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Week in wildlife in pictures: a penguin ballerina, the spooky spookfish and a sociable octopus

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-27 17:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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A wondrous fish has made a miraculous return to UK seas. Why are ministers so keen to see them killed? | George Monbiot

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-27 17:00

We should be celebrating the revival of the bluefin tuna – but a ravenous fishing industry, backed by government and ‘science’, is already licking its lips

Over the past three weeks, I’ve been watching one of the greatest natural spectacles on Earth, here in south Devon. At a certain station of the tide, within a few metres of the coast, the sea erupts with monsters. They can travel at 45mph. They grow to 2.5 metres (8ft 2in) in length and 600kg in weight. They herd smaller fish – saury and garfish in this case – against the surface, then accelerate into the shoal so fast that they overshoot sometimes 2 or 3 metres into the air. Bluefin tuna. They are here, on our southern coasts, right now.

When I’ve mentioned this on social media, some people refuse to believe me: you must be seeing dolphins, they say. Yes, I often see dolphins too, and it’s not hard to spot the difference. They don’t believe it because we have forgotten that our coastal waters were once among the richest on Earth. Bluefin and longfin tuna were common here. So were several species of whale, including sperm, fin, humpback and Atlantic grey, and a wide range of large sharks. Halibut the size of barn doors hunted the coastal shallows. Cod reached almost 2 metres in length, haddock nearly a metre, turbot were the size of tabletops, oysters as big as dinner plates, shoals of herring and mackerel were miles long.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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Once thought to be extinct, the night parrot is back in the news! Is it saved? | First Dog on the Moon

The Guardian - Fri, 2024-09-27 16:53

Why are so many settler Australians haunted by this almost mythical bird? Why?

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Australia may be facing another La Niña summer. We’ve found a way to predict them earlier, to help us prepare

The Conversation - Fri, 2024-09-27 14:32
Signs of this potential La Niña are emerging fairly late. But new research may help make predictions earlier. Mandy Freund, Lecturer, Climate Science Geography, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
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Advisory body urges Canada to redouble efforts to reach climate targets, adopt 2035 goal

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 13:45
A Canadian advisory body released a pair of reports Thursday with recommendations for the country to reach its 2030 climate targets and encouraged the government to adopt 2035 interim goals.
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Washington CFS adjustments to prioritise new methane reduction projects

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 12:11
The Washington Department of Ecology (ECY) wants to prioritise new methane reductions through the forthcoming Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) rulemaking, according to staff at an environmental justice webinar on Thursday.
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Sycamore Gap saplings to become symbols of hope

BBC - Fri, 2024-09-27 10:46
The National Trust is encouraging people to apply for 'Tree of Hope' descendants of the famous sycamore.
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US EPA approves additional $1 bln to aid decarbonisation of school buses, but issues remain unresolved

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 10:38
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced nearly $1 billion in funding to boost the adoption of lower carbon technologies for school buses across the country, amid recommendations from an agency watchdog to address programme eligibility issues.
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WCI Markets: WCAs run ahead of CCAs in ARB’s regulatory vacuum

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 10:37
California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices in the secondary market traded within a narrow range awaiting regulatory certainty over the week, while Washington Carbon Allowances (WCAs) jumped nearly $5, once again running ahead of WCI allowances this year.
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US-led research group pushes to incorporate ocean warming in social cost of carbon estimates

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 08:50
A group of scientists have launched an effort to adjust estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gasses (SC-GHG) to society by incorporating climate change’s impacts on ocean systems, according to a report released Tuesday.
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CWNYC24: No such thing as international offset in biodiversity credit space, international panel’s co-chair says

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 08:43
A co-chair of the influential International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) has ruled out the possibility of using biodiversity credits as an international offsetting mechanism during an event at the Climate Week NYC, in a bid to quell persistent concerns.
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CWNYC24: Growing gap between primary and secondary VCM market -panel

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 08:18
There is a growing gap between prices in voluntary carbon's primary and secondary markets, while liquidity is also moving to the former, a panel heard at Climate Week NYC.
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CWNYC24: Cautious optimism from carbon removal buyers as market hopes for “second wave” of purchases

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 08:06
Carbon removal credit suppliers’ increased ambition was met with tempered buying expectations at Climate Week NYC this week, as the market looks forward to a “second wave” of credit purchases.
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Faster battery, interconnection expansion to save EU €9 bln per year in gas costs -report

Carbon Pulse - Fri, 2024-09-27 08:01
Faster deployment of batteries and interconnectors, needed to keep pace with expected wind and solar capacity growth, would save countries €9 billion in gas costs annually from 2030, according to analysis from a clean energy think tank.
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