Large numbers of dolphins returned to Hong Kong waters within weeks of the Covid-19 crisis shutting…
Month: September 2020
Farm animals and pandemics: nine diseases that changed the world
“Pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human,” writes biologist…
Drought, plague, fire: the apocalypse feels nigh. Yet we have tools to stop it | Art Cullen
As the west coast burns into an orange hellscape you have to wonder if those preaching…
Frustrated lawmakers draft their own pandemic aid package
One of the biggest sticking points between the two parties has been Congress’ now-expired unemployment aid…
Young climate activists start own climate talks after Cop26 delay
Young climate activists have begun a parallel process to the UN climate crisis talks, in frustration…
‘I don’t think science knows’: Trump denies climate change link to wildfires – video
Play Video 0:56 The US president is urged to recognise the changing climate and what it…
Road congestion levels in outer London higher than before lockdown
Road traffic congestion in outer London is now far higher than it was last year as…
Facebook and Google announce plans to become carbon neutral
Facebook and Google are becoming carbon neutral businesses, joining competitors Apple and Microsoft in committing to…
Scott Morrison’s power plan is nothing but a gas-fuelled calamity | Katharine Murphy
It really is remarkable, to have lived through the bushfire season at the start of this…
Country diary: appreciating the minutiae of a lizard’s life
The perimeter to the old reservoir at Lightwood is outlined by a semi-circular wooden fence and…