Whales need krill to survive. We want it for supplements. While krill may be small to look at, these shrimp-like crustaceans play an outsized role in the global food web. They support the diets of several whale species,... (photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ BirdEL) Popular Science Environment Photos Science |
All Octopuses Are Venomous, So How Are They Using It? Lift up an octopus's arms, and tucked away in the center you will find an octopus beak. It’s a curious feature and a well-named one, looking just like the sort of... (photo: GFDL / albert kok) IFL Science Environment Photos Science |
Surging seas are coming for us all, warns UN chief The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said that big polluters have a clear responsibility to cut emissions – or risk a worldwide... (photo: UN / Kiara Worth) Business Ghana Climate change Pacific Photos United Nations |
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets... (photo: AP / Paul White) AOL Climate change Environment Photos Science |
How deep does life go? Microbial life may be pervasive everywhere beneath Earth’s surface under conditions long thought to be inhospitable, if not fatal. DepositPhotos This article was... (photo: Creative Commons / Unsplash/ Michal Matlon) Popular Science Environment Nature Photos Science |
Musk v Australia heats up as church stabbing raids target network of allegedly radicalized teens In one camp is a tech billionaire with more than 181 million followers on his own social network. In the other, political leaders representing a country of just 26... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke, file) CNN Australia Censorship Elon Musk Photos |
Super-muscular 374-pound kangaroos once thumped around Australia and New Guinea An artist’s impression of southeastern South Australia during the Pleistocene epoch showing various plants and animals that lived there alongside Protemnodon. The almost... (photo: Creative Commons / Nobu Tamura) Popular Science Australia Environment Photos Science |
EXCLUSIVE – Azerbaijan oil and gas extraction plans are equivalent to an entire year of EU emissions The oil and gas extraction plans of the COP29 host fuel concerns that another petrostate will dampen forthcoming climate negotiations. The recent decision to allow a... (photo: Creative Commons / Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada https://www.flickr.com/people/41000732@N04) Offshore Technology Azerbaijan Climate change Oil Photos |
When is Ramadan 2024 and how is the moon sighted? The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Monday, March 11 or Tuesday, March 12, depending on the sighting of the new moon. Ramadan... (photo: Creative Commons) Al Jazeera Islam Photos Ramadan Saudi Arabia |
People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia—and it had an inland sea For much of the 65,000 years of Australia's human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf connected the Kimberley and western Arnhem Land. This vast,... (photo: Creative Commons / Steve Evans) Phys Dot Org Ancient people Australia New Zealand Photos |
Why COP28 was the first COP to truly align with climate science The inclusion of "fossil fuels" in the final cover text of the Global Stocktake made COP28 the first COP to truly align with climate science. At the closing plenary of... (photo: Creative Commons) Offshore Technology Climate change Environment Photos Science |
There is a way out of the climate crisis – but it is not through COP There have been a total of 28 United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) on the climate crisis to date, but only the last one, convened earlier this month in the United... (photo: Creative Commons / Myrabella/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Myrabella) Al Jazeera Climate change Environment Photos Technology |
Drought fears keep Australian farmer confidence near 5-year low, survey finds CANBERRA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Rainfall in some parts of Australia has helped lift confidence among Australian farmers, but their expectations for the future remain near... (photo: AP / Peter Lorimer) Reuters Agriculture Australia Photos Weather |
Iron ore benchmarks diverge as China tries to cool prices LAUNCESTON, Australia, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The two main spot prices for iron ore diverged last week, with Singapore-traded contracts gaining but China's domestic... (photo: Creative Commons / Peter Craven http://www.flickr.com/people/38623163@N07) Reuters Business Commodities Global Trading Photos |
Fossil fuels still dominate global power systems LITTLETON, Colorado, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Over 60% of global electricity generated so far in 2023 was produced by fossil fuels, despite the ongoing aggressive roll-out of... (photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ Valentin Baciu) Reuters Climate change Energy Fossil fuels Photos |
Extreme weather causing growing number of Australian hospitalizations: report CANBERRA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- The increasing severity and intensity of heatwaves is driving a rise in the number of Australians hospitalized due to extreme weather, a... (photo: Creative Commons / Kgbo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) China.dot.org Australia Extreme weather Natural disaster Photos Wikipedia: List of extreme temperatures in Australia |
China's robust imports of major commodities question weak economy view LAUNCESTON, Australia, Oct 16 (Reuters) - China's imports of major commodities remained resilient in September and paint a different picture to the market narrative... (photo: AP / Andy Wong) Reuters Business China Global Trading Photos |
An Australian referendum to create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has failed CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three leading advocates for constitutional change in Australia conceded defeat on Saturday in a referendum that would have created an... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft, File) North Shore News Anthony Albanese Australia Referendum Indigenous People Photos Wikipedia: 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum |
Iron ore buyers bet bad China property news is actually good LAUNCESTON, Australia, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Iron ore investors appear to be taking the view that bad news is actually good news, bidding up the spot price even as the... (photo: Creative Commons / CDE Global) Reuters Business China Global Trading Photos |
UK delays ban on new gasoline, diesel car sales to 2035 (Argus Media Limited) ) UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that he is pushing back a ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars by five years to 2035, saying the country is... (photo: AP / Rich Pedroncelli) Public Technologies Canada Photos Wikipedia: Gasoline gasoline uk |