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Monday predicted to be hottest May day on record by large margin, as UK braces for ‘super El Niño’ summer
Temperatures are expected to hit 35C in parts of England on Monday, in an “unprecedented” May heatwave.
The Met Office is already predicting that records will be broken. A spokesperson said: “Today will be the hottest day in May in the UK in our temperature records, with highs of 35C expected. The current May record is 32.8C. Records are usually only broken by tenths of a degree, making this heatwave unprecedented for the time of year.”
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Rain overwhelms sewer system in parts of US city, while temperatures in France break May record
New York City saw flash flooding on Wednesday, as large parts of Brooklyn and Queens received about 2in (50mm) of rainfall in as little as 20 minutes. Officials said the deluge caused water to flow into the sewer system at a rate of up to 6in an hour, quickly overwhelming an aged network that was designed to accommodate just 1.75in an hour.
Residents and commuters found themselves wading knee-deep through flood water that flowed with dangerous speed in places. One video showed a woman alighting from a bus losing her footing and being dragged along by the torrent of water. Several major roads were blocked, including the Long Island Expressway, and subway services were disrupted as water spilled into stations. Large amounts of mud and other debris was left behind; videos showed bags of rubbish being swept down streets along with loose litter.
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Most people have joyful memories of playing outside as children – and now wildlife charities are urging people to ‘rewild their inner child’
Climbing trees, squelching in mud, paddling in ponds or making dens in the woods – people’s memories of playing outside as children are often vivid and, a new poll has found, overwhelmingly positive, even those who remember falling in cowpats.
Almost 90% of UK adults had rosy memories of the excitement and the feeling of freedom that outdoor play had brought them, the survey found. However, almost half of adults now spend less than three hours a week in natural settings such as gardens, parks, fields or woods, according to the survey. For one in 10 it is less than one hour.
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Charter to be adopted along river’s entire catchment from Cambrian mountains to Chepstow and Bristol Channel
The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first that campaigners hope will help save the highly polluted river.
The charter was celebrated at a community event at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival on Sunday. It includes the right to flow, to biodiversity, to be free from pollution, to be supported by a healthy catchment, to regenerate, and the right to be represented, described as a “significant step” towards protecting and restoring one of the UK’s most beloved rivers.
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Definition of green facilities made in 2022, before release of ChatGPT, says Action to Protect Rural Scotland
A Scottish government policy designed to encourage datacentres to build in Scotland could lead to a massive volume of carbon emissions being ignored, according to an analysis by a Scottish charity.
“Green datacentres” are at the heart of Scotland’s ambitions to develop economically. Enshrined in national policy, they are part of a larger, UK-wide effort to attract big AI investment to Scotland.
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Talybont, Ceredigion: On a crisp, post-rain morning, I take a walk among bright hawthorn blossom and the glittering pools of Cors Fochno
On the edge of Talybont, the small cemetery, kempt and cared for, overlooks the coast and the wild brown swathe of Cors Fochno (Borth Bog). A burial ground is perhaps an odd place to begin a walk, but, as a friend remarked, it’s infinitely better than ending one there.
The early rain has cleared so the air is crisp and the colours deep. In the foreground, grassland fields slope away towards the wild expanse of the bog, bounded by wooded hedgerows bright with hawthorn blossom. The first cut of silage has been secured, baled and removed, and a few cattle are grazing the aftermath with interest while red kites traverse overhead. The surface of the bog, marked here and there by glittering open pools, shimmers slightly in the heat of the day. Across the Afon Dyfi, the steep-faced sand dunes of Aberdyfi are visible before the eye is drawn further off to the line of hills that defines the Llŷn peninsula.
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Temperature reaches 30.5C in Kent as amber health alerts issued before bank holiday temperatures rise
The UK has recorded its hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures reaching 30.5C in Kent as forecasters warned more extreme heat could follow over the bank holiday weekend.
The temperature in Frittenden also marked the first time since 2012 the UK has reached 30C in May, according to the Met Office.
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The state saw 33 tornadoes last year and severe flooding as researchers say links to climate change are undeniable
The tornado hit west Ann Arbor at 1.45am on 15 April, passing through Veterans Memorial park, where it knocked several mature oak trees and ripped up baseball field fences before setting its sights on a local ice rink.
“It came up through the parking lot and, in that time, the pressure differential between the tornado and the air inside the rink collapsed the wall,” said Scott Spooner, a manager at Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation.
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In today’s newsletter, how quick starts, keeping the ball and banking on the bench will help the finalists beat the high temperatures and humidity
Graeme Souness is one of the toughest footballers of all time, a midfield titan for Liverpool and Scotland in the 1970s and 1980s. He was occasionally outwitted by subtler players such as the Brazilian genius Zico, but no opponent ever got the better of him physically.
No human opponent, anyway. During the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Souness lost a stone in weight (6.35kg) against West Germany at Querétaro in stifling heat and at high altitude. “I can remember going down on my haunches and thinking: ‘God, do I not feel good,’” he said. “It was the worst I ever felt on a football pitch. I couldn’t breathe.”
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Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges, but there is another way
In 2019, my scientific research was nearly brought to an early end when my team and I published the bombastic statement that natural forest restoration was the “best climate change solution” available in a paper for the peer-reviewed journal Science.
I remember a colleague from the World Wildlife Fund advising me that this message represented career suicide. He argued that people would be furious because reducing greenhouse gas emissions was the most urgent priority. The revival of nature might help with 30% of our carbon drawdown needs, but you cannot stop rising temperatures without cutting emissions.
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Tradicionalno smatrana genetskim poremećajem uzrokovanim mutacijama u genima PKD1 i PKD2, autosomno dominantna policistična bolest bubrega (ADPKD) se sada redefinira prepoznavanjem kronične upale, infiltracije imunoloških stanica i imunoloških signalnih putova kao ključnih čimbenika koji doprinose progresiji bolesti.
Novo objavljeni pregledni članak ističe novu važnost imunoproteasoma u razvoju i napredovanju dijabetesa i njegovih širokog spektra komplikacija, nudeći nove perspektive o budućim terapijskim strategijama. Rezultati pozicioniraju ovaj specijalizirani proteinski kompleks kao ključni regulator upale, metabolizma i staničnog zdravlja.
Nova studija provedena u Italiji otkrila je da post prije i nakon kemoterapije, u usporedbi s redovitom prehranom, može pomoći u smanjenju razine inzulina i može poboljšati odgovor na liječenje kod osoba s visokostupanjskim seroznim rakom jajnika (HGSOC).
Rezultati nedavno objavljene studije pokazuju da agonisti GLP-1 receptora mogu smanjiti metastatsku progresiju određenih karcinoma povezanih s pretilošću, i to raka pluća, raka dojke, raka debelog crijeva i raka jetre. Osim toga, ekspresija GLP-1 receptora bila je povezana s ukupnim preživljavanjem, što sugerira da bi signalizacija GLP-1 mogla biti uključena u progresiju ovih karcinoma.
Kineski znanstvenici otkrili su novi mehanizam kojim Pim1 regulira diferencijaciju Th17 stanica putem mitohondrijskog metabolizma. Molekularnim docking probirom identificirali su nilotinib kao učinkovitog kandidata za lijek za liječenje upalnog artritisa ciljajući Pim1.
Osobe s teškom astmom obično se bore i s drugim zdravstvenim problemima, tvrdi nova studija. Gotovo sve osobe s astmom pate od barem jednog drugog većeg zdravstvenog problema, a većina pati od tri ili više, izvijestili su znanstvenici.
Znanstvenici s Medicinskom fakultetu Sveučilišta Rochester pomogli su transformirati neuroznanstvena istraživanja 2012. godine otkrićem glimfatičkog sustava, mreže u cijelom mozgu koja cirkulira cerebrospinalnu tekućinu kroz tkivo koje okružuje krvne žile kako bi pomogla u uklanjanju metaboličkog otpada. Sustav je posebno aktivan tijekom spavanja i od tada je postao središnji dio istraživanja Alzheimerove bolesti, Parkinsonove bolesti, moždanog udara, traumatske ozljede mozga i drugih neuroloških poremećaja.
Desetljeće dugo praćenje djece u Danskoj povezuje veću prenatalnu suplementaciju vitaminom D3 s jačim pamćenjem, ističući trudnoću kao mogući prozor za oblikovanje dječje kognitivne sposobnosti.
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.
