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We need to talk about water – and the fact that the world is running out of it | George Monbiot

The Guardian - Mon, 2024-03-04 16:00

On a planet getting hotter and drier by the year, governments are wilfully ignoring a looming crisis

There’s a flaw in the plan. It’s not a small one: it is an Earth-sized hole in our calculations. To keep pace with the global demand for food, crop production needs to grow by at least 50% by 2050. In principle, if nothing else changes, this is feasible, thanks mostly to improvements in crop breeding and farming techniques. But everything else is going to change.

Even if we set aside all other issues – heat impacts, soil degradation, epidemic plant diseases accelerated by the loss of genetic diversity – there is one which, without help from any other cause, could prevent the world’s people from being fed. Water.

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New US-Russian crew heads to space station

BBC - Mon, 2024-03-04 14:23
The three men and one woman will conduct scientific experiments, including a study of degenerative diseases.
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Yabby traps and discarded fishing tackle can kill platypuses - it’s time to clean up our act

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-03-04 11:46
Platypuses are drowning in Australian waterways, tangled in fishing line and trapped in closed nets meant for freshwater crayfish or yabbies. But we can fix this. Katherine Warwick, PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Michelle Ryan, Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Greenwashing claims on trial: should NZ ban fossil fuel advertising?

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-03-04 11:44
Consumer NZ’s case against Z Energy under the Fair Trading Act may be a sign of things to come. But new legislation would be a cleaner way to regulate fossil fuel advertising. Matthew Hall, Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Mystery of giant star sand dunes solved

BBC - Mon, 2024-03-04 11:12
Scientists collected radioactive sand grains in the dark to understand when they formed.
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Australian First Nations group seeks interest in developing Fiji’s carbon industry

Carbon Pulse - Mon, 2024-03-04 09:58
An Australian carbon trade company has signed an agreement with a Fijian NGO to nurture the country’s emerging carbon industry, alongside the national government, and is seeking interest from stakeholders to join a development working group.
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Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-03-04 09:36
Translocation may have been the key to survival for the eastern barred bandicoot but it might not be the golden ticket for every species. Anthony Rendall, Lecturer in Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Amy Coetsee, Threatened Species Biologist, The University of Melbourne Aviya Naccarella, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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The National Electricity Market wasn’t made for a renewable energy future. Here’s how to fix it

The Conversation - Mon, 2024-03-04 05:19
Big changes are needed to create a consumer-centric National Electricity Market that’s able to manage the rise of rooftop solar. Vikki McLeod, PhD Graduate, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices, Queensland University of Technology Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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WTO meeting fails to seal deal on harmful fisheries subsidies

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2024-03-03 10:29
The latest World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations failed to reach an agreement on strengthening rules to curb harmful fisheries subsidies in what observers say is a major setback for marine biodiversity conservation efforts.
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What’s paralysing thousands of rainbow lorikeets? Scientists search for the cause as volunteer carers are overwhelmed

The Guardian - Sun, 2024-03-03 09:00

A mystery paralysis syndrome is afflicting lorikeet populations in south-east Queensland and northern NSW at a rate scientists say they have never seen

Dr Tim Portas pulls the patient from a cardboard box, wraps him in a towel and touches a cotton bud on his eye to see if he can blink.

Patient number 1,433,093 is one of about 3,500 Rainbow lorikeets that have come into the RSPCA’s wildlife hospital near Brisbane since the beginning of the year with a mystery paralysis.

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Banks advance work on transition credits to accelerate, bridge financing gap in coal plant decommissioning

Carbon Pulse - Sun, 2024-03-03 06:21
HSBC and Standard Chartered are working to develop a novel approach aimed at financing and accelerating the phaseout of coal power plants by introducing transition carbon credits, advancing existing efforts by governments and other private sector players.
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