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Biodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness
When Joe Harkness received a message from a friend about macerating moth abdomens to check their genitalia to identify the species, it sparked an idea for a new book about wildlife obsessions. But over time, this developed into a completely different book: a clarion call to embrace neurodiversity in the fight against the extinction crisis.
Across Britain, 15% of people are thought to be neurodivergent. In the process of writing Neurodivergent, By Nature, Harkness discovered that an estimated 30% of conservation employees were neurodivergent. Why?
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Chris Hinchliff says language used is indicative of ‘private schoolboy drinking club’ culture within government
Chris Hinchliff was surprised when he was called into the whip’s office at short notice to be told he was no longer a Labour MP because of his campaign to enshrine chalk stream protections in law.
Hinchliff, 31, who last summer became the new MP for North East Hertfordshire, was suspended from the parliamentary Labour party, along with three other MPs, because of a small rebellion he organised over the planning and infrastructure bill.
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At least 10 killed and dozens hospitalised in north of country, while intense heat grips parts of Scandinavia
Turkey and other parts of the Balkan peninsula have been gripped by a heatwave this week, sparking wildfires that have killed at least 10 people and left dozens in hospital.
Temperatures intensified at the weekend, peaking at 43C (109F) in Volos, Greece, on Tuesday. Authorities closed tourist attractions such as the Acropolis between midday and 5pm.
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Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions and woodburning stoves
Exposure to certain forms of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.
The illness is estimated to affect about 57 million people worldwide, with the number expected to increase to at least 150m cases by 2050.
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‘Lack of certainty’ and step back in green ambition has made it hard for previously feasible projects to proceed, mining company says
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The iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue company has cancelled two major green hydrogen projects, laying some of the blame on the Trump administration’s shift away from renewable energy.
Fortescue’s decision to cancel the two ventures in Queensland and Arizona are the latest in a run of canned hydrogen projects in Australia and elsewherethat will raise further questions about the future of the clean fuel.
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In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it
The Anthropocene is a new term used by scientists to describe our age. While scientific experts argue about the start date, many point to about 200 years ago, when the accelerated effects of human activity on the ecosphere were turbocharged by the Industrial Revolution. Our planet is said to have crossed into a new epoch: from the Holocene to the Anthropocene, the age of the human.
The strata of rock being created under our feet today will reveal the impact of human activity long after we are gone. Future geologists will find radioactive isotopes from nuclear-bomb tests, huge concentrations of plastics, the fallout from the burning of fossil fuels and vast deposits of cement used to build our cities. Meanwhile, a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature and the British Zoological Society shows an average decrease of 73% of wild animal populations on Earth over the past 50 years, as we push creatures and plants to extinction by removing their habitats.
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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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With more than 80% of Tuvalu’s population applying for ‘climate visas’, the tiny South Pacific island nation’s Australian diaspora is only set to grow
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Bateteba Aselu describes her former life in Tuvalu as like living in the “safest place in the world” where the community looked out for each other, there was no homelessness and you rarely heard the sirens of police or ambulances.
But rising sea levels and extreme weather have created such an immediate existential threat to the tiny South Pacific island nation that when a new visa lottery to migrate to Australia closed last Friday, 8,750 people in 2,474 family groups – more than 80% of Tuvalu’s population of 11,000 residents – had applied for the world’s first “climate visas”.
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For fishing communities along South Australia’s coast where an algal bloom has devastated marine life, the impact of the disaster is emotional as well as financial
Nathan Eatts can remember the last day he caught a squid. It was 18 April, a few weeks after a brown foam and dead marine life began appearing on beaches on South Australia’s Fleurieu peninsula.
“That’s over three months now,” says the third generation squid fisher, whose business, Cape Calamari, is based on the southern Fleurieu peninsula.
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After efforts to make conditions better for the elusive creatures in Studland Bay, sightings are greatly increasing
The divers emerged from the water smiling with satisfaction. They had found what they were looking for in the undersea meadows off the south coast of England.
“Seahorses are tricky to spot,” said Mark Fox. “The seagrass sways and they blend into it pretty well. It helps if it’s sunny and not too choppy but you have to get your eye in. When you see them, it’s brilliant.”
Continue reading...Hospitals in England battle to keep both emergency and non-urgent work going in five-day walkout.
After a study casts doubt on the daily steps maxim, what about the other health benchmarks we are told to strive for?
The number of students reporting mental health concerns is rising. But to what extent should the onus be on universities?
The charity's chief executive says "at least half" of their branches will close in the UK and Ireland.
Everyone targets 10,000 steps - but a lower tally could reduce the risk of serious health issues like cancer, dementia and heart disease, a study suggests.
Shop-bought health kits for a wide range of conditions are readily available across the UK.
Eddie Baker, 83, was given immunotherapy alongside the usual chemotherapy.
The PM urges doctors not to follow their union down the "damaging road" of strike action, which starts on Friday.
Resident doctors in England will strike over pay for five days from 25 July.
Union rejects plea by health secretary to call off strikes in England and continue talks.
The world’s appetite for shrimp has surged — and environmental destruction has followed in its wake. A new program from Conservation International has a solution.
A new Conservation International study is shedding light on an unsung group and their relationship with nature.
Despite risks, AI has ‘enormous potential’ for good, a Conservation International expert says.
It’s indisputable: Around the world, seas are rising at a faster rate than at any time in recorded history. But there’s more to this story than you might realize.
A Conservation International study finds key detail on restoring the world’s mangroves: a price tag.
To fix climate, all the tools need to be on the table, experts say.
For thousands of years, Mongolian nomads have herded across the country’s vast steppe grassland. But as Mongolia warms more than three times faster than the global average, their future is in question.
After more than a decade of work led by Indigenous communities, one of the most unique corners of Amazonia has been officially protected by the Peruvian government.
Years ago, construction of a road cut off the flow of water to a mangrove forest in Mexico, depriving these coast-hugging trees of what they need to thrive and proving deadly for wildlife. But look closely today, and signs of life are beginning to reappear.
A jewel of the “Coral Triangle” just got a reprieve as Indonesia announced it revoked the mining permits of four companies operating in one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on Earth.
