Environment
Security warnings at UK nuclear facilities hit 12-year high as inspections fall
Exclusive: Fears over regulator’s ability to cope with planned expansion in nuclear energy
Wil Crisp
26, May, 2022 @9:47 AM
Ancient cypress in Chile may be the world’s oldest tree, new study suggests
The tree, in Chile’s Alerce Costero national park, is known as the Great-Grandfather and could be more than 5,000 years old
John Bartlett in Santiago
26, May, 2022 @9:00 AM
European fishing fleets accused of illegally netting tuna in Indian Ocean
Reports handed to EU claim vessels likely to have entered coastal states’ waters where stocks are dwindling
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
26, May, 2022 @8:56 AM
Ban on new gas connections will help transition Victoria away from fossil fuels, inquiry finds
Parliamentary committee also recommends cut-off date for sale of diesel and petrol cars
Adeshola Ore
26, May, 2022 @7:32 AM
Unexpected influx of striped hawkmoths hits southern England
Favourable winds that have swept in superstar of the moth world have also brought painted ladies
Patrick Barkham
26, May, 2022 @5:00 AM
MSC orders inquiry into shark finning on tuna vessels in the Pacific
Campaigners report incidents of the cruel practice on several certified boats, amid allegations of a flawed auditing system
Karen McVeigh
26, May, 2022 @5:00 AM
Country diary: In the dead of night, my garden comes alive
Langstone, Havant: Unbeknownst to me, a whole soap opera was carrying on – with six hedgehogs in the ‘wild corner’
Claire Stares
26, May, 2022 @4:30 AM
Amid the rubble of election defeat, are claims of a dying net zero agenda credible? | Temperature Check
Barnaby Joyce ponders ditching net zero, while Matt Canavan’s claim the climate goal is ‘a failed agenda’ globally dismissed as ‘laughably untrue’
Graham Readfearn
26, May, 2022 @12:12 AM
Click, clack and pop: sounds indicate health of coral reefs, study finds
Monitoring the planet’s ailing coral is costly and arduous. Now new research shows that scientists can do it by listening in
Sofia Quaglia
25, May, 2022 @3:35 PM
A sweet spot on the banks of the Thames | Brief letters
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Letters
25, May, 2022 @3:24 PM
Secrets of California’s skydiving salamanders revealed by researchers
Wandering salamanders live in the world’s tallest trees and wind tunnel tests show how the amphibians take their ‘leaps of faith’
Katharine Gammon
25, May, 2022 @2:51 PM
Only one bathing river spot around Oxford has bacteria within safe levels, study finds
Other seven locations popular with locals have high concentrations of harmful bacteria due to sewage and livestock
Sandra Laville
25, May, 2022 @2:29 PM
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