Life

California county records sixth person bitten by rattlesnake in under a month

Strategic angle: Two fatalities reported in southern California so far, with warmer spring bringing reptiles out on trails earlier.

Cars make way for bikes as Sydney commuters saddle up to circumvent ‘crazy’ fuel costs

Strategic angle: The shock of the oil crisis is playing out on Australian streets, where bike sales are up and cycle lanes are busier Track current petrol and diesel prices across Australia Get our breaking news email, free app or daily

LIVE on April 9 | Santa Marta: fossil fuel transition in an unstable world

Strategic angle: Transitioning away from fossil fuels in an unstable world: how can Santa Marta deliver? The post <mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color">LIVE on April 9</mark> | Santa

German mayors call for night-time ban on robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs

Strategic angle: Leaders say automated mowers’ blades threaten nocturnal animals as studies highlight risks to wildlife German mayors have called for a nationwide ban on night-time use of robot lawnmowers to protect hedgehogs and other s

‘All we can do now is pray they continue’: Maasai welcome the first rains but know that drought is far from over

Strategic angle: Harsh weather is nothing new in Kenya but the country’s climate is showing clear signs of getting hotter and drier The day is hot and dry but the soil underfoot is soft. “After four months of drought, we received the fir

Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila could hit far north Queensland three weeks after Narelle tore through

Strategic angle: While path and strength of storm remain uncertain, BoM warns Cape York could again take direct hit if cyclone makes landfall.

Weather tracker: Warm March in US leaves snowpack critically low

Strategic angle: Concerns about coming wildfire risk, and temperatures also remain high on other side of Pacific where rare tropical cyclone has formed After a historically warm winter across nine states in the US, the first month of met

Teenage Shark Bite Victim Recalls Lucky Escape While Surfing

Strategic angle: Oliver Tokic-Bensley, 16, shares his harrowing experience after a shark bite in South Australia.

‘I escaped death a lot of times’: one man’s lifelong work protecting gorillas and communities in Congo

Strategic angle: As a child, Dominique Bikaba, was displaced by a new national park in the DRC. Now he is helping to secure land for wildlife and Indigenous groups against the backdrop of ongoing fighting Mist hangs low over the forested

Carbon accounting can help tackle the hidden emissions of war

Strategic angle: The climate cost of war is not hypothetical. It is measurable, material and increasingly unavoidable The post Carbon accounting can help tackle the hidden emissions of war appeared first on Climate Home News.

Briefing: Data centers are straining the grid. Can they be forced to pay for it?

Strategic angle: As backlash grows, a nationwide search is underway for solutions to the AI energy crunch.

Briefing: The Iran war is changing how millions of people cook — and what they eat

Strategic angle: Across Asia and Africa, the cooking gas shortage is emptying menus, driving people to coal and wood, and fueling a booming black market.

Country diary: Lambing season is here – how long until white-tailed eagles are overhead? | Andrea Meanwell

Strategic angle: Tebay, Cumbria: A planned reintroduction of these apex predators has got us upland farmers worried. We’re still not convinced they won’t harm our flocks The years seem to be coming around very quickly – this will be my n

Briefing: Thousands in Texas protest against border wall through national park: ‘big love for Big Bend’

Strategic angle: Rally met with bipartisan support after US border patrol revealed plans for steel wall across parts of beloved parks.

Briefing: Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?

Strategic angle: An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

Briefing: Rice’s whales predate modern humans. Now Trump could make them extinct

Strategic angle: The US has invoked national security to remove protections for the endangered cetacean, of which only about 50 are left.

Briefing: How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Strategic angle: Under outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo, the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance.

Briefing: Bilby boom: breeding trial to reintroduce species to Mallee Cliffs national park shows signs of success

Strategic angle: Fifty ‘founder’ bilbies were released in fenced breeding area in 2019 with the aim of establishing first wild population there in a century.

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