“There’s no life there, period. At least not in the last 20-30,000 years or so…”

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are one of the most extreme and otherworldly landscapes on Earth – a vast, ice-free expanse carved into the edge of Antarctica. Shielded from snowfall by surrounding mountains and scoured by fierce katabatic winds, the valleys are so dry and cold that they’ve been compared to the surface of Mars. When a research team…

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‘Cries of delight’ as Sumatran orangutan filmed using canopy bridge to cross road for first time | Endangered species

The critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a canopy bridge to cross a road. In 2024, conservationists in the Pakpak Bharat district of North Sumatra in Indonesia built the bridge high over the Lagan-Pagindar road, which provides an essential route for local people but which became a barrier for…

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Criminalisation of climate protesters in UK is counterproductive, research finds | Environmental activism

The criminalisation of direct action climate protests in the UK is counterproductive and increases the determination of activists to undertake disruptive demonstrations, according to a study of 1,300 campaigners. New findings suggest arrests, fines and lengthy prison sentences given to nonviolent climate protesters who have blocked roads or damaged buildings may actually radicalise them. The…

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Conservation charity rejects claims of “environmental vandalism” after trees felled at beauty spot

Trees were chopped down around a moat at a beauty spot A conservation charity has defended itself from claims of “environmental vandalism” after trees were felled at a beauty spot. Angry locals were shocked to discover trees had been knocked down around a moat at Fort Brockhurst with questions raised over why the drastic action…

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