iOS 27 battery drain: What to know
Mashableby Chance Townsend15 Sept 2026
iOS 27 has started rolling out, bringing Siri AI, expanded Apple Intelligence, AI photo editing, and more customization options for Liquid Glass.
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top 23%Why Australia's most attractive renewables state is almost $1b behind
ABC News Australiaby Tim Fernandez15 Sept 2026
In 2020, the NSW Coalition government outlined a plan for a once-in-a-generation undertaking. To power Australia's most populous state with renewable energy instead of coal, regional areas would be...
MIT makes progress on campus climate goals
MIT Newsby Office of the Executive Vice President and Treasurer15 Sept 2026
In 2021, MIT set campus decarbonization goals as part of its Fast Forward climate action plan. Five years later, many of those goals have been met or are on track for completion, including efforts...
Home advantage or pastures new? High-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to the same breeding area
Phys.orgby Sabine Spehn15 Sept 2026
Home advantage or pastures new? High-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to the same breeding area Shorebirds are capable of some of the longest migrations on Earth, yet most return year after year to...
Sun showers and sheep shearing on day one of the National Ploughing Championships
TheJournal.ieby Emma Hickey15 Sept 2026
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Frost freezes crops in PNG as El Niño takes hold
ABC News Australiaby Alice Lolohea and Natasha Emeck15 Sept 2026
In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, months of dry weather are producing a seemingly unlikely threat: frost.
Firefighters recount battle with heat, smoke at Dallupura godown
The Hinduby Lavpreet Kaur15 Sept 2026
Fire tenders were sent back to a large godown in Dallupura in east Delhi on Tuesday after a residual fire and smoke were reported at the premises, two days after a major blaze broke out there.
3 Questions: Putting nuclear waste into perspective
MIT Newsby Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering15 Sept 2026
For decades, one of the major complaints about nuclear power in the United States has been the argument that, after all this time, we still have not come up with a dependable strategy for...
Right-wing leaders could rule 95% of the Amazon by 2027, experts warn
Mongabay Globalby Alexandre de Santi15 Sept 2026
- After a cycle of left-wing administrations, four out of nine Amazonian nations are currently under right-wing leadership that favors exploitation of natural resources over conservation.
The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
Mother Jonesby Rachel Santarsiero15 Sept 2026
With his characteristic deregulatory zeal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced before an audience of G20 energy ministers in oil-rich Houston, Texas, that his agency...
Say Goodbye to Fallout's Best Replacement Before it Leaves Game Pass Forever
Polygon.comby Ford James15 Sept 2026
I love the Fallout games, but as a genuine, original, one-of-a-kind British person, I've always explored the United States-based wastelands wondering what's going down across the Atlantic.
‘Big Cats’ highlights the remarkable power of photojournalism
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo15 Sept 2026
Jeff Sikich, the biologist for the National Park Service in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, thought that Steve Winter “was crazy” for wanting to capture a photograph of a mountain lion in front of the...
Report links fishmeal production to decline in key species for Guinea-Bissau communities
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb15 Sept 2026
Populations of sardinella, an important protein-rich fish, are in rapid decline in the waters off Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.
Lessons from India’s smallholder farmers
The Hinduby Marc de Sousa-Shields15 Sept 2026
The world of “development” often seems short of convincing answers. Conflict, climate stress, food insecurity, entrenched poverty, and fiscal pressure are exposing the limits of old models.
Great Salt Lake's ancient past reveals how quickly fresh water can disappear
Phys.orgby University15 Sept 2026
Great Salt Lake's ancient past reveals how quickly fresh water can disappear From a mountainside overlooking Utah's Great Salt Lake, a time traveler turning back the clock 20,000 years would watch...
Westport's new real-time flood forecasting system to help plan for evacuations
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa15 Sept 2026
A new real-time flood forecasting system will help Westport Civil Defence to plan possible evacuations a day or more in advance.
Auckland Council shuts Piha campground with reopening date uncertain
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa15 Sept 2026
Auckland Council has shut the Piha campground and when or even if it will reopen is uncertain. Fiona Anderson has managed the Piha campground for over 26 years.
Record-breaking levels of plastic found in seabirds, with almost 900 pieces found in one bird alone
Phys.orgby Natural History Museum15 Sept 2026
Record-breaking levels of plastic found in seabirds, with almost 900 pieces found in one bird alone For more than a decade, it was thought that the world's most plastic-polluted birds couldn't get...
Water shutdown to affect these parts of Durban from Wednesday
The South Africanby Sundeeka Mungroo15 Sept 2026
Water shutdown to affect these parts of Durban from Wednesday Residents in these Durban areas have been warned to prepare for possible water supply disruptions and a lengthy recovery period.
Greenhouse gas benefits of agricultural irrigation far outweigh emissions costs, study finds
Phys.orgby Jayme DeLoss15 Sept 2026
Greenhouse gas benefits of agricultural irrigation far outweigh emissions costs, study finds Irrigating U.S.