#environment

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Researchers produced two new national datasets for Australia.
The maps show ecosystem disturbance and the extent of human pressures.
The team is urging governments to use the data to protect relatively intact ecosystems.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 3, 2026·via phys.org

Australia’s Cape Grim station has monitored baseline air conditions for 50 years.
The site supports global tracking of human-driven atmospheric change.
Its anniversary underscores the value of long-term climate measurement infrastructure.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 2, 2026·via phys.org

New research in Science warns the Great Salt Lake is approaching an irreversible ecological tipping point
The lake has lost over two-thirds of its historical surface area due to water diversion and climate-driven drought
Collapse of brine shrimp populations would devastate millions of migratory birds on the Pacific Flyway
Exposed lakebed would release toxic dust loaded with heavy metals, threatening air quality for 2 million people

DT Editorial Team·Mar 19, 2026·4 min read·via science.org

Datacenter construction has become the central issue in a North Carolina primary election
Communities are pushing back on water consumption, noise, and limited permanent job creation
The race previews political dynamics likely to spread nationwide as datacenter expansion continues

DT Editorial Team·Mar 8, 2026·3 min read·via theguardian.com

The Trump administration moves to dismantle the EPA's 2009 endangerment finding, the legal bedrock of all federal climate regulation
The finding established that six greenhouse gases threaten public health, enabling every major climate rule since 2009
Eliminating it would remove the legal obligation for the EPA to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act

DT Editorial Team·Feb 11, 2026·4 min read·via vox.com