Environment

Biden admin greenlights LNG exports from Alaska project -document
April 14, 2023 12:43 PM AEST | By ReutersBy Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska LNG project,...

Study explains how primordial life survived on 'Snowball Earth'
April 05, 2023 01:05 AM AEST | By ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Life on our planet faced a stern test during the Cryogenian Period that lasted from 720 million to 635 million y...

US wants to lease public lands for conservation, Interior Dept says
March 31, 2023 06:52 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Nichola Groom (Reuters) - The Biden administration's Interior Department on Thursday proposed a new program that would allow it to offer leases of...

ConocoPhillips' Alaska Willow project approvals hit with second laws...
March 16, 2023 06:20 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Clark Mindock (Reuters) - A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoP...

Study explains mealtime for the minke whale, the ocean's littlest gi...
March 15, 2023 11:09 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the smallest of the group of baleen whales that includes the blue whale - filter-feeding behemoths of the mar...

Green groups sue Biden admin over approval of Alaska Willow oil proj...
March 15, 2023 09:26 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the Biden administration's approval of ConocoPhilli...

Oldest fossils of remarkable marine reptiles found in Arctic
March 15, 2023 03:14 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ichthyosaurs were a successful group of marine reptiles that prospered during the age of dinosaurs, some reachin...

Dwarf elephants? Giant rats? Strange island creatures at high risk
March 10, 2023 06:14 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dwarf elephant the size of a Shetland pony once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. In the West Indies,...

Plastic entering oceans could nearly triple by 2040 if left unchecke...
March 08, 2023 04:56 PM AEDT | By ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Plastics entering the world's oceans have surged by an "unprecedented" amount since 2005 and could nearly triple by 2040 if no f...

Plastic consumption on course to nearly double by 2050 - research
February 27, 2023 03:33 PM AEDT | By ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally bindi...

'Whodunit' mystery arises over trove of prehistoric Kenyan stone too...
February 10, 2023 07:22 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have a mystery on their hands after the discovery of 330 stone tools about 2.9 million years old at a...

Love of sea turtles turns Philippine poachers into protectors
February 07, 2023 11:15 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Eloisa Lopez LA UNION, Philippines (Reuters) - Armed with a wooden stick, a bucket and a headlamp, Philippine construction worker Johnny Manlugay h...

On Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winte...
February 03, 2023 02:56 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The celebrated groundhog known as Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his Pennsylvania burrow on Thursday and saw his shadow...

'I feel my eyes burn': Thailand says stay indoors as air pollution s...
February 02, 2023 11:44 PM AEDT | By ReutersBANGKOK (Reuters) - Air pollution in Bangkok and neighbouring Thai provinces spiked past safe levels on Thursday, prompting authorities to urge people...

U.S. government backs smaller version of Conoco Alaska drilling proj...
February 02, 2023 05:13 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Nichola Groom (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration said on Wednesday it would support a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips' planned...

EU to promote 'buzz lines' to help reverse decline of bees by 2030
January 25, 2023 03:52 AM AEDT | By ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - "Buzz Lines" for bees and other pollinators where they could move across Europe and find food and shelter were among measures lai...

Dead lion protest surprises passersby in front of Chile's presidenti...
January 21, 2023 09:32 AM AEDT | By ReutersSANTIAGO (Reuters) - The carcass of a lion in front Chile's presidential palace surprised passersby on Friday as zoo workers protested against a gover...

For whales, study shows gigantism is in the genes
January 20, 2023 03:06 AM AEDT | By ReutersBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The blue, fin, bowhead, gray, humpback, right and sperm whales are the largest animals alive today. In fact, the...

Florida manatees dying off at an alarming rate, experts say
January 18, 2023 10:09 PM AEDT | By ReutersBy Maria Alejandra Cardona CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida manatees, the gentle sea mammals known as "sea cows," are dying in Florida at an al...

Drone thermal imaging captures rare turtle laying eggs in Thailand
January 17, 2023 09:04 PM AEDT | By ReutersPHANG NGA, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai marine conservation officials have used thermal imaging equipment mounted on a drone to capture footage of a leat...
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