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Bez obzira na to, Europska Komisija hoće produžiti dozvolu za glifosat poslije isteka u lipnju 2016, i to na 15 godina, najdulji mogući termin.
Zastupnici Europskog parlamenta, uključujći neke iz Hrvatske, su glasili protiv odluke Komisije u travnju 2016. Slijedi glasanje u svibnju 2016., ali ako nema zaključka, konačna odluka će donjeti Komisija.
Na našoj internetskoj stranici objavljujemo tekstove i informacije na temu zdravlja, okoliša i zaštite životinja. Premda u prvom redu govorimo o otoku Hvaru u Dalmaciji, većina informacija vrijedi za cijelu Hrvatsku, a neke od njih odnose se na Europu, Sjedinjene američke države i ostale dijelove svijeta.
Većina tekstova je pisana na engleskom jeziku, ali s vremenom ćemo dodati i tekstove na hrvatskom jeziku.
Najsrdačnije zahvaljujemo Željki Horvat koja nam je stručno dizajnirala zaštitini znak naše udruge ECO HVAR.
Posebnu hvalu dugujemo Jeleni Bunčuga, Petri Mimica, Barulu Mimici, Ivani Župan, Dinki Barbić i Josipu Vlainiću za prijevode; i Mihaelu Magdiću iz ORION Informatike i Trgovine Varaždin, koji s mnogo strpljenja a s izvrsnim rezultatom dizajnirao našu internetsku stranicu.
Report from group of MPs calls for broader access to rivers, woodlands and fields to improve connection with nature
Swimming and wild camping should be a right for all people to enjoy in the English countryside, Labour MPs have said.
They are calling for access to nature to be increased and legal rights to enjoy the countryside in a report from the all-party parliamentary group for outdoor recreation and access to nature.
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Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity
A new Google datacentre in Essex is expected to emit more than half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year , equivalent to about 500 short-haul flights a week, planning documents show.
Spread across 52 hectares (128 acres), the Thurrock “hyperscale datacentre” will be part of a wave of mammoth computer and AI power houses if it secures planning consent.
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Campaigners crowdfund £26,000 to seek judicial review of move to construct pitches in wildlife-rich area
Campaigners are mounting another legal challenge to the building of a women’s football academy by Tottenham Hotspur on wildlife-rich parkland in north London.
The Guardians of Whitewebbs group has successfully crowdfunded £26,000 to seek a judicial review of Enfield council’s granting of planning permission for the Spurs academy, which will include all-weather pitches, floodlights and a turf academy built on 53 hectares (130 acres) of Whitewebbs Park. Enfield council’s planning committee approved the proposals in February, despite local protests, on greenbelt parkland rich in bats, newts and mature trees.
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Viral videos have shifted public opinion about water monitors, long held in contempt in Thai culture, even as rising numbers of the reptiles pose problems for residents
Shortly after dawn, Lumphini Park comes alive. Bangkok residents descend on the sprawling green oasis in the middle of the city, eager to squeeze in a workout before the heat of the day takes hold. Joggers trot along curving paths. Old men struggle under barbells at the outdoor gym. Spandex-clad women stretch into yoga poses on the grass.
Just metres away, one of the park’s more infamous occupants strikes its own lizard pose. About 400 Asian water monitor lizards call Lumphini Park home, and this morning they are out in full force – scrambling up palm trees, swimming through the waterways and wrestling on the road.
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Agreements include plan to build 12 reactors in Hartlepool with Centrica, creating 2,500 jobs, and fast-tracking UK and US safety checks
Labour’s plans for a massive expansion of nuclear power have been given a boost with a string of transatlantic deals for new modular reactors announced before Donald Trump’s visit.
The UK and US governments have promised to fast track safety checks, and announced several new private sector investment deals, with Labour emphasising the potential benefits for jobs and growth.
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Owenkillew River, County Tyrone: Vital populations of freshwater pearl mussels survive here, cleaning the water, encouraging the return of their ‘host’
I am holding the empty bivalve shell of a freshwater pearl mussel. A mussel of this size – almost the length of my hand – lived for about 100 years before its flesh dissolved, most likely in the stomach of an otter or mink. The shell was abandoned on the riverbank.
I turn it over. In contrast to the black-as-bogwater exterior, the interior is a shimmering nacreous-white. Formerly common enough to be harvested by local pearl hunters, this species is now globally endangered. Nevertheless, among the rolling hills of the Sperrins mountain range, vital populations survive in the Owenkillew and Owenreagh rivers. Mussels feed by filtering particles out of the current, cleaning the water, thereby providing an important service to the river’s ecosystem.
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Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria
The violent weather that battered Europe this summer caused short-term economic losses of at least €43bn, according to an EU-wide estimate, with costs expected to rise to €126bn by 2029.
The immediate hit to the economy from a single brutal summer of heat, drought and flooding amounted to 0.26% of the EU’s economic output in 2024, according to the rapid analysis, which has not been submitted for peer review but is based on relationships between weather and economic data that were published in an academic study this month.
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Download one or many of our beautiful colouring sheets from artist Pete Cromer
Pete Cromer’s signature artwork provides the distinctive look of the Guardian/Birdlife Australia 2025 bird of the year poll.
You can create your own bird of the year masterpiece by downloading and printing these colouring PDFs featuring previous winners and runners-up in the bird of the year vote. There are individual ones for specific birds, or for those wanting more of a challenge, one sheet with several birds.
Mindfulness colouring page with all birds on one page
Multipage PDF with all the abovebirds
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In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chronic malnutrition
Excited chatter and the clattering of steel plates drown out the din of the monsoon rains: it is lunchtime in Laitsohpliah government school in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya. The food has been cooked on-site and is free for everyone, part of India’s ambitious “midday meal” – PM Poshan – programme to incentivise school enrolment.
The scheme covers more than 1m state-run schools across the country, but the menu at Laitsohpliah is hyperlocal, thanks to a recent charity initiative in the state.
A lunch of rice, dal, potatoes with east Himalayan chives, cured dry fish and sohryngkham, a wild berry pickle
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Heroic firefighting and a lucky turn in weather helped avert disaster once, but ‘a perfect storm of conditions’ remains
During a 2024 wildfire season described as “unprecedented”, the tiny central Idaho town of Stanley and nearby Redfish Lake Lodge narrowly missed incineration by two fires: the Bench Lake and then the Wapiti blazes.
It took heroic firefighting efforts and favorable turns in weather conditions for the town – a mountain mecca for tourists from around the world – to survive without the loss of a single life or home.
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U nedavno objavljenom istraživanju znanstvenici su ispitali dokaze koji povezuju metaboličke disfunkcije s kroničnim migrenama. Također su istražili ketogenu dijetu kao moguću terapiju te su otkrili da ketogena dijeta može smanjiti učestalost migrena i intenzitet boli. Jednako tako, ketogena dijeta može pomoći pacijentima s migrenom da koriste manje lijekova.
Karakteristike dijabetesa tipa 2 razlikuju se od pacijenta do pacijenta i predloženo je da se stanje sastoji od četiri podtipa. Sada, novo istraživanje pokazuje da pušenje povećava rizik od dijabetesa tipa 2, bez obzira na podtip. Jednako tako, pokazalo se, da su osobe s genetskom predispozicijom za razvoj dijabetesa osjetljivije na štetne učinke pušenja.
Neurodegenerativne bolesti poput Alzheimerove, Parkinsonove i Huntingtonove bolesti karakterizira progresivni gubitak neurona. Rezultirajući iscrpljujući simptomi, poput gubitka pamćenja i kognitivnih funkcija te motoričkog oštećenja, mogu značajno smanjiti kvalitetu života pacijenata, ograničavajući ih na cjelodnevnu njegu.
Imunomodulatorna svojstva ginsenga prvenstveno se pripisuju njegovim aktivnim spojevima, ginsenozidima i polisaharidima. Ginsenozidi Rg1 i Rb1 reguliraju proizvodnju citokina inhibirajući proupalne čimbenike poput TNF-α i IL-6, a istovremeno potiču protuupalni IL-10. Ova dvosmjerna modulacija pomaže u održavanju imunološke homeostaze.
Crohnova bolest, vrsta upalne bolesti crijeva (IBD), pogađa milijune ljudi diljem svijeta. Bolest je kronična i vrlo nepredvidiva, a manifestira se simptomima poput bolova u trbuhu, proljeva - ponekad s krvlju - i jakog umora. Upala također može uzrokovati sužavanje crijeva i stvaranje fistula.
Primarni rak jetre treći je vodeći uzrok smrti povezanih s rakom, od čega hepatocelularni karcinom (HCC) čini otprilike 90% svih slučajeva raka jetre. S obzirom na to da je razvoj HCC-a multifaktorski i višestupanjski proces, njegova sve veća incidencija naglašava potrebu za razumijevanjem njegovih molekularnih mehanizama i identificiranjem potencijalnih biomarkera i terapijskih ciljeva.
Rezultati nove studije otkrivaju kako sitne čestice plastike zaglavljene u arterijama mogu povećati rizik od srčanih bolesti, zahtijevajući hitnu pozornost kliničara i državnih tijela.
Osobe s kroničnom nesanicom (insomnijom) mogu iskusiti brži pad pamćenja i sposobnosti razmišljanja kako stare, uz promjene na mozgu koje se mogu vidjeti na snimkama, nego osobe koje nemaju kroničnu nesanicu, pokazuje nova studija.
Zeleni čaj poznat po svojim ljekovitim i antioksidativnim svojstvima široko je proučavan zbog svojih blagotvornih učinaka na metaboličke bolesti, poput pretilosti i dijabetesa tipa 2. Nedavne studije otkrile su da tretman zelenim čajem smanjuje tjelesnu težinu i značajno poboljšava osjetljivost na glukozu i inzulinsku rezistenciju kod pretilih miševa. Ovi rezultati pojačavaju potencijalnu relevantnost napitka kao dodatka u liječenju pretilosti kod ljudi.
Osim kolesterola, i aminokiselina homocistein također ima ulogu u ukrućenju aorte, tvrde rezultati nove studije. Naime, povišene razine aminokiseline homocisteina u krvi dovele su do kruće i manje elastične aorte u životinjskom modelu. Smatra se, da ovi rezultati doprinose boljem razumijevanju razvoja kardiovaskularnih bolesti poput ateroskleroze. Inače, mnoge kardiovaskularne bolesti imaju svoje podrijetlo u aortnoj disfunkciji.
