300-year-old Polish beech voted Tree of the Year
2 hours ago ShareSave Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science ShareSave Marcin_Kopij The Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills, a breathtaking 300-year-old beech, has won Poland the European Tree of the Year...
View ArticleWhy are the British flooding parts of their coast?
SOMERSET, England — Steart Marshes, in southwest England, may not be the most picturesque nature reserve in the British Isles, but it is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating. Just over a decade...
View Article17 dead as Cyclone Jude wreaks havoc in East Africa
Sixteen people died in Mozambique and one in Madagascar after Cyclone Jude pivoted through the region last week, according to the latest European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations...
View ArticleDark Energy experiment challenges Einstein’s theory of Universe
7 hours ago ShareSave Pallab Ghosh ShareSave ESA The mysterious force called Dark Energy, which drives the expansion of the Universe, might be changing in a way that challenges our current...
View ArticleVolcano west of Anchorage is ‘likely’ to erupt in upcoming weeks or months
Last week, officials announced that a volcano 80 miles west of Anchorage is “likely” to erupt within the next few weeks or months. That could send ash into the air for hundreds of miles. The post...
View ArticleJury says Greenpeace owes hundreds of millions of dollars for Dakota pipeline...
Experts say the verdict has relevance for free speech issues nationwide. (Image credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)The post Jury says Greenpeace owes hundreds of millions of dollars for Dakota...
View ArticleGreenpeace ordered to pay more than $660m for defaming oil firm in protests
A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay more than $660m (£507m) in damages to an oil company for the environmental group’s role in one of the largest...
View Article‘3,000 year-old’ trees in Tanzania are new species
Botanist Andrea Bianchi and local plant experts Aloyce Mwakisoma and his brother Ruben were exploring two tiny village forest reserves in the Udzungwa mountains in 2019, when they stumbled upon some...
View ArticleColombia’s top oil company concealed environmental damages: Investigation
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A green iguana rests above the letters spelling Ecopetrol at the headquarters of Colombia’s largest company, located in the heart of Bogotá, the capital city. In 2021, this...
View ArticleJury finds Greenpeace owes hundreds of millions for Dakota Access pipeline...
A jury in North Dakota has found Greenpeace owes hundreds of millions of dollars to Energy Transfer, the company that built the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The post Jury finds Greenpeace owes hundreds...
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Why a tree-planting nonprofit in Chicago is suing the Trump administration
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. Reverend Brian Sauder had good news in January for 58...
View ArticleEcuador must improve conditions for uncontacted Indigenous communities, human...
An international court published its ruling this month that the Ecuadorian government was responsible for a long list of human rights violations against uncontacted Indigenous communities in the...
View ArticleBleak future for Karoo succulents as desert expands in South Africa
Sometimes words fall hopelessly short. This might explain the silences between the two botanists as their vehicle crunches over a gravelly Richtersveld moonscape, a desert that straddles the South...
View ArticleHow one researcher walked thousands of miles along India’s shores to conserve...
Satish Bhaskar was a curious man. From a very young age he was fascinated with the sea and the diverse marine creatures, especially turtles. When he learnt that sea turtles were being exploited in...
View ArticleWorld Water Day: 3 stories of resistance and restoration from around the globe
More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, groundwater, lakes and glaciers face continued threats of pollution and overexploitation due to...
View ArticleAn arachnid in your orchid? Ornamental plant trade risks spreading invasive...
What’s new: Your recently imported ornamental tree might have a stowaway spider or lizard hidden in its branches, a recent study warns. What’s more, these accidentally transported wildlife can turn...
View ArticleIs planting trees ‘DEI’? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting...
The Trump administration’s efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat. The post Is...
View ArticleBaby sightings spark hope for critically endangered gibbons in Vietnam
A community conservation team saw not one but two baby Cao-vit gibbons, one of the world’s rarest apes, in the remote forests of northern Vietnam in 2024, the NGO Fauna & Flora announced this...
View ArticleThree new gecko species described in Nepal: Interview with herpetologist...
As Nepal’s reptiles are one of the least studied among the country’s diverse flora and fauna, researchers have long been saying that it could be home to numerous species waiting to be discovered by...
View ArticleUncontacted Ayoreo could face health risks as Gran Chaco shrinks, experts warn
Deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, driven largely by agribusiness and infrastructure development, poses an increasing threat to the Indigenous Ayoreo people. The communities, living in isolation,...
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