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The common triplefin is helping marine scientists understand the negative effects of ‘skyglow’ on coastal fish, which are already more exposed to microplastics, chemicals and noise pollution. Kathleen Laura Sterup, Postgraduate in Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Abigail M Smith, Professor of Marine Science, University of Otago Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

US-based Bezos Earth Fund on Tuesday announced $100 million available in grant awards for solutions that use AI to address climate change.

A new biofuels plant in Spain will utilise industrial hydrotreating technology to reduce emissions in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and biodiesel, the companies announced Tuesday.

Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) issued to a project in Western Australia will be stapled to independently verified 'co-benefit units’ tokenised on blockchain, according to its developers.

Thermal power will continue to dominate Russia’s annual generation mix from 2024-35, according to a data and analytics company.

Some EU member states are calling upon the European Commission to put forward a policy package on sustainable carbon for the chemical industry, according to a joint statement they delivered to the commissioner in charge of climate action, Wopke Hoekstra, in Brussels on Tuesday.

A Singapore-headquartered global commodities trading house plans to deploy a Swiss firm's technology for real time measurement and reporting of GHG emissions, the companies said Monday.

The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030

Greece has become the first country in Europe to announce a ban on bottom trawling in all of its national marine parks and protected areas.

The country said will spend €780m (£666m) to protect its “diverse and unique marine ecosystems”.

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Investments in carbon capture and utilisation or storage risk squeezing margins for businesses that use the technology to extend the life of polluting assets when cheaper alternatives are available, according to a research report by Moody's.

An increasing availability of better-quality data in the carbon market is already helping companies get closer to neutrality, experts at IETA’s annual European Climate Summit in Florence said on Tuesday.

Clearer definitions for the scope, quantification, and baselines of carbon farming activities to be included under the EU’s Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) were presented by the European Commission on Tuesday.

The challenge for a resource-rich, medium-sized economy such as Australia is to identify the right green industries to focus on, while minimising the risks to taxpayers

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It’s taken a while to get here, but Anthony Albanese is on the verge of promising what some economists and most clean energy advocates have been urging Australian governments to do for years. Or at least a version of it.

The prime minister’s promised “future made in Australia” act is clumsily named, and the announcement last week had few details, but the idea – that the government will need to use its weight to help develop green industries if the country is to make a rapid transition from fossil fuels to a clean economy – has been a long time coming.

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Hybrids outsold pure electrics in the past three quarters, according to new figures, while petrol and diesel sales fell 8%

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Australians are choosing hybrid over electric vehicles, but sales of both continue to climb while internal combustion engines record a decline.

Hybrids outsold EVs in three consecutive quarters with 95,129 sales – overtaking 69,593 EVs sold, according to the Australian Automobile Association’s quarterly EV Index released on Tuesday night.

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The prospect of public pricing in the voluntary carbon market (VCM), potentially spurred by looming disclosure requirements, is provoking a range of reactions from market participants hinging on appetite for regulation, favourability toward transparency, and financial stake, experts have told Carbon Pulse.

An analysis of recent transactions under five voluntary biodiversity credit frameworks has found that prices vary massively, ranging from $7 to $41,000 per unit for a 100-year conservation period, with average rates expected to surge in the coming years.

Buyers of biodiversity credits should purchase multiple units at once to overcome the issue of some single initiatives not offering actual nature uplift, a researcher has said.

The EU and Greece will invest a combined €4.3 billion in protecting the ocean and marine biodiversity, and promoting sustainability, they announced at the 9th Our Ocean Conference in Athens.

European carbon allowance prices erased Monday's losses and resumed their upward march amid a continuation of short covering, as natural gas and power prices jumped sharply on Middle East tensions and interruptions in gas supply in both the US Gulf and North Sea.

An industry-led carbon accounting programme for financial institutions has teamed up with two of Brazil’s largest banks to promote measurement and disclosure of emissions from the Brazilian financial sector, according to an announcement Tuesday.

Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists

Read more: No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silent

Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction, international experts have warned.

As technology develops, sound has become an increasingly important way of measuring the health and biodiversity of ecosystems: our forests, soils and oceans all produce their own acoustic signatures. Scientists who use ecoacoustics to measure habitats and species say that quiet is falling across thousands of habitats, as the planet witnesses extraordinary losses in the density and variety of species. Disappearing or losing volume along with them are many familiar sounds: the morning calls of birds, rustle of mammals through undergrowth and summer hum of insects.

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