Florida professor predicts Amazon rainforest collapse by 2064

The world's largest rainforest ecosystem, the Amazon, will collapse and largely become a dry, scrubby plain by 2064 because of climate change and deforestation, a University of Florida scientist predicts.

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A New Population of Blue Whales Was Discovered Hiding in the Indian Ocean

The whales in the group seem to sing a unique song.

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Sleepy dormice are losing their cozy tree hollows

These epic hibernators rely on old-growth forests, which are rapidly disappearing throughout Europe—but one temporary solution is helping.

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New rules to tackle ‘wild west’ of plastic waste dumped on poorer countries

International convention to stop richer countries exporting contaminated material for recycling could mean a cleaner ocean in five years

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For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too

Growing up amid wildfires and polluted air, California's young are seeing firsthand the effects of climate change. The risk they face is not only physical, but also psychological and emotional.

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Fatal skin disease in dolphins linked to climate crisis

It is the first-time ever that scientists have been able to attribute a cause to the condition, known as “freshwater skin disease”, since it first appeared 15 years ago in bottlenose dolphins

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Researchers map DNA from ice-age wolves in bid to trace origin of dogs

A dog laid to rest with care some 7,000 years ago, the now-fossilized bones adorned with a necklace of elk teeth. Near Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, the bodies of dogs were given proper burials by the humans who loved them.

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The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2020

Paleontologists uncovered a great deal about the “terrible lizards” this year

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Could Carbon Dioxide Be Turned Into Jet Fuel?

A team at Oxford University has reverse engineered fuel from the greenhouse gas—but so far just in the lab.

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Researchers find hydrogen-supported life beneath glaciers

Using years of data collected from ice-covered habitats all over the world, a Montana State University team has discovered new insights into the processes that support microbial life underneath ice sheets and glaciers, and the role those organisms play in perpetuating life through ice ages and, perhaps, in seemingly inhospitable environments on other planets.

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The rare allergy that turned me into a vegetarian

I'm one of a small number of Australians with a potentially deadly allergy to red meat. And it's all thanks to a creature as small as a grain of sand, writes Menios Constantinou.

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Ivory from a 16th century shipwreck reveals new details about African elephants

In 2008, miners off the coast of Namibia stumbled upon buried treasure: a sunken Portuguese ship known as the Bom Jesus, which went missing on its way to India in 1533. The trading ship bore a trove of gold and silver coins and other valuable materials. But to a team of archaeologists and biologists, the Bom Jesus’ most precious cargo was a haul of more than 100 elephant tusks — the largest archaeological cargo of African ivory ever discovered.

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Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene

A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.

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Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone

Scientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea

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Coalition Sues Trump Administration Over 'Outrageous Assault' on Tongass National Forest Protections

"Trump's reckless plan to clearcut old-growth trees in the Tongass will irreversibly damage our climate, kill wildlife, and devastate Southeast Alaska communities."

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Organic meat production just as bad for climate, study finds

The cost of the climate damage caused by organic meat production is just as high as that of conventionally farmed meat, according to research. The analysis estimated the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from different foods and calculated how much their prices would need to rise to cover the harm they cause by fuelling the climate emergency.

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Florida diver finds giant megalodon shark tooth at sea

A diver in the US state of Florida has found a giant prehistoric shark tooth during a weekend trip out to sea. Mike Nastasio runs Black Gold Fossil Charters out of Venice and regularly takes groups out on the water to go searching for megalodon shark teeth.

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480 bugs per bottle: Aichi miso maker creates cricket soy sauce

"The miso maker, which has seen brisk sales of its bug products, is now preparing for a second round of soy sauce production."

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China to promote overall green transformation: official

China aims to promote an overall green transformation of economic and social development as outlined in the 14th Five-Year Plan, said the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on December 22.

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Thai man revives baby elephant with CPR after motorbike accident

A baby elephant struck by a motorbike while crossing a road in Thailand survived after it was revived by an off-duty rescue worker. Mana Srivate told Reuters news agency he had performed dozens of resuscitation attempts in his career - but never before on an elephant.

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The world’s largest iceberg is headed for South Georgia Island—and its wildlife

Scientists worry the iceberg could be a “taste of things to come” as Antarctica begins to warm.

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Revealed: Nasa killed all 27 monkeys held at research center on single day in 2019

Every monkey held by Nasa was put to death on a single day last year, documents obtained by the Guardian show, in a move that has enraged animal welfare campaigners. A total of 27 primates were euthanized by administrated drugs on 2 February last year at Nasa’s Ames research center in California’s Silicon Valley, it has emerged.

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Trump Tries to Ruin the Environment as Much as Possible Before Leaving

“This is a disaster,” a San Carlos Apache tribal leader said of one drilling project the administration is pushing forward

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Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies

Microplastic particles have been revealed in the placentas of unborn babies for the first time, which the researchers said was “a matter of great concern”. The health impact of microplastics in the body is as yet unknown. But the scientists said they could carry chemicals that could cause long-term damage or upset the foetus’s developing immune system. The particles are likely to have been consumed or breathed in by the mothers.

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Biden environmental team heavy on experience, diversity

Just as the United States has needed a unified, national response to COVID-19, it needs one for dealing with climate change, President-elect Joe Biden said Saturday as he rolled out key members of his environmental team.

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A palm oil alternative could help save rainforests

Plantations for palm oil are blamed for rainforest destruction, but an artificial palm oil is close.

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Biden Unveils His Climate Team, Promising To Fight 'With The Urgency It Demands'

President-elect Joe Biden formally introduced his climate team on Saturday, saying that the people he has selected will lead his administration's "ambitious plan to address the existential threat of our time, climate change."

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Climate Change Could Force 63 Million People From Their Homes in South Asia by 2050

The growing impacts of climate change have already pushed more than 18 million people to migrate within South Asian countries, but that could more than triple in three decades if global warming continues on its current path, researchers warned on Friday.

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An enormous supervolcano may be hiding under Alaskan islands

A mysterious, previously undiscovered supervolcano may be lurking beneath Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. A new study suggests a wide crater, created when the supervolcano exploded, connects at least four existing volcanoes. It’s so big that if the supervolcano erupted during the last few thousand years, it could have disrupted civilizations around the world, says John Power, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Volcano Observatory. Power presents the findings at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union on December 7.

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Kangaroos can intentionally communicate with humans, research reveals

Animals that have never been domesticated, such as kangaroos, can intentionally communicate with humans, challenging the notion that this behavior is usually restricted to domesticated animals like dogs, horses or goats, according to a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Roehampton and the University of Sydney.

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At least 240,000 chickens killed in Florida fire

At least 240,000 chickens were killed when a fire swept through two densely packed barns in Florida owned by one of the nation’s largest distributors of shell eggs, authorities said. The fire was reported around 1am on Tuesday by farmhands at the Cal-Maine Foods facility in Dade City, Florida, Shawn Whited, operations division chief for the Pasco County Fire Rescue, said in an interview.

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Carrot the deer found in Ontario with arrow sticking out of his head

The Canadian winter can be tough for deer, as temperatures plummet and food becomes scarce. But Carrot, a whitetail buck living in northern Ontario, faces an additional challenge: he has an arrow sticking out of his head. “It’s been really tough to see,” said Lee-Anne Carver, a wildlife photographer in the city of Kenora, who named the young animal. “I’ve been photographing animals for years and there’s something special about Carrot. He’s unlike any deer I’ve ever met.”

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The batteries that could make fossil fuels obsolete

The twin smokestacks of the Moss Landing Power Plant tower over Monterey Bay. Visible for miles along this picturesque stretch of the north Californian coast, the 500-foot-tall (150m) pillars crown what was once California's largest electric power station – a behemoth natural gas-fired generator. Today, as California steadily moves to decarbonise its economy, those stacks are idle and the plant is largely mothballed.

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The President of France wants to add climate targets to the constitution

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a referendum on increasing the fight against climate change and the need for conservation in the French Constitution.

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Abandoned tanker containing 1 million barrels of oil could cause ‘devastation’ in Red Sea, scientists warn

An oil tanker which has been abandoned since 2015 is deteriorating, seeping oil and could cause an environmental catastrophe if the 1 million barrels of crude it contains becomes a more serious spillage. The vessel, called the Safer, is decaying in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah, where access is controlled by the Houthi faction.

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Green Hydrogen, The Fuel Of The Future, Set For 50-Fold Expansion

Hydrogen has been the fuel of the future for decades, always promising to deliver huge benefits in about five years’ time. Now it looks like the future has arrived as seven of the biggest green hydrogen project developers come together to launch the Green Hydrogen Catapult Initiative in a bid to increase the production of green hydrogen 50-fold in the next six years.

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A newfound feathered dinosaur sported fuzz and weird rods on its shoulders

A Brazilian dinosaur with stiffened pairs of ribbonlike feathers emerging from the shoulders is unlike any found before.

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What Did the Stone Age Sound Like?

A team of archaeologists is working to uncover whether ancient objects in South Africa were once used as sound tools to make noise or music.

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Study Finds Bees Don't Just Love Cannabis — it Can Also Help Save Their Dying Populations

Canna-bees!

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Norway launches major wind power research centre

Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, has announced an investment of $13.73 million in a new windpower research centre. The NorthWind research centre will work on innovations to make wind power cheaper, more efficient, and more sustainable. One of the centre’s main priorities will be offshore wind research.

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This mystical giraffe photo wins Nature Photographer of the Year 2020

Nature Photographer of the Year always presents us with some amazing images of the natural world around us. The contest has just announced its 2020 winners, and a mystical, fairytale-like photo of a giraffe won the first prize.

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20 new species found, and lost wildlife rediscovered, in the Bolivian Andes

Scientists have announced the discovery of 20 new species in the Bolivian Andes, as well as sightings of plants and animals not seen for decades.

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What Extremely Muscular Horses Teach Us About Climate Change

You can’t understand the history of American energy use without them. A new visual history puts them in context.

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Bacteria fight by destroying each other’s biofilms

In bacterial battles, there is more than just direct killing. Some bacteria even challenge their prey by destroying their bacterial houses. We could learn a lot from these microscopic combats for our own fights against bacterial superbugs.

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New York Power Authority’s plan for 70% renewable energy by 2030 approved

A new strategic plan putting the New York Power Authority (NYPA) on the path to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035 - five years earlier than the target set out in the US state’s policy goals - has been approved by the state public power organisation’s Board of Trustees.

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The Grasshopper Mouse Is a Killer Howling Rodent

The werewolf mouse

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The mouse took advantage of humans to spread around the world

The gray mouse took advantage of the sedentarization of the first human population, 15,000 years ago, to spread around the world., science,biology,AFP

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Apple CEO calls for stricter corporate, government climate goals at U.N. summit

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Saturday called on governments and businesses to implement stronger climate targets starting next year, during remarks at the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit. “We call on companies and governments around the world to do all we can to make 2021 the year we turn the corner for good,” Cook said, according to prepared remarks seen by Reuters.

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Greta Thunberg "happy" U.S. will rejoin Paris climate deal which celebrated its 5th anniversary on Saturday

As world leaders mark the deal without the U.S, the Swedish activist told CNN she was optimistic that a Joe Biden administration would rejoin the accord.

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They’re Among the World’s Oldest Living Things. The Climate Crisis Is Killing Them.

California’s redwoods, sequoias and Joshua trees define the American West and nature’s resilience through the ages. Wildfires this year were their deadliest test.

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