The island is being sued by a mining company over its decision, and faces paying nine times its annual budget in damages if it loses
Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws
From the iceberg-filled bay, the mountains above the town of Narsaq, in south-west Greenland, appear unremarkable. In the September warmth, clumps of grass cling to the smooth, grey peaks shaped over centuries by an enormous ice cap that lurks behind the fjords on the horizon.
Brightly coloured homes are scattered around the shoreline below, home to a community of just over 1,300 people. Were it not for a mining outhouse on the edge of town, there would be little indication of the potential riches in the rock.
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Breaking Waves: Ocean News
03/05/2025 - 00:00
03/05/2025 - 00:00
npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 05 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00110-z
As climate change and biodiversity loss intensify, the deep seabed beckons as a source of metals for batteries. Initiating this new exploitation conflicts with international agreements to decelerate biodiversity loss through wider protections of ecosystem integrity. The poor record of terrestrial mining must not be an excuse to mine the ocean floor. Improved oversight and biodiversity protection as miners increase production on land will produce a better global biodiversity outcome.
03/04/2025 - 23:16
Scientists are studying whether the grounded A23a iceberg might help stir nutrients and make food more available for penguins and seals
The world’s biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70km (43 miles) from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife haven from being hit, a research organisation said Tuesday.
The colossal iceberg A23a – which measures roughly 3,300 sq km and weighs nearly 1tn tonnes – has been drifting north from Antarctica towards South Georgia island since 2020.
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03/04/2025 - 20:38
Researchers have uncovered a critical link between rising temperatures and declines in a species' population, shedding new light on how global warming threatens natural ecosystems. The study revealed that rising temperatures exacerbate competition within populations, ultimately leading to population crashes at higher temperatures. It offers one of the first clear experimental confirmations that rising temperatures alter the forces that control population dynamics in nature.
03/04/2025 - 19:55
More than 100 schools closed and thousands without power as Tropical Cyclone Alfred generates high winds – even before it makes landfall
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The New South Wales premier has warned that the number of homes that could be affected by Tropical Cyclone Alfred might be “akin to the 2022 natural disaster in Lismore” – but he hopes it is less.
Chris Minns on Wednesday said the State Emergency Service was speaking to vulnerable communities in the northern rivers region about whether they need to be evacuated before Alfred makes landfall – likely to be early on Friday morning.
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03/04/2025 - 17:30
Up to 20,000 homes could be flooded, with beachside and low-lying suburbs most at risk, city council flood map shows
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Queensland authorities are advising some residents to leave coastal properties in the path of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, amid warnings that a storm surge of up to 1 metre higher than typical tides could inundate communities.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said Australian Defence Force assets have been placed on standby to respond to the looming storm, which was tracking towards the heavily populated coastline between the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast.
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03/04/2025 - 16:37
Jackie and Shadow, eagles in Big Bear valley recorded on a live webcam, regain hope three years after their last chick
Bald eagles named Jackie and Shadow are in the midst of cuddling with two new members of their nest after a couple of chicks hatched between Monday night and Tuesday morning, restoring hope after ravens ate their eggs two years ago.
The pair of bald eagles at Big Bear valley in the San Bernardino national forest in California welcomed their first chick after days of anticipation. The hatching process began the day before with the first visible pip, which is a crack in the eggshell.
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03/04/2025 - 11:22
Ruling by the court, which has a Republican super majority, undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act
The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act.
The CWA is the principal law governing pollution control and water quality of the nation’s waterways.
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03/04/2025 - 10:08
Powerful thunderstorms likely to sweep through Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Severe thunderstorms are forecast to batter the southern and central United States on Tuesday, with a threat of tornadoes, damaging winds, blizzards, flash flooding and dust storms possible from the southern Plains into the lower Mississippi Valley and south-east.
Meteorologists warn that a line of powerful thunderstorms will probably sweep through Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and could include destructive tornadoes. The main threats are strong destructive gales, tornadoes and at least some areas of large hail.
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First Trump threatened to nuke hurricanes. Now he’s waging war on weather forecasters | Arwa Mahdawi
03/04/2025 - 09:54
How do you stop people worrying about the climate emergency? By sacking anyone whose job it is to keep an eye on it. Chalk up another win for Project 2025
Some politicians go whichever way the wind blows. Not, however, the US’s esteemed leader, Donald Trump. He is such a force of nature that he can dictate the direction of the wind. During his first term, he suggested “nuking hurricanes” to stop them from hitting the country. A few weeks after that, Trump seemed to think he could alter the course of Hurricane Dorian with a black marker, scribbling over an official map to change its anticipated trajectory in an incident now known as Sharpiegate. Weirdly, Dorian did not end up following Trump’s orders. Hurricanes can be uncooperative like that.
Six weeks into Trump’s second term, the president hasn’t bombed any hurricanes, but he has nuked the US’s weather-forecasting capabilities. Last week, hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, were abruptly fired.
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