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Subsidised community restaurants could help tackle the UK’s broken food system – here’s how

The UK’s food system is fundamentally broken. As a researcher of the global agricultural system, I believe drastic, bold change is needed – and that community restaurants are an important model to consider.

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Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say

Filter performs well in removing plastic pollution from water and Chinese researchers say it appears to be scalable

The Guardian - US

Up to three insect species become extinct in Australia every week, report says

Threats include climate change, habitat loss, land clearing, waterway pollution, misuse of insecticides and introduced species

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Climate information is useful at local level if people get it in good time: how African countries can build systems to share it

African countries collectively have emitted very little of the greenhouse gases that have caused climate change, but are badly affected by climate-induced floods, droughts and heatwaves. To withstand some of the most devastating extreme weather events, African countries need to adapt fast. Setting up advanced climate information services that predict…

The Conversation

Country diary: A local rarity, a mug of hot chocolate in bird form

Tooting, London: The ferruginous duck at my local-ish pond is likely an escapee, meaning hardcore birders might not bother with it. But not I

The Guardian - UK

Fully fenced dog parks alongside nature reserves could help protect wildlife

Watching a pet dog run free can be a source of joy for many people. But letting your dog off the leash is not so good for wildlife, especially if you’re in an area set aside for native species.

The Conversation

Ministers must reassure consumers feeding cattle Bovaer is safe, says Lady Sheehan

Government should point to evidence of FSA licensing of additive, says chair of environment and climate change committee

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Ravaged jungle: just 25% of the world’s surviving tropical rainforests are in good condition

We are now in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, caused by our emergence as a planet-shaping force. Species are going extinct far faster than the average natural rate of loss.

The Conversation

‘Unseen world’: researchers capture fascinating footage of the world’s smallest penguins in a bid to save them

On Granite Island off South Australia, a colony of little penguins is fighting to survive. About two decades ago, the penguins numbered 1,600 adults – now there are just 30.

The Conversation

Australians’ cars are typically larger, heavier and less efficient than in Europe – here’s why

Road transport is responsible for a substantial share of global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. So reducing these emissions is a high priority.

The Conversation

EU should ban space mirrors and other solar geoengineering, scientists say

European Commission scientific advisers say technology to offset global heating could wreak havoc on weather

The Guardian - UK

Farmers’ markets are a vital but overlooked part of fixing Canada’s struggling food system

Since the onset of the pandemic, food prices have remained stubbornly high, even as grocery chains have made record profits. This has fuelled public frustration with so-called “greedflation"— a term describing large corporations raising their prices during times of crisis.

The Conversation

Bhopal: after 40 years, ongoing effects of world’s worst industrial disaster show environmental racism is alive and well

In the early hours of December 3 1984, 27 tonnes of toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from a storage tank at Union Carbide Corporation’s pesticide plant on the outskirts of the central Indian city of Bhopal. Amnesty International estimates that more than 22,000 people have died as a result of…

The Conversation

Exhausted: Australia lags Europe, US on car pollution

Vehicles are getting bigger but more efficient, a transport study has found, but Australia is still being lapped by other nations on low-emission cars.

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The Guardian - AU

How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network

An alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of wind and solar farms – and using them to spruik nuclear power

The Guardian - UK

BP shifts offshore wind to joint venture amid retreat from renewables

Energy company’s deal with Japan’s Jera will allow it to focus on exploiting oil and gas assets

The Conversation

How utilities are working to meet AI data centers’ voracious appetite for electricity

Across the U.S. and worldwide, energy demand is soaring as data centers work to support the wide and growing use of artificial intelligence. These large facilities are filled with powerful computers, called servers, that run complex algorithms to help AI systems learn from vast amounts of data.

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Evacuations under way in Philippines as Mt Kanlaon volcano erupts

Around 54,000 people will be covered by the evacuation efforts, as authorities prepare for ‘worst-case scenario’.

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Harrogate Spring Water planning to cut down wood planted by schoolchildren

Conservation groups join those who helped plant woodland in opposing expansion of bottling plant

The Conversation

As floodwaters rise, toxic contaminants released from old landfills pose more of a hazard to nature and to us

Extensive flooding of the River Thames and its tributaries across south-east England in February 2014 was caused by extraordinary weather conditions. Very heavy rain had fallen on ground already saturated by multiple storms since the previous December. Hundreds of residents were evacuated and the flooding damaged thousands of homes and…

The Conversation

A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

It is a common refrain to say that geopolitics gets in the way of climate action. From the war in Ukraine to trade tensions, each year seems to bring another immediate priority that diverts focus from the imperative to act on climate change.

Al Jazeera

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

The Copernicus Climate Change Service says this year is sure to eclipse 2023 as the hottest yet.

Al Jazeera

Did toxic algae kill hundreds of elephants in Botswana?

More than 350 elephants in Botswana died from toxic waterholes contaminated with cyanobacteria in 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says

An area nearly a third larger than India turned permanently arid in past three decades, research shows

Radio France Internationale

2024 'certain' to be hottest year ever as emissions continue to drive climate change

This year is "effectively certain" to be the warmest on record and the first calendar year in which average global temperatures were more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, Europe’s climate monitor has announced.

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