An out-of-control wildfire in the Australian state of Victoria forced thousands of people to flee towards the coast Tuesday. Residents of the town of Mallacoota hunkered down in their homes or headed for the relative safety of the beach when a siren sounded around 8 a.m., BBC News reported. Victoria’s state emergency commissioner Andrew Crisp […]
Typhoon Phanfone battered the Philippines on Christmas Day, killing at least 28 and uprooting tens of thousands. Authorities revised the death toll upwards on Friday from 16, and said it might rise again, AFP reported. At least 12 people are missing. “The likelihood is present that the casualty count will still increase,” national disaster agency […]
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II praised young climate change activists during her Christmas speech broadcast Wednesday. “The challenges many people face today may be different to those once faced by my generation, but I have been struck by how new generations have brought a similar sense of purpose to issues such as protecting our environment and […]
This story is a roundup of articles from The Conversation’s archives. As cold weather settles in across North America, some communities have already started up their snowplows, while others keep watchful eyes on the forecast. Snow and ice can wreck travel plans, but they also play important ecological roles. And frozen water can take amazing […]
A barge containing 600 gallons of diesel fuel sank off the Galápagos Islands Sunday, prompting fears for the island chain’s unique wildlife. The oil spill occurred off San Cristóbal Island when workers were attempting to load a shipping container onto a barge called the Orca, The New York Times reported. A video shared on social […]
Good news whale lovers! The first critically endangered North Atlantic right whale calf of the season has been spotted off the coast of Georgia, a Daytona Beach News-Journal story published by USA Today reported Wednesday. The mother and her calf were first spotted by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium‘s aerial survey teams on Monday, Dec. 16, […]
By Eoin Higgins Australia is on fire. The country on Saturday saw delayed flights on the second day of a national state of emergency due to raging brushfires near every major city and choked-out smoke conditions. Australian reporter Saffron Howden used a map from the Government of Western Australia to show how the blazes have […]
By Jennifer Weeks From climate change to omnipresent plastic waste, 2019 delivered a lot of discouraging environmental news. Several special reports this year from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change documented how global warming is altering the planet’s lands, forests, oceans and frozen regions. Another U.N. report warned that the Earth is losing species at […]
The U.S. is the wealthiest country to make an appearance on a list ranking the 10 nations with the most pollution-related deaths, The Guardian reported Wednesday. The list is part of the latest report from the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) on the global health impacts of air, water and workplace pollution. Overall, […]
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