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Entire Earth vibrated for nine days after climate-triggered mega-tsunami

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:00:35 +0000

Landslide in Greenland caused unprecedented seismic event that shows impact of global heating, say scientists

A landslide and mega-tsunami in Greenland in September 2023, triggered by the climate crisis, caused the entire Earth to vibrate for nine days, a scientific investigation has found.

Natural History Museum plans revamp to become climate ‘catalyst for change’

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:58:03 +0000

Four galleries to be overhauled and two more spaces to reopen, including Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition

The Natural History Museum in London has announced a major programme of transformation it says will mark “a step-change from being a catalogue of natural history to a catalyst for change” in response to the climate emergency.

The scheme to renovate the museum’s celebrated Victorian building and develop a new research and storage facility will build on its aim to turn visitors into “advocates for the planet”, it said on Thursday.

Scientists hopeful antidote can help protect bumblebees from pesticides

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:29:04 +0000

Study suggests hydrogel microparticles increase survival by 30% in bumblebees exposed to lethal doses of neonicotinoids

Scientists have developed a “vaccine” for bees against pesticides – and it appears to work, according to an initial study.

Fear for koalas after bushwalker finds fire ant nests in Queensland sanctuary

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:00:28 +0000

Calls for suppression efforts to be extended after at least five nests discovered at Logan in the Daisy Hill koala bushlands

Labor’s stalled environmental agenda under pressure from left and right

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:00:26 +0000

While the Greens remain hopeful of compromise, the PM has indicated he wants a deal struck with the Coalition

Rapid intensification of Hurricane Francine is a sign of a hotter world

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:52:32 +0000

The storm’s winds increased 35mph in 24 hours – something that global heating is only making more common

Hurricane Francine may now be weakening after pummeling Louisiana but the storm’s rapid and surprise intensification into a category 2 storm is one that scientists say is only getting more common due to global heating.

Government rules out underground cabling in National Grid upgrade

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:38:06 +0000

Rollout of pylons in countryside is a cheaper, quicker way to integrate green electricity, energy adviser says

The government has ruled out burying electricity cables underground as part of its energy strategy, which will involve the unrolling of hundreds of pylons across the British countryside, Ed Miliband’s clean energy adviser has said.

Chris Stark, the former leader of the Climate Change Committee, now heads the government’s “mission control” department for decarbonising the grid by boosting renewable energy and building connections across the country.

California firefighters take advantage of cooler weather to battle three wildfires

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:18:06 +0000

Wildfires east of Los Angeles threaten tens of thousands of homes since accelerating during weekend heatwave

Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles took advantage of cooler weather as they slowly gained the upper hand, but not before dozens of homes were destroyed and thousands of people were forced to evacuate.

Burned-out firefighters are fleeing the US Forest Service amid labor disputes: ‘We are decimated’

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:00:24 +0000

As increasingly explosive fire seasons ravage the country, federal firefighters say their employer is exacerbating exhaustion by misclassifying their jobs

Firefighters are feeling the strain of another long and intense season, with months to go before the highest risks subside. But as they battle the flames, the thousands of people working for the US Forest Service (USFS), the largest federal employer of firefighters, are also fighting for changes within the agency to tackle issues they say have made the work even harder.

Grangemouth oil refinery to close by end of June, putting 500 jobs at risk

admin — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:53:22 +0000

Owners confirm site will become fuel import terminal and distribution hub, in blow to Scotland’s industrial base

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The owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery have confirmed it will shut by the end of June next year, in a blow to Scotland’s industrial base and the site’s 500 employees.