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I was addicted to a high-pressure job when a baby hare came into my life. How would raising it change me?
via theguardian.comI loved the adrenaline rush of work as a political adviser - but a chance encounter with a tiny leveret make me rethink everythingThe path near the barn where I lived was a short, unpaved track leading along the edge of a cornfield. I was deep in my thoughts one day, walking down this slope towards a narrow country lane, when I was brought up short by a tiny creature facing me on the grass strip running down the track’s centre. I stopped abruptly. Leveret. The word surfaced in my mind, eve -
Hope for coral reefs after IVF colonies survive record heat event – study
via theguardian.comScientists found 90% of young coral surveyed remained healthy compared with 25% of older corals, after mass bleaching event in the CaribbeanYoung corals bred using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and planted in reefs around the US, Mexico and the Caribbean have surprised scientists, after most survived last year’s record marine heatwave, while older corals struggled.A study has found that 90% of the young IVF-created corals surveyed remained healthy and colourful, holding on to the algae that -
Australia is a mess. Cop31 is a chance to redefine ourselves from climate laggard to global leader | Anna Cerneaz
via theguardian.comHosting the conference would help us overcome our colonial mentality and the fossil fuel lobby, both of which have held us back from tackling climate changeAs the world grapples with the climate crisis, Australia stands at a crossroads. Our bid to co-host the UN’s climate conference, Cop31, with Pacific nations is not just a diplomatic event; it is a pivotal opportunity to redefine our nation’s role in the global fight against climate change. This could mark a shift, propelling Austr -
Stop that capybara! Search party uses drone to spot rodent that fled British zoo
via theguardian.comCinnamon, a one-year-old female, escaped on Friday and has eluded inventive efforts to recapture herTo catch a rat, many call pest control. But how does one go about catching the world’s largest rodent, the capybara?Zookeepers in Shropshire are wrestling with that very problem after Cinnamon, one of the furry breed native to South America, escaped. Continue reading... -
Labour in apparent disarray over Thames cleanup plan
via theguardian.comMinister approved Thames Water project at location prioritised by Sadiq Khan for wild swimmingLabour appeared to be in disarray on Wednesday over ambitions to clean up the River Thames for swimming.The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced plans to prioritise an area of the river in Teddington, south-west London, to make it safe and clean for swimming as part of a new 10-year strategy to reduce pollution in the river and encourage people to spend time in and around it. Continue reading... -
Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU
via theguardian.comEmergency crews battle to reinforce defences around Wrocław in Poland amid devastating rainfallSoldiers, emergency workers and volunteers battled through the night to reinforce defences around Wrocław, Poland’s third biggest city, as the EU said flooding in central Europe happening simultaneously alongside wildfires in Portugal showed climate breakdown in action.More than five times the average rainfall for the whole of September has fallen in five days on swathes of Austria, the -
Superyacht and private jet tax could raise £2bn a year, say campaigners
via theguardian.comOxfam says ‘commonsense solution’ would reduce emissions and raise urgently needed climate financeFair taxes on superyachts and private jets in the UK could have brought in £2bn last year to provide vital funds for communities suffering the worst effects of climate breakdown, campaigners say.Private jet use in the UK is soaring. It was home to the second highest number of private flights in Europe last year, behind only France, according to figures from the European Business Av -
Plantwatch: How ornamental plants can help clean up waterways
via theguardian.comIn a Miami study, large African marigold plants proved the best at extracting phosphorus and nitrogen from canalsOrnamental flowering plants are more than attractive, they can also help to clean up water pollution. Fertilisers and manure on farms are loaded with phosphorus, nitrogen and other nutrients that get washed away by rain and flushed into waterways. Algae can then feed on the nutrients and grow so rapidly that they starve the water of oxygen, killing off fish and contaminating entire ec -
More than £494bn subsidies a year in developing world harmful to climate, says report
via theguardian.comActionAid says ‘parasitic behaviour’ is fuelling the climate crisis and represents ‘corporate capture’ of public financeMore than $650bn (£494bn) a year in public subsidies goes to fossil fuel companies, intensive agriculture and other harmful industries in the developing world, new data has shown.The subsidies entrench high greenhouse gas emissions and are fuelling the destruction of the natural world, according to a report from the charity ActionAid. Continue read -
More than £494bn subsidies a year are harmful to the climate, says report
via theguardian.comActionAid says ‘parasitic behaviour’ is fuelling the climate crisis and represents ‘corporate capture’ of public financeMore than $650bn (£494bn) a year in public subsidies goes to fossil fuel companies, intensive agriculture and other harmful industries in the developing world, new data has shown.The subsidies entrench high greenhouse gas emissions and are fuelling the destruction of the natural world, according to a report from the charity ActionAid. Continue read -
More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal | George Monbiot
via theguardian.comA network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old boys’ clubs, they are bastions of self-interestLabour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an ever greater legacy of underinvestment, neglect and corruption. However disappointing the new government’s compromises might be, we shouldn’t forget how overwhelming this task must feel.So I& -
‘Butterfly emergency’ declared as UK summer count hits record low
via theguardian.comConservation group calls on government to ban insect-killing neonicotinoid pesticides outrightA national “butterfly emergency” has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began.An average of just seven butterflies per 15-minute count were recorded by participants in this summer’s butterfly count, the lowest in the survey’s 14-year history. Continue reading... -
‘We empower ourselves’: the women cleaning up Bolivia’s Lake Uru Uru
via theguardian.comOnce clean enough to drink, the Andean lake was poisoned by mining pollution and urban waste. But now Indigenous women are using giant reeds to revive the vital ecosystem • Photographs by Claudia Morales for the GuardianLooking out over Lake Uru Uru in the Bolivian highlands, it is hard to imagine that it once supported thousands of people, and was a sanctuary for wildlife, including 76 species of birds.Plastic waste now stretches as far as the eye can see, the water is tinged black or brow -
Supermoon and lunar eclipse delight stargazers
via bbc.comThe Moon appeared brighter and bigger as it reached its closest point in its orbit around the Earth. -
Wildlife charity declares 'butterfly emergency'
via bbc.comThe charity is calling on the government to ban pesticides that can harm butterflies and bees. -
Climate change is turbo-charging Somalia’s problems - but there's still hope
via bbc.comDespite facing a catastrophic combination of challenges, there is optimism in the African country. -
Global spending on subsidies that harm environment rises to $2.6tn, report says
via theguardian.comExclusive: analysis finds $800bn increase in direct support for activities including deforestation and fossil fuel useThe world is spending at least $2.6tn (£2tn) a year on subsidies that drive global heating and destroy nature, according to new analysis.Governments continue to provide billions of dollars in tax breaks, subsidies and other spending that directly work against the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement and the 2022 Kunming-Montreal agreement to halt biodiversity loss, the -
Fossil fuel companies sponsor $5.6bn in global ‘sportswashing’ deals
via theguardian.comThinktank says funding from oil and gas firms is attempt to ‘divert attention from their role in fuelling the climate crisis’Fossil fuel companies pumped at least $5.6bn (£4.2bn) of sponsorship money into motorsports, football, golf and even snow sports in an effort to “buy social licence to operate”, according to a new report.Almost no major spectator sport remains untouched by oil and gas money, according to research carried out by the New Weather Institute (NWI), -
Whistleblower testifies Titan sub tragedy was 'inevitable'
via bbc.comFormer employee David Lochridge tells a public hearing the whole idea of OceanGate was to "make money". -
Central Europe braces for further flooding as swollen rivers continue to rise
via theguardian.comDeadly Storm Boris has dumped up to five times average September rainfall in four daysStorm Boris batters central Europe – in picturesAs swollen rivers continued to rise, volunteers and emergency workers in towns and cities across a swathe of central Europe were reinforcing defences against floods that have killed at least 21 people in four countries.Storm Boris has dumped up to five times the average September rainfall on parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and -
Climate a more fundamental threat than terror - Lammy
via bbc.comForeign Secretary David Lammy vows to put climate change at the heart of the UK's foreign policy. -
Ed Miliband: beating nimbys on green rollout a matter of ‘national security’
via theguardian.comEnergy secretary vows to take on the ‘blockers’ opposed to wind turbines, solar farms and pylonsEd Miliband has vowed to take on the nimbys opposed to the government’s rollout of wind turbines, solar farms and pylons across the UK as a matter of “national security” and “economic justice”.The energy secretary used his first big public address on Tuesday to argue in favour of speedy consent for new energy infrastructure to break the UK’s reliance on -
‘Every time the planes pass, my eyes burn’: the hidden cost of Costa Rican bananas
via theguardian.comPesticides banned in the EU are still used in the Central American country, affecting workers and ecosystems, all to meet the demand for ‘perfect’ fruit in the westPhotographs by Marco ValleFor more than 20 years, Lidieth Gomez’s days have been punctuated by the hum of crop-spraying planes. At dawn and dusk, the skies over Matina, capital of Limón province on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, are filled with aircraft spraying a viscous rain of agrochemicals on to banan -
Lammy’s Kew speech seeks to put UK at centre of a reinvigorated climate fight
via theguardian.comForeign secretary’s stirring words on climate are welcome change from Sunak era. But now it is time for actionAn unseasonably hot September sun blazed down from a cloudless blue sky as the UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, took to the stage at the Temperate House at Kew Gardens, in west London. The choice of venue was no accident. It was here in July 2021 that the then US special presidential envoy John Kerry made his landmark speech comparing the climate crisis to the ravages of -
Sir David Attenborough: 'The world would be worse off without our stories'
via bbc.comSir David Attenborough praises the "beauty" created by the BBC in its natural history shows. -
Stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline of Norway’s seabirds
via theguardian.comWhen Rob Barrett set out to survey one of the country’s largest colonies in the 1970s there were too many birds to count. Now, his pictures and archive images show a species decline echoed around the worldIn the mid-1970s, seabird researcher Rob Barrett set out in a rubber boat to survey one of Norway’s largest seabird colonies. Equipped with a camera and a pair of binoculars, he planned to photograph the Syltefjord colony, in the far north of the country, then, back on land, develop -
Azerbaijan accused of hypocrisy after calling for Cop29 global truce
via theguardian.comClimate summit host positioning itself as peacemaker but is accused of ethnic cleansing and imprisoning opponentsThe host country of this year’s UN climate summit, Azerbaijan, has been accused of hypocrisy in calling for a global truce to coincide with the conference taking place.Azerbaijan holds the presidency of the Cop29 summit, which will take place in its capital, Baku, from 11 November for two weeks. Heads of government from around the world are expected and more than 180 countries a -
Teenage male koala escorted from supermarket in Australia – video
via theguardian.comA koala has been spotted browsing the aisles of an IGA grocery store in regional Australia. Koalas are frequent visitors to the Victorian town of Meeniyan, population 840, but it's the first time one has entered the local supermarket. After 20 minutes exploring, the marsupial was carefully removed from the store with the help of a wildlife carerHands off the koala: why cuddling Australia's iconic marsupial could soon be a thing of the past Continue reading... -
Private schools urged to share grounds to help UK children access green spaces
via theguardian.comHead of sports charity hails partnership that allows local people to use London independent school’s football pitchChildren in the UK urgently need more easy-to-access green space, according to the head of a sports charity calling on private schools to open up their grounds.Kieran Connolly foundeed Sports Fun 4 All, which offers free football sessions to children in south London, and now works with a local private school that opens up one of its football pitches for his teams. Continue rea -
'All good here': Titan sub's last messages before implosion
via bbc.comTwo-week public inquiry sees last communication before deep-sea disaster near wreck of Titanic last year.
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