Decades of Australian monitoring record a sharp decline through 2012 and a strong recovery into 2024; scientists caution climate-driven threats and year-to-year variability complicate the outlook.
Wenden has dropped more than three feet as deeper wells and a lack of statewide groundwater regulation fuel subsidence; Arizona attorney general has sued a large farming company.
Acting governor activates National Guard, frees disaster funds and suspends procurement rules as forecasters predict dangerous surf and possible impacts from a weakening Category 3 storm
Holtec International plans to restart the decommissioned Lake Michigan reactor by year’s end amid community safety concerns and government backing
USDA counts about 1.9 million farms, but many meet the agency’s low threshold without producing commercially; experts say the figure shields large polluters and skews policy debates
Natural England proposes King Charles III England Coast Path be routed along the A3021 after charity cites security and conservation risks; walkers and campaigners vow to press for shoreline access
Deposits at Per Geijer, billed as Europe’s largest, would fragment grazing lands already stressed by climate change and the expansion of an iron‑ore mine
City once buoyed by North Sea oil faces higher unemployment, falling house prices and high‑street closures as debate over new drilling and energy policy intensifies
£10m bridge refurbishment and resurfacing on Scotland’s busiest motorway to run from September to May with speed restrictions and lane closures