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UN environment chief and economist warn human wealth depends on nature’s health
The coronavirus pandemic is an “SOS signal for the human enterprise”, according to a leading economist and the United Nation’s environment chief, who warn that current economic thinking does not recognise that human wealth depends on nature’s health.
“The language of economics is failing us [and] the result is that we miss the message,” said Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta and the UN’s Inger Andersen in an article published on Friday. “Our economies, livelihoods and wellbeing all rely on nature, from the food we eat, to controlling our climate, regulating disease and providing spiritual fulfilment. Without nature, there would be no life.”
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Greenpeace report shows cattle indirectly sold to JBS, Marfrig and Minerva came from protected Serro Ricardo Franco park
Three international meat companies have indirectly sourced cattle from farms that deforested a unique, protected Amazon reserve, a new report from Greenpeace has found – and two of them later sold meat from the area to the UK.
The revelations come as the Brazil-based companies involved, JBS, Marfrig and Minerva, are under increasing pressure to come clean about their Amazon supply chains. They are now known to have broken commitments made to Greenpeace and Brazilian federal prosecutors more than a decade ago.
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Mining sites in Canada, the US and around the world have become hotspots for the spread of coronavirus, and approximately 4,000 mine workers in 18 countries have tested positive, according to a report by an international coalition of non-profit groups.
Related:Canada: minister says Covid-19 lockdown a 'great time' to build pipeline
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To mark World Environment Day, WWF has selected some snapshots of UK nature and wildlife – from land and ocean species to breathtaking plant life – in an attempt to raise awareness of the ongoing fight for our world and its vital biodiversity, the threat to which is both an urgent and existential concern.
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Sandy, Bedfordshire: The peacocks here, like their wild Indian ancestors, roost overnight in trees
A voice out of India beckoned from somewhere close to the foot of the wooded hills, a good half a mile away. That sustained, summoning shriek sounded like the shout-out of a child who has discovered that they are in a place with an echo. And, having felt the power of its reverberating, far-reaching properties, they try to repeat it over and over. In their excitement, each high-pitched yell becomes a slight variation on the original “eee-ow”.
The first time I heard this sound this early in the morning, I was approaching on the back of an elephant. A tiger safari at dawn in the forested foothills of the Himalayas taught me that peacocks roost overnight in trees, for they cried loud and long above the elephant’s ears.
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Scientists find coronavirus crisis has had little impact on overall concentration trend
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have risen strongly to a new peak this year, despite the impact of the global effects of the coronavirus crisis.
The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere reached 417.2 parts per million in May, 2.4ppm higher than the peak of 414.8ppm in 2019, according to readings from the Mauna Loa observatory in the US.
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Twenty thousand tonnes of diesel fuel spilled into a river inside the Arctic Circle forcing Vladimir Putin to order a state of emergency.
The spill occurred when a fuel reservoir at a power plant near the city of Norilsk collapsed on Friday. The plant is operated by a division of Nornickel, whose factories in the area have made the city one of the most heavily polluted places on Earth
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Campaigners and Prince of Wales urge government to prioritise low-carbon solutions to economic fallout of coronavirus
Boris Johnson and his cabinet are coming under increasing pressure to ensure the economic stimulus helps to shift the UK to a low-carbon future, as green campaign groups set out their demands and the Prince of Wales weighed in on the need for a green recovery.
The prime minister has given vague assurances that the economic recovery will be “sustainable”, but despite urging from the government’s statutory advisers, there has been little detail so far on how green measures could be used to stimulate the economy.
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People with asthma and other lung conditions report decrease in symptoms, finds survey
Two million people in the UK with respiratory conditions such as asthma have experienced reduced symptoms during the coronavirus lockdown, according to the British Lung Foundation.
A survey by the charity of 14,000 people with lung conditions found one in six had noticed improvements in their health. Among children, the figure was higher, with one in five parents saying their child’s condition had been alleviated. Asthma sufferers in particular reported benefits, with one in four noting relief.
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Risk is greater in rural areas, according to study of nearly 3 million births over 10 years
Living near active oil and gas wells during pregnancy increases the risk of low-birthweight babies, especially in rural areas, according to the largest study of its kind.
Researchers analysed the records of nearly 3 million births in California to women living within 6.2 miles (10km) of at least one oil or gas well between 2006 and 2015. It is the first such study to look at birth outcomes in rural and urban areas, and to women living near active and inactive oil and gas sites.
Continue reading...Hydroxychloroquine has become controversial but it is not a treatment for Covid, say Oxford researchers.
The estimate is based on swab tests of people living in 9,000 households in England.
Deaths due to dementia rose in the first two months of the pandemic, official figures show.
The backlog for care is putting people's lives at risk, says the British Heart Foundation.
The app will "be running as soon as we think it is robust", a government minister says.
Practices in England can reopen from Monday, but many say they will not be ready.
AstraZeneca says it could provide two billion doses of a potential vaccine, helped by backing from Bill Gates.
A 2018 MERS outbreak exercise in Scotland revealed concerns over protective gear, the BBC learns.
The British Medical Association says coverings should be compulsory wherever distancing is impossible.
At the UK-hosted summit, Boris Johnson said up to eight millions lives will be saved by the funding.
An Australia wildlife park celebrates the birth of its first baby koala since bushfires devastated the area.
As parks reopen around the country, the NPS offers up some humorous advice for staying safe.
The private space company made history Saturday with the launch of two NASA astronauts into space.
Lockdown may have given us a renewed love for all that sings and soars in the natural world.
The documentary "Back Water" redefines wilderness — and what it looks like, smells like, and feels like for the humans exploring it.
Scientists have confirmed a planet in Proxima Centauri with a lot of very Earth-like qualities.
Due to climate change, the U.S. may see record-setting heatwaves at least twice every century.
Historic agreement gives monarch butterflies and other pollinators millions of acres of new habitat along roadside rights-of-way.
Exotic pet owners are being blamed for the dangerous rise of the black-and-white tegu.
NASA is seeking volunteers to isolate with a small team for eight months in a Russian lab to better prepare future astronauts for long duration explorations.
