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UN members prepare for pivotal vote on landmark ICJ climate justice ruling

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:20 +0000

If resolution is passed governments will have legal responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions

The UN’s willingness to tackle the climate crisis in a fair and legal way will be tested next week during a critical vote of the UN general assembly in New York.

Deadly “red sky” solar storm from 800 years ago discovered in ancient trees

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:55:09 +0000

Researchers in Japan traced a hidden medieval solar storm using ancient tree rings and centuries-old sky observations. The team linked reports of eerie red auroras with spikes of carbon-14 trapped in buried wood, revealing a powerful solar radiation event around 1200 CE. The findings suggest the Sun was far more active at the time, with unusually short solar cycles.

Farage’s Clacton-on-Sea constituency worst ‘tree desert’ in England, research shows

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:18 +0000

Woodland Trust also finds significant north-south divide in tree cover, leaving many people at risk of poor health

Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more exposed to air pollution, poorer health, lower life expectancy and the impact of rising temperatures, according to a new report.

Choughs reappear at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall after decades of absence

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:16 +0000

King Arthur is said to have transformed into a chough when he died, its red feet and beak representing his bloody end

Decades after disappearing from the jagged cliffs around Tintagel Castle on the coast of north Cornwall, a bird with legendary connections to the area has returned.

The custodian of Tintagel, English Heritage, and local ornithologists have declared that choughs – charismatic corvids with red beaks and feet – are back.

From little things, big things grow: using applied nucleation to restore marine forests

admin — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44183-026-00201-5

From little things, big things grow: using applied nucleation to restore marine forests

Typical English roast dinner potentially ‘drenched’ in 102 pesticides, says report

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 23:01:10 +0000

Greenpeace finds cocktail of pesticides including seven banned in EU may have been used on seven categories of vegetables and soft fruit

It is a beautiful early summer Sunday afternoon and you have stopped for a pub lunch. A waiter sets down a roast served with carrots, peas, parsnips, potatoes and onion gravy, and then for pudding, strawberries and cream. It feels like the perfect rustic meal to accompany a day in the country.

Roots of resilience: the experts working to bolster apples against the climate crisis

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:03 +0000

Scientists are focusing on improving apples’ resilience after stressors like wild temperature swings and drought

Terence Robinson still remembers the Valentine’s Day Massacre – of 2015, not 1929.

New revelations show WA is putting Australia’s climate targets at risk. Will Anthony Albanese do anything about it? | Clear Air

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:00:02 +0000

Premier Roger Cook has the prime minister’s implicit support but he’s making it harder for federal Labor to meet its much-vaunted climate targets

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Nissan ponders building cars for Chinese rivals at Sunderland plant

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:54:50 +0000

CEO admits talks with Chery as other European carmakers discuss plans with Chinese firms to share factory space

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Nissan’s chief executive has confirmed he would consider building cars for other manufacturers at the UK’s largest car factory in Sunderland, amid talks with China’s Chery.

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

admin — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:30:56 +0000

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area

A plan to create one of the world’s largest datacenters, a gargantuan project spanning an area more than twice the size of Manhattan, has provoked a furious public backlash in Utah amid concerns over its vast energy use and impact upon the state’s stressed water supplies.