Torrential rainstorms in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have caused the worst flooding the country has seen in 80 years, many deaths…
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Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan
This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation…
View More Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host AzerbaijanBumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds
Bumblebee nests may be overheating, killing off broods and placing one of the Earth’s critical pollinators in decline as temperatures rise, new research has found.…
View More Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’: Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giants
The ambush was simple. A spotter on a hill would scan the sea and when he saw the big black fins approach, he would shout…
View More ‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’: Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giantsVideo of sun’s surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss
The sun’s otherworldly landscape, including coronal moss, solar rain and 6,000-mile-tall spires of gas, is revealed in footage from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The observations,…
View More Video of sun’s surface shows solar rain, eruptions and coronal mossOrangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals
The high intelligence levels of orangutans have long been recognised, partly due to their practical skills such as using tools to retrieve seeds and forage…
View More Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animalsDeveloped countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talks
Campaigners are blaming developed countries for capitulating at the last minute to pressure from fossil fuel and industry lobbyists, and slowing progress towards the first…
View More Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at plastic pollution talksCountries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years
Countries are for the first time considering restrictions on the global production of plastic – to reduce it by 40% in 15 years – in…
View More Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 yearsUN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’
A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated…
View More UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’New EU nature law will fail without farmers, scientists warn
The EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted in partnership with farmers, a group of leading scientists has said, after months…
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