Region near Tulare Lake has been put on ‘probation’ as overpumping of water has caused faster sinking of ground Even after two back-to-back wet years, California’s water wars are far from over. On Tuesday, state water officials took an unprecedented step to intervene in the
Experts believe remains belong to a type of ichthyosaur that roamed the seas about 202m years ago Fossils discovered by an 11-year-old girl on a beach in Somerset may have come from the largest marine reptile ever to have lived, according to experts. The fossils are thought to
Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds Average incomes will fall by almost a fifth within the next 26 years as a result of the climate crisis, according to a study that predicts the costs of damage will be
Cambridge scientists critique research that concluded the disease is no longer a threat to the species’ survival Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Cambridge researchers have challenged a previous study finding that a facial cancer that
Creating visually distinctive plants likely to become important as more weed-like crops are grown for food Genetically engineering crops to be colourful could help farmers produce food without pesticides, as it would make it easier to spot weeds, scientists have said. This will
Westerners see elephants as pets, said Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose government threatened to send 30,000 elephants to Germany and the UK to demonstrate their dangers Many Europeans value the lives of elephants more than those of the people who live around them, the president of
Steve Green says vehicle bought in Australia in 1998 and now part of a plastic waste collection team has many more miles in it The owners of VW campervans often become deeply attached to their characterful vehicles, regarding them as companions in adventure, workhorses, part of
City records more than 142mm of rain in a day, about as much as it expects in a year and a half, as highways and malls flooded Highways and malls have been flooded, schools have been closed, and flights disrupted at one of the world’s busiest airports after the United Arab
Notorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him back in Victoria in a week Last week, gun-wielding conservation officers stuffed a 500-lb elephant seal in the back of a van, drove him along a winding highway in western Canada
Phoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree-planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperatures It was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in
Pressure piles on World Bank and IMF to steer countries to low-carbon transition at spring summit Governments of wealthy countries must pledge hundreds of billions more in overseas aid payments channelled through the World Bank to avert the worst effects of the climate crisis,
The dramatic decline of marsh tits in an ancient Cambridgeshire woodland is a story repeated across the UK as human activity drives species towards extinction Read more: World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts Richard Broughton has been
‘We must do all we can to become more sustainable’, says shadow environment minister Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Queensland’s Liberal National party has backed one of the most
Annual watchlist raises concern for native chicken, duck, geese and turkey populations as well as rare pig breeds All of the UK’s native breeds of chicken, duck, geese and turkey are under threat because of bird flu, a report from the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has
Common eastern bumblebee queens’ ability while hibernating could help it endure flooding, scientists say Bumblebees might be at home in town and country but now researchers have found at least one species that is even more adaptable: it can survive underwater. Scientists have
Floods, cyclones, heat stress and predatory starfish contributing to impacts as fourth planet-wide bleaching event confirmed The Great Barrier Reef is in the midst of what could be its worst summer on record with a widespread and extreme coral bleaching event coming on top of
Australia Institute says 2021 analysis had 15-year timeframe when modelling of the invasive species is usually over 20 to 30 years Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The cost of a