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Study of sounds and feeding habits shows animals organise into female-based groups of up to 20,000

Sperm whales live in clans with distinctive cultures, much like those of humans, a study has found.

Using underwater microphones and drone surveys, Hal Whitehead, a sperm whale scientist at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Canada, examined the sounds the animals made and their feeding habits and found they organised themselves into groups of up to around 20,000.

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The state announced funding of $50 million to support Massachusetts’ mandated emissions reductions targets and forest conservation efforts after a committee report issued forest management recommendations.

US-based agricultural technology firm Indigo Ag has a former executive of Tyson Foods as its new CEO.

A US nonprofit group of nearly 250 science and policy experts released an issue brief on Tuesday cautioning against the country's "heavy" dependence on gas power plants given their lack of reliability under extreme weather conditions.

A heatwave in 2022 redefined scientific expectations of the Antarctic climate. Now the global community must prepare for what a warmer world may bring. Dana M Bergstrom, Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Wollongong Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Emissions from the first 60 days of the war in Gaza were greater than the annual GHG output of 20 countries, according to a study published Tuesday.

The Argentine government has launched software designed to document forested areas at a national level and aid reforestation efforts, a government agency announced on Tuesday.

A conservation NGO, which estimates 3 billion tonnes of CO2 is being stored across the parks and protected areas it manages in Africa, has turned to developing REDD avoided deforestation projects to bolster finances.

Policymakers should support progress towards a European market for the transport of carbon dioxide by ship by creating the right conditions and identifying barriers, according to a report published Tuesday.

Subsidies under the UK’s post-Brexit sustainable farming scheme will be bolstered from this year, while premium payments will also be available for certain high priority action areas, in a bid to encourage more farmers to access the scheme.

The Kenyan government is proposing to take 15-25% of the income from carbon credits generated in the country to help meet its climate targets, according to draft carbon markets legislation.

Senior Program Manager is responsible for centrally supporting the initiatives and coordination of the Markets Program with a particular focus on program and project management for the team’s three primary pillars: REDD+ and carbon finance; sustainable commodities; and biodiversity mitigation hierarchy.

A UK-based nature start-up launched this week with plans to carry out ecological restoration projects and develop its own voluntary biodiversity credit standard to drive private investment.

Scientists say mining could have devastating impact on marine life, but Norway claims it will help green transition

Norway is expected to become the first country in the world to open up its seabed for deep-sea mining with a highly contentious parliamentary vote on Tuesday.

The decision comes despite warnings from scientists who say it could have a devastating impact on marine life, and opposition from the EU and the UK who have called for a temporary ban on deep-sea mining because of environmental concerns.

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Global temperatures in 2023 reached the highest levels ever recorded, with carbon emissions from raging global wildfires among the main drivers of the exceptional heat, data from the European Union’s space programme showed on Tuesday.

European carbon recovered from a sharp sell-off at the opening on Tuesday as it tracked movements in natural gas on an otherwise quiet morning, with traders awaiting the resumption of auctions next week as well as Wednesday's publication of the weekly Commitment of Traders data.

Climate records tumbled "like dominoes" in 2023, with temperatures far above any recorded level.

Climate records tumbled "like dominoes" in 2023, with temperatures far above any recorded level.

Rapid reduction in fossil fuel burning urgently needed to preserve liveable conditions, say scientists, as climate damage deepens

2023 “smashed” the record for the hottest year by a huge margin, providing “dramatic testimony” of how much warmer and more dangerous today’s climate is from the cooler one in which human civilisation developed.

The planet was 1.48C hotter in 2023 compared with the period before the mass burning of fossil fuels ignited the climate crisis. The figure is very close to the 1.5C temperature target set by countries in Paris in 2015, although the global temperature would need to be consistently above 1.5C for the target to be considered broken.

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One of Australia’s early carbon project developers has received an all-cash, off market takeover offer from Avatar Industries, a private entity controlled by an Australian businessman who already owns a significant chunk of the company.