Egypt's deserts were once home to a diverse shark community
Phys.orgby Krystal Kasal25 Aug 2026
Egypt's deserts were once home to a diverse shark community Krystal Kasal Author During the Late Cretaceous period, parts of Egypt were covered in water.
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top 56%Pacific Fusion’s next fusion machine could clear a key hurdle to commercial power | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Tim De Chant25 Aug 2026
Pacific Fusion is one step closer to commercializing fusion power after breaking ground Tuesday on a facility in New Mexico designed to generate as much energy as it consumes.
Evacuations ordered in rural Texas as wildfire mushrooms within hours
The Independentby John Seewer25 Aug 2026
Evacuations were being ordered Tuesday in rural Texas where a wildfire has ballooned in size, burning through ranchland and forcing schools to delay or cancel classes.
EU’s deforestation rule could derail Liberia’s cocoa trade
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta25 Aug 2026
In Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county, deforestation for cocoa has soared since 2020, pushing the region’s cocoa trade into an uncertain future.
Have you spotted fallen leaves on the ground? It's because 'false autumn' may be here already
TheJournal.ieby Mairead Maguire25 Aug 2026
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NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton
Environment | The Guardianby Adam Morton25 Aug 2026
What qualifies as a win in environmental campaigning? Is it when a huge forest area that is home to a stack of threatened species, including koalas, and has been the focus of years and years of...
B.C. let CNRL delay pipeline cleanup. Spills followed | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Matt Simmons and Zak Vescera25 Aug 2026
A major Canadian oil and gas company reported dozens of incidents at its pipelines after the provincial regulator exempted thousands of its pipelines from normal clean-up timelines.
No Place on Earth Is Safe if All Hell Breaks Loose, But One Place Is Safer Than The Rest
ScienceAlertby Peter Dockrill25 Aug 2026
Sometimes it seems like there's no end to the catastrophic dangers we face as a species. Nuclear armageddon. Climate change. Pandemics. AI. Supervolcanoes. The list is a long one.
Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America during Canada trade war
Al Jazeeraby Al Jazeera Staff25 Aug 2026
United States President Donald Trump says he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America as the trade war between the US and Canada escalates.
Inspiring young herpetologists in Sri Lanka: Interview with Anslem de Silva
Mongabay Globalby Dilrukshi Handunnetti25 Aug 2026
- Anslem de Silva, Sri Lanka’s pioneering herpetologist, has spent over six decades studying reptiles and amphibians while inspiring generations of conservationists through his work.
I replaced Google Weather with an open-source clone, and I'm never going back
How-To Geekby Ismar Hrnjicevic25 Aug 2026
I've been searching for the perfect weather app for years. I've tried just about every popular option on the Play Store, and while some free weather apps are better than others, none of them quite...
A tiny drop of water is all that's needed to find threatened frogs
Phys.orgby James Cook University25 Aug 2026
A tiny drop of water is all that's needed to find threatened frogs New James Cook University research has used highly sensitive environmental DNA (e-DNA) techniques to find two species of...
Annexed Crimea Declares Regional Wildfire Emergency - The Moscow Times
The Moscow Timesby The Moscow Times25 Aug 2026
Authorities in annexed Crimea declared a regional state of emergency on Tuesday as a wildfire that began last week following a Ukrainian drone attack continued to grow in size.
Glaw Lake Became India’s 101st Ramsar Site. Ecologist Explains What That Means on the Ground
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta25 Aug 2026
In December 2024, a survey team trekked more than 16 km through the Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary to reach Glaw Lake, tucked 1,168 metres above sea level in the Eastern Himalayas.
Struggling households could get further help with energy bills
The Independentby Sophie Wingate25 Aug 2026
The Government is considering "a range of support" for vulnerable households struggling with rising costs, the Energy Secretary stated ahead of an anticipated energy price cap increase.
Mining fault lines: Bageshwar homes face growing land subsidence threat in Uttarakhand
New Indian Expressby Narendra Sethi25 Aug 2026
DEHRADUN: Soapstone mining in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district is emerging as a serious threat to homes, farmland and lives, with residents reporting land subsidence, widening cracks and damage to...
Vizag zoo’s new arrivals draw praise from Deputy Chief Minister
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau25 Aug 2026
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) congratulated the Forest Department and the staff of the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) in Visakhapatnam for a season of...
A Kidney Transplant, Ignored Advice, and a President’s Surprise Pick to Run a $160 Billion Pacific Island Mine
OCCRP25 Aug 2026
Reported by Almost 40 years after it descended into a devastating civil war, the autonomous region of Bougainville is on the cusp of achieving independence from Papua New Guinea.
Here's who's winning BIG from tourists visiting South Africa
The South Africanby Nicole Burger25 Aug 2026
Here’s who’s winning BIG from tourists visiting South Africa A shift in how international tourists travel is quietly changing where their money ends up, and it might be closer to home than you’d...
‘Not any old vermin’: rats numbers are on the rise thanks to global heating – and poison may not be the answer
Wildlife | The Guardianby Isaaq Tomkins25 Aug 2026
“The rodents have paid for every single bill I’ve ever had – every mortgage, every car payment, every pint of Guinness,” says Dr Robert Corrigan.