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Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots
The easy thing for the people who live on the banks of the River Dart in Devon might have been to grumble and groan about the sewage spills that blight their beloved waterway.
Instead, citizen environmentalists in the area have created a unique online platform that flags up spills in real time, highlights spots that are repeatedly polluted, and sets out where improvement work is planned – and where it isn’t.
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Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire
British farmers are experiencing the worst bluetongue season on record, with the number of cases surpassing the past three years combined.
The viral disease, which affects sheep and cattle among other animals, can cause fevers, ulcers, a swollen head and lameness. The tongue may go blue and even protrude from the mouth. In the most severe cases, the animal can die.
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EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average
The scorching heat that persistently baked western Europe this summer was the worst on record, a report has found, with more than half the continent seared by “very strong” heat stress that felt hotter than 38C.
Surface air temperatures in western Europe from June to August were 2.5C above the recent decadal average, according to an update from the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring service on Friday, while milder but still deadly heat across the rest of the continent made the summer Europe’s third hottest on record.
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This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
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Micro aircraft used to help guide birds to Spanish stopover as part of efforts to create sustaining migratory population
Fifteen new birds have joined a growing flock of bald ibises in northern Spain, guided there by human migration guides in micro aircraft who helped them along the route.
The birds are part of the growing European flock of the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita), the charismatic and frankly extraordinary bird that had been extinct on the continent for 300 years.
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Tebay, Cumbria: I’ve had a stroke of luck with applying for government funding, but some bad vet results are overshadowing things once more
Last week was an important one as the government’s sustainable farming incentive opened for this year. Thankfully, I was working on my laptop when the email came through, so I submitted an application for us to become an organic farm. Others were not so lucky – the funding ran out after a few hours, and WhatsApp became a catalogue of despair among farmers who missed out and now don’t know how their farm businesses will survive. It’s clear that the government needs to provide more money to support sustainable farming.
Meanwhile, it’s been a difficult period since June as we’ve been “shut down” with TB. We’ve been waiting to test again so we can hopefully sell our bullocks, bull and breeding heifers. The wait has been extended because of my son’s wedding, and we had to find a new vet after our previous vet stopped taking farm animals as it was uneconomical for them. I’ve been unable to sleep. Another shutdown would again impact us financially.
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‘Day-to-day’ symptom of harmful emissions, which in turn can disrupt sleep, can be overlooked, say researchers
New research has found that increased air pollution is associated with more night-time coughing, leading to disturbed sleep.
Most air pollution research looks at symptoms that are severe enough for people to seek medical help, but day-to-day symptoms can be overlooked. Prof Cecilia Mascolo, who led the study from the University of Cambridge, said: “I come from an area in Italy with very high pollution and I am very aware of its not-talked-about effects.”
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Exclusive: Images show deep cuts and damage to tails and fins, as experts warn the migrating species often aren’t able to avoid a collision
Gruesome images of adult and juvenile humpback whales along Australia’s east coast with slash and gouge injuries from boat and propeller strikes highlight what experts say is a growing problem, as the population booms 60 years after the ban on whaling.
Missing tail parts, deep red lacerations and shocking injuries to the spine of a whale calf can be clearly seen on the images, gathered by WWF Australia and shared with the Guardian.
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With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia
Bangkok is used to absorbing the sudden afternoon downpours that inundate the city during the rainy season. Even streets in many central high-rise districts can briefly turn into rivers, with rats and cockroaches racing out of sewers and taking temporary refuge on trees and buildings as the subterranean world is flushed out.
But every city has a breaking point, and this year rain fell so fast and so hard that whole neighbourhoods of the Thai capital have been transformed, not into rivers, but stagnant lakes. In parts of the city, roughly 300mm of rain – the equivalent of half a year of average rainfall in London – fell in about two days.
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As the weather warms up, renewable and refillable brews can help reduce the environmental cost of a cold one
Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint
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It’s no secret that Australians love getting on the beers: we consume 69m litres of the stuff every year.
With that comes a significant packaging and environmental footprint, as commercially produced drinks generate emissions in both production and transportation. Australians drink and dispose of an estimated 17bn bottles and cans a year, fewer than half of which are recycled.
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Australski znanstvenici ispituju nove kombinacije antibiotika za liječenje uporne bakterijske vaginoze, nakon što su došli do važnog otkrića da se to stanje prenosi spolnim putem. Bakterijska vaginoza najčešće je vaginalno oboljenje kod žena reproduktivne dobi, a uzrokovano je gubitkom zdravih vaginalnih bakterija i prekomjernim rastom drugih bakterija, što narušava prirodnu ravnotežu vaginalnog mikrobioma.
Prema studiji Sveučilišta u Göteborgu, teška pneumokokna bolest koja zahtijeva hospitalizaciju, najčešće upala pluća, može biti znak prethodno neotkrivenog raka krvi i imunodeficijencije kod odraslih pacijenata.
Švedsko istraživanje pokezalo je da su nedonoščad rođena vrlo rano (ekstremno ili vrlo rano nedonoščad), koja su svakodnevno primala probiotike, imala niže stope nekrotizirajućeg enterokolitisa (NEC) i smrtnosti, dok je rizik od sepse ostao nepromijenjen.
Jedna od tri preživjele osobe od raka dojke iskusit će kognitivne probleme, koji mogu uključivati poteškoće s pažnjom, pamćenjem, brzinom obrade i drugim aspektima razmišljanja. Znanstvenici vjeruju da ovi problemi mogu nastati kombinacijom učinaka liječenja, upale, hormonalnih promjena, umora i stresa. Ovi problemi mogu potrajati i nakon liječenja i mogu utjecati na svakodnevne aktivnosti i kvalitetu života.
Niže temperature zraka mogu biti povezane s porastom tlaka tekućine unutar oka, što je glavni uzrok glaukoma, te bi to trebalo uzeti u obzir pri liječenju pacijenata s tim stanjem, sugeriraju rezultati novog istraživanja. Čini se da su osobe s težim oblikom glaukoma podložnije utjecaju temperature okoliša.
Djeca majki s depresijom imala su više stope određenih neurorazvojnih poremećaja poput poremećaja iz autističkog spektra ili poremećaja pažnje s hiperaktivnošću (ADHD), kao i poteškoća u učenju te emocionalnih, bihevioralnih ili socijalnih poteškoća, bez obzira na to jesu li tijekom trudnoće bila izložena antidepresivima, navodi se u novoj britanskoj studiji.
Čini se da mikroplastika može značajno narušiti funkciju fagocita u jetri, barem kod miševa, pokazuju rezultati nove studije. To zauzvrat remeti metabolizam tog vitalnog organa i povećava nakupljanje masti u njemu.
Veće varijacije krvnog tlaka povezane s većim rizikom od smrt, pokazala je studija u kojoj je sudjelovalo više od 57.000 ispitanika. Varijacije u nekim mjerama krvnog tlaka također su bile povezane s moždanim udarima.
Masna bolest jetre često je povezana s pretilošću, no sve veći broj ljudi s normalnom tjelesnom težinom razvija težak oblik stanja. Znanstvenici s Medicinskog fakulteta Duke-NUS sada su identificirali zaseban mehanizam u mišjem modelu koji bi mogao pomoći objasniti zašto: višak soli u prehrani može promijeniti metabolizam jetre i pokrenuti upalne putove povezane sa steatohepatitisom povezanim s metaboličkom disfunkcijom (MASH).
Znanstvenici otkrivaju kako promjene crijevnih mikroba uzrokovane vježbanjem mogu utjecati na oporavak i predlažu novi pristup "crijevne rehabilitacije" za osobe s ograničenim kapacitetom vježbanja.
Deep in the mountains of Palawan, Conservation International scientists are capturing what few people ever see: the secret lives of the Philippines’ rarest species.
At Maido — the Lima restaurant recently crowned the best in the world — one of the star dishes is paiche, a giant prehistoric river fish.Its journey to the table begins on a small family farm deep in Peru’s Amazon.
“Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, interim CEO of Conservation International.
Conservation International’s Neil Vora was selected for TIME’s Next 100 list — alongside other rising leaders reshaping culture, science and society.
Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?
After decades of negotiation, the high seas treaty is finally reality. The historic agreement will pave the way to protect international waters which face numerous threats.
The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.
The ocean is engine of all life on Earth, but human-driven climate change is pushing it past its limits. Here are five ways the ocean keeps our climate in check — and what can be done to help.
In a grueling and delicate dance, a team led by Conservation International removes a massive undersea killer.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures might be worth even more. An initiative featuring the work of some of the world’s best nature photographers raises money for environmental conservation.
