Exotic pet trade poses rising zoonotic disease risks in India
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao·17 Sept 2026
In India, the exotic pet trade is increasing the risk of zoonotic disease spillovers, as close contact with imported wild animals creates repeated opportunities for dangerous pathogens to jump to...
Coal-fired power needed to bolster $32bn Qld data centre, Nationals MP says
ABC News Australiaby Stephen Clarke and Liz Gwynn·17 Sept 2026
In short: Nationals MP David Littleproud has called for the duplication of a 750MW coal-fired power station to underpin the energy requirements of a proposed $32bn data centre.
Access-to-nature crisis ‘on par with that of Victorian Britain’s filthy air’
World news | The Guardianby Sandra Laville·17 Sept 2026
Nearly half of all parliamentary constituencies in England have low access to nature despite a government target to ensure everyone is within a 15-minute walk from a green or blue space, new...
Punjab to deploy drones for real-time monitoring of stubble-burning incidents
New Indian Expressby Harpreet Bajwa·17 Sept 2026
CHANDIGARH: Punjab is set to deploy drones for the first time this year to monitor farm fires in real time, particularly incidents of paddy stubble burning reported during late evening hours to...
Remote waterhole live stream a window into secrets of NT desert
ABC News Australiaby Chris Murrkarany Fitzpatrick; Natalie Tencic·17 Sept 2026
In short: A continuous live stream from a remote waterhole in Watarrka National Park is giving viewers a real-time look at dingoes, wallabies, birds and other Central Australian wildlife.
US House passes bill allowing 100% tariffs on India, other countries for buying Russian oil
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17 Sept 2026
The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a legislation allowing President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and other countries that purchase Russian oil...
'The Farmers' Choir was a great lifter when the fields fell silent'
BBC Newsby Louise Cullen·17 Sept 2026
- Published When bovine TB led to the loss of his entire herd, dairy farmer Mervyn Kelso struggled with the sadness of the empty fields and the silence of the milking yard.
Scientists: Climate change was key factor in deadly Nepal-China flood
Euronewsby Jeremiah Fisayo-Bambi·17 Sept 2026
Researchers said the flood was caused by a "compound crisis" shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and geological instability.
South Africa weather report: today's most dangerous warning
The South Africanby Nicole Burger·17 Sept 2026
South Africa weather report: today’s most dangerous warning One province is facing the most severe warning level in the country today, and it’s a serious one.
Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
Channel News Asiaby CNA·17 Sept 2026
Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say Rapidly warming temperatures in the region have caused glaciers to thin and have melted ice and permafrost buried...
Nepal floods: Climate change contributed to glacier collapse, study finds
BBC Newsby Koh Ewe·17 Sept 2026
- Published A study has found that climate change had contributed to the glacier collapse that unleashed devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.
Why the story of urchin barrens and kelp forests is more complex than we thought
The Conversation Australiaby Jeremy Day, Research Affiliate in Marine Ecology, University of Newcastle; University of Tokyo·17 Sept 2026
It’s not hard to find a long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) on rocky walls and in underwater forests comprised of golden kelp (Ecklonia radiata) and crayweed (Phyllospora comosa) in...
Rare tree offspring given lifeline at Logan Botanic Gardens
BBC Newsby Molly Armstrong·17 Sept 2026
- Published The offspring of one of the world's rarest trees has been given a new home in south-west Scotland as conservationists step up efforts to save the species from extinction.
Climate change increases dengue risk in Keralam; cases may rise by 20% by 2040, says study
The Hinduby Dhinesh Kallungal·17 Sept 2026
Even as climate change is emerging as a significant driver of vector-borne diseases as it alters ecological and climatic conditions that influence mosquito proliferation and virus transmission, a...
Will BC’s Land Zoning Plan Protect More Forests? | The Tyee
The Tyeeby Ben Parfitt·17 Sept 2026
As the provincial government advances plans to carve British Columbia’s lands into zones where logging and other industrial activities are permitted or barred, a former longtime public servant says...
Why Pauline Hanson’s blunt cuts won’t work
PerthNowby Mark Riley·17 Sept 2026
MARK RILEY: Pauline Hanson’s heavy-handed migration plan could hurt jobs, growth and regional communities Making cuts to the migration system isn’t like clear felling a forest.
Displaced by typhoons, Taiwan’s Bunun Indigenous people struggle to preserve heritage
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao·17 Sept 2026
Wild grass now grows around the abandoned wooden houses of Tengjhih, a high-mountain hamlet in southern Taiwan, once a key settlement of the Bunun Indigenous people.
In Southeast Asia, residents grapple with life under Indonesia’s wildfire haze
Mongabay Globalby Yenni Kwok·17 Sept 2026
- Air quality in cities and districts across Southeast Asia has reached hazardous levels in recent weeks owing to transboundary haze from wildfires in Indonesia.
Summer Goes Out With a Heat Dome - NASA Science
NASAby Michala Garrison; NASA Earth Observatory·17 Sept 2026
While the calendar indicated that astronomical summer was winding down, a swath of the south-central United States was sweltering under a heat dome in mid-September 2026.
2025 was among driest years on record for world’s rivers, study finds
The Guardianby Sandra Laville and Carmen Aguilar García·17 Sept 2026
Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a comprehensive study of global water resources has found.
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