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Don Jurica služi Misu u Pitvama, 2014.
Photo: Vivian Grisogono
„Već nam danima fali taj don Jurica. Ali puno više nedostajat će nam u crkvi jelšanskoj, za oltarom, naročito u ispovjedaonici u kojoj ste ga mogli naći i ‘upotrijebiti’ u svako doba. A nakon odlaska časnih iz Jelse, on je preuzeo i poprilični dio sakristanske službe: otvaranje crkve, regulaciju zvonjave, pripremanje oltara za misu…“, rekao je don Stanko na pogrebu 23.04.2019.
Peak of French mountain now 4,807 metres high and fluctuates year by year due to changes in Alpine climate
Western Europe’s highest mountain shrank by more than a metre last year. The peak of Mont Blanc in France now stands 4,807.47 metres above sea level, a team of surveyors said on Wednesday, putting “the roof of Europe” 1.29 metres lower than in 2025.
The mountain is about 4,792 metres tall but the summit constantly shifts as heat, wind and precipitation change the thickness of snow and ice on top. The height scientists recorded during an expedition last month was 1.88 metres greater than it was in 2023, when it reached the lowest levels in recent memory.
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Golf clubs, private schools and car washes may face tighter rules from water companies as England’s drought continues
Three water companies are seeking to impose severe restrictions on businesses as the drought continues across most of England, putting rivers and wildlife under huge pressure.
Golf clubs and private schools could be barred from using mains water to irrigate playing fields and courses, and commercial car washes stopped from operating, under “non-essential use bans” being sought by the companies.
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Government says ambition for 2036 will be good for food and climate resilience, but concerns remain over funding
The government has set an ambition to increase the share of English land farmed organically to 10% by 2036, but concerns remain over how the transition will be funded.
Currently, just 3.4% of England’s agricultural land is farmed organically, one of the smallest shares in Europe. France, for example, farms 10.4% of its land organically, and aims to increase this to 18% by 2027.
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Declining stocks and increased fishing pressure have led to lower sustainability ratings for two popular cod alternatives
UK shoppers have previously been urged to avoid UK-caught cod and to buy European hake or coley instead – but now these fish are in trouble, too.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), an environmental charity, publishes its Good Fish Guide to help consumers and businesses make sustainable seafood choices. It uses a traffic-light system to rate seafood according to the health of fish stocks and environmental impact.
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Citizen scientists on UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme recorded insect visits to flowers during 10-minute surveys
Ubiquitous urban plants often derided as “weeds” are the most attractive to pollinating insects.
The autumn blooms of common ivy, rich in pollen and nectar, are the most visited by insects including bees and butterflies, according to an eight-year study.
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A selection of the winning images from this year’s competition across topics ranging from underwater to urban wildlife, and photojournalism to mammal behaviour. The overall winner is Federico Veronesi of Italy for his powerful image of an elephant carrying a dead calf
The winning photographs will be showcased at the Natural History Museum in London from 16 October 2026 until July 2027
Cultivating the nutritious bugs means families can raise livestock and enrich their own food, while lowering pressures on the land
A few minutes’ walk from his home in the Kyaka II refugee settlement, Kanane Bikanyale feeds black soldier fly larvae to chickens in a coop above a fishpond. The larvae disappear in a scrum of chickens. Nearby, more larvae grow in modified jerrycans, while adult flies are kept in netted boxes.
Bikanyale kept chickens before he fled to Uganda from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). But the cost of conventional feed and shortages of ingredients made them increasingly difficult to raise – a widespread pressure for millions of smallholder farmers whose margins are tight.
Kanane Bikanyale tends to his black soldier fly larvae in a rearing unit in the Kyaka II refugee camp in Uganda
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At Bybi in Copenhagen, a dedicated group of staff and volunteers have built a community for all centred on the production of honey – much of which is given away for nothing. Could it be replicated elsewhere?
The bees at Bybi, a collective of beekeepers in Copenhagen, live on the roof. Their home is a complex of Victorian buildings, right in the centre of the city, that looks like an idealised vision of the modern social enterprise, ennobled by the architecture of the past. It’s a place of cottage industry in concert with nature, where the marginalised are brought in from the fringes and corporations stand waiting to help, where jobs happen but a lot of the work is done by volunteers, and where – this bit is important – a lot of time is spent discussing ideas.
Oliver Maxwell, Bybi’s 48-year-old founder, encourages me to examine the buildings more closely. They were once a prison, a workhouse and a hospital; their functions today – a homeless shelter, a young offender institution and, until recently, a job centre – are not so different. Denmark’s Victorian transformation, from “agricultural backwater to industrialised agriculture”, was reflected in how they treated people, Maxwell says.
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Should you look for French seams or overlocking? Is dry-clean only a red flag? And how do you spot quality when shopping online? We asked the pros
• How to make your leather last a lifetime
Take a look at the outfit you’re wearing now: how many times have you worn each item? And how long have you had them? Just over 10 years ago, Eco-Age founder Livia Firth and journalist Lucy Siegle launched the 30 wears challenge to encourage people to buy clothes they would wear at least 30 times.
The 30 wears challenge is a great concept. As a journalist interested in sustainable fashion, I’ve enjoyed applying this rule for years and found the goal can often be surpassed, but with one proviso: clothing must be chosen carefully. The goal is only realistic if garments are of good enough quality to stand up to repeated wear. So, how do you know if your clothes really are well made? Does it mean you have to spend a fortune on them? Do you need to know the difference between a French seam and an overlock seam? And how can we judge clothing quality before buying if we are, like 37% of Britons, getting most of our clothes online? I spoke to experts to find out.
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Team works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific coast in past decade
Off the coast of Monterey, California, a team of researchers is gearing up for its first dive of the day into the cold and choppy waters of the Pacific Ocean.
On the back deck of the boat, Ashley Kidd, a co-founder of the non-profit Sunflower Star Laboratory, gave the divers their final command: “Dive No 1 … stars in the water.”
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Dugotrajna uporaba anaboličko-androgenih steroida (AAS) ima ozbiljne posljedice za srce, tvrdi nova studija koja je pratila dizače utega gotovo 10 godina. Naime, muškarci koji su koristili anaboličke steroide tijekom treninga snage imali su trajno zadebljanje stijenke lijeve klijetke srca. Uz to, pogoršala se sposobnost srca da pumpa krv kroz tijelo jer se lijeva klijetka nije mogla dovoljno kontrahirati kako bi učinkovito istisnula krv, niti se dovoljno opustiti između otkucaja kako bi se srce ponovno napunilo krvlju.
Ishemijski moždani udar čini približno 85% svih moždanih udara i i dalje je glavni uzrok smrti i dugotrajne invalidnosti. Trenutačni postupci liječenja mogu ponovno uspostaviti protok krvi kod pacijenata koji ispunjavaju kriterije, no terapijske su mogućnosti i dalje ograničene, osobito kada je riječ o zaštiti ugroženog moždanog tkiva i poticanju oporavka.
Američki znanstvenici identificirali su nove genetske kandidate koji pomažu objasniti zašto se autizam dijagnosticira otprilike četiri puta češće kod dječaka nego kod djevojčica. Naime, nova studija otkriva da bi male promjene u genu MECP2 na X-kromosomu mogle pomoći u objašnjavanju dijela te razlike.
Znanstvenici su otkrili da je vjerojatnije da će žene s bipolarnim poremećajem koje imaju redovite menstrualne cikluse prijaviti teške predmenstrualne simptome nego one s neredovitim ciklusima.
Nova studija sugerira da niske doze LSD-a mogu imati različite učinke na održanu pažnju kod žena i muškaraca. Rezultati, predstavljeni na godišnjem kongresu ECNP-a u Münchenu, preliminarni su, no pridonose sve većem broju dokaza da ljudi možda ne reagiraju na isti način na mikrodoziranje psihodelika.
Celijakija je autoimuna bolest kod koje imunološki sustav nepovoljno reagira na gluten. Konzumacija glutena uzrokuje upalu u crijevima, što može oštetiti crijevo i narušiti njegovu sposobnost apsorpcije hranjivih tvari. Bolest se liječi potpunim izbjegavanjem glutena. Iako se mnoge osobe s celijakijom strogo pridržavaju prehrane bez glutena, trenutni krvni testovi ne pokazuju uvijek jasno postoji li i dalje upala ili oštećenje crijeva.
Dvije velike međunarodne studije pružaju novi uvid u regulaciju sastava majčinog mlijeka, pokazujući da neke komponente reagiraju na prehranu majke, dok druge ostaju stabilne ili odražavaju biološke procese uključene u laktaciju i rast dojenčeta.
Iako se čini da se stopa pretilosti odraslih u SAD-u usporava, pretilost djece ostaje povijesno visoka, pogađajući gotovo 1 od 5 djece školske dobi. Mnogi napori za rješavanje ove trajne zdravstvene krize potiču djecu da odjednom naprave više promjena u prehrani - poput povećanja tjelesne aktivnosti, poboljšanja prehrane i više sna - ali te su intervencije često teško provedive i nerealne za djecu i obitelji.
Novo američko istraživanje sugerira da biste trebali dobro razmisliti prije nego što posegnete za kasnonoćnim zalogajem ako želite očuvati zdravlje jetre. Naime, studija bilježi povezanost između konzumacije hrane kasno u noć i povećanog rizika od dviju vrsta bolesti jetre: steatotičke bolesti jetre povezane s metaboličkom disfunkcijom i ciroze jetre.
Endometrioza je multifaktorijalna, estrogenom ovisna upalna bolest karakterizirana visokom kliničkom varijabilnosti. Sve više dokaza ističe ulogu disbioze crijevnog mikrobioma u patofiziologiji endometrioze. Međutim, povezanost između mikrobioma, težine simptoma i genetike domaćina ostaje slabo opisana.
Deep in the mountains of Palawan, Conservation International scientists are capturing what few people ever see: the secret lives of the Philippines’ rarest species.
At Maido — the Lima restaurant recently crowned the best in the world — one of the star dishes is paiche, a giant prehistoric river fish.Its journey to the table begins on a small family farm deep in Peru’s Amazon.
“Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, interim CEO of Conservation International.
Conservation International’s Neil Vora was selected for TIME’s Next 100 list — alongside other rising leaders reshaping culture, science and society.
Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?
After decades of negotiation, the high seas treaty is finally reality. The historic agreement will pave the way to protect international waters which face numerous threats.
The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.
The ocean is engine of all life on Earth, but human-driven climate change is pushing it past its limits. Here are five ways the ocean keeps our climate in check — and what can be done to help.
In a grueling and delicate dance, a team led by Conservation International removes a massive undersea killer.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures might be worth even more. An initiative featuring the work of some of the world’s best nature photographers raises money for environmental conservation.
