year-old Elizabeth Bell sprints through the narrow bush tracks of Maud Island, racing toward the nearest ridgeline. The darkness…
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