A rare painted bunting sits on a fence in Pittsfield, Vermont, US. The bird, sometimes described as a ‘flying rainbow’, normally does not fly north of the Carolinas on the east coast. It’s the sixth time a painted bunting sighting has been recorded in Vermont.
This winter’s floods caused almost £250m in damage to roads, bridges, public rights of way and drainage systems, a survey by town hall chiefs has revealed. The snapshot analysis by the Local Government Association (LGA) warns councils have been hit with a huge bill following storms Desmond and Eva and the flooding they brought. The […]
Europe’s once world-beating clean technology industry has fallen into a rapid decline, with investment in low-carbon energy last year plummeting to its lowest level in a decade. The plunge in European fortunes comes as renewable energy is burgeoning around the world, with China in particular investing heavily.
You’d think finding something as big as a school bus would be a cinch. But large whale sharks—the biggest fish in the sea—seem to have vanished from the world’s oceans, scientists say. Until a decade ago, adult whale sharks measuring an awesome 43 to 49 feet (13 to 15 meters) plied warm waters from India to Belize. Today these biggest of the big are seen only in the eastern Pacific, a new study says. Animals elsewhere average a mere 23 feet […]
Humanity is pumping climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere 10 times faster than at any point in the past 66m years, according to new research. The revelation shows the world has entered “uncharted territory” and that the consequences for life on land and in the oceans may be more severe than at any time since […]
The Australian and Tasmanian authorities are abandoning their bid to have logging permitted in the Tasmanian Wilderness, a World Heritage site. The decision comes after a report by the UN cultural agency Unesco said the area “should be off-limits to commercial logging in its entirety”. The Tasmanian Wilderness covers about a fifth of the island and […]
When it comes to illegal ivory, it’s usually elephants that make the news. In this case, it’s the narwhal. Narwhals are whales that live in Arctic waters. What distinguishes this “unicorn of the sea” is its long ivory tusk—an enlarged tooth of uncertain purpose (some scientists believe it’s a lure to attract mates, while others insist it’s a […]
Record hot spells in Australia this month blurred the line between summer and autumn in another sign of rapidly advancing global warming, a Climate Council report says.
Scientists say a worm-like fossil with mysterious origins is actually the ancestor of living fish. The 300 million-year-old animal was found at an Illinois mine in 1958 by fossil collector Francis Tully. The “Tully monster” has been a puzzle to scientists ever since, and has been likened to worms and molluscs. US researchers say the […]
২১ শে মার্চ পালিত হবে বিশ্ব বন দিবস সারা বিশ্বজুড়েই নানা কারণে প্রতিনিয়ত বনভূমি ধ্বংস করা হচ্ছে। মহামূল্যবান এই প্রাকৃতিক সম্পদের গুরুত্ব তুলে ধরতে এবং বনভূমি সংরক্ষণ সচেতনতা বাড়াতে আগামী ২১ শে মার্চ বাংলাদেশসহ পৃথিবীর বিভিন্ন দেশে একযোগে পালিত হবে বিশ্ব বন দিবস। অবারিত ফসলের মাঠ আর বৈচিত্র্যময় বনাঞ্চল মিলে সবুজ শ্যামলীমায় পূর্ণ আমাদের বাংলাদেশ। […]
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