Ecology
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Southern Water Admits Guilt in Repeat Sewage Dumping Incidents
Southern Water has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of discharging untreated sewage and diesel into Kent waterways, occurring just weeks after a record-breaking £90 million fine.
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Resilient Landscapes: Armenia Reviews Progress on Green Initiative
Armenian officials and World Bank representatives met to assess the RESILAND program, focusing on forest resilience and institutional transparency.
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Saving Venice: Italy Faces Impossible Choices Amid Rising Seas
Venice confronts a future defined by radical engineering or potential relocation as climate change pushes the MOSE defense system to its absolute limits.
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Chernobyl at 40: A Legacy of Secrecy in an Age of New Conflict
Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, the world reflects on the dangers of state-controlled nuclear secrecy amidst ongoing regional security threats.
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Colombia Authorizes Cull of 80 ‘Cocaine Hippos’ After Years of Growth
Colombian officials have approved a $2 million plan to euthanize 80 feral hippos, the descendants of animals imported by Pablo Escobar, citing urgent ecological and safety risks.
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Antarctica’s Melting Ice Reveals Hidden Mineral Stakes
New research shows that Antarctic ice is melting faster than previously modeled, potentially exposing valuable mineral deposits and threatening the stability of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty.
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Michigan Dams Near Capacity Amid Heavy Rain and Flood Watches
Northern Michigan faces a critical flooding event as record rainfall pushes major dams to capacity, prompting emergency warnings and infrastructure closures.
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Super El Nino Watch: Why UK Summer Forecasts Are Shifting
A developing ‘super El Nino’ in the Pacific is triggering warnings for a potentially hotter British summer, with meteorologists closely monitoring the strength of the phenomenon.
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Gold Price Surge Fuels Toxic Expansion in Amazon Basin
Record gold prices surpassing $5,000 per ounce are driving illegal mining deeper into the Amazon, triggering a catastrophic environmental crisis fueled by mercury contamination.
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Why the RSPB is calling for an end to summer bird feeding
The RSPB has issued new guidance urging the public to stop feeding garden birds between May and October to curb the spread of fatal diseases like trichomonosis.
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ND Game and Fish Updates: Turkey Season and Bear Presence
As North Dakota opens its 2026 spring turkey season, state officials are balancing increased hunting opportunities with public safety alerts regarding black bear sightings in urban areas.
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Florida Under Flood Watch as Heavy Rain Persists
Emergency officials warn of up to 6 inches of rain in South and Central Florida as a stalled front brings heavy downpours and hazardous conditions.
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Gray Whale Deaths Spike Amid Unusual Inland Migrations
A surge in gray whale deaths in Washington state, including a juvenile found 20 miles inland, raises urgent questions about food scarcity and Pacific ecological shifts.
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Michigan Residents Face Major Flooding Amid Storm Alerts
Severe flooding in West Michigan has triggered major alerts as heavy rainfall causes river levels to rise, threatening homes and infrastructure across the region.
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Singapore Falcon Chick Death Highlights Urban Fledgling Risks
A peregrine falcon fledgling from Singapore’s only known breeding pair has been found dead, sparking concerns about the dangers facing urban-born raptors during their first flights.