Environment

The U.S. Geological Survey announced Saturday that average daily water levels had dropped about an inch below the previous 1963 record of 4,191.4 feet.

Organizers have been accused of putting environmental concerns over the comfort of the athletes.

A city official told Newsweek that over the past three weeks, St. Petersburg has spent approximately $700,000 to remove decayed marine life.

The presence of dry thunderstorms threatens to spark new fires, warned the National Weather Service.

The medical waste was first reported along the state's coastline over the weekend, and has continued to cause public safety issues.

A government spokesperson accused a U.S.-based firm of "fabricating facts" after a report said hundreds of Chinese fishing boats were killing coral reefs.

A family of beavers has expanded after being introduced to wetland in southwest England—where the mammals were hunted to extinction centuries ago.

Wildlife officials said the animal was around two years old and may have been looking for shade or a source of food.

Hundreds of Chinese fishing ships have anchored in the Spratlys region and dumped human waste, sewage, and wastewater, a U.S. expert said Monday.

A record number of annual state deaths have been recorded in the first six months of 2021 alone as the marine mammals' food sources are crippled.

The quake hit parts of Antelope Valley, California, near the state's border with Nevada.

Restore the Delta said senior management of the California Department of Water Resources and the California Natural Resources agency, gave Newsom "bad advice."

"To think that I could get charged $500 just because my cat has run across the street is a bit ... it's stressful," resident Madeline White told 9 News.

A U.N. representative in Sri Lanka said the chemicals released by the X-Press Pearl sinking caused "significant damage." "An environmental emergency of this nature causes significant damage to the planet by the release of hazardous substances into the ecosystem," Hanaa Singer-Hamdy said.

The amount of habitat protected in the United States must be dramatically increased if species extinctions are to be averted.

From big cats to ancient turtles, many species are now few and far between in the wild.

Rockton Fire Chief Kirk Wilson said Wednesday that no hazardous materials have ended up in the waterways, and while flare-ups may occur, the fire department has the fire mostly under control.

"The results from our research have major implications for the field of plastic sustainability and demonstrate the power of synthetic biology to address real-world challenges," said the study's first author Joanna Sadler.

Researchers have responded to more than a dozen whale deaths in the San Francisco Bay Area this year.

Nearly 1,000 people gathered to protest Enbridge Energy's Line 3 Pipeline. The gathering was attempted to be dispered by a low-flying helicopter caught on video.

"People come here to see their loved ones and they find bones and skulls," said one visitor.

The webs are thought to have been formed by small ermine moth caterpillars, and are said to be harmless to plants in the long term.

"This tragic incident—inundating beaches on the west coast of Sri Lanka with tonnes of microplastics—will have immediate and long-term effects on this coastal ecosystem," the World Wildlife Fund told Newsweek on Thursday.

The report by scientists with the National Park Service detailed widespread destruction from the Castle Fire that burned more than 270 square miles of timber in Sequoia National Park.

"The ship has dealt a death blow to our lives. We can't go into the sea, which means we can't make a living," Joshua Anthony, head of a region fishing union.

Researchers hope to find a male for the tortoise, named Fern, to mate with. If successful, their young will be returned to the wild.

Scientists have found that some of the whales were abnormally thin, but they say more research is needed.

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The large mammals, known as sea cows, rely on sea grass as a food source. But scientists think human activity is destroying this vital vegetation.

A report has revealed the petrochemical companies behind 90 per cent of the world's plastic waste, and the banks and financial institutions that fund them.