Environment

Environment

The river in question, the Pader, is the subject and setting of this year's edition, curated by Marijke Lukowicz and Sophia Trollmann: the shortest in Germany.

The destruction of Palestinian homes, schools and hospitals in Gaza generated at least 39m tonnes of concrete debris that will require at least 2.1m dump trucks.

Volunteers are tasked with identifying, measuring and recording the species and condition of park trees across all five boroughs. No experience? No problem.

James Wallace, CEO of campaign group River Action told the Independent it would be wrong to concentrate on "threatening customers with £1,000 fines for watering their gardens" as water companies are guilty of losing billions of litres daily.

The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland ruled that the Dublin Airport Authority's radio ad misled listeners by excluding flight emissions from its greenhouse gas reduction claims.

Composting has transitioned from a niche practice into a regular part of city life in the U.S., with cities like New York adopting mandatory composting.

The 725-kilowatt solar array will deliver clean electricity to about 200 Sunset Park families, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering energy bills by 20%.

The restoration will remove tons of sediment that include selenium, nickel and other toxic metals that washed out of the quarry over the years.

"We're living in a climate that we've never seen, and it keeps throwing us curveballs." - Kathie Dello, North Carolina's state climatologist.

As the sun went down over Kerrville, Texas, the water in the Guadalupe River was just four inches deep; however, by 4:03 A.M., it was nearing twenty-two feet.

"We can't understand why they would be just killing bears rather than holding people responsible," said Ann Bryant, Executive Director of the BEAR League.

In Ngwoma, the price of fuel is significantly hindering residents’ ability to travel outside the village, impacting essential activities such as visiting the doctor or going to the market.

Steve Reed expressed his outrage over the 36% rise in water bills, attributing it to 14 years of previous government failures in addressing investment in water infrastructure.

JJ4, also known as Gaia, has been relocated from Italy to Germany's Alternative Wolf and Bear Park after a fatal bear attack in Italy caused a significant public outcry.

Already popular in the South and parts of the Southwest, heat pumps are now making headway in Chicago and other subzero cities, thanks to better cold-weather technology developed in Europe and Asia.

Forever chemicals, or PFAS, are highly persistent and cannot be broken down, leading to pervasive contamination of drinking water, soil, and food globally.

The latest new thermal feature in Norris Geyser Basin-perhaps the most dynamic area in Yellowstone National Park-demonstrates the spectrum of ways in which hydrothermal features evolve. Some form during brief and violent episodes of change. Others may take shape far more gradually... that seems to have begun taking shape on Christmas 2024.

A Martin County Fire Rescue paramedic and a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer successfully rescued a large female loggerhead sea turtle trapped in rocks at House of Refuge Beach. The turtle, weighing about 300 pounds, was discovered by a local photographer who promptly notified the authorities. Together, FWC officers and firefighters lifted the turtle, enabling her safe return to the ocean unharmed. The incident emphasizes the importance of reporting injured wildlife to the appropriate authorities, as highlighted by the FWC's hotline for wildlife emergencies.

Bundit Pantarakon is located along the Sai river in Mai Sai, where the Thai Army is constructing flood control barriers along the river that marks the border between Thailand and Myanmar.

Swan uppers hold cygnets after tagging them during the annual swan upping along the Thames, which plays an important role in the conservation of mute swans.

Some districts still have recreation crews in place, though others hardly have any, and fire folks are running around trying to clean toilets.

"Everything is so dry, it's hardly rained for two years," says conservation biologist Jane Ogilvie, highlighting the severe drought impacting the Kangaroo Island assassin spider's habitat.

The lawsuit by District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson against Radius Recycling, marks a reversal after earlier dismissing criminal charges related to a toxic scrapyard fire.

The mine's owners say sourcing water directly from the sea, instead of relying on local reservoirs, could help preserve regional water resources.

No humans have lived on Mokumanamana, but it has the world's highest density of ancient Hawaiian religious sites. It sits as a boundary between what Native Hawaiians refer to as po', the darkness, and au', the light.

Around 70% of the world's internet traffic flows through Virginia. The state's data centers make possible billions of transactions, video streams, and AI queries daily.

The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers' Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as Chanel, blooms every three to five years, typically just before summer Pride events, and notably flowered on July 4 this year.

"The new optional hydrogen four-tank-module significantly extends vehicle and operational flexibility, adding 17.5 additional kilograms of onboard fuel capacity."

You'll end up with five major categories of waste once your treadmill is in pieces on the floor: metal, the running belt, the running board, electronics, and hard plastic pieces.