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Poisonous gas wave may have snuffed out half of all sea life in Earth's 1st mass extinction

About 510 million years ago, a deadly combination of low oxygen and surging hydrogen sulfide may have been what decimated 45% of all ocean life.

LiveScience

Human-driven extinction of bird species twice as high as thought, study says

About 12% of birds have died out as result of human activity in past 120,000 years, say scientists

The Guardian - UK

‘Common Ground’ shows power of film to drive change, for environment’s sake

The documentary offers hope at a time when environmental degradation, the climate crisis, the extinction crisis and threats to our natural resources are making us cynical.

Chicago Sun-Times

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XR co-founder who broke window at HS2 protest given suspended sentence

Dr Gail Bradbrook found guilty of criminal damage to Department for Transport building in 2019

The Guardian - UK

Chester Zoo Welcomes Rare Parrot Chicks In Bid To Save Endangered Species

Rare parrots on the brink of extinction find hope as two chicks hatch at Chester Zoo

Zenger

Freshwater Fish Swim Into Trouble As Climate Change Increases Threat: IUCN

A quarter of freshwater fish species worldwide are at risk of extinction, according to an update to the global red list of threatened species on Monday, highlighting the escalating impacts of human-caused climate change on the planet's wildlife.

International Business Times

Quarter of world’s freshwater fish at risk of extinction, according to assessment

Global heating, pollution, overfishing and falling water levels among factors hitting populations, finds IUCN red list study

The Guardian - UK

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Flu kills hundreds of elephant seals

“If the virus reaches those populations, they are in threat of extinction," one expert told New Scientist

Salon

Afternoon Update: heatwave warnings across Australia; Coles caught raising prices on ‘locked items’; and Nick Kyrgios joins OnlyFans

Almost 20 schools closed in western parts of New South Wales as SA fire service warns of ‘unprecedented fire conditions’

The Guardian - AU

VIP passengers: the five black rhinos flown 2,700 miles on a mission to repopulate Chad

When they last tried to relocate this critically endangered species, only two females survived. Have conservationists learned enough to end a 40-year local extinction?

The Guardian - UK

As new stats show that green jobs are on the rise - we speak to two women who swapped corporate lives for sustainable careers

Pippi Durie and Amy Luck quit their city jobs to devote their lives to environmental passion projects – and urge us to follow their new pollution-free paths

Marie Claire

On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, a threat looms

The act is believed to have saved 99% of listed species from extinction, but rightwing lawmakers are chipping away at it

The Guardian - US

Going Extinct in Texas

The path to getting a species declared extinct is longer than you might think. From Fall 2023 Fellow Paula Levihn-Coon.

Texas Observer

In the Amazon, Indigenous women bring a tiny tribe back from the brink of extinction

Until recently, the Juma seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes decimated by the European invasion

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The Times of India

Indonesia: Critically Endangered Sumatran Rhino gets a new ray of hope

The Sumatran rhinoceros stands as one of the world's most critically endangered animals. With their current population standing at less than 50 individuals, the Sumatran rhino faces imminent extinction. But here comes the ray of hope, all 25 kg of it.

The Independent UK

Wolverines may soon get government protection

There are around 300 wolverines left in the wild in the US, and could face extinction due to the melting of their habitat

The Guardian - UK

Why the return of sea otters to Canada’s west coast is making waves

Hunted almost to extinction for their pelts, the voracious mammals are being reintroduced to their traditional haunts in Haida Gwaii, to the consternation of some fishing communities

Al Jazeera

US says climate change threatens wolverines with extinction

The tenacious wolverine is under threat as climate change threatens to melt away mountain habitats.

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Salon

Did climate change kill most dinosaurs?

Volcanic activity and climate change may have played a bigger role in dinosaur extinction than previously thought

The Guardian - UK

Sea urchin in Sicily at risk of extinction due to popularity as culinary delicacy

Three-year pause in fishing is the only way to prevent disappearance, researchers say

Salon

How outdoor cats cause mass extinctions

Outdoor and feral cats can seriously harm native ecosystems. Here's how to fix it

The Conversation

Moonlight basking and queer courting: new research reveals the secret lives of Australian freshwater turtles

Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much we don’t know about them.

The Conversation

Could the good news story about the ecological crisis be the collective grief we are feeling?

A summer of wildfires across Canada sat alongside news of global deforestation, rapid loss of Antarctic ice mass and Swiss glacial ice depletion. Then in mid-October, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction.

The Independent UK

Extinction Rebellion co-founder ‘plotted to ground Heathrow traffic with drones’

Roger Hallam said the aim of the September 2019 protest was to ‘close Heathrow for the foreseeable future’, the jury said.

Cycling Weekly

Extinction Rebellion protest Shell deal at British Cycling AGM

Group promises more action against governing body’s controversial Shell sponsorship

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