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Emilia Krupa/Getty As the planet warms, countries around the world are racing to meet their net zero targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. To achieve this, we must collectively curb our net greenhouse gas emissions. These gases – the largest contributor being carbon dioxide (CO₂) – act as a c...

UCG/Getty Images Europe’s summer heatwave has exposed tens of millions of people to temperatures above 35°C, broken records and claimed hundreds of lives. Early climate attribution studies suggest Europe’s event would have been “virtually impossible” just 50 years ago without human-caused climate ch...

A newly discovered species raises hope that some native British habitats could be restored.

Walking around woodland trails cuts anxiety, reduces rumination and boost social connection, new research shows The post Feeling anxious? Then try going for a walk in the woods appeared first on Positive News.

Gregory Heath/CSIRO, CC BY-NC-ND During Australia’s unprecedented heatwave in late January, air temperatures reached 50°C in inland South Australia. Days of sustained heat and hot nights did real damage. A flying fox colony was all but wiped out in South Australia, while Western Australian mango gr...

A wildlife group says "everyone can get involved with protecting nature" by taking part in research.

Kevin Carter/Getty Images Months out from its projected peak, El Niño is already helping push ocean temperatures into record territory. July brought the highest global sea-surface temperatures ever recorded for that month, partly fuelled by the fast-developing climate pattern. The latest forecasts s...

Kamadie/Getty Backyard bird feeding is one of our country’s most popular pastimes. Research reveals about half of Australian households feed wild birds, with many people doing so daily. However, this practice could act as a superspreader event – where a disease infects an unusually high number of pe...

SANKA VIDANAGAMA/Contributor/Getty Images Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a long-nosed fur seal found dead at Beachport on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, about a four-hour drive...