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Two tourists from UK and New Zealand killed by elephant, Zambian police say

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:12:19 +0000

Commissioner says two women were attacked by female elephant that was with a calf

Two female tourists from the UK and New Zealand have been killed by an elephant while on a walking safari in a national park in Zambia, police in the southern African country have said.

The Eastern Province police commissioner, Robertson Mweemba, said the victims, who he named as 68-year-old Easton Janet Taylor from the UK and 67-year-old Alison Jean Taylor from New Zealand, were attacked by a female elephant that was with a calf.

Farms in England could be taken out of food production to boost nature, says minister

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:11:19 +0000

Plans announced by environment secretary mean many upland farmers could be incentivised to stop farming

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Some farms in England could be taken entirely out of food production under plans to make more space for nature, the environment secretary has said.

When rainforests died, the planet caught fire: New clues from Earth’s greatest extinction

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:07:42 +0000

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: once they collapsed, Earth’s biggest carbon sponge vanished, CO₂ rocketed, and a five-million-year heatwave followed. Fossils from China and clever climate models now link that botanical wipe-out to runaway warming, hinting that losing today’s tropical forests could lock us in a furnace we can’t easily cool.

Europe’s extreme pollen triggered symptoms in those not known to have allergies, data shows

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:50:39 +0000

More people reporting problems as climate crisis means plants and trees flower earlier, extending the pollen season

Pollen levels were so extreme in parts of Europe during spring that even people not known to suffer allergies felt the effects of hay fever, data has shown.

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams) observed a seasonal rise in grass and olive pollen release and transport across southern Europe and “extreme levels” of birch pollen in north-eastern regions, it said on Thursday.

EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:00:50 +0000

Document detailing the new program says zebrafish and rats from a North Carolina lab will be up for adoption

The US Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new program to adopt some of its 20,000 lab animals in the wake of Trump administration plans to dramatically cut the regulator’s research arm.

Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:00:50 +0000

Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences’

A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries and economic growth, according to a Guardian investigation.

‘We thought we’d got the numbers wrong’: how a pristine lake came to have the highest levels of ‘forever chemicals’ on record

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:00:45 +0000

Holloman Lake was a haven for wildlife and seemed an ideal campsite. But strange foam around the shoreline turned out to be more than just an oddity – and reveals the alarming way forever chemicals move through ecosystems

‘Gives everyone a bit more hope’: NSW grateful for wild weather reprieve but many face damage worth thousands

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:15:35 +0000

Dry and sunny Friday forecast gives residents and SES volunteers chance to assess damage after vigorous coastal low wreaks havoc on east coast

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After days of torrential rain and damaging winds, a break in the wild weather has provided a much-needed reprieve for residents of New South Wales.

Putin insisted Russia ‘will not step back from goals’ in Ukraine in hour-long call to Trump, Kremlin says – Europe live

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 07:48:34 +0000

Russian and US leaders spoke about need for ‘negotiated solution’ in Ukraine, Kremlin says

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Due to the climate emergency, Italian seas have reached temperatures above 20C even at depths of 40 metres, according to a report released on Wednesday by Greenpeace.

‘They are a species on the brink’: can trees save the salmon in Scotland’s River Dee?

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 06:00:22 +0000

Last year, a single female was recorded returning to one tributary of a river usually celebrated for its fish. Now a plan is in place to change things – but it’s proving controversial

On an unusually hot May day in Aberdeenshire, Edwin Third stands on the bank of the River Muick, a tributary of the UK’s highest river, the Dee, talking us through the rising threats to one of Scotland’s most celebrated species, the Atlantic salmon. Against the hills of the Cairngorms national park, a herd of stags on the moorland bask in the sun.