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In response to a request from Hvar's registered charity Dignitea, the EC has sent a full explanation of the regulations which should be applied to the proposed oil and gas drilling in the Adriatic.
Government told to focus on transition to mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy
More drilling in the North Sea would do nothing to improve the UK’s energy security, former military leaders have said, as a new analysis finds no fossil fuel importer is safe from chokepoints in the global supply chain.
The government should focus on a rapid transition to a mix of wind, solar, tidal and nuclear energy to ensure the UK’s future security, the former military leaders told the Guardian, as well as a programme of energy efficiency and a “major renewal” of the electricity grid.
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‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink,’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’
Almost 40% of England’s seas are designated as marine protected areas. Their purpose, the government says, is “to protect and recover rare threatened and important marine ecosystems … from damage caused by human activities”.
And yet in the four years to 2024, trawlers using vast nets, including those that scour the seabed, caught more than 1.3m tonnes of fish within them, according to official figures that campaigners say show they are “little more than lines on a map”.
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Nationwide reforms aim to standardise collections and expand food waste recycling to tackle stagnating rates
Recycling rules across England have long been inconsistent – but that will change from Tuesday when the government’s Simpler Recycling legislation comes into effect.
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A death rate of up to 90%, attributed to warming seas, is threatening the trade in Hiroshima prefecture, which produces most of the country’s farmed oysters
The Kure oyster festival is doing a brisk trade in beer and grilled meat on sticks. But the longest queues are in front of the oyster stalls, where chefs shuffle piles of mottled shellfish across griddles, waiting for their hinges to ease and reveal their fleshy interiors.
Nobuyuki Miyaoka, who is attending the festival with his son, daughter-in-law and their young children, likes his oysters steamed with sake and served with a few drops of tangy ponzu sauce. “The local oysters were fine until this year,” he says. “They used to be a lot bigger … look how small they are.”
Chefs prepare oysters at the Kure oyster festival. This year, local businesses and consumers say the shellfish have been scarce and smaller than usual
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Holkham, Norfolk: They’re noisy and boisterous and should by rights should be breeding in Siberia, not eastern England. But I’m delighted they’re here
Barnacle geese in Norfolk still surprise me. In my childhood, tiny numbers from the Siberian population visited, but only in the cruellest spells of winter. Even though I know that they breed in Norfolk now, seeing 700 of them over Holkham Park today is oddly jarring.
I hear them first, as I tiptoe past an angry pair of cheese-beaked greylags to admire a cherry plum in bloom. I register their breathy, barking calls. Ah yes, the barnacles are back.
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Starmer to convene major energy industry and insurance figures to draw up emergency plans amid continued blockade of strait of Hormuz
Rachel Reeves will warn G7 nations they must move faster on clean energy to insulate economies against global price shocks from oil and gas as she and the energy secretary Ed Miliband meet G7 finance and energy ministers on Monday.
Keir Starmer will also gather major energy industry and insurance figures to thrash out what emergency measures might be needed to contain the continuing crisis from the blockade of the strait of Hormuz.
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For decades, there was no record of Andrena rehni exisiting in the US. In 2018 it was found in Maryland and five years later I found it in New York State
I’ve loved insects ever since I was a kid and spent summers looking for them. My mum would always tell me that from the age of one – even before I could walk – I would happily sit outside, watching ants and trying to follow them back to their colony.
As an adult, I take people out to meadows with nets to catch insects and take a close look at them. It’s about trying to cultivate a childlike curiosity that people have lost or forgotten in daily life.
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The great naturalist, who is about to turn 100, is still surprised by wildlife in his new series about British gardens. But not every pet owner will be happy with his top tips
Whenever David Attenborough speaks, the world listens – so his latest BBC programme, which heralds the broadcaster’s 100th birthday, is bound to attract attention.
Secret Garden, which features five different UK gardens, might not be what people normally expect from Attenborough, says the show’s series producer, Bill Markham, as “there’s no lions and tigers”.
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Home to one of the world’s largest deposits of freshwater, the Great Lakes region will soon host next-generation generators – just as prices are being hiked across the US
Submersible hydroelectric technology deployed across the Great Lakes could become a key cog in clean energy efforts, supporters say, amid surging electricity demand and costs.
Home to one of the largest deposits of freshwater on the planet, the Great Lakes region has on its shores some of the largest cities in North America in Chicago, Toronto, Montreal and Detroit, where electricity demand is growing. While none of the five Great Lakes have significant tides or currents to fuel hydropower, several of the waterways that link the lakes do.
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Two kona low storms dumped up to 50in of rain on Oahu, flooding fields and submerging equipment
Eddie Oroyan’s farm was thriving when the storms hit. He and his wife had started LewaTerra Farm last year on a gorgeous stretch of land on the north shore of Oahu. They were delivering vegetables to customers in the community, selling at farmers’ markets and to local restaurants.
Then, on the week of 10 March, a first kona low storm hit the island, bringing copious amounts of water, flooding their land and wiping out crops. Nearly all their papayas were gone. And the tomatoes didn’t survive. But the couple quickly began cleaning, replanting and tying down crops, confident that they would get back on their feet shortly.
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Čak i nakon što upala prođe, matične stanice debelog crijeva mogu zadržati skriveno molekularno pamćenje koje povećava vjerojatnost kasnijeg rasta tumora, nudeći novu mehanističku vezu između kronične upalne bolesti i rizika od raka, ukazuje nova studija.
Pacijenti koji imaju zatajenje srca s očuvanom ejekcijskom frakcijom (HFpEF) i visokim krvnim tlakom u plućima (plućna hipertenzija) doživjeli su značajna poboljšanja krvnog tlaka i zdravlja krvnih žila nakon uzimanja lijeka sotatercept, tvrdi nova studija.
Prema rezultatima nove studije, pacijenti s kroničnom potpunom blokadom koronarne arterije koji su primili nekirurški postupak za ponovno otvaranje arterije pokazali su statistički značajno smanjenje boli u prsima i poboljšanje kvalitete života u usporedbi s pacijentima koji su primili placebo postupak.
Kada pacijenti razviju suženje ili začepljenje žučnih kanala liječnici moraju utvrditi je li uzrok rak ili benigno stanje. Lokacija tih začepljenja otežava dijagnozu, a ta nesigurnost može odgoditi odluke o liječenju pacijenata u slučaju da imaju ovu rijetku vrstu raka. No, sada su američki znanstvenici sa UPMC Hillman Cancer Center i University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine razvili BiliSeq, molekularni test koji otkriva rak žučnih kanala s dvostruko većom osjetljivošću od standardnog testa, dajući liječnicima točniju sliku pacijentove dijagnoze.
Multipla skleroza je iscrpljujući neurološki poremećaj uzrokovan neispravnim imunološkim odgovorima koji ciljaju mozak i leđnu moždinu središnjeg živčanog sustava (SŽS). Neuspjeh imunološkog sustava da razlikuje svoje od tuđih entiteta dovodi do prekomjernih autoimunih odgovora protiv vlastitih proteina poput mijelina, koji tvori zaštitni omotač na neuronima.
Nova studija otkrila je da 27 posto pacijenata s rezistentnom hipertenzijom ima hiperkortizolizam. Ovo je značajno otkriće koje pokazuje da je hiperkortizolizam češći kod ovih pacijenata nego što su znanstvenici i kliničari prije mislili.
Terapija za snižavanje kolesterola evolokumabom smanjila je rizik od većih neželjenih srčanih događaja za gotovo jednu trećinu među pacijentima koji nisu imali poznatu značajnu aterosklerozu i imali su dijabetes, pokazuje nova studija.
Starije odrasle osobe koje razviju delirij tijekom prijema u bolnicu suočavaju se sa znatno većim rizikom od demencije u kasnijim godinama, čak i ako nisu imale prethodnih zdravstvenih problema, tvrdi nova studija.
Prema rezultatima novog istraživanja, izgleda da zatajenje srca i fibrilacija atrija dijele temeljne genetske i molekularne mehanizme, što sugerira da bi ta dva kardiovaskularna stanja mogla biti manje različita nego što se prije mislilo.
Suplementacija vitaminom D može pomoći u oblikovanju načina na koji imunološki sustav reagira na crijevne bakterije kod osoba s upalnom bolešću crijeva (IBD), pokazuje nova studija. Smatra se, da rezultati nude novi uvid u to kako imunološki sustav i crijevni mikrobiom međusobno djeluju u ovom kroničnom stanju i ukazuju na potencijalne nove terapijske strategije.
