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Bass Rock is home to around 100,000 gannets, but bird flu hit the population in 2022. A recent study by the RSPB and Aarhus University showed it will take the birds at least 15 years to recover. Many survivors now have black irises instead of their usual vivid blue eyes.
Indonesia is on high alert as wildfire season intensifies across the archipelago. Authorities deployed aircraft to contain hotspots in five provinces on Borneo island. Officials said El Niño acts as a catalyst, with heat helping fires spread quickly. August hotspots reached over 9,000, far exceeding the 5,077 recorded last August.
In 2024, a developer paid $4 million for 83 acres outside Yosemite. Now, the US is considering a land swap to build a private road through the park. Kingsbarn Realty Capital wants this route for their property. The National Park Service is currently checking if this deal follows federal law.
The Master Plan for Delhi 2047 aims to build a resilient capital by integrating green and blue infrastructure. It focuses on restoring the Yamuna river and the Ridge to combat climate change. Officials said, "Great cities are defined not only by the infrastructure they build, but by what they preserve."
In 2005, Craig and Kathryn Hall bought a 2,300-acre Napa ranch for $8 million. After a 17-year battle over vineyard plans, the Land Trust of Napa County bought the land for $24 million in 2023. It is now the Osos Ridge Preserve and will open to the public in 2027.
America introduced Chinese privet as an ornamental shrub in 1852. Gardeners liked its dense growth, but the plant soon escaped into the wild. By the 1990s, its thickets occupied 2.9 million acres of southeastern forest. It now chokes out native plants, as birds spread its seeds across the entire region.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation commissioned a 30-kilolitre-per-day leachate treatment plant at its Temporary Transit Station. This facility filters filthy water for reuse in gardening and converts sludge into manure. "The stabilised sludge, once dried, will serve as compost or soil conditioner for horticultural use," said deputy commissioner N Ganesh Babu.
Professor Venkatesh Dutta resigned from the District Ganga Committee to protest the destruction of Gomti floodplains. He said the committee ignored his objections regarding the Green Corridor project. Dutta argued that the river needs protection from highways and embankments, noting that many drains still dump untreated sewage into the water.
In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a private Polynesian atoll after filming 'Mutiny on the Bounty'. It is now a wildlife sanctuary where 15,614 green turtle hatchlings emerged in one season. Brando wanted the land to remain protected. Today, scientists work there to keep the local plants and animals safe.
The SAD and Ropar MC traded allegations on Saturday over untreated sewage entering the Sirhind Canal. SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema said the pollution threatens public health and agriculture. However, Ropar MC president Inderpal Singh Raju Satyal rejected these claims, saying, "sewage from Basant Nagar was being carried through underground pipes."
A retired couple from Basirhat returned home on Sunday after escaping flash floods in Nepal. Anukul and Reba Poddar were on a Mansarovar Yatra when their driver turned back just in time. Reba said, "We could see people running, children crying." Sadly, another couple from their town remains untraced.
Five-year-old Ishara Tamang lies in a Kathmandu hospital after surviving flash floods in Rasuwa. She got trapped in a net as water swept her mother away. Ishara said, “Mother was swept away. I jumped and moved forward, then got trapped in the net.” Many families still search for missing relatives.