The Unlikely Survival of the 1,081-Year-Old Tree That Gave Palo Alto Its Name

A redwood tree called El Palo Alto has long served as the 120-foot-tall symbol of Palo Alto, but a project to help it thrive has been delayed.

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Eat this to save the world! The most sustainable foods – from seaweed to venison

What should we be scoffing if we want to help fight the climate crisis from our kitchens? The question has never been more important or confusing – here is a guide to help you get started

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Why some of the world's biggest companies are increasingly worried about water scarcity

Major companies from across a range of sectors are increasingly concerned about the cost and availability of the world’s ultimate renewable resource: water.

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Wildebeest, bustards and bongos: Kenya begins first national census of wildlife

Count aims to provide crucial conservation data on animals including pangolins, turtles and antelope

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5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer is earliest person to die with the plague

Remains of man found in Latvia had DNA fragments and proteins of bacterium that causes plague

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The brilliance of brown lawns: why your grass shouldn’t always be greener

Watering our gardens is wasteful and mowing them a nightmare for biodiversity. So is it time to embrace long, brown grass or more radical options such as patchwork lawns?

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‘High likelihood of human civilisation coming to end’ by 2050, report finds

Human civilisation as we know it may have already entered its last decades, a worrying new report examining the likely future of our planet’s habitability warns.

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Why the Northwest's "heat dome" is so dangerous

Scorching daytime temperatures aren't the only problem.

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Arabian oryx population surges at Abu Dhabi nature reserve as conservation efforts pay off

The number of Arabian oryx in the UAE's largest nature reserve increased by more than a fifth in less than four years, a new study revealed. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi carried out an aerial survey of the 6,000-square-kilometre Al Dhafra reserve to assess the success of ongoing conservation efforts.

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Dinosaurs once flourished near the North Pole

The bones of their young suggest they were permanent residents, not migrants | Science & technology

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3 billion people could live in places as hot as the Sahara by 2070 unless we tackle climate change

For more than 6,000 years, humans have learned to live within a relatively narrow band of climatic fluctuations. As temperatures continue to rise, these human-friendly conditions could become scarce in many parts of the world.

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Hundreds of birds are appearing disoriented and then dying, and experts don't know why

Hundreds of birds across the eastern United States have been dying from a mysterious illness, and wildlife experts aren't sure what is causing it. In late May, The Washington Post reported birds in the Washington D.C. area were starting to die. Since then, six states – Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia – have reported similar instances.

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We found more than 54,000 viruses in people's poo — and 92% were previously unknown to science

You could say there are a 'crapload' of viruses in the human gut. Luckily, most of these do not attack our cells, but instead feed on bacteria.

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A Major New Index Fund Should Unnerve Climate-Skeptical CEOs

The hedge fund that staged a revolt at Exxon last month is now recruiting an army of mom-and-pop investors for future battles.

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'The worst is yet to come': Draft UN climate report warns of drastic changes over 30 years

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's climate science advisors obtained by AFP.

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Helion Energy Achieves 100 Million Degrees Celsius Fusion Fuel Temperature and Confirms 16-Month Continuous Operation of Its Fusion Generator Prototype

Helion Energy (Helion), a clean electricity company committed to creating a new era of clean energy through fusion, today became the first private company to announce exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius in their 6th fusion generator prototype, Trenta.

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Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees in the Arctic Circle

The ongoing climate crisis is not going to spare Siberia.

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High greenhouse gas emitters should pay for carbon they produce, says IMF

Companies with high greenhouse gas emissions should be subject to a carbon price of $75 a tonne of carbon dioxide, the International Monetary Fund has said, as a way of reaching the goals of the Paris climate agreement.

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Revealed: Amazon destroying millions of items of unsold stock in UK every year

Amazon destroying millions of items of unsold stock in one of its UK warehouses every year, ITV News investigation finds; ITV National News

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Ship that sunk carrying 25 tons of chemicals caused 'significant damage' to planet

Acontainer ship that caught fire while carrying hazardous chemicals off the coast of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo has caused "significant damage" to the planet by releasing the chemicals, a United Nations representative said. The Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl finally sank on Thursday a month after it caught on fire, the Associated Press reported. Due to the material it was carrying, many have raised concerns about an environmental disaster.

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Indigenous peoples, in Oregon and beyond, are decolonizing maps

Western maps, imbued with the history and power structures of colonialism, often erase Indigenous people and culture from their traditional lands. Now, Indigenous cartographers are countering that erasure by decolonizing maps, in Oregon and throughout the world.

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Wattle is an Aussie icon. So why did scientists end up in a fight over its scientific name?

The first wattles of the season are about to burst into fluffy pom-poms of resplendent gold and pale cream. But in the early 2000s, these plants were in the centre of one of the world's biggest botanical controversies.

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‘It’s brutal’: Las Vegas cooks amid blazing heatwave – and it’s going to get worse

By midnight on Wednesday, two days into a scorching heat wave to hit the US west, the air in Las Vegas had barely cooled. Throughout the day and for the days that followed, temperatures in the desert city hovered close to historic highs, peaking at 116 degrees Fahrenheit (46.6 Celsius), and setting a new record for such dangerously hot weather so early in the year. Meanwhile, dust and smoke from nearby wildfires hung in the stiff hot air, casting a brown haze over the valley.

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Tech firms use remote monitoring to help honey bees

From Ireland to Israel, companies are coming to the aid of the environmentally critical insect.

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The Record Temperatures Enveloping The West Is Not Your Average Heat Wave

It might be tempting to shrug at the scorching temperatures across large swaths of the West: This just in, it gets hot in the summer. But this record-setting heat wave's remarkable power, size and unusually early appearance is giving meteorologists and climate experts yet more cause for concern about the routinization of extreme weather in an era of climate change.

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Blunt force trauma a factor in half of Tassal's autopsied seal deaths, report shows

Tasmanian right-to-information documents have revealed the extent that salmon producers go to protect their harvest against seals, with the use of more than 75,000 seal crackers and almost 4,000 bean bag shots recorded over a three-year period by the industry.

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Experts Predict Wind Energy Costs to Drop Significantly in the Future

Technology and commercial advancements are expected to continue to drive down the cost of wind energy, according to a survey led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) of the world’s foremost wind power experts. Experts anticipate cost reductions of 17%-35% by 2035 and 37%-49% by 2050, driven by bigger and more efficient turbines, lower capital and operating costs, and other advancements. The findings are described in an article in the journal Nature Energy.

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Friday essay: how our new archaeological research investigates Dark Emu's idea of Aboriginal 'agriculture' and villages

We have found 140 quarry sites, where rock was excavated to make seed grinding stones, in the Channel Country of Central Australia. It's part of a major project testing Bruce Pascoe's hypothesis.

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A generation of seabirds was wiped out by a drone at a reserve. Now, scientists fear for their future

Eggs littered the sand, but there was no sign of life around or in them.

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Wildlife photographer captures a beautiful image of an elephant in front of a double rainbow

This beautifully timed photograph shows the moment an African elephant appears to pose for a photograph in front of a rainbow.

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Hydrogen isn't as clean as it seems

How much hydrogen, and where and how we produce and use it are important questions that need to be addressed.

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Dangerous heatwave grips US south-west as temperatures hit 120F in some areas

California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah face extreme heat, worsening drought and raising risk of wildfires

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Sea eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century

Nature bodies in Scotland have put exclusion zone in place to protect the area where the birds were seen

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Inventor of the graphite anode – key Li-ion battery tech – says he can now charge an electric car in 10 minutes

Dr Rachid Yazami shares his predictions for EV batteries with The Register

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Photos: California's Growing Drought Disaster

Two years of extremely dry weather have driven the levels of California’s reservoirs to near-record lows, and residents, farmers, and fire crews are preparing for a long, dry summer.

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Why the first river in Canada to become a legal person signals a boon for Indigenous Rights | The Narwhal

The Muteshekau Shipu (Magpie River) in Québec will enjoy new protections as Canada joins a global movement to recognize both Indigenous law and the rights of nature

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How to protect species and save the planet—at the same time

Humanity is struggling to contain two compounding crises: skyrocketing global temperatures and plummeting biodiversity. But people tend to tackle each problem on its own, for instance by deploying green energies and carbon-eating machines while roping off ecosystems to preserve them. But in a new report, 50 scientists from around the world argue that treating each crisis in isolation means missing out on two-fer solutions that resolve both. Humanity can't solve one without also solving the other.

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‘Dire situation’: Silicon Valley cracks down on water use as California drought worsens

Santa Clara county, the home of Silicon Valley, issued mandatory water restrictions this week during a severe drought that has already reached historic levels. The move was championed by analysts and researchers who have pushed for more conservation efforts across California amid concerns that the state will fall deeper into a drought disaster through the hot, dry summer and autumn.

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The Electrification of Everything: What You Need to Know

If you’ve lost power anytime recently, you’ve come face to face with one of the fundamental truths about energy today: There are a lot of things we once could do without electricity that now require it. You’ve also come face to face with one of the hottest, and most poorly understood, buzz phrases in energy—the “electrification of everything.”

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A single honeybee has cloned itself hundreds of millions of times

The workers of a South African subspecies of honeybee can clone themselves, with one individual having done so many millions of times over the past 30 years. Some of the clones can even develop into queens that can take over the hive.

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E.P.A. to Review Rules on Soot Linked to Deaths, Which Trump Declined to Tighten

The Biden administration says it will consider tougher limits on a deadly air pollutant that disproportionately affects low-income and minority communities.

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River Runner

Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the contiguous United States

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El Salvador to use energy from volcanoes for bitcoin mining

Hours after becoming the first nation to authorise bitcoin as a legal tender, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele instructed a state-owned geothermal electric company to plan to use geothermal energy from the country’s volcanoes for mining for the cryptocurrency.

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'Over the top': backlash against TikTok's bee lady not justified, say bee experts

Erika Thompson is clearly a competent beekeeper, who's educating the public about honeybees in her own way on social media.

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The island with no water: how foreign mining destroyed Banaba

The Kiribati island survived droughts due to sacred caves that captured rainfall but rampant phosphate extraction ruined this precious resource

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Mastercard is using card expiration dates as a tool to raise awareness against wildlife extinction

By the time a Wildlife Impact Card expires, so will the endangered species featured on it. Although Mastercard aims to raise awareness about the critical dangers faced by 2,000 species, what happens when consumers counter these efforts by using the same card to purchase products contributing to their extinction?

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This 1,000-foot Multi-Rotor Floating Turbine Can Power 80,000 Homes

WCS, a Norwegian Greentech company, has just unveiled its new "Wind Catcher" offshore wind turbine that could power 80,000 homes.

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MIT Engineers Have Discovered a Completely New Way of Generating Electricity

Tiny Particles Power Chemical Reactions A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment.

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24,000-year-old organisms found frozen in Siberia can still reproduce

A microscopic worm-like creature, labelled an “evolutionary scandal” by biologists for having thrived for millions of years without having sex, has now been shown to persist for at least 24,000 years in Siberian permafrost and then reproduce, researchers have found.

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A circular food system can withstand crises like COVID-19 — and provide delicious meals

There are many hard lessons learned from the pandemic; one is that our food system needs a serious reboot. Luckily, we need only look to nature’s cycles for clues on how to fix it.

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