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Thousandth dormouse brought back to the wild
‘Gamechanging’ £10m environmental DNA project to map life in world’s rivers
eBioAtlas programme aims to identify fish, birds, amphibians and land animals in freshwater systems from the Ganges to the Mekong
Concealed by the turbid, swirling waters of the Amazon, the Mekong and the Congo, the biodiversity of the world’s great rivers has largely remained a mystery to scientists. But now a multimillion-pound project aims to describe and identify the web of life in major freshwater ecosystems around the world with “gamechanging” DNA technology.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and UK-based environmental DNA (eDNA) specialists NatureMetrics have launched a partnership to take thousands of water samples from freshwater river systems like the Ganges and the Niger delta to identify the fish, birds, amphibians and land animals that live in and around them.
Continue reading...California offset prices hit historic discounts as CCAs surge
More than half of Europe’s cities still plagued by dirty air, report finds
Data shows only 127 of 323 cities had acceptable PM 2.5 levels despite drop in emissions during lockdowns
More than half of European cities are still plagued by dirty air, new data shows, despite a reduction in traffic emissions and other pollutants during last year’s lockdowns.
Cities in eastern Europe, where coal is still a major source of energy, fared worst of all, with Nowy Sącz in Poland having the most polluted air, followed by Cremona in Italy where industry and geography tend to concentrate air pollution, and Slavonski Brod in Croatia.
Continue reading...Australia’s government feels no duty to care towards young people on climate
Australia's environment minister has rejected a court finding that she has a duty of care towards young Australians on climate. It's unsurprising.
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Bones and all: see how the diets of Tasmanian devils can wear down their sharp teeth to blunt nubbins
Euro Markets: EUAs buckle under UK auction pressure, reach parity with British units
Shenzhou-12: China to launch first crew to new space station
UN shipping body postpones decision over global carbon levy, R&D fund
Half the trees in two new English woodlands planted by jays, study finds
Former fields were naturally regenerated with oak trees growing from acorns buried by the birds
More than half the trees in two new woodlands in lowland England have been planted not by landowners, charities or machines but by jays.
Former fields rapidly turned into native forest with no plastic tree-guards, watering or expensive management, according to a new study which boosts the case for using natural regeneration to meet ambitious woodland creation targets.
Continue reading...From fashion to field: cotton clothing shredded to help grow future cotton crops
Trial of diverting cotton textiles from landfill to farm has potential to recycle ‘huge amount’ of cotton material
There are lots of places where unwanted cotton clothes could go to escape landfill – the op-shop, a garage sale or turned into rags for tradies.
But what about shredding them and putting them back into the soil? And what if, in a world of perfect circularity, that soil was on a cotton farm?
Continue reading...New Israeli environment minister eyes carbon pricing, but prospects seem dim
RFS Market: RINs unravel further on report of flat biofuel quotas for 2021-22
Nova Scotia’s June carbon auction clears 75% above floor price
Solar driving “paradigm shift” in electricity grid, says new AEMO boss
AEMO's Daniel Westerman says there is a "paradigm shift" in the WA grid thanks to rapid uptake of solar, but battery storage will help manage the change.
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