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Novosti: Ekologija.hr
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UK plastic manufacturer could face legal action over toxic emissions
Exclusive: Environment Agency is considering whether to prosecute Huntsman Polyurethanes over emissions of carcinogenic benzene
A plastic manufacturer in the north of England is facing potential legal action over emissions of benzene, a carcinogenic chemical with no safe level, the Guardian can reveal.
The Environment Agency (EA) is considering taking legal action against Huntsman Polyurethanes in Teesside for a potential breach of licence, which is a criminal offence.
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Six mind-bendingly amazing facts about invertebrates
Just in case you hadn’t already realised how extraordinary the gigantic group of creatures known as invertebrates are, we’ve gathered together five facts that made our brains hurt (plus one more, because we couldn’t choose). Tell us your favourite extraordinary fact in the comments below
Did you know that the mantis shrimp can accelerate to strike its prey faster than a .22 calibre bullet. They can smash shells, and even crack aquarium glass with the power of the strike. “These impressive animals are armed with one hammer-like dactyl club on each side of its body. These clubs store energy in elastic, spring-like structures, which are held in place by latch-like tendons. When the latch is released, the stored energy, too, is released – propelling the club forward with explosive force,” says Nane Steinhoff.
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‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem
Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke
Plastic debris clings to the reeds in a waterway metres from where Ayhan*, a farmer in Adana, southern Turkey, is harvesting aubergines. “We get pollution from all sides here,” he says, referring to the plastic recycling zone upstream, as well as a nearby textile plant that he suspects is making the water acidic. “The plastics are all there, by the bank, and the fumes come this way.”
Between May 2021 and July 2024, 13 British companies sent 545 shipments of household and supermarket plastic waste, totalling 52,000 tonnes, to the Kemal Deniz recycling zone, under a mile from Ayhan’s aubergine fields, according to data analysed for the Guardian by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an international NGO.
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July was driest month in southern England since records began
England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says
July 2026 was the driest month in southern England since records began nearly 200 years ago, the Met Office has said.
England and Wales also provisionally recorded their driest July since records began in 1836. Wales had its joint warmest July on record for mean temperature, and England recorded its second warmest July.
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Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo as Japan swelters
Most of the zoo’s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summer
Three lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are undergoing treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the big cats struggle in Japan’s high levels of humidity.
Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40C in recent weeks, qualifying for the new “cruelly hot day” designation.
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Scottish gannet chick hunt blocked for first time in 400 years
NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 seabirds are killed
A controversial Scottish seabird hunt has had its licence refused for the first time in 400 years, in what campaigners have called a “victory for common sense”.
In the annual guga hunt, up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed over a 10-day period on the uninhabited Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir, 40 miles north of Lewis and Harris.
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Extreme heat: why our cities can't cope | Opinion
The UK and Europe have been facing extreme heatwaves – Greenpeace recorded temperatures of up to 53C at one London playground in recent weeks. It’s clear our cities are not equipped to deal with the soaring temperatures brought by the climate crisis. With the ‘Super El Niño’ on its way, next year is forecast to get even hotter. But is anyone really doing anything about it? The Guardian’s deputy opinion editor Kirsty Major goes in search of playgrounds that are adapting to our new reality
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Invertebrate of Year Q&A: discuss our countdown with Patrick Barkham
This week, we launched our third annual vote to honour nature’s unsung heroes. The Guardian’s natural history writer – and woodlouse fanboy – Patrick Barkham will be here from 4pm BST (11am EDT) to discuss this year’s poll and why we must celebrate the spineless
Ask a question: log in or sign uphereWhat do the tardigrade and the earthworm have in common? They are, of course, the two previous winners of the Guardian’s Invertebrate of the Year poll. An annual contest that pits some of the the natural world’s finest species against each other in celebration – and to remind ourselves why beetles, slugs, worms and moths and others play a critical role in the planet’s infrastructure.
Contenders to take the tardigrade’s crown this year include the common woodlouse and the immortal jellyfish. We’ll be revealing the rest of the shortlist over the next few days.As the Guardian’s natural history writer, Patrick is one of the UK’s foremost nature writers and has written books about badgers, moths and his lifelong love of the outdoor world. His recent reporting has looked at rewilding projects, the homing habits of swifts and people pretending to be otters.
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‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities
Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock
As rain lashed the Pir Panjal mountains before dawn on 19 July, Haji Mohammad Latief stepped outside his home in Murrah, a remote mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir. His daughter had asked him to move the family’s car to a safer place as the rain got heavier.
“I had only just parked it,” Latief recalled. “When I turned around, I saw the water coming.” Minutes later, a cloudburst sent mud, boulders and water crashing down the hillside.
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Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’
Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall
Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town to prevent the destruction of a grove of ancient cottonwood trees as federal contractors race to build a row of two 30ft walls along the border with Sonora, Mexico.
The gathering ramped up last week in the town of Lochiel, in the remote San Rafael valley of south-east Arizona. On 27 July, contractors working for Fisher Sand and Gravel crushed three of the largest cottonwoods with excavators.
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Novosti: Cybermed.hr
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Broj slučajeva gestacijskog dijabetesa u porastu diljem Engleske
Jedna od osam majki u Engleskoj sada ima dijagnozu gestacijskog dijabetesa, a dijagnoze su porasle za 60 posto u samo pet godina, pokazuju rezultati nove studije.
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Promjene crijevnog mikrobioma mogu započeti prije pojave simptoma Alzheimerove bolesti
Dostupna istraživanja zajedno sugeriraju da promjene u sastavu i metaboličkoj aktivnosti crijevne mikrobiote mogu biti povezane s ranom patologijom Alzheimerove bolesti. Smanjenje broja taksona koji proizvode SCFA i promjene u mikrobnim metaboličkim putovima uočene su u ograničenom broju studija.
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Svakodnevna konzumacija rajčica smanjuje ključni marker masnoće u jetri
Šestotjedna prehrana bogata rajčicama nadmašila je prehranu bez rajčica na važnom markeru steatoze jetre, što ukazuje na poznatu mediteransku hranu s potencijalnom važnošću za liječenje steatozne bolesti jetre povezane s metaboličkom disfunkcijom (MASLD).
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Arginin jača imunološki sustav protiv raka i virusnih infekcija
Aminokiselina arginin pomaže ljudskom tijelu da ostane u formi, ponajviše sintetizirajući proteine koji provode niz staničnih procesa. Proizvodi je naše tijelo i nalazi se u uobičajenoj hrani bogatoj proteinima. Niske razine arginina povezane su s nizom bolesti, uključujući rak debelog crijeva.
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Konzumiranje manje proteina moglo bi imati veće zdravstvene koristi i produžiti životni vijek
Hrana obogaćena proteinima pojavljuje se posvuda, od žitarica i kave do čak i proteinske vode. No, novi pregled koji obuhvaća preko 350 radova o ograničenju proteina i starenju sugerira da konzumiranje manje proteina može imati veće zdravstvene koristi i, u nekim slučajevima, produžiti životni vijek.
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Otkriven novi mehanizam povezan sa zaštitom od septičkih ozljeda srca
Sepsa izaziva široko rasprostranjenu upalu, zatajenje cirkulacije i metabolički stres, a srčana disfunkcija je česta komplikacija povezana s izrazito lošijim ishodima.
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Sojin lizolecitin smanjuje hipertenziju uzrokovanu solju i kognitivni pad
Visok unos soli glavni je globalni zdravstveni problem, usko povezan s hipertenzijom i sve većim dokazima o kognitivnom i emocionalnom padu. Iako je sol rutinski dio svakodnevne prehrane, dugotrajna prekomjerna konzumacija može negativno utjecati i na kardiovaskularni sustav i na središnji živčani sustav, što naglašava potrebu za praktičnim prehrambenim strategijama za ublažavanje ovih štetnih učinaka na zdravlje.
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Dvostruka imunoterapija s neoadjuvantnom kemoterapijom pokazuje ohrabrujuću aktivnost kod ERBB2-negativnog raka dojke
Kombinacija dva imunoterapijska lijeka pokazala je ohrabrujuću aktivnost kada se doda standardnoj kemoterapiji koja se daje prije operacije pacijenticama s visokorizičnim, ranom fazom HER2-negativnog raka dojke, prema rezultatima kliničkog ispitivanja faze 2 s tekuće platforme kliničkog ispitivanja I-SPY2.
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Prehrambena fruktoza povezana s agresivnim širenjem raka jajnika
Nova studija Instituta Wistar otkrila je neočekivanu vezu između fruktoze - uobičajenog prehrambenog šećera - i širenja agresivnog oblika raka jajnika. Naime, studija je otkrila da stanice raka koje kemoterapija nije ubila šalje signale susjednim tumorskim stanicama, pomažući im da postanu sposobnije za širenje. Znanstvenici su identificirali fruktozu kao ključnog glasnika u ovom procesu, otkrivajući prethodno neprepoznat način na koji stanice raka koje prežive liječenje mogu potaknuti širenje raka.
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Omalizumab uspješniji od multialergenske oralne imunoterapiju u liječenju alergije na više namirnica.
Usporedno ispitivanje pokazalo je da je kontinuirani omalizumab postigao veći ukupni uspjeh liječenja od multialergenske oralne imunoterapije (MOIT) olakšane omalizumabom, uglavnom pomažući pacijentima da izbjegnu nuspojave i prekide liječenja koji su ograničavali MOIT.
Novosti: Biologija.com
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Candid cameras catch a glimpse of rare wildlife
Deep in the mountains of Palawan, Conservation International scientists are capturing what few people ever see: the secret lives of the Philippines’ rarest species.
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How a family farm in the Amazon landed on the world’s best menu
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.
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‘A profound loss’: Conservation world mourns Jane Goodall
“Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, interim CEO of Conservation International.
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Conservation International expert earns global recognition on TIME100 Next
Conservation International’s Neil Vora was selected for TIME’s Next 100 list — alongside other rising leaders reshaping culture, science and society.
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What on Earth is ‘coral bleaching’?
Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?
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Landmark high seas treaty crosses finish line
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.
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News spotlight: Deforestation linked to dramatic decline in Amazon rainfall
The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.
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5 ways the ocean keeps our climate in check
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.
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Off Mexico’s coast, divers nab biggest ‘ghost’ yet
In a grueling and delicate dance, a team led by Conservation International removes a massive undersea killer.
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Protect wildlife: Buy a print
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.