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Beaker Street Science Photography Prize – in pictures

admin — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

As part of the annual Beaker Street Festival, a celebration of science and art in Tasmania, finalist images in the festival’s annual science photographic competition will be on show at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from 6 August to 23 August

Fears for threatened orange roughy as NZ super trawler returns to Tasmanian waters

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:54:03 +0000

Conservationists link previous fishing trips to a population crash in stocks of extraordinary species

A hairy caterpillar: a ginger toupee, twitching cartoonishly | Helen Sullivan

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:00:05 +0000

When I was in school, for a few weeks every year, caterpillars were the most exciting thing happening

Australia news live: review recommends overhaul of road tolls across Sydney; new appeal to identify woman found dead on beach

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:48:51 +0000

Report led by Allan Fels suggests tolls could be reduced overall and made fairer by unifying the city’s paid roads under a consistent rate. Follow today’s news headlines live

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Weather update for Victoria and New South Wales: rain, floods, gusts and snow

Thousands in Houston still without power amid brutal heatwave after Beryl

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:54:16 +0000

Nearly 300,000 residents without electricity as governor gives company until end of month to address outages

Power outages persist in Houston, Texas, after Hurricane Beryl tore through the area last week leavings hundreds of thousands of residents without electricity in the middle of a brutal heatwave.

Nearly 300,000 customers have now gone almost a week without electricity and air conditioning during excessive heat where temperatures are reaching 94F (34C).

Three hikers die in Utah parks in suspected heat-related cases

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:50:52 +0000

The hikers were a father and daughter lost in Canyonlands and a woman who passed out at Snow Canyon state park

Three hikers died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands national park in triple-digit temperatures.

China’s emissions of two potent greenhouse gases rise 78% in decade

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:43:27 +0000

Figure represents 64-66% of global output of tetrafluoromethane and hexafluoroethane, MIT study finds

Emissions of two of the most potent greenhouse gases have substantially increased in China over the last decade, a study has found.

Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:00:02 +0000

Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPS

The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet.

The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity’s actions are transforming the Earth, scientists said, rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years.

Mother suing government for child’s pollution death seeks official apology

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:11:34 +0000

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah is suing three government departments over Ella’s fatal asthma attack

The mother of a nine-year-old girl who became the first person in the UK to have air pollution cited on their death certificate has said she wants an official apology for her daughter’s suffering as her high court claim against the government heads to trial.

Romania to step up cull of brown bears after hiker killed

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:04:39 +0000

MPs approve cull of 481 bears this year, up from 220 last year, to control ‘overpopulation’ of protected species

Romania’s parliament has approved the culling of almost 500 bears this year in an effort to control the “overpopulation” of the protected species after a deadly attack on a hiker sparked nationwide outcry.

The country is home to 8,000 brown bears, according to the environment ministry, Europe’s largest brown bear population outside Russia.