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At least eight councils receive legal threats alleging flyers criticising wood burners are in breach of advertising codes
Lobbyists for the UK wood-burning stove industry have threatened councils with legal action over public information campaigns warning of the harms of air pollution.
At least eight councils have received legal threats, according to research by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The Stove Industry Association (SIA), which represents the UK’s expanding industry around the burning of wood in domestic settings, wrote to the councils, all London boroughs, in late 2023 complaining that flyers stating wood burners were “careless, not cosy” were in breach of UK advertising codes.
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At the council recycling tip in Chingford, people drop off fridges, dishwashers, mattresses, golf clubs, bicycles and batteries – then head into the shop to hunt through the weird and wonderful treasures
When an embalmed rabbit in a Perspex box arrived at the dump in Chingford, north-east London, last year, with fur on its head but its organs and skeleton exposed to teach veterinary students about the digestive system, Lisa Charlton knew she had to save it from landfill. She was sure that one of her regulars, a man interested in anything “a bit weird, macabre and bizarre” would buy it. And he did.
Charlton, who has worked at the recycling centre’s onsite ReUse shop for a year and a half, has salvaged items ranging from furniture, old toys and lampshades to walking frames brought in by local people. She has put aside some cast-iron cauldrons for her sister who is “into crystals and healing” and runs a shop in Cornwall. Items that have come through her shop include vintage crockery, antique crystal vases with solid silver rims, a spindly chair from the 1920s and an old ammunition box.
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The conflict in the Middle East has sent energy prices soaring, and for countries that import a high proportion of their fuel, it’s a reminder of the perils of energy dependence. As the recipient of almost 90% of Iran’s crude oil, China knows this only too well. Which partly explains why the country spent the last decade heavily investing in clean power.
To find out what else could be driving the strategy, Madeleine Finlay speaks to senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins.
And energy correspondent Jillian Ambrose reflects on how China’s ambitions could affect the rest of the world
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Shrinking and faster-moving glaciers, weakened ice shelves and more icebergs would bring fundamental changes
You don’t need an umbrella in Antarctica. With an average of just 16cm of precipitation each year, this continent is the world’s largest desert. But all that could change. A study shows that as the world warms, Antarctica is going to experience more rain, bringing with it fundamental changes to the landscape and wildlife inhabiting this unique environment.
Bethan Davies, a glaciologist at Newcastle University, has been leading a team studying the impact of a warming climate on the Antarctic peninsula. Under faster warming scenarios (2C or more this century) they report in Frontiers in Environmental Science that snow and rain could increase by more than 20%, with increasing amounts falling as rain.
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Abbotsbury, Dorset: The swannery has been here since the 11th century, and this winter, after the storms harmed the flock’s feeding, it came into its own
The sea is rough and turbid, with big, grey waves breaking white all along the pebbled length of Chesil Beach, but the water in the lagoon behind is merely ruffled. Here at the westernmost end, the shore is white not with surf but with hundreds of mute swans.
There has been a swannery at Abbotsbury since the 11th century, when Benedictine monks began to manage the wild swans that gathered on the sheltered Fleet lagoon. To this day, cygnets hatching here belong not to the crown, but to descendants of the Strangways family, who have managed the flock for 15 generations.
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Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific
Sea levels around the world have been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling, with research suggesting ocean levels are far higher than previously understood.
The finding could significantly affect assessments of the future impacts of global heating and the effects on coastal settlements.
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Government says it is working to solve ‘postcode lottery’ of access to green or blue spaces
There are urban areas of England where no one lives within a 15-minute walk of nature, government data shows, as ministers scramble to meet their access to nature targets.
While the data shows 80% of people live within walking distance of green or blue spaces such as a river, park or woodland, it also reveals a disparity between rural and poorer urban areas.
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Jenny wants to spread her wings and see the world, but Teddy is happy at home. Where do they go from here? You decide
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I worry about my carbon footprint, but you can’t go everywhere by train and I want to see the world
It’s not an environmental issue. I’ve just had my fill of flying anddon’t really enjoy being a tourist
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Democratic rematch in Durham-area district draws focus to fight over AI datacenters increasingly shaping US elections
A North Carolina congressional primary held on Tuesday is an early test of datacenter politics – a fight increasingly shaping elections nationwide.
In the Durham-area fourth district, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee is seeking her third term against progressive challenger Nida Allam, a Durham county commissioner she defeated in 2022. The election was too close to call as of Wednesday morning, with Foushee up by less than one percentage point, and is likely headed for a recount.
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Data shows that some locations stayed well above 30C through the night during a heatwave in late January
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Australia’s summer was one of the hottest since measurements began, with more than 60 weather stations recording their highest ever daily maximum temperatures during a heatwave in January.
But it wasn’t just the days that were sweltering – Australia experienced the fifth-warmest summertime night temperatures on record.
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Prema rezultatima novog istraživanja, prehrana s visokim udjelom masti ubrzava rast raka dojke i njegovu invaziju. Jednako tako, otkrilo se da spomenuta prehrana uzrokuje povećanje enzima MMP1, koji razgrađuje izvanstanični matriks i povezan je s lošom prognozom. Inače, studija se usredotočila na trostruko negativni rak dojke.
Novo istraživanje napravilo je veliki proboj u proučavanju kako naše tijelo održava zdravu razinu šećera u krvi, Naime, otkrilo se, da mladim beta stanicama, sićušnim tvornicama u gušterači koje proizvode inzulin, treba ogromna količina željeza da bi postale zrele i funkcionalne. Bez ovog esencijalnog minerala, stanice prerano umiru, što na kraju može doprinijeti razvoju dijabetesa.
Velika nacionalna studija u Danskoj koja je pratila gotovo 1.900 pacijenata tijekom gotovo desetljeća otkrila je da je minimalno invazivni postupak nazvan ablacija jednako učinkovit kao i operacija za liječenje malih karcinoma bubrega, s bržim oporavkom i manje komplikacija.
Nova studija detaljno opisuje kako transplantacija fekalija starijih ženki miševa značajno poboljšava funkciju i plodnost jajnika kod mladih miševa. Iznenađujući rezultati otkrivaju izravnu vezu između mikrobioma (skupa svih prisutnih bakterija i drugih mikroba) crijeva i zdravlja i funkcije jajnika.
Lijekovi za mršavljenje s GLP-1 mogu pomoći u sprječavanju daljnjeg oštećenja tkiva nakon srčanog udara (infarkt miokarda), značajno smanjujući rizik od daljnjih komplikacija opasnih po život koje pogađaju do polovice svih pacijenata, tvrdi nova studija.
U Hrvatskoj živi oko 734.000 osoba s debljinom (pretilost), a po njihovom udjelu u populaciji se nalazimo na prvom mjestu u Europi. Istovremeno, njih 4 do 5 posto ima postavljenu dijagnozu pretilosti, dok je na farmakoterapiji njih oko 2,4 posto. Ipak, IPSOS istraživanje je pokazalo da građani ne razumiju da je debljina ozbiljna kronična bolest već su dojma da je liječenje debljine odgovornost pojedinaca pa većina smatra da svatko može skinuti kilograme samo ako se kreće te da se lijekovi prečesto prepisuju
Američki znanstvenici s Ohio University otkrili su novi način borbe protiv raka pluća koji je otporan na druge tretmane. Naime, pokazalo se, da blokiranje receptora hormona rasta može pomoći u povećanju učinkovitosti liječenja raka pluća.
Osobe s kroničnom boli u leđima svakodnevno doživljavaju zvukove drugačije i intenzivnije od ljudi bez boli, pokazuju rezultati nove studije. Ova studija je jedna od prvih koja povezuje ovu preosjetljivost na zvuk sa specifičnim, mjerljivim promjenama u mozgu, što ukazuje na to da kronična bol u leđima utječe na daleko više od samih leđa.
Novo istraživanje sugerira da cink čini puno više od pukog podržavanja imuniteta, otkrivajući složene molekularne sklopke koje mogu utjecati na način na koji srce reagira na upalnu ozljedu. Naime, pokazalo se, da je nedostatak cinka potencijalno značajan, ali promjenjiv faktor rizika za upalne bolesti srca, poput miokarditisa i perikarditisa.
Međunarodna skupina stručnjaka poziva na brza poboljšanja u dijagnostici, liječenju i istraživanju kolangiokarcinoma, poznatog i kao rak žučnih kanala. Rak žučnih kanala rijetka je, ali agresivna bolest. Ovi tumori obično se razvijaju i napreduju tiho, što znači da se većini ljudi dijagnosticira u kasnoj fazi kada su mogućnosti liječenja ograničene.
