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Demonstrators say the project backed by Donald Trump's son-in-law would harm a protected environment.

An internationally important nature reserve in Hampshire is under threat from failing flood defences.

JOY PAN/Getty When most people imagine scientists discovering new species, they probably still picture an expedition into the unknown. A naturalist travels somewhere remote, perhaps on a wooden ship, and traipses through the jungle to encounter an animal or plant never before described by science....

Daniele Levis Pelusi/Unsplash, CC BY-NC-SA Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an environmental cost. Water use is a common concern. One report estim...

Reiner Richter/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC-SA When you picture a cave, you probably think of an environment devoid of life. But for most caves on Earth, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Caves are remarkably good at supporting life. Underground air temperature and humidity levels are usually consis...

According to Nasa, the meteor released the equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT when it broke up.

MirageC/Getty Australia’s biggest industrial gas users pump out about 5% of our greenhouse gas emissions. To have any chance of reaching our emissions targets, Australia need to reduce its heavy reliance on fossil gas. But to make this possible, we need to produce supplies of green hydrogen – made...

Jill Boyle is urging people coming to north Norfolk to take their rubbish home and not leave it behind.

New life-changing inventions, a global triumph for renewables, and England’s first Dutch-style ‘cycle street’, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News.