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The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure
The UN has voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the US – which is the world’s biggest historical emitter – among the small group opposing it.
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said Wednesday’s general assembly vote, in which 28 countries abstained, underscored that governments are responsible for protecting citizens from the “escalating climate crisis”.
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Environmental activists lock themselves to pesticide barrels in protest outside Syngenta headquarters
More than 40 people, including Greenpeace UK’s programme director, Amy Cameron, have been arrested after a protest outside pesticide company Syngenta’s Yorkshire headquarters.
A number of the activists locked themselves on to 15 blue pesticide barrels outside the headquarters, blocking the gates and leading to the temporary closure of the local A62. Activists had transformed a roundabout outside the front entrance into a giant hazard symbol carrying the message “Syngenta poisons nature” with an arrow pointing directly at the building. The action took place on World Bee day.
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Global study finds wrappers, bottles and lids on shorelines of 93% of countries analysed as UN talks to tackle issue in turmoil
Plastic food wrappers, bottles, lids and caps are by far the most common items of litter found on the world’s shorelines, a study has found.
Researchers looked at data from more than 5,300 surveys of coastal litter to produce the first global analysis of its kind. They found the data in 355 existing studies on the subject.
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Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
British homes will need air conditioning to survive predicted levels of global heating, the government’s climate advisers have warned in a report, as measures such as drawing curtains, opening windows and growing trees for shade are not likely to be enough.
Air conditioning should be installed in all care homes and hospitals within the next 10 years, and in all schools within 25 years, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC), which published a major report on adapting to the impacts of global heating on Wednesday.
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For 150 years, the Mease had been altered by human hands, which destroyed habitats. But in 2013, a restoration project began – and now its wetlands are abuzz with wildlife
‘A noisy river is a healthy river,” says Ruth Needham of the Trent Rivers Trust (TRT). The Mease in the Midlands must be in fine fettle, then, as it gurgles merrily along. Sunlight glints off riffles in the water and shoals of fry dart past. Needham whips out her phone to video the tiny fish: “My colleagues will be jumping for joy to see them!”
Needham has good reason to be buoyant. Last month, the Mease won the UK River prize 2026 – which was established by the River Restoration Centre in 2014 to acknowledge innovative projects –in recognition of the trust’s 13-year restoration campaign. “The prize has been a massive boost,” says Needham. “If we can get the Mease into better condition, we can improve other rivers, too.”
‘We wanted to get people to work together’ … Ruth Needham of the Trent Rivers Trust
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Ukrainians lament appalling toll of fighting on their country’s bird population
Russia sent kamikaze drones to attack the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia in February. They hit buildings and killed several people. One unreported victim of the bombardment was a male long-eared owl, blinded in one eye and found with a badly broken wing. A passerby scooped up the stunned bird, put him in a box and took him to the city of Dnipro.
The owl – nicknamed Sunny – is now recovering in a cosy room belonging to Veronica Konkova. No longer able to fly or hunt, Sunny instead hops around.
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Chancellor’s planning shake-up in England and Wales would ‘reduce exposure from judicial review on all but human rights grounds’
Rachel Reeves is poised to fast-track clean energy projects in England and Wales with planning reforms to curb the use of judicial reviews against new infrastructure, the Treasury has said.
Under the chancellor’s proposals, parliament will be able to designate and approve the most important clean energy projects as of “critical national importance”, as part of a wider package seeking to boost the UK’s energy security and soften the economic fallout from the Iran war.
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When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside space
The play area at St John’s Church of England primary in Barnet, north London, used to flood so severely it was often unusable. “It would get so bad that the children couldn’t be dismissed from the playground,” says Macci Dobie, the school’s headteacher. “We had to dismiss them from different parts of the school or, literally, parents were stepping into puddles to lift their children out of the classroom.”
Because the school sits in a basin with clay foundations, rain would pool on the grey tarmac and just sit there, often denying the children a proper break for play outside.
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Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?
Several hours after dark in a quiet Caribbean neighbourhood, a cluster of environmental activists gather on plastic chairs between a mango tree and a courtyard wall emblazoned with the words “Colombia, respira!” (Breathe, Colombia).
So many people have turned up that some have to stand. That is because tonight’s speaker is Susana Muhamad, one of the most admired socio-environmental campaigners in the world, and this is a moment of profound historical significance.
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A new exhibition, Jurassic Oceans, showcases the fearsome creatures that lurked below the surface – and offers a stark warning about the impact of warming waters on marine ecosystems today
Deep in the bowels of the Natural History Museum, Kate Whittington is standing in front of the skeleton of a 23ft plesiosaur, one of prehistoric Earth’s most fearsome marine reptiles, explaining how it would eat us for dinner, were it still around today.
“Its long neck allowed its head to get a head start on its body,” says the museum’s exhibition and interpretation manager. “So it could sneak up on prey and grab it [with its mouth] before its body and flippers created a disturbance in the water.”
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Gestacijski dijabetes snažan je faktor rizika za budući dijabetes tipa 2, čak i kod žena s normalnom tjelesnom težinom prije trudnoće, tvrdi nova studija. Stoga stručnjacii pozivaju na ranije testiranje i bolje praćenje.
Konzumiranje hrane koja sadrži uobičajene aditive za konzervanse u hrani može povećati rizik od visokog krvnog tlaka (hipertenzija) i kardiovaskularnih bolesti, prema rezultatima novog istraživanja.
Prestanak pušenja može biti povezan sa smanjenim rizikom od demencije, posebno za ljude koji izbjegavaju veće debljanje nakon prestanka pušenja, tvrdi nova studija.
Migrena s aurom povezana je s povećanim rizikom od ishemijskog moždanog udara kod osoba srednje i starije dobi, pokazuje nova studija. Migrena bez aure nije bila povezana s povećanim rizikom. Studija ne dokazuje da migrena s aurom uzrokuje povećani rizik od moždanog udara, već samo pokazuje povezanost.
Izgleda da osobe s hepatičkom steatozom, obično nazvanom bolest masne jetre, imaju veću količinu nekalcificiranog, rupturirajuće koronarnog plaka i suočavaju se s gotovo dvostruko većom stopom kardiovaskularnih događaja poput srčanog udara u usporedbi s onima bez steatoze, pokazuje nova studija.
Nova studija je pokazala da kada je vitamin C prisutan i u hrani, poput lisnatog povrća poput špinata, može smanjiti rizik od raka. Studija također sugerira da uzimanje dodataka vitamina C nakon svakog obroka može imati umjeren pozitivan učinak u smanjenju stvaranja nitrozacijskih produkata povezanih s rizikom od raka od nitrita i nitrata u prehrani, poput onih koji se nalaze u hrani poput slanine i salame.
Nedostatak vitamina D povezan je s umjerenijom do jakom boli nakon operacije raka dojke i povećanom konzumacijom opioidnih lijekova, otkriva novo istraživanje. Stoga pacijentice s rakom dojke s niskom razinom vitamina D (ispod 30 nmol/L) mogu imati koristi od uzimanja dodataka prehrani prije radikalne mastektomije.
Znanstvenici sa Stanford Medicine otkrili su da najčešće bijele krvne stanice u našem tijelu - imunološke stanice zvane neutrofili - mogu proizvoditi protein C4A za koji nitko nije znao da ga proizvode. Novo uočena neutrofilna veza, kao izvor proteina zvanog C4A, povezuje dugi popis drugih opažanja koja su identificirala C4A kao izražen faktor rizika za shizofreniju. Osobe sa shizofrenijom imaju tendenciju povećanja broja neutrofila u krvi, a najučinkovitiji lijek za shizofreniju inhibira neutrofile.
Nedavna studija pokazuje da poremećaji spavanja tijekom trudnoće mogu biti značajan faktor rizika za gestacijski dijabetes. Inače, gestacijski dijabetes je brzo rastući javnozdravstveni problem koji povećava rizik od komplikacija i za majku i za dijete tijekom trudnoće, a dugoročno i rizik od pretilosti i dijabetesa.
Lijek tezepelumab pokazao se učinkovitim u kliničkim ispitivanjima kod osoba s teškom astmom. Naime, tezepelumab je bio povezan s boljim ishodima kod pušača, pacijenata s preklapajućom astmom i kroničnom opstruktivnom plućnom bolesti (KOPB), kao i kod adolescenata.