The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Country diary: A young shieldbug has found a safe place to hide – or so it hopes

Bedmond, Hertfordshire: Serge Hill Project is a haven for humans and wildlife, and there’s much to find in its collection of drought-tolerant plants

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28

‘You can taste the land’: the Somerset farmer bringing wildflowers back to cheddar

Tom Calver has sacrificed milk yields to give his cows a more varied diet of plants and believes the result is better cheese and richer farmland

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28

Silver linings in the garden’s snail trails

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Country diary: I’m virtually living in the woods now. Wildlife is everywhere

Owls, bats, badgers and countless birds are my new neighbours, but I’ve been particularly taken by a mystery tree – and its resident treecreeper

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Why a supercharged El Niño is putting Hawaii in the bullseye of more storms

Hurricane Nolo is the latest storm to menace the islands as sees warming ocean temperatures fuel more severe weather

The Guardian - US · Sep 25

EDF faces legal action over France’s continuing nuclear ties with Russia

France’s continuing reliance on Russia for part of its nuclear fuel cycle is facing a new legal challenge, with Greenpeace seeking to force French state electricity company EDF to address the environmental, health and human rights implications of its dealings with Russian state nuclear group Rosatom.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 25

‘Robust little’ vessel begins treacherous 22,000km journey around Antarctica in the name of climate science

Powered by sun and wind, the uncrewed vehicle will collect data to help Australian scientists better understand how oceans absorb emissions

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25

I saw pedestrians swear at plovers when they swooped. But I admired the birds

Many people despise these birds for violently defending their babies in nests they create in ridiculously vulnerable areas. My community, however, became devoted to them

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25

Corpus Christi Could Owe Texas $235M for Failed Desalination Plant

City leaders hope to revive the twice-rejected project to avoid returning money loaned by the state.

Texas Observer · Sep 25

Joe Harkness obituary

Writer, teacher and naturalist who explored the effects of the natural world on neurodivergency

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25