The discovery of these underwater hot springs in 1977 solved the mystery of how life first began on Earth.

Our latest in the 'I discovered...' series with Robert Ballard, who also found the Titanic theguardian.com/environment/ar…

'In many cases, the only thing sustaining the farming industry is the emotional commitment of the farmers. Most of us love what we do, but that is not enough to save an industry that has been on its knees for decades.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Most bumblebee broods do not survive at temperatures above 36C. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

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World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

- Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of IPCC scientists finds

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‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair

- Survey of hundreds of IPCC experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn the climate fight must not be abandoned

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By me: ‘The failure to take a human rights based approach to the climate crisis – and the biodiversity crisis and the air pollution crisis – has absolutely been the achilles heel of those efforts for decades.’ Final interview by David Boyd SREnvironment
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NEW: Just 7 countries & the EU have fulfilled the request to make new biodiversity pledges ahead of the #COP16 nature summit

That leaves 188 countries that are yet to do so – & the deadline is October!

Carbon Brief are tracking all pledges ahead of COP16
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EU’s nature restoration law will only work if it is enacted in partnership with farmers, leading scientists say Patrick Greenfield theguardian.com/environment/20…

Nature destruction will cause bigger economic slump in UK than 2008 crisis, experts warn theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘The dawn chorus is so loud, we have to shut the doors’

How New Zealand’s capital has been transformed by the sound of native birds theguardian.com/environment/20…

The original sound of the underground 🎵🪱

The latest in our soundscape series, listening to the strange world under our feet theguardian.com/environment/20…

World Curlew Day is April 21st - a good time to remember that in Ireland 🇮🇪 there are fewer than 100 pairs left across the whole country. Yep, that's right - under 100 pairs. We put people on the moon, we have AI, but we can't live alongside wild and beautiful birds.
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Doing ecological studies during a biodiversity crisis is difficult. In 2002 I began studying Marsh Tits in an ancient woodland to see how a functioning population worked. After 10 yrs I realised I was now documenting their slide towards local extinction:

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A sad story about how one man - who has been monitoring a population of marsh tits for 22 generations - is watching them go extinct Richard Broughton 🇺🇦

Like all our soundscape pieces this week, it points to a much bigger story happening all over our planet theguardian.com/environment/20…

Great piece by Phoebe Weston on Marsh Tits, with Richard Broughton 🇺🇦. We publish Richard's book The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit in February 2025.

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Podcast - I visit Monks Wood w/ Richard Broughton 🇺🇦 to learn about a disappearing population of marsh tits.

It's a small story of loss that is being repeated around the world Madeleine Finlay Ellie Bury theguardian.com/science/audio/…

Sounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action, experts warn theguardian.com/environment/20…

As natural sounds disappeared over the past 30 years, one man was listening and recording it all.

This is the story of a silent spring in one Californian park & how we got there theguardian.com/environment/20…

What does it sound & feel like when your study population heads for extinction? A pleasure to host Phoebe Weston at Monks Wood to listen for Marsh Tits.
Also in podcast a chilling piece on changing soundscape in USA.
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@_bto NE West Anglia Team UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology #ornithology

'no birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings' - beautiful piece from Phoebe Weston on how silence fell in a haven for nature. this story is playing out in so many places - start of a new series we're running on the world's radically changing soundscapes theguardian.com/environment/20…