r/environment • u/Naurgul • 7h ago

How Europe's emptying countryside is fuelling a new wildfire crisis • In the 1950s the countryside was a mosaic of crop fields and pastures, intersected by rural roads. If a fire ignited, the fragmented landscape would limit its spread

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r/environment • u/ihavetwinsx2 • 1h ago

‘Cheap water is over’: A $500 bill shows a Southwest suburb’s dilemma

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r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 8h ago

‘They paved paradise’: fighting back over the loss of green spaces in Cameroon’s capital. Concrete sprawl in Yaoundé has devastated the city’s trees and parks, so volunteers are stepping up, shrub by shrub.

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r/environment • u/FreeHugs23 • 4h ago

Global Warming Has Nearly Doubled in Speed Since 2010, With Earth’s Average Temperature Rising at an Accelerated Rate Driven Primarily by Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Major Climate Study Finds

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r/environment • u/HazardousWeather • 10m ago

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre | Environment

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r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 2h ago

RSPB Minsmere will never be the same after wildfire, says charity. "It'll be 20 years or more before those parts of the reserve start to look like they used to."

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r/environment • u/stankmanly • 3h ago

UN sends warning to Chevron after plumes of methane found over Gorgon project

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r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 3h ago

In northeastern North America, alpine zones are turning green. Using satellite data, scientists have detected where once-stable alpine ecosystems are transforming into greener, shrubbier places.

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