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Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted since 1970
Quarter of mammals and nearly half of birds assessed are at risk of extinction, says State of Nature report
Populations of the UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970, according to the most comprehensive analysis to date.
The State of Nature report also found that the area inhabited by officially designated “priority species” has shrunk by 27%. The species are those deemed most important and threatened, and include hedgehogs, hares and bats, many birds such as the willow tit and the turtle dove, and insects such as the high brown fritillary butterfly.
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Cambodia pushes for REDD deal with Germany
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Booming demand could drive tuna to extinction, researchers find
Massive global expansion of tuna fisheries also poses a threat to sharks and other species, says study
Scientists have warned that existing levels of tuna fishing are unsustainable after researchers found that global catches have increased more than 1,000% over the past 60 years.
A study in the journal Fisheries Research estimated that about 6m tonnes of tuna are now caught annually, a rate that “risks driving tuna populations to unsustainable levels and possible extinction”.
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Fake blood sprayed on Treasury in Extinction Rebellion protest – video
Extinction Rebellion activists have sprayed 1,800 litres of fake blood on the Treasury's building in Westminster.
Protesters used an out-of-commission fire engine to drench the front of the building in red liquid and also erected a banner that read: 'Stop funding climate death'
Continue reading...New concept may finally give aluminium battery storage the edge over lithium
European researchers have developed a concept for a new aluminium battery which could boasts twice the energy density of previous versions and could be made of abundant materials, resulting in a battery which could reduce production costs as well as its impact on the environment. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the National Institute...
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Extinction Rebellion protesters spray fake blood on to Treasury
Activists use fire engine to launch water dyed red towards London government building
Four Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested after spraying fake blood at the Treasury in Westminster from the top of a fire engine.
Dressed in funeral attire, the protesters criticised the UK’s military role in the Middle East, highlighted how UK companies cause large fossil fuel emissions and called on others to rebel.
Continue reading...Extinction Rebellion 'lose control of fake blood hose'
Yackandandah takes another step closer to 100% renewable energy
Victoria town of Yackandandah adds solar and storage to get one step closer to 100% renewables target.
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'World-first' low-carbon greenhouses to grow 20 tonnes of tomatoes a day
Greenhouses bigger than O2 centre will be able to grow 10% of UK’s homegrown crop
People in Britain will soon be able to feast on tomatoes grown with the help of a water treatment plant in what backers say is a world first.
One of the UK’s largest clean energy funds has revealed plans to invest £120m in a pair of low-carbon greenhouses in Norfolk and Suffolk, large enough to grow 10% of the UK’s homegrown tomato crop.
Continue reading...Ocean cleanup device successfully collects plastic for first time
Huge floating boom finally retains debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, creator says
A huge floating device designed by Dutch scientists to clean up an island of rubbish in the Pacific ocean that is three times the size of France has successfully picked up plastic from the high-seas for the first time.
Boyan Slat, the creator of the Ocean Cleanup project, announced on Twitter that the 600-metre (2,000ft) long floating boom had captured and retained debris from what is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Greens leader Richard Di Natale defends right to protest
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Shocked scientists find 400km of dead and damaged mangroves in Gulf of Carpentaria
Mangrove monitoring trip to remote coast finds shocking impact of two cyclones across hundreds of kilometres
A cascade of impacts including rising sea levels, heatwaves and back-to-back tropical cyclones has created 400km of dead and badly damaged mangroves in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a scientific monitoring trip has discovered.
Prof Norman Duke, of James Cook University, spent 10 days monitoring 2,000km of coastline from a helicopter, as well as conducting land-based checks at 32 estuaries along the coastline between Weipa, Queensland, and Cape Barrow in the Northern Territory.
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