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Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a powerful category 5 hurricane on Monday, threatening days of catastrophic winds and rain in the northern Caribbean, while Jamaica’s government ordered mandatory evacuations for vulnerable areas across the country including in the capital, Kingston.
Jamaican officials had earlier urged those in low-lying and flood-prone areas to seek refuge as Melissa rapidly climbs up the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.
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Climate crisis drives near-total collapse of staghorn and elkhorn corals that formed backbone to state’s reefs
Two of the most important coral species that made up Florida’s reef are now functionally extinct after a withering ocean heatwave caused catastrophic losses, scientists have found.
The near-total collapse of the corals that once formed the backbone of reefs in Florida and the Caribbean means they can no longer play their previously crucial role in building and sustaining reef ecosystems that host a variety of marine life.
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Japanese carmaker’s deal with Chinese rival part of EU-sanctioned offsetting scheme to help head off £13bn in fines
The Japanese carmaker Nissan is to team up with its Chinese electric vehicle rival BYD in an attempt to offset their carbon emissions and avoid EU penalties for 2025, it has confirmed.
It is part of a wider offsetting scheme the EU has sanctioned for the car industry that could help manufacturers of combustion engine cars head off an estimated £13bn in fines.
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Study of Met Office data one of first to show how nocturnal insects affected by factors such as light pollution
Scientists have used Met Office radar data to track the trillions of insects flying above the UK for the first time, revealing a concerning decline in nocturnal species.
The team repurposed data from the UK’s network of 15 weather surveillance radars, which scan the sky hundreds of times a day.
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Russia’s arrest of a Ukrainian scientist this week over his support for curbs on krill fishing have thrown the vital role of the tiny marine species into the spotlight
Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like marine crustaceans (Euphausia superba). They feed on plankton and are the main food source for larger marine animals. The word “krill” comes from the Norwegian word “kril” meaning the small fry of fish.
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‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
A diplomatic row has erupted over the “illegal” detention of one of Ukraine’s scientists, who has been accused by the Kremlin of undermining Russia’s industrial trawling for krill in Antarctica.
Leonid Pshenichnov, 70, a Ukrainian biologist who is an expert on Antarctica, has a decades-long record of scientific research and contributions to conservation, including support for marine protected areas in the region.
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Silicone wristbands worn by volunteers in the Netherlands captured 173 substances in one week
For decades, Khoji Wesselius has noticed the oily scent of pesticides during spraying periods when the wind has blown through his tiny farming village in a rural corner of the Netherlands.
Now, after volunteering in an experiment to count how many such substances people are subjected to, Wesselius and his wife are one step closer to understanding the consequences of living among chemical-sprayed fields of seed potato, sugar beet, wheat, rye and onion.
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Survivors in Valencia call for consequences, particularly for regional president, after country’s worst natural disaster this century
The endless, sticky mud that coated the streets of Valencia, sucking at the boots of survivors and residents, is gone now. As are the jumbles of wrecked cars and the mountains of sodden, ruined belongings that had begun to stink in the humid coastal air.
But one year on, lingering evidence of the worst natural disaster to befall Spain this century is everywhere. Walk through the gaping, still-doorless entrance to a block of flats in the Benetússer neighbourhood, on the southern outskirts of the city, and there is a small sign on the wall, positioned 2.5 metres (8ft) above the floor. It reads: “The flood waters rose this high on 29 October 2024.”
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A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence on an increasingly hostile planet – resonated before Cop30
There we were at the edge of the forest. The computer screen had been up for a long time, everything arranged so that nothing would go wrong; that the internet wouldn’t go down, that the computer battery wouldn’t die, and a glass of water and ice in front of me so I wouldn’t be left without words. Silence filled the other side of the camera until a figure appeared, and there he was: António Guterres, the man who speaks for the world, the secretary general of the United Nations.
A few weeks earlier, I had received an invitation from Jonathan Watts of the Guardian newspaper, asking me to interview Guterres with him. I accepted. It would be my first time speaking to someone with that level of authority. But what would I ask him?
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‘The women here are warriors,’ says a midwife in Joal, and contraception is key to their health and life chances. But now UK and US aid cuts threaten to undo years of progress
The fishing quay on the beach at Joal is usually so crowded with women dealing with the day’s catch that you can barely glimpse the sea. But today it is quiet, just an expanse of broken shells and plastic bags that leads down to the water’s edge.
Last night, as is increasingly common here on Senegal’s coast, there was a storm and heavy rain so the men could not go to sea safely in their open wooden fishing boats, known as pirogues. Many houses were flooded, so women stayed at home for the day, baling out bedrooms and dealing with the aftermath. Times are tough.
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Novo istraživanje pokazuje da eozinofili, imunološke stanice obično povezane s alergijama, također imaju zaštitnu ulogu protiv infekcija Candidom albicans koristeći CD48 receptor za prepoznavanje gljivice i oslobađanje proteina koji zaustavljaju njezin rast. Ovo otkriće je važno jer mijenja način na koji se razumije imunološki sustav i otvara vrata novim terapijama koje bi mogle ojačati prirodnu obranu od gljivičnih infekcija opasnih po život, što je sve veći izazov u bolnicama diljem svijeta.
Neispravno uklanjanje otpada u mozgu moglo bi doprinijeti demenciji, tvrdi nova studija. Oštećeno kretanje cerebrospinalne tekućine - bistre tekućine koja štiti i čisti mozak - ukazuje na rizik od demencije kod ljudi kasnije u životu. Čini se da su ovi problemi s uklanjanjem otpada povezani s čimbenicima rizika za zdravlje srca koji oštećuju krvne žile u mozgu.
Čini se da statini, lijekovi za snižavanje povišene razine kolesterola, štite funkciju mozga pacijenata s rakom dojke i limfomom do dvije godine nakon liječenja raka, pokazuju rezultati nove studije.
Američki znanstvenici su unaprijedili metodu za identifikaciju i napad na uspavane stanice raka dojke koje uzrokuju povratak i širenje raka dojke godinama nakon što je izvorni tumor uklonjen. Nazvane diseminirane tumorske stanice, one se odvajaju od glavnog tumora i ostaju neotkrivene u područjima poput koštane srži ili na nekoj drugoj lokaciji.
Istraživanje provedeno u SAD-u, otkrilo je da dvije toksične kemikalije koje nastaju toplinskom razgradnjom otapala elektroničkih cigareta, propilen glikola i glicerina, mogu oštetiti ljudske stanice pluća.
Australski znanstvenici otkrili su kako se vodik proizvodi i koristi u ljudskim crijevima. Iako je poznat po tome što uzrokuje prdež, vodik također ima pozitivnu ulogu u podržavanju zdravlja crijeva.
Sveobuhvatna analiza više od 5,2 milijuna hospitalizacija u SAD-u otkriva zabrinjavajući porast slučajeva teškog divertikulitisa među Amerikancima mlađim od 50 godina. Naime, pokazalo se, da se udio mlađih pacijenata među onima koji su primljeni s kompliciranim divertikulitisom, podtipom divertikulitisa, koji uključuje apscese, perforacije ili druge ozbiljne komplikacije povećao s 18,5% na 28,2%, što je relativno povećanje od 52%.
Australski znanstvenici identificirali su dvije komponente živčanog sustava koje potiču rast tumora kod raka gastrointestinalnog trakta, stvarajući obećavajuće nove putove za liječenje postojećim odobrenim terapijama.
Velika studija pokazuje da čak i kratki, nepravilni obrasci hodanja, poput nekoliko aktivnih dana u tjednu, mogu značajno smanjiti rizik od smrti i srčanih bolesti kod starijih žena, dovodeći u pitanje mit o 10.000 koraka.
Osobe s karijesom i bolešću desni mogu se suočiti s većim rizikom od ishemijskog moždanog udara, pokazuju rezultati nove studije. Ishemijski moždani udari najčešći su tip moždanog udara i nastaju kada ugrušak ili blokada smanji protok krvi u mozak, lišavajući ga kisika i hranjivih tvari.
