Yahoo News Cute animals feast on Thanksgiving treats at Oregon Zoo
From playful primates to curious bears, the 26-hectare zoo, located in Portland’s Washington Park, treated its residents with seasonal snacks, delighting visitors.
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FTW OutdoorsHumpback whale’s spectacular breach is sadly revealing; photos
A humpback whale that had been thrilling boaters off Newport Beach, Ca., for several days breached for a prolonged period Sunday, revealing that the mammal is hardly free and thriving. The accompanying Instagram post by Mark Girarde
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The Burmese python problem: how 20ft predators are wreaking havoc on the Everglades
There are between 100,000 and 300,000 of these snakes in the region – and they can swallow a small deer whole. What can Florida do about this threat to biodiversity?
- FTW Outdoors
Exotic orcas ambush dolphins off San Diego in striking new footage
The owner of a San Diego whale-watching company this week shared extraordinary footage showing Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales preying on dolphins during recent visits from Mexico. The footage posted below, narrated by Domenic Biag
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Elderly couple's 'nightmare' forever home has flooded 20 times in three years
'It is like Niagara Falls every time we get moderate rain,' homeowner Patricia Clarke said.
- Eastern Daily Press
Parts of Norfolk under more than two feet of water as flood alerts issued
The A1101 Welney Wash Road has been left submerged under more than two feet of water as the Environment Agency issues two more flood alerts.
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Six rare giant catfish surface in Cambodia
Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the critical Southeast Asian waterway plagued by illegal fishing, habitat loss and plastic waste.Besides overfishing and plastic pollution, the Mekong River Basin has been degraded by upstream dams and climate change, which have had a major impact on water levels in the critically endangered catfish's aquatic home.
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Insurer refuses to pay for damaged chimney because Storm Darragh wasn't a proper storm
Dennis Iliffe was told by his insurer the winds of Storm Darragh were too slow to qualify for a claim.
- The Telegraph
Miliband to overrule local residents in wind farm building spree
Ed Miliband is to overrule local residents in a planning shake-up that will pave the way for thousands more wind turbines across Britain.
- The Telegraph
Widower told memorial tree for late wife must be dug up after council mistake
A widower has been told that a memorial tree dedicated to his late wife must be uprooted after it was mistakenly planted on protected ground.
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Single heat wave wiped out millions of Alaska's dominant seabird
The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to the impacts of climate change.- Climate winners and losers - The marine heat wave didn't just impact common murres.
- Wiltshire Times
Plans for a solar park approved for northern Wiltshire despite concern
Plans have been approved for a solar farm north west of Swindon across 12.53ha of agricultural fields.
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‘The water war’: how drought threatens survival of Sicily’s towns
Amid Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise
- The Independent
National Trust attacks Labour’s green belt housing plan
The conservation charity says Angela Rayner’s push to speed up home building could taint urban ‘oases’ of greenery
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‘Forever chemical’ found in mineral water from several European countries
Contamination thought to stem from the heavy application of pesticides containing TFA, a type of PFAS
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It's still 2024, but scientists are already confident 2025 will be in top three warmest on record
It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact. Next year's global average temperature is likely to be the third-highest on record - going back to 1850 - after 2024 in the top spot and 2023 in second place, the Met Office said today. This year is on course to be at least 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, before humans started burning fossil fuels at scale, and 2023 was 1.45C warmer.
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Dramatic Icicles Coat Trees and Lighthouse in Michigan as Temperatures Plummet
Dramatic icicles coated a pier and surrounding trees in Saint Joseph, Michigan, on Thursday, December 12, as subzero windchills continued in the region.Nathan Voytovick, of Nate’s Dronography, captured this footage showing waves slamming into the St Joseph North Pierhead Outer Lighthouse on the shore of Lake Michigan on Thursday morning.Temperatures were expected to remain frigid but increase by Thursday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Credit: Nate’s Dronography via Storyful
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Replacing council's vehicles with low emission alternatives could cost around £50m
The authority has a big challenge to reach its 'net zero' emissions target in 2030
- Grist
The Arctic just hit an unfortunate climate milestone
For thousands of years, the tundra sequestered more carbon than it emitted. Not anymore.
- The Conversation
How tiny hoverflies migrate thousands of miles
New research shows how hoverflies adapt so they can migrate extremely long distances.
- Reuters
Offshore wind in Sweden needs support, government body says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Developing offshore wind projects along Sweden's coasts is not commercially viable, a government commission tasked with reviewing and speeding up the system for authorising new wind parks said on Friday. The commission recommended Sweden should switch to an auction system for offshore wind farms, widely used in other countries, but the head of the commission said an analysis showed that would not be enough to guarantee more wind parks were constructed. "There doesn't appear to be any area around Sweden's coasts where the anticipated income is higher than the expected costs," Magnus Hermansson told reporters.