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Exclusive: Minister says proposals show government’s ambition, as it faces unprecedented pressure from Greens
Tree nurseries could be built at prisons, and military ranges could be turned into heathland or peat bogs as part of an ambitious plan to make government land more nature-friendly, the environment secretary has said.
Speaking before elections this week in which Labour is under pressure from the Green party, Emma Reynolds said such projects showed the government’s intent in restoring natural habitats.
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Lobbyist Tara Singh says stripping projects of subsidy contracts would undermine investor confidence in UK
Britain could be beset by levels of economic chaos last seen under Liz Truss if a Reform UK government were to fulfil its promise to strip renewable energy projects of subsidy contracts, according to the industry’s chief lobbyist.
The anti-renewables policy put forward by Nigel Farage’s populist party would severely undermine investor confidence in the energy industry and across the wider UK economy, the new chief executive of RenewableUK said.
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International Energy Agency analysis shows methane leaks remained at near-record highs in 2025
Methane emissions from the energy sector remained at near record levels in 2025, the International Energy Agency has concluded.
Tackling the emissions could make billions of cubic metres of gas available to international markets, a top priority as the war in the Middle East squeezes energy supplies, the IEA said in a report.
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Australia’s biobanks store everything from seeds of native plants to the cells and tissue of threatened animal species
In the mudflats of Swan Bay, Victoria, royal spoonbills sweep their paddle-shaped bills through shallow water. Nearby, under the grass-covered roof of the Queenscliff marine research centre, a team of scientists from Deakin University are trying to bring the ecosystems those birds and many others rely on back from the brink.
Some of that involves associate professor Prue Francis’s beakers – filled with bubbling brown gunk – that are bathed in red light inside a fridge equipped with sensors, alarms and a backup generator.
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Councillors in Leicestershire support move in efforts to reduce flooding as Reform faces divisions on nature policy
A Reform UK council has backed the release of wild beavers into the countryside, despite the party’s opposition to rewilding.
The Reform-led Leicestershire county council has backed the release of the rodents as part of efforts to reduce flooding.
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9 May 1951: Walking among fine oaks and beeches it is difficult to realise that one is so near to the sprawling mass of Greater London
LONDON: Early this morning a cuckoo was calling from the outskirts of a wood in south London a bare five miles from the Festival of Britain Exhibition on the South Bank. Yesterday evening a swift flew by; and the day before a late swallow hurried over in the wake of a storm. It is difficult to realise as one enters the wood and walks among its fine oaks and beeches, that one is so near, in fact hemmed in by, the sprawling mass of Greater London.
From the top of a sycamore newly in leaf a chiffchaff is singing and next to it, halfway up a mountain ash, a willow-wren is pouring forth its sad little song. Within a week a wood-wren will be singing from a grove of beeches growing on a slope the song that sounds like a spun sixpence running down on a table. Hawfinches nest in the wood, but they are secretive birds and seldom seen, especially at nesting time. So are the sparrow-hawks, for all their conspicuousness when they emerge to soar on the up-currents created by the north wind beating against a neighbouring hill. More obvious are the jays and the carrion crows, which seem to be increasing here as elsewhere. One would like to see fewer of them and more of the blackcaps and whitethroats that are fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of bricks and mortar.
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As Covid-era funding dries up and bus services are cut, a food insecurity crisis is brewing from Tennessee to Rhode Island
Zen’Yari Winters’ job, at a pet shop in East Memphis, Tennessee, should be a 20-minute trip from her house. She leaves herself three hours to get there. “The bus is always, always late,” she said – if it shows up at all.
It’s not just her work commute that’s affected by the time-consuming guessing game that is riding with the Memphis Area Transit Authority (Mata). The only full-service grocer in the Chelsea-Hollywood area where she lives closed in 2025.To shop for food in person, she could take two buses for a 13-mile (20km) trip to Walmart. But she risks waiting at bus stops for hours with perishables – or shelling out about $24 for an Uber back.
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Melbourne zoo’s new breeding centre hopes to safeguard the future of the critically endangered Victorian grassland earless dragon
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The dragons’ lair looks deceptively ordinary: a pair of pale green portables, tucked behind the reptile enclosure at Melbourne zoo.
But the plain exterior belies its hidden treasures. Inside, dozens of Victorian grassland earless dragons, blissfully unaware of their status as Australia’s most imperilled reptile, are basking on rocks, gobbling up crickets or lapping up “dew”, expertly misted by their keeper Zac Harkin.
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
I must admit to cracking a smile when I read the story about the revolting result of a tofu spill last month in Missouri. About 18,000kg (40,000lb) of extra-firm tofu was left to rot for three weeks after a road accident – no one was hurt – turned into an insurance dispute. Local officials described the smell as “unforgettable” and “like a dead animal, but worse”. So, what are history’s greatest bad smells? Liz Prior, Southampton
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Cheshire villagers are letting lawns grow wild to improve diversity and reconnect with nature on their doorstep
Ian Waddington was crouched in his garden last summer, inspecting loose paving, when he lifted a slab and spotted something extraordinary: a tiny field mouse nestled in a hollow, feeding four babies – each half the size of his little finger. “It was astonishing. Like life in miniature,” he says.
After decades in the construction industry, the 86-year-old has found a new passion in retirement – nature. The discovery of the field mice made him realise his garden could be a thriving habitat for animal and plant life. This year, Waddington joined the No Mow May movement and allowed his garden grow wild through spring.
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Više od 400 milijuna ljudi svake godine doživi infekciju mokraćnog sustava, a neke epidemiološke studije procjenjuju da će više od polovice svih žena razviti barem jednu u svom životu. Većinu urinarnih infekcija uzrokuju patogeni sojevi bakterije Escherichia coli, a antibiotik fosfomicin često se propisuje kao prva linija liječenja. Međutim, sve veća otpornost na antibiotike potiče potragu za alternativnim pristupima liječenju.
Nova neinvazivna tehnika stimulacije mozga poznata kao ubrzana kontinuirana theta burst stimulacija (a-cTBS) poboljšava socijalnu komunikaciju nakon mjesec dana praćenja i ima povoljan sigurnosni profil kod djece s autizmom, otkriva nova studija. Smatra se, da bi a-cTBS mogao biti održiva i skalabilna terapijska opcija za djecu s poremećajem iz autističnog spektra.
Multipli mijelom, rak plazma stanica, povijesno je povezan s lošim ishodima preživljavanja, no mogućnosti liječenja su se s vremenom dramatično razvile. Nova analiza je otkrila jasnu promjenu u trendovima smrtnosti koja je usko povezana s glavnim terapijskim napretkom. Između 1975. i sredine 1990-ih, stope smrtnosti su stalno rasle, što odražava ograničenu učinkovitost ranih tretmana poput alkilirajućih sredstava i kortikosteroida. Prekretnica se dogodila 1990-ih uvođenjem autologne transplantacije matičnih stanica, što je označilo prvo značajno poboljšanje ishoda preživljavanja.
Živčana vlakna unutar melanoma mogu usporiti rast ovih tumora, tvrdi nova studija. Smatra se, da rezultati pomažu u razjašnjavanju novog područja neuroznanosti o raku i mogu informirati buduće terapijske strategije.
Nekada najpoznatija po liječenju raka krvi, CAR-T terapija sada se redizajnira za solidne tumore, autoimune bolesti i kronične virusne infekcije, no nova studija pokazuje da sigurnost, upornost i dostupnost ostaju glavne prepreke prije šire kliničke upotrebe.
Nova studija otkrila je da različiti uzorci na snimkama pluća mogu signalizirati koliko je sarkoidoza teška i kako utječe na disanje. Sarkoidoza je bolest koja uzrokuje upalu u različitim dijelovima tijela, najčešće u plućima. Dok neki ljudi imaju blage simptome ili čak normalnu funkciju pluća, drugi razvijaju trajno oštećenje pluća, poznato kao fibroza, koja može otežati disanje.
Rastuća incidencija nekoliko vrsta raka poput raka debelog crijeva i raka jajnika među osobama mlađim od 50 godina je zabrinjavajuća, no nije jasno mogu li promjene u čimbenicima rizika u ponašanju objasniti ove trendove.
Kada jetra zakaže, toksini - poput amonijaka - koji bi se trebali filtrirati iz krvi nakupljaju se i dopiru do mozga. Rezultat je hepatička encefalopatija (HE), razorna neurološka komplikacija bolesti jetre koja može uzrokovati tjeskobu, zbunjenost, gubitak pamćenja i, u teškim slučajevima, komu. Hepatička encefalopatija je česta završna točka ciroze jetre, što dovodi do čestih hospitalizacija i predstavlja veliko opterećenje za pacijente i zdravstvene sustave diljem svijeta.
Minimalno invazivni zahvat na srcu može biti bolji tretman prve linije od lijekova za osobe koje žive s uznapredovalim oblicima atrijske fibrilacije, pokazuje nova studija.
Prema novom istraživanju, osobe s uznapredovalim bolestima srca, bubrega i metabolizma mogu se suočiti s većim rizikom od razvoja raka. Kombinacija srčanih, bubrežnih i metaboličkih stanja (dijabetes i pretilost) poznata je kao kardiovaskularno-bubrežno-metabolički sindrom (CKM). Najveće opasnosti od njega su smrt i invaliditet od srčanih bolesti i moždanog udara.
