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Australia has a huge of diversity of worms on land, sand and sea such as the giant Gippsland earthworm which can stretch up to 3 metres

One of the world’s largest worms might escape notice, if not for the loud gurgling noises that can be heard coming from underground as the species burrows and squelches through its moist clay.

The giant Gippsland earthworm, a purple and pink colossus that lives in a small, wet patch about 100km east of Melbourne in south-east Australia, reportedly stretches as long as 2 to 3 metres.

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Upcoming major ocean conferences will be crucial to lay the groundwork for scaling the emerging marine biodiversity credit market, an expert told Carbon Pulse.

Most of the problems with biodiversity offsets are solvable, although some remain particularly difficult due to power dynamics, an academic paper has said.

The offshore wind sector is on track to add 19 GW of capacity in 2025, with total investment forecast to reach $80 billion, according to analysis released on Monday.

Sudden stratospheric warming event expected to develop in next two weeks and will probably weaken the jet stream

A sudden stratospheric warming event is expected to develop over the next two weeks, leading to a rapid collapse of the polar vortex.

This will be the second and probably final disruption of the polar vortex this winter in the northern hemisphere, the first having taken place earlier last month, which was associated with a severe cold spell across much of the eastern half of the US.

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Thailand's Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (TGO) on Monday introduced version 6.0 of its voluntary carbon credit framework, aligning it more closely with international standards and tightening rules around double counting.

Fully Charged's Robert Llewellyn on Chinese EVs that make a lot of beeping noises, Elon Musk, and what to expect at Everything Electric.

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Australia has released the final version of its first new method for the voluntary Nature Repair Market (NRM) allowing project developers to earn biodiversity certificates, the government said Monday.

Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) prices rebounded Monday following Friday’s sell-off in response the issuance and trade of Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs).

National strategies to address the EU's incoming Emissions Trading System for heating and road transport fuels (ETS2) are patchy and moving at different paces, showing a lack of urgency across the bloc despite the scheme's looming start date in less than two years.

Voluntary carbon standard Cercarbono will on Tuesday reveal an updated methodology for reforestation, forest restoration, and woody agriculture as part of overhaul efforts to align its project protocols with international carbon programmes.

Australian pumped hydro project proposals tend not to be located at premium sites, which translates to higher costs. A new paper explains.

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Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current down 20% by 2050. Taimoor Sohail, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Bishakhdatta Gayen, ARC Future Fellow & Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Melting Antarctic ice is releasing cold, fresh water into the ocean, which is projected to cause the slowdown

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In a high emissions future, the world’s strongest ocean current could slow down by 20% by 2050, further accelerating Antarctic ice sheet melting and sea level rise, an Australian-led study has found.

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current – a clockwise current more than four times stronger than the Gulf Stream that links the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans – plays a critical role in the climate system by influencing the uptake of heat and carbon dioxide in the ocean and preventing warmer waters from reaching Antarctica.

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Data shows that spring has warmed by 1.8C in the UK since 1970 and this warming is having an impact on nature.

Heavily populated south-east Queensland is bracing for Cyclone Alfred to make landfall on Thursday Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Experts and advocacy groups have cautioned New Zealand’s climate change minister over comments he made implying the country has no legal obligation to meet its 2030 Nationally Determined Obligation under the Paris Agreement.

The Guarantee of Origin or GO rules include a compromise on below-baseline certificates for generation built before it starts.

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A new $12.9 million investment from the federal government will support the continued rollout of rooftop solar and batteries for social housing.

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The team behind Victoria's first four-hour battery says costs are coming down as technology improves. For pumped hydro, it is not so easy.

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