Pipeline companies' major plans to supply east coast with Beetaloo gas
ABC News Australiaby George Nicoll3 Sept 2026
In short: Two companies are progressing plans to connect the Beetaloo Basin to homes and businesses in the eastern states.
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top 83%Beetle larvae trick bees into feeding and sheltering them by smelling like flowers, study finds
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta3 Sept 2026
European Black oil beetle larva lures unsuspecting bees by manufacturing smells that mimic floral scents, new research suggests.
Toxic weed Madagascar ragwort identified in Wairarapa for first time
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa3 Sept 2026
Toxic weed Madagascar ragwort identified in Wairarapa for first time The weed Madagascar ragwort has the potential to become a significant problem for pastoral farmers in New Zealand, following its...
Your house may be a haven for wildlife. It’s time we design homes with nature in mind
The Conversation Australiaby Sarah Bekessy, Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University3 Sept 2026
Ever found a bare-nosed wombat napping under your house or heard a possum thumping around in your roof? You’re not alone.
Powerful storm hits Canada’s Toronto, cutting power to tens of thousands
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff3 Sept 2026
A powerful thunderstorm has hit Canada’s largest city, Toronto, damaging buildings, closing roads and cutting power to tens of thousands of residents.
The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed | Emma Brockes
The Guardianby Emma Brockes3 Sept 2026
Are you a January resolutions or a September reset person? The latter has always felt more propitious to me, light of the exhaustion of Christmas and with the weather still on our side.
From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
World news | The Guardianby Damian Carrington Environment editor3 Sept 2026
As the first heatwave of the record-breaking summer arrived on 23 May, GB News host Cristo Foufas was not happy: “I am sick to death of the naysayers saying firstly that we’re all going to die and...
Pacific island nations seek to turn geopolitics into funding to offset climate change harm
The Independentby Charlotte Graham-McLay3 Sept 2026
When stormy seas batter Melekeok state on Palau’s biggest island, the Pacific Ocean floods right into people’s homes.
Africa’s solar boom is bigger than official statistics reveal: Ember
Down To Earthby Madhumita Paul3 Sept 2026
Africa is undergoing a major solar boom that far exceeds official statistics, according to Ember and the African Tech Futures Lab.
Concerns over power station fire on Tasmania's power network
ABC News Australiaby Josh Duggan3 Sept 2026
An overnight fire that gutted one of Tasmania's hydro power stations has raised questions about the impact it may have on the state's power network.
Tropical Storm Pilandok exits PAR; parts of Luzon still face monsoon rain
Rapplerby Acor Arceo3 Sept 2026
AT A GLANCE - Tropical Storm Pilandok (Krovanh) left the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday, September 3.
Subarnarekha river breaches banks again, 45K affected in Odisha's Balasore
New Indian Expressby Express News Service3 Sept 2026
BALASORE: Over 45,000 people in 22 gram panchayats across three blocks of Balasore were affected by floods as Subarnarekha river breached its banks again on Wednesday, prompting the district...
IIT Guwahati Finds a New Way to Remove Harmful Toxins From Water
The Better Indiaby Nishtha Kawrani3 Sept 2026
A glass of water can look clear and still contain contaminants that cannot be seen, tasted, or smelled.
When rock flows like a river
Down To Earthby Pranay Lal3 Sept 2026
On August 26, 2026, an ice-and-rock avalanche tore down the Himalayas near Mount Langtang Lirung, along the Nepal-Tibet border.
Uttar Pradesh floods claim three lives as nearly 16,800 people evacuated
National Heraldby NH Digital3 Sept 2026
Uttar Pradesh floods claim three lives as nearly 16,800 people evacuated Twenty-three districts remain affected, with rescue teams, boats and medical units deployed across vulnerable areas Nearly...
Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia - NASA Science
NASAby Lauren Dauphin; NASA Earth Observatory3 Sept 2026
If there were an apex predator among fires, tropical peatland fires would be a top contender. These fires, which burn in dried wetland soils, are slow-burning, highly polluting, and notoriously...
The place that never freezes: the Arctic habitat where global heating threatens more ice, not less
Environment | The Guardianby Words and pictures by Jimmy Thomson in Nunavut, Canada3 Sept 2026
Electric-blue meltwater sprays up under Terry Noah’s snowmobile as he races across sea ice extending out from Canada’s northernmost public community: Grise Fiord in Nunavut, a hamlet of 144 people...
Damaged staircases make it difficult to clean water tanks, say pump operators in TN's Madurai
New Indian Expressby Express News Service3 Sept 2026
MADURAI: Pump operators working in various panchayats across Madurai raised concerns over the poor condition of staircases and ladders leading to overhead water tanks (OHTs), saying the damage is...
OSDMA signs 2 MoUs for a data-driven disaster management system in Odisha
New Indian Expressby Express News Service3 Sept 2026
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) on Wednesday signed two MoUs with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and CivicDataLab to integrate and adopt a more...
Tail-end farmers demand additional water release from Amaravathi dam
New Indian Expressby P Srinivasan3 Sept 2026
TIRUPPUR: While farmers in the tail-end areas have been urging for the release of 3,000 cusecs of water from the Amaravathi Dam for drinking needs, farmers from the head-end demand that water...