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The Guardian view on new forests: a vision born in the Midlands is worth imitating | Editorial

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:25:23 +0000

If a tree-planting scheme in western England can match the first national forest, people as well as wildlife will benefit

Bloom or bust? Superbloom spectacle eludes California after dry winter

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:00:22 +0000

Riot of native wildflowers that enthralled visitors in the past several years have failed to sprout due to too little rain

It’s one of the best known rites of spring in California: extraordinary displays known as “superblooms” that coat the hillsides in an abundance of color. Some years the blooms are massive enough to draw tourists from around the world to revel in the fields, such as in 2023 when more than 100,000 people showed up on a weekend to gawk at the poppies in Lake Elsinore, a small city about an hour outside Los Angeles.

Australia’s best photos of the month – March 2025

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:00:21 +0000

Cyclone Alfred drives wild seas, a seagull eclipses the moon, and our Kylie performs on a trapeze: Guardian Australia looks at some of the month’s best images

Of tinkerers and dreamers: striving to be the fastest on the salt on Lake Gairdner

Queensland premier warns worst flooding yet to come after NSW man swept away by rising waters

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 01:10:38 +0000

Man had been attempting to cross a causeway through rising flood waters that have now cut off a campsite, stranding more than 20 people

Brisbane city council blocks plans for fridge-sized community batteries due to loss of green space

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 19:00:58 +0000

Local councillor says federal Labor should not be ‘plonking giant batteries in public parks’ though no other council has refused development applications in the state

‘God knows what’s in the water’: Los Angeles surfers in limbo as wildfire toxins linger

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 15:00:55 +0000

In a city where surfing is a way of life, the wait to get back in the water has been agonizing. But new research offers a glimmer of hope

Magnificent, rare worm with its own campaign song: the giant Gippsland earthworm

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 10:18:20 +0000

This immense worm moves slowly and gracefully underground and can grow to the length of an outstretched arm

More fantastic invertebrate nominations here

The giant Gippsland earthworm already has an upbeat campaign song.

Understanding fishers’ wellbeing through participatory processes in fisheries management

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 29 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00107-8

Understanding fishers’ wellbeing through participatory processes in fisheries management

Canadian company in negotiations with Trump to mine seabed

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:10:49 +0000

Environmentalists call bid to skirt UN treaty ‘reckless’ amid fears that mining will cause irreversible loss of biodiversity

A Canadian deep-sea mining firm has revealed it has been negotiating with the Trump administration to bypass a UN treaty and potentially gain authorisation from the US to mine in international waters.

Global patterns in seed plant distribution over millions of years

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:25:39 +0000

Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research highlights the roles of environmental conditions and dispersal barriers in influencing global plant diversity.