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Locals on Union Island are trained to ensure a diminutive reptile does not get wiped out by poachers.

About 20% of our water supply is lost to leaks and scientists say miniature 'pipe robots' could help.

Increased plant growth due to warmer climate appears to be prompting change in eating habits

As the Arctic warms, concern for the plight of Santa’s favourite sleigh pullers is mounting. But in one small corner of the far flung north – Svalbard – Rudolph and his friends are thriving.

Warmer temperatures are boosting plant growth and giving Svalbard reindeer more time to build up fat reserves; they also appear to be shifting their diets towards “popsicle-like” grasses that poke up through the ice and snow, data suggests.

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Frodsham golf course joins growing number of sites being put to new, more community friendly use

It was once an immaculate golf course where footballers such as Michael Owen and Dietmar Hamann teed off.

These days, the only holes are those made by badgers and woodpeckers. Instead of golfers, self-sown silver birch saplings march over the greens.

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Guardian photographers travelled across the country to capture the work of nature lovers and conservationists. They came back with heritage oats, urban oases and the sadness of storm-ripped trees

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It's a year since the James Webb telescope launched, and we've marvelled at its pictures ever since.

Test your knowledge

1 From December to early February, the sound of foxes shrieking at night can be heard across the UK. What does the shriek mean?

A Vixens are telling males where to dig their dens

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Wilder Blean project aims to utilise ‘ecosystem engineers’ to naturally rewild former pine plantation

The UK’s first wild bison herd for thousands of years has been completed in time for Christmas with the release of the herd’s bull.

Three females were released into woods in Kent in July as part of the Wilder Blean project. But the bull’s arrival from Germany had been delayed by five months due to post-Brexit paperwork complexities. The herd also has a young calf, thanks to a surprise birth in September.

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Rystad Energy is seeking ambitious and motivated analyst to contribute to the development of one our core Energy Transition products – Carbon Markets solution, with the goal of further strengthening Rystad Energy’s position as a leading, independent provider of data, research and advisory services related to the transformation of the global energy system.

Now we are looking for a Policy and Advocacy Lead to who will take the non-profit advocacy work of Compensate to the next level. The role offers a great opportunity to have a major impact on the direction the voluntary carbon market takes.

In 2023 several countries will launch missions to the Moon and beyond.

Compliance players reduced their California Carbon Allowance (CCA) holdings this week as entities' V24 positions became public, while financials continued to scoop up WCI permits, according to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data published Friday.

US lawmakers on Friday passed a $1.7-trillion spending bill to fund the federal government, which among its many provisions includes establishing a programme to help rural stakeholders participate in the voluntary carbon market.

The World Bank Board of Directors on Thursday approved a $500 mln project to help Brazilian companies implement credible GHG reduction practices and access “high-quality” carbon markets.

Environmental organisations and market participants are at loggerheads over California regulator ARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) reform scenarios that may phase out credit generation from renewable natural gas (RNG), though stakeholders have largely formed a united front in wanting to beef up the stringency of the transportation sector programme, according to public comments.

Spending bill passed by Senate includes less than $1bn in climate assistance for poorer nations even though Biden promised $11.4bn

The US has risked alienating developing countries hit hardest by the climate crisis, after Congress delivered just a fraction of the money promised by Joe Biden to help poorer nations adapt to worsening storms, floods and droughts.

Biden has promised $11.4bn each year for developing countries to ease climate impacts and help them shift to renewable energy but the vast $1.7tn spending bill to keep the US government running, passed by the Senate on Thursday, includes less than $1bn in climate assistance for these countries.

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Scientists discover the glass frog's "superpower" in its ability to pool blood to turn see-through.

As the Carbon Credits and Removals Lead, you will develop and manage Google’s carbon credits program and emerging removals portfolio. You will lead a strategy for carbon credits and removals, playing a role in accelerating the realization of Google’s goal to reach Net Zero by 2030, steering multiple initiatives underway.

It may sound anti-Christmas, but we need to control these pests to protect our native ecosystems

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As Christmas approaches, the image of Rudolph’s red nose and the sound of jingling bells as Santa’s trusty team of reindeer pull his sleigh captures the imagination of Australian children. But while these reindeer bring joy to the Christmas season, there is a darker side to their Australian counterparts. Feral deer are one of the most serious emerging environmental and agricultural threats to Australia.

Deer don’t belong in the Australian bush. Unlike much of the world, where deer are native, our plants and wildlife haven’t evolved to deal with their hard hooves and voracious appetite. They overgraze and trample native grasslands, they ring-bark native shrubs and trees and they cause erosion and pollution by wallowing in wetlands and streams. They eat fruit trees, grapevines, crops and pastures and destroy fences, costing farmers tens of thousands of dollars every year. Deer browse on and kill trees planted by Landcare groups, foresters, farmers and local councils. After bushfires, feral deer eat any new growth and stop revegetation.

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