Trump snubs experts over golf course threat to rare dunes: Donald Trump has rejected repeated warnings from his own environment experts that his plans for “the world’s greatest golf course” will severely damage a rare and legally protected stretch of dunes in north-east Scotland. [Guardian]
Global warming turning sea into acid bath: Increasing carbon dioxide emissions could leave species such as coral and sea urchins struggling to survive by the end of the century because they are making the oceans more acidic, research led by British scientists suggests. [Times]
City-Size Tract of Amazon Forest Cleared in April: In just a month, an area nearly the size of New York City was cleared in the Amazon rain forest—an “alarming” and “worse-than-imagined” development, the Brazilian government said in a statement. [National Geographic]
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