For first time, moors must hold licence under regime aiming to reduce unlawful killing of birds of prey by gamekeepers
Wildlife campaigners are calling for even tougher policing of Scottish grouse moors on the eve of this year’s “Glorious Twelfth”, which marks the legal start of the grouse shooting season.
On Monday 12 August moors across the British uplands will echo to the sound of shotguns and estate vehicles.
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Breaking Waves: Ocean News
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08/09/2024 - 23:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 10 August 2024; doi:10.1038/s44183-024-00073-7
Ecosystem services “on the move” as a nature-based solution for financing the Global Biodiversity Framework
08/09/2024 - 19:00
Queensland Conservation Council is urging the state government to protect the endangered greater glider population as logging continues
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There is “damning evidence” of logging occurring close to endangered greater glider populations, conservationists say as they call on the Queensland government to urgently act on a promise to create a park to protect the species.
Volunteers used drones in July to film logging in St Mary state forest near Maryborough, about three km from where gliders had been seen.
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08/09/2024 - 12:58
New research has shown that glossy black-cockatoos prefer to feed from trees growing in acidic soils.
08/09/2024 - 12:58
The need for a dramatic selfie or the perfect landscape photo is proving detrimental to nature, a new research collaboration has found.
08/09/2024 - 07:00
For a writer and runner in Denver, Colorado, the city’s severe air pollution creates a daily dilemma: do something you love, or risk your health?
Outdoor runners have always had a lot of data to juggle: their pace, heart-rate, mileage, route, calories, weather and much more. Though in recent years there’s been a new, considerably more ominous data point for alfresco athletes to monitor: the Air Quality Index (AQI).
The index, which measures the level of air pollution at any given time and location, is an increasingly necessary tool for outdoor enthusiasts in the age of climate change.
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08/09/2024 - 07:00
New research shows toxic ‘forever chemicals’ gas may escape landfills and threaten the environment
Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that leach from landfills into groundwater are among the major pollution sources in the US, and remain a problem for which officials have yet to find an effective solution.
Now new research has identified another route in which PFAS may escape landfills and threaten the environment at even higher levels: the air.
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08/09/2024 - 07:00
Flea treatments for dogs, ant killer, washing-up liquid and herbicides may be partly to blame for decline in UK
Insect numbers are in freefall and most people know that pesticide use in agriculture is partly to blame.
But many domestic products including topical flea treatments for dogs, ant killer applications, washing-up liquid and herbicides can also contribute to the problem.
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08/09/2024 - 06:47
Most data stored on power-hungry servers is used once then never looked at again
When “I can has cheezburger?” became one of the first internet memes to blow our minds, it’s unlikely that anyone worried about how much energy it would use up.
But research has now found that the vast majority of data stored in the cloud is “dark data”, meaning it is used once then never visited again. That means that all the memes and jokes and films that we love to share with friends and family – from “All your base are belong to us”, through Ryan Gosling saying “Hey Girl”, to Tim Walz with a piglet – are out there somewhere, sitting in a datacentre, using up energy. By 2030, the National Grid anticipates that datacentres will account for just under 6% of the UK’s total electricity consumption, so tackling junk data is an important part of tackling the climate crisis.
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08/09/2024 - 06:00
Legal action aims to force criminal justice department to air condition prisons, where 85,000 are at risk of heat illnesses
When Jason Wilson was transferred in June to the Coffield Unit, a men’s prison in Texas, to serve his sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm, he was initially pleased by the change of scenery. He was aware that the lock-up could be challenging in summer, given its lack of air conditioning and the intense heat in the cells, but his previous institution had been depressing.
“It’s better here for sure,” he wrote in an email to an outside advocate.
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