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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 2h
Canada announced C$1.2B in new ocean-protection spending, including marine-mammal spill response, underwater-noise monitoring across three coasts, and C$186M for Indigenous partnership and conservation work in the Great Bear Sea.
pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Carney announces historic investment to protect Canada’s oceans
Canada is an ocean nation. Our three coasts connect us to each other and the world, carry our trade, and sustain hundreds of thousands of livelihoods.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 7h
India's 2026 monsoon ended 12.6% below average, its lowest rainfall in more than a decade, according to IMD. A late burst narrowed the deficit, but agriculture and water supplies remain exposed. El Niño was a major driver.
reuters.com
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/india-records-lowest-monsoon-rainfall-more-than-decade-2026-09-30/
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 10h
Copernicus' 10th Ocean State Report shows how fast the poles are changing: Arctic combined sea- and sea-ice-surface temperature rose 4.2 C from 1982-2024, while record-low Antarctic sea ice in 2022 coincided with the first recorded large-scale emperor-penguin breeding failure.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 29/09/2026
The restoration promise is much bigger than the restoration underway. FAO says more than 1 billion hectares have been pledged globally, while at least 470 million hectares must be under restoration by 2030 and more than 460 million hectares of forest are already degraded.
fao.org
The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2026
Explore the key findings of FAO's The State of the World's Forests 2026 and see how restoring degraded forests and landscapes can protect the people who depend on it.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 29/09/2026
The Arctic is not one aerosol system. Using 2003-2024 observations, a new study identifies three regimes. Under an intermediate warming scenario, it estimates new-particle cloud nuclei could rise in the High Arctic but fall in the Maritime Arctic by late century.
nature.com
Contrasting aerosol–cloud feedbacks across a warming Arctic - Nature Geoscience
Arctic observations over 2003–2024 identify three aerosol regimes with contrasting responses to warming and cloud condensation nuclei trends. Model projections suggest that the aerosol–cloud…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 29/09/2026
Maui residents tested 6-18 months after the 2023 fires had elevated metal mixtures; higher burdens were associated with abnormal lung function. Crucial caveat: without pre-fire biomonitoring, the study cannot say how much came from the fire versus older background sources.
doi.org
Climate-amplified wildland–urban interface disasters create persistent internal metal mixtures associated with pulmonary impairment | PNAS
Wildland–urban interface (WUI) wildfires are increasingly important climate-related exposure events because they burn built infrastructure and can ...
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 28/09/2026
Singapore's proposed western island would reclaim waters estimated to hold about 60% of its remaining coral reefs. The area is also used by Indigenous Orang Laut fishers. Final design and environmental studies are still pending.
news.mongabay.com
Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs
SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagrasses, mangroves and…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 28/09/2026
Endangered bogong moths are swarming across NSW again. About 800 sightings have been logged since Friday, a welcome sign after the 2017 population crash. Researchers are hopeful, but say the species is still endangered.
abc.net.au
Homes invaded by 'millions' of migrating bogong moths
Bogong moths might be endangered, but there have been hundreds of sightings reported across NSW in recent days as they migrate to the Snowy Mountains.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 27/09/2026
India's environment panel recommended clearance for the 1,605 MW Subansiri Upper hydropower project. It would divert 2,733 ha of forest and fell about 135,733 trees. Final clearance still depends on Stage-1 forest approval.
indianexpress.com
Arunachal’s Upper Subansiri project gets green nod recommendation, 1.35 lakh trees at risk
With the project likely to see over 1.35 lakh trees felled, complementary afforestation has been proposed across as many as 14 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 27/09/2026
Rising seas can erase land without erasing a country. The UN General Assembly has adopted a declaration backing continued sovereignty and maritime rights for small island states as coastlines retreat.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-small-islands-rising-seas-c7459bfbd5ee916abe8dd338d6c4a8f6
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 27/09/2026
Europe's seas had their hottest summer in 45 years of data. The Bay of Biscay averaged 2.4 C above the 1991-2020 norm, logging 186 marine-heatwave days by August's end. The ecological bill is already arriving in kelp forests and fisheries.
reuters.com
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-europes-intensifying-marine-heatwaves-threaten-its-fisheries-2026-09-26/
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 26/09/2026
Southern right whale calves are dying at unusually high rates in Argentine Patagonia. Veterinarians suspect erysipelas or another bacterial infection, but the cause is not confirmed. Researchers say the episode does not currently threaten the regional population in the medium term.
afp.com
Bacteria suspected in deaths of hundreds of baby whales off Argentina
A bacterial infection is suspected of killing hundreds of baby whales in the southern Argentine region of Patagonia, a marine mammal...
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 26/09/2026
Counterintuitive carbon accounting: a Nature study finds agricultural liming was a net CO2 sink across the Mississippi River Basin over the past century when compared with the anthropogenic soil acidity it neutralizes. The result is basin-specific, not universal.
nature.com
Agricultural liming is a carbon sink in the Mississippi River Basin - Nature
Century-scale records of agricultural liming and anthropogenic acidity inputs for the Mississippi River Basin show that agricultural liming has acted as a net carbon sink over the past century.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 26/09/2026
Across 58,319 outbreaks and 32 diseases, a Nature study found vector-borne risk often highest in mosaic landscapes where people and livestock live alongside forests and fragmented ecosystems. Directly transmitted zoonoses were much less uniform.
nature.com
The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - Nature
Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 26/09/2026
Antarctica's 2026 ozone hole reached 27.4 million km2 in September. A strong, cold polar vortex helped drive the growth. Important caveat: the hole is broad, not unusually deep, and long-term ozone recovery is still underway.
phys.org
September's ozone hole was the biggest in 20 years
The area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole peaked at more than 27 million square kilometers (10.4 million square miles) in September, the second-largest area ever observed for this time of year.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 25/09/2026
Scotland's Cairngorms have a measurable restoration win: LiDAR mapped 2.65 million young trees across 569 km2. The study found large-scale natural woodland colonization where sustained deer control reduced browsing pressure.
cam.ac.uk
Successful woodland expansion in Scotland’s Cairngorms revealed in aerial maps
Researchers have analysed aerial laser scans of huge areas across the Cairngorms Connect partnership in the Scottish Highlands, to produce incredibly detailed maps showing millions of young trees…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 25/09/2026
Landfall is changing differently for strong and weak tropical cyclones. Across 885 storms since 1979, strong systems now weaken 18.6% faster after landfall, while weak ones persist 14.5% longer inland.
nature.com
Divergent trends in post-landfall decay of strong and weak tropical cyclones - Nature Communications
After landfall, strong tropical cyclones have been weakening faster in recent decades, while weak storms persist longer on land. This is associated with their different sensitivity to environmental…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 25/09/2026
Thawing permafrost is turning Arctic Alaska streams acidic and metal-rich. Researchers found metal concentrations about 70x above upstream levels 60 miles downstream. The study measured chemistry; ecological risks are still being investigated.
ucdavis.edu
Alaska’s Orange Rivers More Metallic Than Acid Mine Drainage
Alaska's orange, rusted rivers from melting permafrost are even more acidic than water leached from metal mines — an increasingly common mark of climate change, finds a UC Davis study.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 24/09/2026
Chinstrap penguin colonies are a newly quantified Antarctic methane source. Field measurements plus drone mapping estimate 0.49 +/- 0.16 Tg a year from guano-rich soils. The authors stress that this is modest beside major human sources.
nature.com
Methane emissions from penguin colonies reshape the natural greenhouse gas budget - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Methane emissions from penguin colonies reshape the natural greenhouse gas budget
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 24/09/2026
Two different olive ridley sea turtles nested on Southern California beaches last week, the first documented sea-turtle nesting on the U.S. West Coast. Scientists are testing several explanations; two turtles are not yet a trend.
theguardian.com
In historic first, tropical turtles spotted nesting on California beaches
What caused the turtles to begin nesting farther north than usual is the ‘million dollar question’
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 24/09/2026
Heatwave seasons over land lengthened 8.71 days per decade from 1979-2023. First heatwaves began 3.29 days earlier per decade, last heatwaves ended 5.41 days later, and recent first heatwaves are developing faster.
nature.com
Earlier and faster heatwave onset on land under a warming climate - Nature Climate Change
Heatwaves are expected to become more frequent and intense with global warming. Here the authors assess changes in their timing, finding that the heatwave season expands and that many regions see a…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 23/09/2026
The Met Office puts the 2026 Arctic sea-ice minimum at 5.06m km2, 14th lowest since 1979. Antarctic sea ice peaked so far at 18.12m km2; if that holds, it would be the 3rd-lowest maximum.
metoffice.gov.uk
Briefing on Arctic sea ice minimum and Antarctic sea ice maximum report - September 2026
Briefing on Arctic sea ice minimum and Antarctic sea ice maximum report september 2026
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 23/09/2026
A new Nature Communications study maps 145,000 km2 of current mining land. It finds 34% overlaps conservation-priority zones, intersecting ranges of 2,300+ species. This measures spatial overlap, not direct ecological damage.
nature.com
Post-2020 conservation priorities are threatened by global mining - Nature Communications
Mining threatens biodiversity worldwide, yet its full impact remains unclear. Here, authors reveal that extensive current and future mining areas overlap with conservation priority zones and…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 23/09/2026
The 2026 Planetary Health Check finds 7 of 9 planetary boundaries breached. All seven outside the safe operating space are worsening; the 2026 report focuses on natural carbon sinks and novel entities.
planetaryhealthcheck.org
Planetary Health Check
We have breached 7 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries.The Planetary Health Check 2026 makes it clear: We have to act now.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 21/09/2026
New Zealand's Bird of the Year once numbered just five birds. Black robins now number about 350 adults, but their two pest-free island habitats are near capacity; further recovery needs a third safe population.
forestandbird.org.nz
Karure black robin wins 2026 Bird of the Year!
After a closely contested election with more New Zealanders than ever getting behind bird of the year, a little battler from Rēkohu Chatham Islands has won the 2026 Bird of the Year.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 21/09/2026
At eight Dhaka garment factories, heat stress erased 4.1% of annual revenue on average. Cornell researchers found practical cooling investments can pay back within four years.
reuters.com
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/costs-cool-bangladesh-garment-factories-can-be-recovered-within-four-years-study-2026-09-20/
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 21/09/2026
Ten lions were found dead in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Authorities suspect poisoning based on preliminary evidence; the definitive cause is still being investigated.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/d9e9ddd25e770a9b3d8afccb3d3c16ae
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 20/09/2026
A Sept. 14 FWS directive interprets an Endangered Species Act "take" to generally require intentional targeting. It follows a final rule, effective the same day, that removed the regulatory definition of "harm." Legal challenges are ongoing.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/a4f2c2392dd6b9f8cfb35eb0a4716092
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 20/09/2026
A 67-acre restoration area opens in Salinas today, turning former farmland into wetlands, grasslands and 1.7 miles of public trails. More than 12,000 native plants went in, and long-term habitat stewardship continues.
bigsurlandtrust.org
Press Release | Restored Open Space at Ensen Community Park, Bringing Nature Back to the Heart of Salinas  - Big Sur Land Trust
Big Sur Land Trust, City of Salinas, and Center for Community Advocacy invite the public to celebrate a major milestone in the restoration of Carr Lake on Sunday, September 20  SALINAS, Calif. — A…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 20/09/2026
A new citizen-science report documents nearly 1,700 dead sea dragons in South Australia's harmful algal bloom, plus 1,400+ pipefish and 160+ seahorses. The full population loss is still unknown.
greatsouthernreef.com
Great Southern Reef News | September 2026 | Great Southern Reef
September’s Great Southern Reef news: seadragon losses, giant cuttlefish protection, marine heatwaves, Sea Country perspectives and kelp forest education.
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 19/09/2026
Meet Leopardus tilcayo, a newly named wild cat from Bolivia's Yungas cloud forest. Genomics also resolved South America's tiger cats into at least five distinct species.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/d1f442eb8f173850bb5456aedb1a2ac7
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 19/09/2026
Earth's atmosphere held a record 27.35 kg/m2 of water vapour in August. Warmer air holds more moisture, while El Nino boosted evaporation from unusually hot tropical oceans.
theguardian.com
El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August
Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 18/09/2026
Satellite imagery shows five West Antarctic emperor penguin colonies moved significantly over the past decade. Two likely relocated after ice-shelf calving.
nature.com
Dynamic emperor penguin colonies - Communications Biology
Satellite observations reveal five newly identified emperor penguin colony sites, suggesting that colonies are dynamic, relocating over long distances in response to changing ice conditions and…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 18/09/2026
WMO's 2025 water report finds a decade-long decline in terrestrial water storage, one of the driest years for global rivers in 35 years, and a fourth straight year of glacier loss across every monitored region.
wmo.int
State of Global Water Resources 2025
Rivers across the globe in 2025 had one of the driest years in more than three decades. The WMO State of Global Water Resources Report shows a continuation of the long-term decline in Earth’s…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 16/09/2026
Gold mining inside Amazon Indigenous lands expanded 562% from 2016 to 2024. IPAM says 147 territories now sit in watersheds affected by mining. The mine scar is local; mercury can travel downstream.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/092ff4c014b5113007972b80df10b331
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 16/09/2026
Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion metric tons of ice from 1979 to 2023, adding nearly an inch to sea level. Most of the loss came from glaciers flowing into warming oceans, not surface melt.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/4721be25690317bc8f7bd9699b6f41f1
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 15/09/2026
Texas is moving to penalize data centers that do not report water use. Fewer than 30% of surveyed centers responded last year. Before arguing about how much AI infrastructure a region can support, it helps to know how much water it actually uses.
gov.texas.gov
Governor Abbott Directs TWDB To Penalize Data Center Reporting Failures
September 14, 2026 | Austin, Texas | Press Release
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 15/09/2026
Greenland's surface melt is getting more variable as the atmosphere warms. A new PNAS study says that variability is not, by itself, a reliable warning that the ice sheet is nearing a tipping point. Bad news can still have bad diagnostics.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42709814/
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 15/09/2026
EPA has repealed most 2024 carbon limits for U.S. coal and gas power plants. It also proposed removing the remaining GHG standards. Important distinction: much of the rollback is final; the rest is still proposed.
reuters.com
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/epa-undo-carbon-emission-limits-power-plants-g20-meeting-2026-09-14/
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 14/09/2026
A study across 4,748 sites finds formerly common species declining disproportionately in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Local species counts can look stable while the species that once dominated the system disappear.
nature.com
Widespread declines of formerly common species reshape local assemblages over time - Nature Communications
Human-driven environmental change is reshaping ecological communities worldwide. Analysing 4,748 sites across 129 studies, we show that formerly common species decline disproportionately compared to…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 14/09/2026
Only 21 of roughly 40,000 Hindu Kush-Himalaya glaciers are monitored on the ground as ice loss accelerates. More melt can mean flood risk now, then less water after "peak water." That is a remarkable monitoring gap.
reuters.com
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/himalayas-approaching-tipping-point-millions-livelihoods-stake-report-2026-09-14/
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 14/09/2026
Australia has confirmed the first H5 bird flu death in an endangered Australian sea lion. One death is not a colony outbreak, but Seal Bay holds about 800 animals. For an already declining species, that new exposure matters.
theguardian.com
First H5 bird flu death of endangered Australian sea lion recorded amid fears for small population
South Australian authorities say case discovered on Kangaroo Island is first for species of which less than 12,000 animals remain
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 13/09/2026
The Atlantic has gone record-quiet: no hurricane through mid-September and activity just 7% of normal so far. Strong El Nino is suppressing storms, but the Gulf can still turn active later.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/53993f467ae90f20eff5976bf144c8e3
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 13/09/2026
Spain's Dragonera buoy hit 33.02 C, the highest sea temperature ever measured in the national port authority's buoy network. Records also fell across Mediterranean and Atlantic stations.
puertos.es
Sea water temperatures reach record highs this summer | Puertos del Estado
The Dragonera buoy recorded the highest sea water temperature ever measured across the entire Puertos del Estado monitoring network, reaching 33.02°C on 5 August at 6:00 p.m.All buoys in the…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 13/09/2026
Nearly half of migratory bird species are declining, and 1 in 9 is threatened with extinction. The weak link is often not a bird but a missing wetland, forest or coastal stop along its route.
birdlife.org
Birds are running out of places to land: 45% of migratory bird species now in decline
BirdLife International today publishes the State of the World’s Birds report at the Global Flyways Summit in Nairobi. BirdLife Partners, NGOs, governments and financial institutions sign the Nairobi…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 13/09/2026
BirdLife's new global assessment finds 45% of migratory bird species are declining and 1 in 9 is threatened with extinction. Seabirds and shorebirds are among the hardest hit.
birdlife.org
Birds are running out of places to land: 45% of migratory bird species now in decline
BirdLife International today publishes the State of the World’s Birds report at the Global Flyways Summit in Nairobi. BirdLife Partners, NGOs, governments and financial institutions sign the Nairobi…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 12/09/2026
Kauai is still repairing roads, power systems and oceanfront damage after Hurricane Lowell. Officials are asking visitors to stay away while the island recovers.
apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/4a2206866a4533a0c2e428414bd8b241
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 12/09/2026
More than 500 people have invaded Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous land, opening illegal roads and setting fires. The territory is home to Indigenous people living in voluntary isolation.
news.mongabay.com
Ituna/Itatá invasion escalates as Indigenous Land faces fires and illegal clearing
More than 500 people have invaded Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Land in recent weeks, opening illegal roads, setting deliberate fires and threatening federal agents. The area is home to the Igarapé…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 12/09/2026
The world’s last wild Javan rhinos appear to have survived a nearby volcanic eruption. They still live in one coastal park, where a tsunami or disease outbreak could threaten the entire species.
news.mongabay.com
Javan rhinos survive eruption in Indonesia, but single habitat leaves species vulnerable
Indonesia’s critically endangered Javan rhinos appear to be safe despite an ongoing eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau near their last remaining habitat, conservation authorities said. Ardi Andono, head…
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The Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 12/09/2026
Iceland says it will introduce a bill to permanently ban commercial whaling. The hunt would not end overnight, the current permit runs to 2029, but one of the last holdouts is changing course.
theguardian.com
Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters
The country is one of just three that still permits commercial whaling, while its government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practice
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