Week in wildlife: a fish dinner and Galápagos wonders
'The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world'
If you have a minute or two this morning, please email your MP using the template below provided by the RSPB to safeguard nature in the Government's new planning bill.
#RSPB #UKPolitics #Nature #Environment #Biodiversity
https://action.rspb.org.uk/page/159517/action/1
Experts, wood exporters try to tally trees lost during Ontario ice storm
Researchers say Southern Ontario can't afford to lose more trees, but work can be done to mitigate the effects -- which include an increased risk of flooding - in urban areas.
#environment #weather #research #Ontario #SouthernOntario #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116863/experts-wood-exporters-trees-lost-ontario-ice-storm/
Experts, wood exporters try to tally trees lost during Ontario ice storm
Researchers say Southern Ontario can't afford to lose more trees, but work can be done to mitigate the effects -- which include an increased risk of flooding - in urban areas.
#environment #weather #research #Ontario #SouthernOntario #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116863/experts-wood-exporters-trees-lost-ontario-ice-storm/
Experts, wood exporters try to tally trees lost during Ontario ice storm
Researchers say Southern Ontario can't afford to lose more trees, but work can be done to mitigate the effects -- which include an increased risk of flooding - in urban areas.
#environment #weather #research #Ontario #SouthernOntario #Economy
https://globalnews.ca/news/11116863/experts-wood-exporters-trees-lost-ontario-ice-storm/
Loch Sport locals worried by another mass fish death on pristine beach
By Tavleen Singh
Authorities are investigating why thousands of dead fish washed up on the shore of the regional Victorian town of Loch Sport. But locals are worried they will be left without an answer again.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-05/mass-fish-kill-loch-sport-beach-search-answers/105134232
Why we think this Alaska volcano might erupt
NOTE: It is just a rumour that #Trump considered renaming the volcano Mount Bone Spurr, in honour of all the patriotic #American men who, like himself, were prevented from serving in the military because of serious medial issues. He was supposedly dissuaded from this when he was told that it was likely Mount Spurr would soon become a Big-Ash pile that will expel lots of smelly gas. 
#MountSpurr - closest #ActiveVolcano to #Anchorage #Alaska #America #Volcano #VolcanicAsh #Environment #Nature #Science #ScienceNews
Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/chevron-louisiana-wetlands-damages-lawsuit #Environment #Fossilfuels #Louisiana #Pollution #Chevron #USnews
Invisible losses: Thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive—humans are the reason https://phys.org/news/2025-04-invisible-losses-thousands-species-humans.html
#Colombia: French multinational Veolia is pumping toxic pollutants from a landfill into protected wetlands, potentially endangering local communities, according to a new Global Witness investigation.
Tests of sediment samples, taken in September 2024, revealed high concentrations of heavy metals – including mercury 25 times over safe limits. A local paediatrician denounced a surge in birth defects, including babies being born with no brain and a rare skin condition known as Job, which can cause serious skin infections and scarring. https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/colombia-french-multinational-veolia-allegedly-risking-health-impacts-by-pumping-toxins-from-a-large-landfill-into-protected-wetlands-incl-companys-comments/# #Environment
Wild rodents feed on the buds, flowers and seeds of a variety of invasive weeds, thus acting as biological control agents!
https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DY7HE
This #video #footage is freely available through the #OpenScience Framework.
Additional #Documentary videos are available #FREE of charge from the same #source
Australia sweats through hottest 12 months on record: Official data https://phys.org/news/2025-04-australia-hottest-months.html
Electric-vehicle sales in Washington state are stuck in neutral and might even be going in reverse, according to data from the Washington Department of Licensing.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/electric-vehicle-sales-stall-in-washington-state
#KUOW #News #Government #Business #Environment #TrumpAndTheNorthwest #Transportation #Business
Chevron ordered to pay more than $740 million to restore Louisiana coast in landmark trial https://www.bocvip.com/818610/chevron-ordered-to-pay-more-than-740-million-to-restore-louisiana-coast-in-landmark-trial/ #environment
Research reveals that Northern Ireland is feeling strain of climate change https://phys.org/news/2025-04-reveals-northern-ireland-strain-climate.html
Instead of going to a Hands Off protest tomorrow I'm resisting consumerism & supporting our environment by donating lots of stuff to Zero Waste Tucson, a community-driven movement that aims to promote sustainable consumption & production practices. Donated items are reused/repaired/refurbished/resold/recycled, helping our circular economy.
Nettles and flowers at my father’s funeral | Brief letters https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/nettles-and-flowers-at-my-fathers-funeral #Alternativemedicine #DorothyLSayers #Lifeandstyle #Restaurants #Restaurants #DonaldTrump #Environment #Crosswords #Plants #Family #USnews #UKnews #Books
For the launch of the Bright Green Futures #solarpunk anthology (Earth Day!) each author picked a #giveaway item: @renanbernardo.com's seed-paper notebooks are so cool!
ENTER: https://lnk.to/BGFgiveaway
#hope #specLit #hopepunk #climatefiction #environment #sustainability #bookstadon @bookstodon #nature #ClimateChange #activism
Ukraine has been damaged in so many ways by the Russian attack. Veronika Romanova, Mariana Lastovyria, and Artem Moskalenko explore another for @timkmak’s Counteroffensive: The contamination of the soil by metals from mass shelling. France still has “red zones” where toxic levels remain deadly 106 years after the end of WWI, and Ukraine is likely to face the same future, whenever the conflict finishes.
https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/scars-of-war-can-ukraine-rebuild
From colorful splashes of lichen, to intricate geometric walls of barnacles, Alameda Point is teeming with dazzling natural displays. Richard Bangert shares a stunning photo essay of the flora and fauna that call this island "Home." https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/artistic-natural-landscapes-seldom-noticed-alameda-point/
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