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Seychelles' leader delivers a speech in defence of the Indian Ocean from inside a submersible.

How we use our forests has evolved from timber and food production to recreation.

Farmers who witnessed the aftermath of a brutal dog attack on their sheep are calling for changes to the law.

Botanists, including a descendant of Charles Darwin, are researching the birds’ preference for Berlin

They were once among Britain’s most beloved singers, their “murmurs musical” giving melancholy poets solace in their darkest hours. But these days the world-famous warblers are more likely to be found jamming with jazz musicians in neglected Berlin parks than serenading Londoners in Berkeley Square. Some even claim that their latest outpourings feature elements of German techno.

Luscinia megarhynchos, the common nightingale, has been shunning the UK since the 1960s, during which time the population has slumped by 90%. The number of birds in Berlin, however, is on the rise. According to cautious estimates by the city senate, the German capital’s nightingale population grew by 6% every year from 2006 to 2016: “a very high rate”, said Johannes Schwarz, a species conservation officer, who puts the current number of nesting pairs at between 1,300 and 1,700.

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• Researchers herald sightings of two more mother and calf pairs
• Population of rare whale species is only around 411

Endangered North Atlantic right whales are experiencing a mini baby boom in waters off New England, researchers on Cape Cod have said.

Related: No North Atlantic right whales killed in Canadian waters in 2018

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British Steel is seeking an emergency £100 million government loan to help it buy carbon allowances, Sky News reports, confirming earlier reports that the company was struggling to comply with the EU ETS due to Brexit-related restrictions.

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Bianca McNeair is looking at how to ensure her community — particularly the women — are involved in the conservation of Malgana country.

About 2,300 climate activists have already signed up to help obstruct busy roads next week

Environmental campaigners are hoping to mobilise thousands of people to block the streets of central London around the clock next week, in their latest attempt to raise public awareness and provoke action over the destruction of the biosphere.

About 2,300 volunteers have signed up with Extinction Rebellion to obstruct some of the capital’s busiest roads for at least three days.

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Deutsche Bank predicts 100% market penetration of electric vehicles in New Zealand by 2030, and Productivity Commission urges rapid and comprehensive shift to EVs.

The post NZ forecast to reach 100% electric car sales by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

And rising oceans makes it easier for chunks of ice to slide seaward.

Peter Hadfield reports on developing technologies for converting hydrogen to ammonia as a way of transporting hydrogen.

The last one was built 50 years ago – so what is driving a resurgence in interest in our much loved ocean baths?

Australia’s ocean pools inspire a kind of fervour that borders on the fanatical. Writer Benjamin Law described taking a swim in Sydney’s ocean pools as a “spiritual experience”. Plenty of others agree, frequenting sea baths daily, their dedication etched on to their skin over decades by the sun’s rays. The pools are a must-see for tourists and source of contention for locals, who spar over their favourites.

Yet 50 years have passed since the last one was built – councils have been preferring chlorinated pool complexes instead. But now it appears there may be a shift back. The towns of Ballina and Port Macquarie on New South Wales’ north coast are looking at constructing tidal pools, as is Hallett Cove in South Australia. Mosman Park in Perth is also conducting a feasibility study after progress stalled on a pool at nearby Cottesloe.

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A lack of access to adequate, safe, and clean water has been a longstanding problem for Palestinians living in the Palestinian Territories.

The EU’s new Innovation Fund aims to hold its first funding call in the second half of 2020 and give extended support to projects aiming to cut emissions among heavy industries, a conference heard this week.

This week the final report on the Menindee fish kills; vegans protest over livestock farming, and one of the last dairy farms in the southern Riverina shuts up shop.

The tiny Yarra pygmy perch, with golden sheen and teardrop eye, has been pushed to extinction in the Murray Darling Basin. Now, all hopes for its return are focussed on a couple of farm dams.