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Scorching the Monk Forest: Israel’s ecocide in southern Lebanon 30/12/2025
Scorching the Monk Forest: Israel’s ecocide in southern Lebanon From white phosphorus to bulldozers, the destruction of South Lebanon’s woodlands shows how war was waged against the ecosystem. ...more
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025 30/12/2025
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025 Extremes of weather have pushed nature to its limits in 2025, putting wildlife, plants and landscapes under severe pressure, an annual audit of flora and fauna has concluded. ...more
Drinking bottled water every day exposes you to up to 90,000 microplastics a year 30/12/2025
Drinking bottled water every day exposes you to up to 90,000 microplastics a year People who drink bottled water every day may be ingesting an extra 90,000 microplastic particles annually, according to a new review of scientific research by researchers from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. ...more
What does 2026 hold for the world's oceans? 30/12/2025
What does 2026 hold for the world's oceans? While 2025 saw tidal shifts in ocean governance, 2026 is the moment of reckoning, when promises to protect the most distant stretches of sea become reality. ...more
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first 30/12/2025
Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere. ...more
Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi implements AI and satellite technology to identify illegal waste dumping sites in Al Ain Region 29/12/2025
Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi implements AI and satellite technology to identify illegal waste dumping sites in Al Ain Region In a qualitative step that redefines the concept of environmental monitoring, Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi has implemented a pioneering pilot project that relies on artificial intelligence technologies and satellite imagery to monitor and identify random waste dumping sites in the emirate, to raise the efficiency of the waste management system and enhance the effectiveness of environmental monitoring. ...more
Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters 29/12/2025
Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters Cyclones and floods in south-east Asia this autumn killed more than 1,750 people and caused more than $25bn (£19bn) in damage, while the death toll from California wildfires topped 400 people, with $60bn in damage, according to research on the costliest climate-related disasters of the year. ...more
Staying at home could leave you exposed to indoor air pollution, study reveals 29/12/2025
Staying at home could leave you exposed to indoor air pollution, study reveals Secondhand tobacco smoke and routine tasks such as operating the stove shown to be biggest emitters of indoor pollution in UK homes. ...more
Sustainable aviation fuel take-up in UK unlikely to hit 2025 target, data suggests 29/12/2025
Sustainable aviation fuel take-up in UK unlikely to hit 2025 target, data suggests Provisional figures in government mandate’s first year show 20% shortfall in levels of SAF supplied for UK flights. ...more
‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps? 29/12/2025
‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps? With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more. ...more
 
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