From kookaburra cackles to bonk of the banjo frog: Only one can be crowned Australia's favourite animal sound

Squawks, creaky doors, trills, bellows and a lot of grunts — our wildlife makes some bizarre and beguiling noises. But which one should get the shout-out as Australia's favourite animal sound? It's time to make a call.

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US heatwave: Scorching heat strains US air conditioning capacity

Weather experts warn of "dangerously hot conditions" over the weekend for millions of Americans.

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Time is running out on the Climate Clock

What that giant clock in NYC’s Union Square is counting down to.

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Extreme heat in Europe is becoming the new normal — prompting tourists toward cooler destinations

More tourists are thought to be prioritizing milder temperatures or off-season travel to avoid spending their time away in oppressive heat.

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‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out

As the northern hemisphere burns, experts feel deep sadness – and resentment – while dreading what lies ahead this Australian summer

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Don’t let plutocrats destroy life on Earth

Letters: Readers reflect on ways to spark action to tackle climate collapse in the face of the rich dictating the conversation and policies.

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The latest weapon against climate change is concrete

Carbon removal is a hot topic in sustainability, with many companies involved in direct air capture. But now, a Dublin company is turning surplus concrete into a low-cost, carbon removal tool via a process called 'enhanced weathering'. Silicate is the first enhanced weathering company to leverage the massive carbon removal potential of surplus concrete. This is the first time concrete has ever been used in this way.

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World's biggest permafrost crater in Russia’s Far East thaws as planet warms

Stunning drone footage has revealed details of the world's biggest permafrost crater.

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How Far Will Salmon Swim for a Craft Beer?

In Oregon, researchers hope a surprising aroma will lure stray salmon back to their home hatcheries.

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Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? It’s complicated

Despite extreme heat and weather in the US, most Americans aren’t cowering in fear. There’s a psychological reason for it

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Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.

A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.

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Decolonising Fire Science

We can expect that the science of fire should intersect with fire use by First Peoples, because an understanding of fire that enabled cultures to coexist with it for at least 65,000 years must have its roots in scientific reality. Our understanding of that relationship is, however, deeply troubled.

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US heatwave: 'Dangerous’ temperatures could set new records

Parts of the US are expected to see record temperatures on Sunday, with warnings of "dangerous" heat levels into next week across the south-west. Nearly a third of Americans - about 113 million people - are currently under heat advisories, from Florida to California and up to Washington state. The country's National Weather Service (NWS) has urged people not to underestimate the risk to life.

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Firefighters battle California wildfires amid blistering heatwave

Firefighters in southern California were battling three separate brush fires that started on Friday afternoon amid a blistering heatwave. The fires were all within 40 miles (65km) of each other in mostly rural areas across Riverside county, south-east of Los Angeles.

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'An Unstoppable Force': Wind and Solar to Produce More Than a Third of Global Power by 2030, Report Says - EcoWatch

Solar and wind projects are on course to make up more than 33% of global energy capacity by 2030, the Rocky Mountain Institute reports.

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Ancient Trilobites Had Crystal Eyes, And They're Still a Mystery

Nature has tried some pretty wild approaches to life's problems over the eons, and that's true for vision.

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The big idea: why climate tribalism only helps the deniers

From nuclear power to electric vehicles, battles between activists risk getting in the way of reducing emissions

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Canada’s Far North just saw its hottest temperature ever recorded - The Weather Network

Astonishing heat across the Far North ranks among the hottest temperatures ever recorded near Canada’s Arctic

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Solar storm on Thursday expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states

A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere. Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are most often seen in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia, but an 11-year solar cycle that's expected to peak in 2024 is making the lights visible in places farther to the south. Three months ago, the light displays were visible in Arizona, marking the third severe geomagnetic storm since the current solar cycle began in 2019.

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Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find

Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment

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The ground is deforming, and buildings aren’t ready

First study to quantify effects of subsurface climate change on civil infrastructure

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The weirdness of youtube's algorithm

So, do thousands of fundamentalists watch plate tectonics videos and then want to listen to hymns? WTF?

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Last month was the planet's hottest June on record by a huge margin

June was the hottest such month on record for the planet by a “substantial margin,” the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported Thursday.

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The Surprisingly Sinister History Behind Texass Cliff Chirping Frog

It’s named for frontier naturalist Gabriel Marnoch, who led a life of crime while discovering new species.

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Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea Nursery

The tiny baby octopuses—each about the size of a nickel—emerged from soft, membranous eggs, clutched in their mothers’ protective embrace. One by one the hatchlings gracefully unfurled their delicate tentacles and floated away into the abyss.

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Joshua trees are dying. This new legislation hopes to tackle that

The iconic spindly plants are under threat from a variety of factors, including climate change and development, and the California legislature is stepping in to help.

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The Illusion of Lab-Grown Meat: Ethical and Environmental Concerns

Lab-grown meat, hailed as a more ethical and eco-friendly alternative to factory-farmed meat, has gained recent approval for sale in the US.

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All animal intelligence was shaped by just 5 leaps in brain evolution

From jellyfish to genius, the amazing diversity of animal minds around us evolved through five major changes in the computational capacity of brains.

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Recyclers reject most plastic. This company turns it into furniture.

Packaging for lotion, toothpaste, and makeup is a recycling disaster. But ReFactory, a UK-based family business, has a complex process to give it a new life. It makes plywood-like plastic boards and turns them into furniture, planters, and more.

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Can EV Batteries Be Recycled? Its Complicated But Its Already Happening

How we'll keep all those toxic, expensive materials from going to waste.

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Canada marks worst wildfire season on record

Smoke emitting from Canadian wildfires has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and is now drifting across western Europe as Canada marks its worst wildfire season on record.

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Orca Rams Into Yacht Near Scotland Suggesting the Behavior May Be Spreading

The incident occurred roughly 2,000 miles away from the recent encounters near Spain and Portugal

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Flowers pollinated by honeybees make lower-quality seeds

Honeybees are one of the most common pollinators. But their flower-visiting habits make it harder for some plants to produce good seeds.

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A Texas Family Passed Up Millions to Turn Their Ranch Into a Nature Preserve

The conservation victory at Honey Creek relied on “the goodness of those people’s hearts,” says one environmentalist.

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Do you love reading writing or books in general? Here are five ways to get bookish this summer

There are so many ways to pursue a bookish life during the summer: cosying up in a hammock with a good book is one way, but so is getting out.

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