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Biodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness
When Joe Harkness received a message from a friend about macerating moth abdomens to check their genitalia to identify the species, it sparked an idea for a new book about wildlife obsessions. But over time, this developed into a completely different book: a clarion call to embrace neurodiversity in the fight against the extinction crisis.
Across Britain, 15% of people are thought to be neurodivergent. In the process of writing Neurodivergent, By Nature, Harkness discovered that an estimated 30% of conservation employees were neurodivergent. Why?
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The public-spirited sport of spogomi is catching on across Britain, which boasts its world champion team
Armed with gloves, metal tongs and plastic rubbish sacks, hordes of determined litter-pickers will descend on Hackney Marshes in east London this weekend.
Spogomi, a Japanese litter-picking sport, has come to the UK. Invented in 2008, it was intended as a competition to encourage people to clean up public spaces. It is now played in schools across the country as people gamify collecting rubbish.
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Stamford, Lincolnshire:In our club we learn about plants and animals so that we can help save them. So far we’ve found out about moths, snails, caterpillars and lots more
We have been trying to save nature in different ways. At home we have been planting seeds and picking up litter. At school we have started a new nature club. It’s called the Nature Goddesses. We go into the bushes and teach the other children about different creatures and plants, with the adults helping too. Every time a new child comes, it’s like another new beautiful plant has been saved! We learn about the spectacular gifts of Mother Nature. Any time we see any plants on our wide and majestic field or in the nature area, we explore them and learn about them.
Things we have found at our nature club: garden tiger moth, common blue butterfly, a shield bug, snails, garden spiders, caterpillars, ladybirds and dragonflies, and last but not least four bumblebees. While we investigate these gifts, our minds fill with wonder! Questions float in the air yet to be answered.
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Water firms claim wet wipes, which shed microplastics and cause blockages, are main source of sewage pollution
Wet wipe producers should be charged to remove their pollution from England’s waterways, the author of a government review into reforming the sector has said.
Sewage has been a critical factor in the devastating pollution of our waterways, but other sources of pollution include microplastics, consumer products such as wet wipes, and the byproducts of modern manufacturing, such asPfas (“forever chemicals”), as well as fertiliser and pesticides from farming. Many of these have been linked to harmful effects on human health and the natural environment.
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Chris Hinchliff says language used is indicative of ‘private schoolboy drinking club’ culture within government
Chris Hinchliff was surprised when he was called into the whip’s office at short notice to be told he was no longer a Labour MP because of his campaign to enshrine chalk stream protections in law.
Hinchliff, 31, who last summer became the new MP for North East Hertfordshire, was suspended from the parliamentary Labour party, along with three other MPs, because of a small rebellion he organised over the planning and infrastructure bill.
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At least 10 killed and dozens hospitalised in north of country, while intense heat grips parts of Scandinavia
Turkey and other parts of the Balkan peninsula have been gripped by a heatwave this week, sparking wildfires that have killed at least 10 people and left dozens in hospital.
Temperatures intensified at the weekend, peaking at 43C (109F) in Volos, Greece, on Tuesday. Authorities closed tourist attractions such as the Acropolis between midday and 5pm.
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Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions and woodburning stoves
Exposure to certain forms of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.
The illness is estimated to affect about 57 million people worldwide, with the number expected to increase to at least 150m cases by 2050.
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With more than 80% of Tuvalu’s population applying for ‘climate visas’, the tiny South Pacific island nation’s Australian diaspora is only set to grow
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Bateteba Aselu describes her former life in Tuvalu as like living in the “safest place in the world” where the community looked out for each other, there was no homelessness and you rarely heard the sirens of police or ambulances.
But rising sea levels and extreme weather have created such an immediate existential threat to the tiny South Pacific island nation that when a new visa lottery to migrate to Australia closed last Friday, 8,750 people in 2,474 family groups – more than 80% of Tuvalu’s population of 11,000 residents – had applied for the world’s first “climate visas”.
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For fishing communities along South Australia’s coast where an algal bloom has devastated marine life, the impact of the disaster is emotional as well as financial
Nathan Eatts can remember the last day he caught a squid. It was 18 April, a few weeks after a brown foam and dead marine life began appearing on beaches on South Australia’s Fleurieu peninsula.
“That’s over three months now,” says the third generation squid fisher, whose business, Cape Calamari, is based on the southern Fleurieu peninsula.
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After efforts to make conditions better for the elusive creatures in Studland Bay, sightings are greatly increasing
The divers emerged from the water smiling with satisfaction. They had found what they were looking for in the undersea meadows off the south coast of England.
“Seahorses are tricky to spot,” said Mark Fox. “The seagrass sways and they blend into it pretty well. It helps if it’s sunny and not too choppy but you have to get your eye in. When you see them, it’s brilliant.”
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Izgleda da pušenje može smanjiti ključna područja mozga povezana s pamćenjem i spoznajom, a prekomjerna tjelesna težina može pojačati oštećenje, što otvara nova pitanja o prevenciji demencije, sugerira nova studija.
Mozak i skeletni mišići imaju visoke energetske potrebe, a kreatin je važan regulator. Kreatin djeluje kao prostorni i vremenski energetski pufer te smanjuje oksidativni stres i upalu.
Rezultati nove studije sugeriraju da je često korišteni lijek za dijabetes tipa 2 povezan s većom stopom srčanih oboljenja u usporedbi s inhibitorima dipeptidil peptidaze 4 (DPP 4). Naime, pokazalo se, da je lijek glipizid povezan s većom učestalošću infarkta miokarda, ishemijskog moždanog udara, hospitalizacije zbog zatajenja srca i kardiovaskularne smrti.
Mučnina i povraćanje uzrokovani kemoterapijom među su najtežim nuspojavama liječenja raka, posebno za one koji primaju visoko emetogene režime poput kombinacija antraciklina i ciklofosfamida. Ova glavna nuspojava ugrožava kvalitetu života pacijenta i spremnost na nastavak terapije. Stoga postoji ključna potreba za osmišljavanjem učinkovitog pristupa liječenju antiemetika za optimizaciju skrbi za rak i dobrobiti pacijenta.
Nova studija koja je analizirala podatke više od 160.000 odraslih osoba otkrila je, da je hodanje od otprilike 7.000 koraka dnevno povezano sa smanjenjem rizika od nekoliko ozbiljnih zdravstvenih ishoda, uključujući smrtnost od svih uzroka (smanjenje od 47%), kardiovaskularne bolesti (smanjenje od 25%), rak (smanjenje od 6%), dijabetes tipa 2 (smanjenje od 14%), demenciju (smanjenje od 38%), depresiju (smanjenje od 22%) i padove (smanjenje od 28%).
Izgleda da dugoročno smanjenje glutena, često smatrano poboljšanjem zdravlja, zapravo može poremetiti ravnotežu crijevnog mikrobioma, ukloniti ključne mikrobe i potaknuti nakupljanje etanola povezano s upalom i metaboličkim rizicima, pokazuje nova studija.
Učinak soka od cikle bogatog nitratima na snižavanje krvnog tlaka kod starijih osoba može biti posljedica specifičnih promjena u njihovom oralnom mikrobiomu, ukazuju rezultati nove studije.
Prema rezultatima nove studije probiotičke bakterije stimuliraju trenutne i mjerljive promjene u funkciji moždanih stanica, što ukazuje na novu izravnu komunikaciju između crijeva i mozga.
Ljudi koji puno piju alkohol imaju više od dva puta veću vjerojatnost da će razviti bolesti jetre povezane s alkoholom u usporedbi s prije dva desetljeća, iako ljudi općenito konzumiraju istu količinu kao i prije, sugerira nova studija.
Teži simptomi endometrioze, poput ekstremne boli i potencijalno neplodnosti, često se mogu ublažiti ranim otkrivanjem i liječenjem, no ne postoji jedinstveni dijagnostički test za bolest unatoč lakoći pristupa tkivu koje je izravno povezano s tim stanjem.
