Germany news: Minister wants to help renters to install AC
DW Englishby Mark Hallam; Timothy Jones·19 Aug 2026
What you need to know - Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig says laws on rented accommodation could be changed to allow tenants to improve their protection against heat - Hubig also spoke out in favor...
All aboard Amtrak's sleeker, cleaner new trains
Gristby Benton Graham·19 Aug 2026
On Charlie Hamilton’s regular Amtrak rides from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, he passes some of the country’s most spectacular vistas: the Puget Sound coast and the...
US Army Corps approves a pipeline project it knows harms Indigenous lands
Gristby Vivian La·19 Aug 2026
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. The U.S.
Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels
Gristby Matt Simon·19 Aug 2026
Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in the scorching desert thanks to the Nile River, which delivered fresh water and annual dumps of nutrient-rich sediment.
Wildfires Are Yet Another Challenge for This Young Immigrant Chef | The Tyee
The Tyeeby Tyler Olsen·19 Aug 2026
It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Sunday and Armaan is in his element: standing in a kitchen, bouncing between a grill and a stove and a deep fryer, assembling a meal for hungry customers.
Review of the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park landslide
Eosby Dave Petley·19 Aug 2026
The external review of the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park landslide is extremely critical of the local authority in their approach to the management of the well-documented landslide hazard...
‘I came to the Highlands to give something back to the hills’: a volunteering trip in Scotland
Travel | The Guardianby Mike MacEacheran·19 Aug 2026
I hadn’t planned to enjoy any of this. As summer light fell on Stac Pollaidh – the summit’s teeth bared, the views stretching across the surreal emptiness of Assynt – I found myself ankle-deep in...
In drought-stricken France, tankers supply drinking water
DW Englishby Andreas Noll·19 Aug 2026
Since early August, huge silver tanker trucks have been paying a visit to the town of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in Alsace, eastern France, twice a week.
They Protect What They Once Feared: How Gandak Villagers Are Bringing Gharials Back
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta·19 Aug 2026
In the sandbanks of Bihar’s Gandak River a long-snouted reptile lies motionless on a stretch of pale sand, its jaw pointed towards the current.
Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds
Wildlife | The Guardianby Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent·19 Aug 2026
Carbon pollution has fuelled a “massive expansion” of marine heatwaves in Europe this summer, research has found, with some waters recording temperatures 6C higher than normal.
Parasite linked to ‘mushy fish’ could be much more widespread than thought
Environment + Energy - The Conversationby Jessica Tout-Lyon, Lecturer and researcher in marine molecular and microbial ecology, Charles Sturt University·19 Aug 2026
If you’re a keen angler and regularly catch yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi), you may have encountered instances of the fish’s flesh turning mushy and unpalatable once cooked.
Shrews may grow bigger snouts in winter to cope with cold air, scientists say
Wildlife | The Guardianby Nicola Davis Science correspondent·18 Aug 2026
Humans turn to heated blankets and fluffy socks to cope with winter, but long-clawed shrews have a very different adaptation: they increase the size of their snouts.
Trump’s destruction of national parks is just getting started
Salonby Troy Farah·18 Aug 2026
The Trump administration’s construction project in Big Bend National Park, which is destroying the area’s pristine environment to build more of President Donald Trump’s border wall, is temporarily...
Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq Khan
Environment | The Guardianby Sadiq Khan·18 Aug 2026
When I introduced London’s clean air zone – the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) – more than seven years ago, no city had ever attempted anything quite like it.
Arctic Report Card Will Move Ahead Without NOAA - Eos
Eosby Grace van Deelen·18 Aug 2026
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today.
Forest Service to End Protection for 45 Million Acres of Forest - Eos
Eosby Kimberly M. S. Cartier·18 Aug 2026
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law and policy changes that impact science and scientists today. The U.S.
Humpback whale entanglements are on the rise. Oregon is trying innovative 'rope-free crab traps' to help
Good Good Goodby Mia Maldonado·18 Aug 2026
Oregon fishermen will begin testing ropeless crabbing technology next spring in an effort to save whales from often-fatal entanglements.
Extreme heat is altering when, where and how we travel: new research
Environment + Energy - The Conversationby Stephen Garnett, Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University·18 Aug 2026
Before booking a holiday, it pays to check the weather. Rain can turn a joyful trip into a glum stretch of days. Soaring temperatures are making sunny summers less appealing.
This photographer left trail cameras in a remote Kenyan forest for months. He uncovered a hidden 'wildlife highway'
Good Good Goodby Kamrin Baker·18 Aug 2026
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas journeyed to southwestern Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve on a mission: To monitor and photograph the reserve’s endangered black rhino population.
Harvesting rice and crabs on one field offers farmers a climate-resilient alternative
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon·18 Aug 2026
- In Assam, women are cultivating indigenous rice varieties like Betguti and integrating freshwater crab farming to cope with erratic rainfall and prolonged dry spells, offering a climate-resilient...
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