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Endangered black grouse are seen as an important ‘indicator species’ for ecosystem health (Affric Highlands/PA)
BiodiversityEnvironmentResiliency

‘Optimism’ as endangered black grouse numbers increase at UK’s rewilding sites

Black grouse, which are seen as an important indicator species for ecosystem health, have suffered UK-wide decline over recent decades.

An aerial view of the 200-foot-tall (60-meter-tall) front of the Getz Ice Shelf with cracks, in Antarctica, in this 2016 handout image. NASA/Handout via REUTERS
ClimateEnvironmentResiliencyWeather

Rocket scientists build robot probes to gauge melting beneath Antarctica ice shelf

Engineers are developing underwater robots to study how fast Antarctic ice is melting, aiming to better predict sea level rise.

An object blown by strong winds caused by Typhoon Shanshan is stranded on a power line in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, August 29, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
ClimateNewsResiliencyWeather

Japan hit by heavy rain, power outage as typhoon makes landfall

Toyota, Nissan and Honda suspend operations as Typhoon Shanshan arrives, as 230,000 households left without power.

FILE PHOTO: A pipeline of state-owned Petroecuador is pictured as Ecuador is preparing to shut down oil production in the Yasuni Amazon reserve, in Via Auca, Orellana province, Ecuador July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Toro/File Photo
BiodiversityEnvironmentNewsOilPoliticsRegulationsResiliency

Ecuador starts to shut down oil drilling on nature reserve

Ecuador begins shutting down oil wells in Yasuni reserve after voters approved a referendum to end drilling for environmental reasons.

Aura Interiano, 62, holds a coriander crop on a community farm as part of a UN's World Food Program project to combat malnutrition in a region known as the Central American Dry Corridor, in Camotan, Guatemala August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Josue Decavele
ClimateEnvironmentNewsResiliency

As drought breeds hunger in Guatemala, farming program aims to help

Drought and crop failure in Guatemala's Dry Corridor threaten food security, but international aid is helping fight malnutrition.

Bridgette Murray poses next to an air quality monitor in the Pleasantville area of Houston, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
AnalysisClimateEmissionsEnvironmentPoliticsRegulationsResiliency

Biden promised to clean up heavily polluted communities. Here is how advocates say he did

To assess Biden’s environmental justice efforts, AP spoke to 30 groups who've long fought to clean up local Superfund sites, petrochemical plants, and...

Dunwich Heath is known for its purple heather (Annapurna Mellor/ National Trust/ PA)
BiodiversityEnvironmentNewsResiliencyWeather

Signs of recovery for heathland heather after damage caused by 2022 extreme heat

Heather at Dunwich Heath is recovering but UK's National Trust warns that extreme weather still threatens this crucial habitat.

Deaths from heat could triple in Europe by 2100 under current climate policies, a study suggests (Julien Behal/PA)
ClimateEnvironmentNewsReportsResiliencyWeather

UK heat-related deaths predicted to soar by end of century with 3C of warming

The deaths could increase six-fold by 2100 if global temperatures rise by 3°C.

A stream runs through part of the Fundy Bay View Nature Reserve, near St. Martins, N.B., in an undated handout photo. The 2.3-square-kilometre picturesque coastal forest area has been purchased by The Nature Conservancy of Canada, who say it is a crucial location for migratory shorebirds to stop, feed and rest during their travels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-NCC, Andrew Herygers, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
BiodiversityEnvironmentIndigenousNewsResiliency

Nature Conservancy of Canada acquires Acadian seaside forest for new reserve in N.B.

A seaside forest in southern New Brunswick will be turned into a nature reserve, protecting vital habitat for migratory shorebirds and diverse wildlife.

Workers from the Loggerhead Marinelife Center carry Willow, a subadult loggerhead sea turtle, past a crowd of onlookers to the beach to be released back into the ocean after having been treated at the center, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Juno Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
BiodiversityEnvironmentNewsResiliency

Subadult loggerhead sea turtle returns to Atlantic Ocean in Florida after rehabilitation

Willow, a subadult loggerhead, was set free in the area behind the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, officials said.

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