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"You've heard of 'tree-huggers' protecting woodlands, We 'bog-trotters' love the wetlands."
"You've heard of 'tree-huggers' protecting woodlands, We 'bog-trotters' love the wetlands."
A new and "rare" species of giant trapdoor spider has been discovered in Australia. Researchers say the female spiders, which are typically larger than the males, can grow up to five centimetres in body length. "It's a big, beautiful species," said one of the lead researchers, Dr Michael Rix, who is the curator of arachnology at Queensland Museum.
STORY: This Egyptian startup is aiming to turn billions of plastic bags into tilesLocator: Sharqiya, EgyptTileGreen's product could reduce the amount of waste going into the Mediterranean Seaand help bring down emissionsfrom the building sectorPlastic waste is melted and compressed at a factory on the outskirts of CairoThe tiles are used for outdoor paving(Khaled Raafat, TileGreen co-founder)“So far, we have recycled more than five million plastic bags, but this is just the beginning. We aim that by 2025, we will have recycled more than five billion plastic bags. Currently, we have plans to expand in Egypt, and we have plans to expand in some Arab countries. We started working on this with our partners, real estate developers and contracting companies who tried our product and liked it very much and want to spread its usage.”Egypt is one of the worst polluters in the Mediterranean regionNearly 82,000 tons of plastic waste enter the sea each yearThat’s according to a 2020 report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature
France's top administrative court on Monday ordered the government to ban fishing in parts of the Atlantic to protect dolphins which have washed up dead in their hundreds. The move by the State Council, the highest court in government matters, comes days after an oceanographic institute reported that at least 910 dolphins had washed up on France's Atlantic coast since the start of the winter.Over a single week, more than 400 of the marine mammals were found stranded along the coast, an "unpreced
There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil.But Trindade island is the remotest place on the planet they have been found so far, she said.
An emergency hub has been set up by officials in New South Wales to monitor water quality
Sustainable design studio gomi’s ‘collection one’ speakers contain the equivalent material of 44 plastic bags
It was not so long ago that David Attenborough was ambling around the gardens at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II admiring the ancient trees.
Energy price guarantee pushes government borrowing to £16.7bn in February – highest since records began
The government wants to change the way bin collections are completed by councils from households and businesses.
The species is the most endangered of the three types of zebra.
A DOG walker has slammed fellow pooch owners who have left a trail of used canine poo bags in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
A black bear was filmed scratching its back outside of a home in Asheville, North Carolina, on Wednesday, March 15.Video recorded by Debra Howell shows the bear sliding its back up and down a tree near a road.Howell told Storyful she was cooking dinner at home when she noticed a vehicle parked outside her house, with someone looking at the bear.“I went out to see what was going on and saw the bear scratching. The car scared him and he ran, however as soon as the car left he went back to the tree and started scratching again. I luckily had my camera and recorded the whole thing.” Credit: Debra Howell via Storyful
Regulation may allow ‘hydrogen-ready’ boilers that can run on fossil fuel gas, and are unlikely ever to use hydrogen
Councillors vote to chop down trees in Coton Orchard for busway from Cambridge to Cambourne
Sadiq Khan said the row over expanding the ultra-low emissions zone had become a key battle in the fight for action on climate change.
Marilyn is part of a European breeding programme for two-toed sloths, with her offspring sent to conservation zoos across Europe
Rachel Fletcher from energy supplier Octopus appeared before MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee.
Today’s IPCC report has given a ‘final warning’ to avert global catastrophe. We call on all world leaders to urgently transition to renewables, write politicians Ralph Regenvanu and Seve Paeniu
Andrew Farnsworth, a researcher at Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology, told The New York Times more than 300 sightings have been recorded in a year.
Islanders in South Uist have overwhelmingly rejected a petition to cull all the red deer on a 93,000-acre community-owned estate.