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Daniela Lučić izvještava o tragičnom događaju uoči velike proslave u Jelsi.
Entire villages swept away after glacial collapse triggers flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
Rescuers are searching for nearly 1,400 people, most of them tourists, who are missing after a catastrophic flash flood hit Nepal and Tibet, thundering down valleys, obliterating entire villages and killing at least 356 people.
Efforts to locate those missing – including hundreds of people from India, the US, UK, Australia and Canada – have been complicated by the destruction of dozens of bridges and almost 25 miles (40km) of roads in the mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims.
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Environment Agency issues 40 flood alerts across Midlands, Yorkshire and south-east of England
Dozens of homes have been damaged by flooding and the Met Office had issued warnings for thunderstorms and heavy rain at the end of a summer in which most of England and the whole of Wales was declared in drought.
The Met Office said thundery showers in England and Wales could cause 75mm of rain to fall in just 12 hours in some areas.
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Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation – but some are too tall to save
It will be a gut-wrenching moment for the horticulturalists at Kew Gardens when some of the magnificent trees in the Palm House have to be felled.
“There are some sad moments ahead,” said Palm House manager, Will Spoelstra, who knows all the plants inside the cathedral-like greenhouse.
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Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent
Levels of a toxic “forever chemical” rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots for a controversial multimillion pound water recycling scheme that will pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames during drought.
The data from the pilots is in stark contrast to public comments from Thames Water that their water recycling project in south-west London will not harm the riverine environment.
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Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber?
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I travelled to Oslo in the early autumn. It felt like arriving into the future. Or, at least, a fragment of a possible future. I drove north in the quiet digital bubble of my electric rental car. In 2024, Norway became the first country in the world where electric cars outnumbered petrol cars.
A smooth, pristine motorway unfolded between farmlands and low hillsides of dense green forest. Long tunnels carried the route up above the banks of Lake Mjøsa, Norway’s largest lake. After a little more than an hour, the road curved downward to run parallel to the lakeshore.
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Bears killed 13 people in Japan last year, as a lack of forest foods increased conflicts. Yet some say the country’s controversial cull could threaten the endangered species
Every summer, millions of people escape the heat and humidity of Tokyo by heading to the tranquil resort town of Karuizawa in Japan’s Nagano prefecture – just an hour by bullet train from the capital. Here, at the foot of Mount Asama, visitors stroll bamboo-lined pathways, cycle in verdant highlands, and practise the wellness ritual of shinrin-yoku,bathing among the cool hinoki forests. It would be the ideal nature retreat – if it wasn’t for the bears.
From June to August, bears often move close to Karuizawa, feeding on the mulberries, ants, leaves and cherry blossoms that grow near the town. Unlike nuts, these foods are low in calories, spurring the bears to seek out further sustenance. “They’re more likely to get close to residential spaces to see what they can find,” says Amelia Hiorns, a British zoologist who previously worked with Picchio Wildlife Research Centre in the town. “This combines with the busiest season for tourists.”
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Investment in climate-resilient irrigation enables this year’s haul to rise 6% on 2025’s already bigger-than-usual yield
British farmers have faced a sweltering summer tested by heatwaves, wildfires and water shortages – but a bumper berry harvest could prove a rare bright spot.
With two-thirds of the harvest now picked, this year’s haul is 6% up on last year’s already unusually large crop, according to British Berry Growers (BBG). Volumes of blackberries, blueberries and raspberries picked have been particularly strong, the trade body said.
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From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture
In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog so thick she struggled to see her own hands. She trailed a cord out to the coast and plopped a hydrophone into the water to record the calls of belugas.
As many as 1,000 of the whales, accompanied by their newborn calves, frequented the surrounding bay. Belugas’ ceaseless chatter, made up of dozens of unique sounds, is crucial to keeping these creatures connected in the dim, turbid waters of the Arctic.
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Steel rails warping and signalling equipment failing in metal cabinets are among the problems to be solved
Tarmac softens in the summer heat, which may cause problems on the roads, but even trains running on steel rails are not immune.
Railways in the UK are generally designed to operate within a 45C temperature range. The rails expand slightly in the heat, and excessive temperatures can produce “sun kink” with rails warping into S-shapes. The effect is small but the distortion can derail fast trains, so speeds are reduced for safety.
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Lethal temperatures and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires
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The climate crisis means “we’re going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,” France’s veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, told the summer congress of his France Insoumise party last weekend.
The term “climate change”, said Mélenchon – the most likely rival to Marine Le Pen in next year’s presidential run-off, according to one poll this week – may sound “almost reassuring”, but its actual impact will feel like “landing on another planet whenever we leave home”.
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Nova studija sugerira da manje poznati spoj u rajčicama može pomoći u zaštiti od masne jetre, koja pogađa više od 1 od 3 odrasle osobe u Americi. Desetljećima se crveni pigment likopen smatrao glavnim nutrijentom rajčice. No, novo istraživanje sugerira da fitoen, bezbojni prethodnik likopena, također može doprinijeti zaštitnim učincima rajčice protiv oblika kronične masne jetre koja pogađa do 38% odraslih osoba u SAD-u.
Od čaja i bobičastog voća do tamne čokolade, znanstvenici su pratili kako je prehrambeni obrazac bogat flavonoidima povezan s rizikom od Parkinsonove bolesti i istraživali biološke signale koji bi mogli pomoći u objašnjavanju veze. Pa se tako pokazalo, da je prehrambeni obrazac s većim udjelom hrane bogate flavonoidima povezan s umjereno nižim rizikom od incidentne Parkinsonove bolesti zabilježene u bolnici.
Hormonska nadomjesna terapija (HRT) može smanjiti rizik od demencije, posebno kod određenih skupina žena, tvrdi nova studija. Naime, pokazalo se, da su žene koje su koristile HRT imale 16 posto manji rizik od razvoja Alzheimerove bolesti (glavnog oblika demencije) u usporedbi s onima koje ga nikada nisu koristile. Najveće smanjenje uočeno je kod žena koje su podvrgnute kirurškoj menopauzi, s 26 posto manjim rizikom od razvoja bilo koje vrste demencije, u usporedbi s onima koje ga ne koriste.
Prema rezultatima novog istraživanja, visoke razine umjetnog sladila, ksilitola, u krvi povezane s povećanim rizikom od većih neželjenih kardiovaskularnih događaja. Umjetna sladila se široko koriste kao zamjena za šećer u prehrani.
Nova studija sugerira da crijevne bakterije mogu slati različite biološke signale kod Parkinsonove bolesti. Rezultati studije doprinose rastućim dokazima da bi promjene u crijevima mogle biti povezane s Parkinsonovom bolešću i na kraju bi mogle pomoći znanstvenicima da identificiraju nove temeljne mehanizme za stanje.
Nadovezujući se na nedavna otkrića o odraslom timusu, znanstvenici s Mass General Brigham koristili su umjetnu inteligenciju kako bi pokazali da slučajno izlaganje timusa zračenju može utjecati na ishode kod pacijenata s rakom pluća.
Znanstvenici iz St. Jude Children's Research Hospital otkrili su da uklanjanje gena za Regnase-1 iz umjetno stvorenih imunoloških stanica čini ih učinkovitijima u liječenju relapsnog osteosarkoma.
Viša kvaliteta prehrane povezana je s boljom funkcijom pluća (LF), posebno među osobama s astmom ili kroničnom opstruktivnom plućnom bolešću (KOPB), te sa sporijim pogoršanjem stanja kod osoba s KOPB-om, pokazuju rezultati nove studije.
Novo istraživanje otkriva da se dijabetes tipa 2 manifestira na dva fundamentalno različita načina ovisno o indeksu tjelesne mase (ITM) pacijenta. Dok je dijabetes tipa 2 kod pacijenata s višim ITM-om prvenstveno uzrokovan inzulinskom rezistencijom, studija pokazuje da je kod osoba s nižim rasponom ITM-a stanje uzrokovano gušteračom koja ne proizvodi dovoljno inzulina. Unatoč tim suprotstavljenim biološkim mehanizmima, medicinski stručnjaci trenutno liječe obje skupine potpuno istim lijekovima.
Povijesno gledano, imunološka disregulacija često se smatrala posljedicom neurodegenerativnih poremećaja. Međutim, nedavne studije počinju mijenjati ovaj znanstveni način razmišljanja, sugerirajući da poremećena komunikacija između mozga i imunoloških stanica također može doprinijeti nastanku i napredovanju bolesti. Znanstvenici opisuju imunološku disfunkciju kao uzrok neurodegeneracije, što znači da može stupiti u interakciju s neuronskim i glijalnim ranjivostima, a da nužno nije početni okidač.
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.