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Don Jurica služi Misu u Pitvama, 2014.
Photo: Vivian Grisogono
„Već nam danima fali taj don Jurica. Ali puno više nedostajat će nam u crkvi jelšanskoj, za oltarom, naročito u ispovjedaonici u kojoj ste ga mogli naći i ‘upotrijebiti’ u svako doba. A nakon odlaska časnih iz Jelse, on je preuzeo i poprilični dio sakristanske službe: otvaranje crkve, regulaciju zvonjave, pripremanje oltara za misu…“, rekao je don Stanko na pogrebu 23.04.2019.
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast.
Eliminating the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels by adopting renewable energy and green technologies, such as electric vehicles and heat pumps, would be the best and most cost-effective option for the future economy, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) found.
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Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet, a much bigger footprint than previously thought
Weda Bay is just one example of a global trend that could see the mining industry expand into some of Earth’s last areas of wilderness in search of minerals and materials to feed the global economy.
Analysis produced for the Guardian by a group of academic researchers found more than 3,267 mining operations within key biodiversity areas (KBAs), accounting for nearly 5% of the mining sector’s global footprint. China, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico top the rankings for total surface mining area within key biodiversity areas, the most naturally precious areas of the planet.
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Hemmed in by the sea and poor transport links, many young people from the Yorkshire town feel trapped, but there is also a pride in the area
It’s the morning after a wet and stormy day in the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough. The waves, which the previous day had been crashing dramatically on the harbour walls, have calmed and a few brave souls have entered the water with surfboards. There is a man throwing a ball for his dog on the beach and a kayaker bobbing on the waves.
Just up from the seafront in the centre of town, Jack and Charlie, both 17, are leaning forward listening to a story from 19-year-old Keane about his recent visit to a drama school in London, where he is hoping to apply for a place on an actor training course once he has saved enough money.
Scarborough, on the North Yorkshire coast, was one of England’s first seaside resorts
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Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths
Hedgehogs have been discovered to hear high-frequency ultrasound, raising hopes that they could be deterred from dangerous roads with ultrasound repellers.
Vehicles are estimated to kill up to one in three hedgehogs, a big factor in the much-loved mammal’s drastic decline across Europe over recent decades.
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They will soon be looking for nest sites to begin the huge effort of raising their brood of between eight and 10 chicks
If there were an award for the most underrated British garden bird, the blue tit may well come out on top. Feisty and fascinating, this colourful little creature is so common and familiar that we often take it for granted.
This could be because of the blue tit’s ubiquity. In both the main garden bird surveys in the UK – the RSPB’s annual Big Garden Birdwatch and the long-running BTO Garden BirdWatch – the species is always in the top five. With roughly 3 million breeding pairs, blue tits are as common in urban and suburban gardens as they are in rural ones.
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Knightwood Inclosure, New Forest: I realise my knowledge of my favourite haunt is the size of the spidery-speck hanging in the heather
In soft sunlight the woodland wakes. Brimstone butterflies boast their presence, a raven pair rattle overhead, and the first scents of warming earth drift upwards. Spring shouts its arrival across Knightwood Inclosure, home of the New Forest’s girthiest tree, the Knightwood Oak. It falls on deaf ears though; knelt in mud, immersed in undergrowth, I’m mesmerised in micro.
In front of me, suspended on barely-there thread, hangs a speck of a spider. It was the disco-ball water droplets, clinging to its intricately woven web, that enticed me in. The spider is so small that my eyes and camera struggle to focus, flicking from a cream and tawny-coloured orb to a faded heather flower. When I do lock on, the abdominal markings gain clarity: inky black lines encasing two small spots.
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More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch ‘kākāpō cam’, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders
On an island in New Zealand’s remote southern fjords, one of the world’s strangest and rarest parrots – the kākāpō – is caring for her tiny chick as fans from across the globe watch on.
Through the black and white lens of a hidden camera, a fluffy orb with a kazoo-like squeak jostles for food from its mother’s beak. The mother, Rakiura, is attentive – scooping her chick under her large green wings, fending off an intruding bird, and periodically tidying her nest.
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Reaching up to 100ft, these massive piles contain tonnes of salt that keep roads clear – but pose environmental risks
Most mountains take tens of millions of years to form. Toronto’s newest mountain took just days.
Towering atop the crowns of evergreens, it has no skeleton of limestone or granite. There are no spires, cornices or headwalls. It is simply piles upon piles of snow, mixed with a toxic cocktail of road salt, antifreeze, oil, coffee cups and lost keys. It is the final resting place for the forces of nature that have battered the city in recent weeks – and a daunting environmental hazard.
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Young people hope green light to build eco attraction’s northern outpost will change theirs and the town’s fortunes
In the Lancashire coastal town of Morecambe, there has been talk of Eden Project’s futuristic biomes being built beside the shoreline overlooking the bay for a decade.
But this summer, spades will finally break ground to make the project a reality, with the visitor attraction expected to open in less than two years.
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Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs – and the need to adapt or be left behind
Read more of our Coffee crisis series here
On a steep hillside in western El Salvador, Oscar Leiva watches rainfall in December, a month that once marked the start of the dry season. During this harvest cycle, flowering came early and then stalled. A heatwave followed. What remains of the crop is uneven, lower in quality and more expensive to produce than the last.
For Leiva and his family, coffee has never been just a crop. His mother, Esperanza Marinero, remembers when the rains arrived on schedule and the harvest could be planned months in advance. Today, the calendar no longer holds. Decisions about pruning, fertilising and hiring labour feel like educated guesses. Each mistake carries a cost the family cannot afford.
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Sve veći broj istraživanja sugerira da crijevni mikrobiom može utjecati na hormonalne i metaboličke poremećaje koji se javljaju kod sindroma policističnih jajnika (PCOS). Znanstvenici sada predlažu da bi postbiotici, bioaktivni spojevi koje proizvode mikrobi, jednog dana mogli nadopuniti postojeće tretmane vraćanjem mikrobne ravnoteže i poboljšanjem metaboličkog zdravlja.
Varijacije imunoma (imunoloških stanica i funkcija) usko su povezane s ljudskim zdravljem. Različite izloženosti, uključujući vanjsko okruženje i osobni način života, važni su čimbenici koji utječu na imunološki sustav. Sada je nova studija pokazala da su san i prehrana dominantne izloženosti koje utječu na imunom.
Jedna sesija tjelovježbe može potaknuti poticaj neuronske aktivnosti u moždanim mrežama koje su temelj učenja i pamćenja, tvrdi nova studija. Naime, snimke su pokazale povećanu stopu valova koji potječu iz hipokampusa i povezuju se s kortikalnim regijama mozga za koje se zna da su uključene u učenje i pamćenje.
Analiza koju su vodili znanstvenici Mass General Brigham otkrila je sporije starenje kod starijih osoba nakon dvije godine svakodnevnog uzimanja multivitamina, s većim koristima za one koji su započeli ispitivanje s ubrzanom biološkom dobi.
Žene s određenim kardiometaboličkim faktorima rizika, uključujući dijabetes tipa 2 i visoki opseg struka, suočavaju se s većim povećanjem rizika od fibroze jetre nego muškarci s istim faktorima rizika, pokazala je nova studija.
Žene koje imaju komplikacije u trudnoći, poput preeklampsije, prijevremenog poroda, mrtvorođenčeta ili rađanja djeteta koje je malo za gestacijsku dob, mogu se suočiti s povećanim rizikom od kardiovaskularnih bolesti kasnije u životu, pokazala je nova studija. Jednako tako, za one koje prijavljuju visoku razinu stresa tijekom i nakon trudnoće, postoji povećani rizik od visokog krvnog tlaka, čak i godinama nakon poroda.
Opće je poznato da dojenje utječe na zdravlje i majke i djeteta, ali temeljna biologija koja dovodi do tih učinaka nije dovoljno proučena. No, nedavno objavljene studije pokazuju da T-stanice - bijele krvne stanice koje igraju ključnu ulogu u imunološkom sustavu - oblikuju imunološki sustav djeteta, podržavaju zdrave crijevne bakterije i smanjuju rizik od raka dojke za majke te da laktacija nije samo nutritivni proces, već je imunološki regulirano stanje s trajnim posljedicama za zdravlje majke i dojenčeta.
Pušenje marihuane (kanabis), te konzumacija kokaina ili amfetamina, mogu povećati rizik od moždanog udara, čak i ako se radi o mlađoj odrasloj osobi, pokazala je analiza 32 studije. Konzumacija kokaina i amfetamina može udvostručiti ili utrostručiti rizik od moždanog udara za bilo koju odraslu osobu. Marihuana također povećava rizik od moždanog udara, ali u manjoj mjeri.
U novom istraživanju znanstvenici su otkrili potencijalno novu strategiju za borbu protiv Alzheimerove bolesti i Parkinsonove bolesti, stanja koja su povezana s toksičnim nakupljanjem nakupina proteina tau i alfa sinukleina u mozgu. Naime, tubulin, gradivni blok mikrotubula, može spriječiti stvaranje toksičnih nakupina tau i alfa sinukleina i umjesto toga ih usmjeriti u njihove normalne, zdrave uloge.
Japanski znanstvenici otkrili su ključni mehanizam koji omogućuje širenje raka želuca u udaljene organe. Njihova studija pokazuje da stanice raka stimuliraju Wnt signalizaciju u okolnim stromalnim fibroblastima kako bi proizvodile hijaluronan, stvarajući podržavajuće mikrookruženje koje potiče metastaze.
