Scientists Bring a Galápagos Plant Back From the Brink of Extinction

8 September 2026 at 14:50

The Galápagos snapdragon, once close to disappearing, is showing encouraging signs of recovery through a long-term partnership between the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park Directorate. For decades, the Galápagos snapdragon was known from little more than a specimen pressed into an herbarium collection. It had been gathered near Caleta Tagus in 1962, [...]

Plumbing the Shipwrecks of an Infamous Pirate Cove

NYT - Science

By: Franz Lidz

4 September 2026 at 13:43

For the marine archaeologist Sean Kingsley, the most honest history can be found on the seafloor.

Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups

The Guardian - Energy

By: Graham Readfearn

3 September 2026 at 03:23

Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels

Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to keep digging until 2055 while clearing threatened woodland and koala habitat.

The confirmation of the extension of the Saraji mine, which digs and exports coal for steel making, comes after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, denied this week there was tension over Australia’s fossil fuel exports during talks with Pacific leaders.

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