- new‘You’re looking to die’: the Brazil river where illegal fishing threatens lives
Poaching of endangered species flourishes despite widespread outcry – but sustainable fishing could end the violence engulfing the tradeJosé Maria Batista Damasceno weeps as he describes his decades dodging death in the Brazilian Amazon.There was the time, along the Japurá River, that an illegal…
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- newHumpback whale freed after gruelling eight-hour rescue mission in Australia
Deteriorating conditions and other whales in area south of Sydney hampered attempts, say rescuersA humpback whale trapped in waters south of Sydney has finally been freed after a gruelling eight-hour rescue mission.Rescue efforts began on Saturday morning after reports of a whale in distress off Fiv…
- 16 hours ago 3 Jun 23, 3:22pm -
- newFires, floods and disappearing beaches: can Mediterranean holidays survive?
Heatwaves, floods or drought are replacing sun, sea and sand. Resorts are fighting back but could face a losing battleShortly after Easter this year, in the midst of a historic, multi-year drought, temperatures in parts of the western Mediterranean climbed a barely believable 20C higher than seasona…
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- new‘It healed me’: the Indigenous forager reconnecting Native Americans with their roots
Twila Cassadore hopes teaching Western Apache traditional foodways can aid mental, emotional and spiritual healthOn a warm day in April, Twila Cassadore piloted her pickup truck toward the mountains on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona to scout for wild edible plants. A wet winter and spr…
- 16 hours ago 3 Jun 23, 3:00pm -
- new‘I spot brand new TVs, here to be shredded’: the truth about our electronic waste
In a giant factory in California, thousands of screens, PCs and other old or unwanted gadgets are picked apart for materials. But what about the billions of other defunct (or not) devices?In the lobby of Fresno airport is a forest of plastic trees. A bit on the nose, I think: this is central Califor…
- 18 hours ago 3 Jun 23, 1:00pm -
- newClumps of 5,000-mile seaweed blob bring flesh-eating bacteria to Florida
Decomposing pieces of Great Atlantic sargassum belt carry Vibrio bacteria on state’s shorelineIt might have been one of Alfred Hitchcock’s fanciful tales of the supernatural: a 5,000-mile wide blob of murky seaweed creeping menacingly across the Atlantic before dumping itself along the US shorel…
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- Iraq’s oil boom blamed for worsening water crisis in drought-hit south
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- Country diary: Birdsong fills the farm – and suddenly I know what it all is | Andrea Meanwell
Tebay, Cumbria: My experience of doing the daily tasks has been transformed by an app. I’m amazed at what I have around meIt’s now been five years since we entered into a Countryside Stewardship environmental agreement on the farm, and fenced off a wide riparian strip alongside the River Lune. T…
- 1 day ago 3 Jun 23, 5:30am -
- Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay to triple donations to Just Stop Oil
Hollywood director of climate crisis satire praised protestors for waking up ‘sleeping governments’ and will triple donations over weekendThe Hollywood director of Netflix film Don’t Look Up has pledged to triple donations to Just Stop Oil over the weekend, the group has said.Adam McKay, who m…
- 1 day ago 2 Jun 23, 11:25pm -
- Top US chemical firms to pay $1.2bn to settle water contamination lawsuits
Dupont, Chemours and Corteva agree deal and 3M also reportedly considering $10bn settlement to avoid trial due to start on MondayDuPont and two related companies said they would pay close to $1.2bn to settle liability claims brought by public water systems serving the vast majority of the US populat…
- 1 day ago 2 Jun 23, 9:00pm -
- Ethereal beauty: Milky Way photographer of the year 2023 – in pictures
Travel blog Capture the Atlas has crowned its best Milky Way photographs of the year. This year’s shots captured the galaxy glowing above dramatic landscapes in Namibia, Chile, Japan, Spain, Iran and New Zealand Continue reading...
- 1 day ago 2 Jun 23, 9:00pm -
- Snow fly in US and Canada can detach its legs to survive, research shows
Flies chilled to sub-zero temperatures amputate one or more of their six limbs to protect their internal organsFlightless snow flies in the US and Canada can amputate their legs to survive as they begin to freeze, researchers have discovered.Lab experiments in which the flies were chilled gradually…
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 6:41pm -
- A look at some of the corporations that dominate the Amazon
From mining to cattle ranching and soya farming, some of the world’s largest companies exploit the region, though many also claim to be giving something backVale CEO: Eduardo BartolomeoMain business: Mining – iron, copper, nickel. Also manganese and goldOwnership: ShareholdersHQ: Rio de Janeiro,…
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 1:17pm -
- The multinational companies that industrialised the Amazon rainforest
Analysis shows handful of corporations extract tens of billions of dollars of raw materials a year – and their commitments to restoration vary greatlyA handful of global giants dominate the industrialisation of the Amazon rainforest, extracting tens of billions of dollars of raw materials every ye…
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 1:00pm -
- More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand
Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in BrazilMore than 800m trees have been cut down in the Amazon rainforest in just six years to feed the world’s appetite for Brazilian beef, according to a new investigation, despite dire warnings about…
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 1:00pm -
- Revealed: The secret push to bury a weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease
Internal documents from chemical giant Syngenta reveal tactics to sponsor sympathetic scientific papers and mislead regulators about unfavorable researchThe global chemical giant Syngenta has sought to secretly influence scientific research regarding links between its top-selling weedkiller and Park…
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 12:00pm -
- ‘The window is closing’: Cop28 must deliver change of course on climate
With six months until UN summit in Dubai, can its oil executive president bring unwilling countries into line?El Niño may push heating past 1.5C but urgent action could avert catastropheWithin the next five years, the world is likely to experience at least one year in which the global average surfa…
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 12:00pm -
- Houseplant of the week: the umbrella plant
This low-maintenance beauty is a feng shui favourite said to bring prosperity the homeWhy will I love it?The Schefflera actinophylla will create a positive and harmonious environment in your home through its umbrella-like leaves that can grow up to a foot long.Light or shade? Bright, indirect light.…
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 11:00am -
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including owl chicks, a white moose calf and hungry brown bear cubs Continue reading...
- 2 days ago 2 Jun 23, 8:00am -
- Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns
Alexandre Saraiva gives alert on organised crime in region ahead of anniversary of killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno PereiraThe rapid advance of organised crime groups in the Brazilian Amazon risks turning the region into a vast, conflict-stricken hinterland plagued by heavily armed “criminal ins…
- 3 days ago 1 Jun 23, 1:00pm -
- My husband was killed for exposing the Amazon’s plunder. But his work lives on | Alessandra Sampaio
Dom’s tragic death presents an opportunity to share what the Amazon meant to him – and to ensure its protectionIt’s been a year since my life changed dramatically with a phone call from a journalist friend telling me Dom had gone missing in the Javari valley. I could tell from the worry in his…
- 3 days ago 1 Jun 23, 1:00pm -
- Killed protecting the Amazon: remembering Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips – video
One year ago, Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian Indigenous expert, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist and longtime Guardian contributor, were killed on the frontline of the battle to protect the planet. They were ambushed on the Amazon’s Itaquaí River while returning from a reporting trip to the r…
- 3 days ago 1 Jun 23, 1:00pm -
- As the toxic legacy of opencast mining in Wales shows, operators get the profits, and the public get the costs | George Monbiot
Across the UK, fossil fuel companies’ broken promises have left scarred and polluted landscapes, and no one held accountableWhen you’re in a hole, keep digging. This is the strategy of opencast miners across the world: our past debts and future liabilities can one day be discharged if only we’…
- 3 days ago 1 Jun 23, 12:00pm -
- How disinfecting an old mineshaft saved a colony of little brown bats
Using chemicals in the environment can save wildlife from deadly pathogens, but process is not without risks, say expertsJoseph Hoyt and his team first showed up to the abandoned mineshaft in Wisconsin during the late summer of 2017, personal protective equipment in hand. Long before Covid-19, the s…
- 3 days ago 1 Jun 23, 11:00am -
- Here’s proof fishing bans leave plenty to eat, says study of Mexico marine park
Scientists compared catch data from four years before and after a permanent ban and found minimal impact on commercial fishingBanning fishing in a Mexican marine park did not reduce the fishing catch, according to a new study that says it has dispelled the “myth” spread by fishing companies that…
- 3 days ago 1 Jun 23, 6:00am -
- Labour’s oil and gas ban shows it’s ready to fight the next election on climate issues | Bill McGuire
While the Tories’ dire record on green issues gets worse by the day, Keir Starmer’s pledges show an impressive commitmentIt’s been a long time coming, but at last it seems that voters who give a damn about the climate emergency will have a real choice at the next general election. While the To…
- 4 days ago 31 May 23, 1:12pm -
- Manhattanhenge sunset lights up New York sky – in pictures
This week New Yorkers celebrated the first Manhattanhenge of 2023. During the biannual celestial event the setting sun lines up between skyscrapers and bathes the city in a golden glow Continue reading...
- 4 days ago 31 May 23, 9:51am -
- Healing nature will help us all. So why are MEPs fighting the crucial new restoration law? | Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Janez Potočnik and Paul Polman
The proposed legislation would require changes to farming methods in Europe to tackle the climate crisis and restore nature, ensuring affordable food for allFor 10,000 years, human civilisation has grown and thrived because of Earth’s remarkable regenerative capacity that sustains climate stabilit…
- 4 days ago 31 May 23, 7:30am -
- Delta Air Lines faces lawsuit over $1bn carbon neutrality claim
US airline pledged to go carbon neutral but plaintiffs say it is relying on offsets that do almost nothing to mitigate global heatingDelta Air Lines is facing a lawsuit over its $1bn carbon neutrality claim which plaintiffs say is “false and misleading” as it relies on offsets that do little to…
- 5 days ago 30 May 23, 2:00pm -
- Burning ambition: the life of an artisanal charcoal maker – in pictures
Darryl Kelbrick shows Christopher Thomond the painstaking process behind artisan charcoal burning, a practice he has spent the past decade learning in an ancient coppiced woodland where he lives with his partner off-grid Continue reading...
- 5 days ago 30 May 23, 11:42am -
- ‘It’s ridiculously antiquated’: could robot boats transform marine science?
No one has yet been able to sail an autonomous boat across the Atlantic, but a young couple in Wales hope their craft will revolutionise ocean monitoring of temperatures, wildlife and moreWhen Anahita Laverack and Ciaran Dowds tested their robot boat for the first time off the coast of Wales, it was…
- 6 days ago 29 May 23, 3:00pm -
- ‘Dr Deep Sea’: the US professor living underwater for 100 days
Dr Joseph Dituri plans to spend 100 days in his subaquatic compound, as he attempts to document the long-term effects of increased pressure on the bodyMore than 20ft below the surface of a Florida lagoon, one man is on a mission.Having already broken the record for the longest time living underwater…
- 8 days ago 27 May 23, 12:00pm -
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a crab spider, a glass frog and a curious snow leopard Continue reading...
- 9 days ago 26 May 23, 8:00am -
- Meet the ‘gummy squirrel’ and thousands of other newly discovered deep-sea species – in pictures
A trove of biodiversity has been catalogued by scientists in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast area of the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico, which has been targeted by deep-sea mining companies keen to exploit its mineral wealth Continue reading...
- 10 days ago 25 May 23, 4:55pm -
- More than 5,000 new species discovered in Pacific deep-sea mining hotspot
A wealth of biodiversity has been found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, an area earmarked for exploitation by mineral firms Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 new species living on the seabed in an untouched area of the Pacific Ocean that has been identified as a future hotspot for deep-sea…
- 10 days ago 25 May 23, 4:00pm -
- Italy floods aftermath – in pictures
The clean-up begins after catastrophic flooding that has left tens of thousands of people homeless in north-east Italy. Rising waters swallowed houses and landslides isolated hamlets‘Roads have disappeared’: Italy begins cleanup after catastrophic floods Continue reading...
- 10 days ago 25 May 23, 12:16am -
- Wealth tax of 0.5% could cover UK’s share of loss and damage fund, says charity
International fund set up at Cop27 is intended to provide compensation to countries worst hit by climate breakdownA tax on wealthy Britons of just 0.5% could more than meet the UK’s entire “fair share” contribution to the international loss and damage fund established to support countries wors…
- 23 days ago 12 May 23, 12:01am -
- Suffering of gassed pigs laid bare in undercover footage from UK abattoir
Hidden camera at slaughterhouse appears to show ‘utterly inhumane’ use of CO2 to stun pigs before slaughterNew undercover footage showing British pigs being gassed prior to slaughter has led to renewed calls to investigate the use of CO2.Campaigners say the pictures – the first of their kind t…
- 33 days ago 2 May 23, 5:16pm -
- Reports of rotten pork being sold in UK may lead to tighter control of FSA
Therésè Coffey may bring Food Standards Agency, now overseen by health department, under remit of DefraThe UK government is considering tightening control over the Food Standards Agency (FSA) after news that allegedly fraudulent pork products found their way on to supermarket shelves.Therésè Cof…
- 66 days ago 30 Mar 23, 5:16pm -
- E coli from meat behind half a million UTIs in the US every year, study suggests
Fatal bloodstream illnesses driven by urinary tract infections could rise, warn scientists as research shows link to food-borne bacteriaMeat bacteria are the likely cause of over half a million urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the US every year, a new study has found, with one of its authors warni…
- 73 days ago 23 Mar 23, 2:53pm -
- As Pacific islanders, we are leading the way to end the world’s addiction to fossil fuels | Ralph Regenvanu Seve Paeniu
Today’s IPCC report has given a ‘final warning’ to avert global catastrophe. We call on all world leaders to urgently transition to renewablesThe cycle is repeating itself. A tropical cyclone of frightening strength strikes a Pacific island nation, and leaves a horrifying trail of destruction…
- 76 days ago 20 Mar 23, 4:49pm -
- A ringside view of Britain’s livestock markets – a photo essay
Supermarket power and the BSE crisis nearly killed off traditional auctions. But with sales of £2bn, they remain a keystone of farming life. We joined the traders at Ross and HerefordIt’s a Thursday morning, and the auction ring in Hereford is busy. The steep steps that surround the ring have bee…
- 80 days ago 16 Mar 23, 8:00am -
- The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities
Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where land stewards lose out, say local leadersRevealed: ‘over 90% of rainforest offsets by biggest provider worthless’Greenwashing or a net zero necessity? Scientists on carbon offsetting‘Nowhere else to go…
- 21 Jan 23, 7:00am -
- John Kerry: rich countries must respond to developing world anger over climate
US climate envoy says there needs to be work on details of ‘loss and damage’ fund in 2023People in developing countries are feeling increasingly angry and “victimised” by the climate crisis, the US climate envoy John Kerry has warned, and rich countries must respond urgently.“I’ve been c…
- 3 Jan 23, 11:23am -
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