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Bez obzira na to, Europska Komisija hoće produžiti dozvolu za glifosat poslije isteka u lipnju 2016, i to na 15 godina, najdulji mogući termin.
Zastupnici Europskog parlamenta, uključujći neke iz Hrvatske, su glasili protiv odluke Komisije u travnju 2016. Slijedi glasanje u svibnju 2016., ali ako nema zaključka, konačna odluka će donjeti Komisija.
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves
Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.
The officials make up 0.3% of staff within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country
From record-smashing temperatures, wildfires, hosepipe bans and thousands of premature deaths, the climate crisis has left its mark across the summer of 2026.
Tackling the root cause – the burning of fossil fuels – and ending the crisis will take years. So will fixing the UK government’s calamitous failure to protect lives and livelihoods against the long-predicted affects of global heating.
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Smart, sociable squid use funnel-like organ to force water to jet propel themselves along in and out of sea
On a research vessel 15 years ago, a group of Japanese scientists documented something that had only previously been described by startled sailors to disbelieving listeners. They saw a formation of squid flying through the air.
The shoal of about 100 squid rose unexpectedly from a patch of the Pacific Ocean around 370 miles from Tokyo and glided near the boat for about 30 metres. The astonished researchers were the first to capture photographs of such a thing, which looked like the early stages of an alien invasion.
It’s invertebrate of the year again! From 3-12 August, every day we will profile one of the thousands of amazing invertebrates that our readers have nominated. And then, when you’ve heard about all of them, we’ll open the voting so you can choose your favourites. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with thoughts and ideas: email us at [email protected] with Invertebrate in the subject line.
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The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist
The anticipation is palpable onboard the Boaventura II as the yacht sets off from Rio de Janeiro at sunrise. Once beyond the Cagarras Islands, rocky outcrops just three miles off Ipanema beach, the group gathers at the bow and starts scanning the horizon.
They do not have to wait long. “Eleven o’clock!” someone calls out, as a pod of bottlenose dolphins appears, playfully diving in and out of the water. Then, two spouts of vapour hanging in the air signal the reason for the outing: a pair of humpback whales. The majestic mammals surface to breathe with an unhurried chuff, before revealing the underside of their fluke as they dive back underwater.
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It might seem an unlikely way to stop overheating, but many owners have found the tech a lifeline in hot weather
“If it is 35C outdoors, I can get the temperature down to 21C,” says Andrew Ingram of the sanctuary that his living room has provided this summer.
“On the nights I’ve slept in there, you have to put your thick pyjamas on,” jokes Ingram, who lives in Maidenhead, Berkshire, with his wife, Sue.
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Populations starting to stabilise but much still needs to be done to reverse loss of 30m that almost led to species vanishing
How do you lose 30 million house sparrows? That is the number that have vanished from Britain’s hedgerows, fields and gardens during my lifetime.
I can recall clouds of sparrows rising up in the fields behind my suburban childhood home on the edge of London. But by the late 1990s they had simply vanished from many of their former haunts.
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Frome, Somerset: While other plants are withering or skeletal, tansy is growing in great profusion, and it rewards close observation
At first light, the scent of ’76 hangs in the air, a reminder of that endless summer burning itself into autumn, just like this one. I first caught a sniff of it walking home one sweltering evening in the June heatwave and said: “Too soon, too soon.”
Now the toasted aroma of spent grass is everywhere – on crispy playing fields, straw village greens, and these scorched tawny meadows of the combe. Scattered groups of cattle have their heads down here. For them I think eating the grass must be like consuming a Pot Noodle before the water is poured in.
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Thanks to the drought, these black-and-white beauties are struggling to catch worms in the rock-hard earth. But there’s still good foraging on well-watered fairways and greens
Name: Badgers.
Age:European badgers live for five to eight years in the wild. They have been in the UK, where this story is set, for half to three-quarters of a million years.
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As London restaurants say wild birds are smaller and fewer this year, experts say countryside should not be ‘playground for bloodsports’
Every year on 12 August, fans of traditional British cuisine flock to plush restaurants in Mayfair to dine on grouse served with bread sauce and game chips. But those hoping to find the small wild birds, sourced from the UK’s moorlands, may be disappointed.
Wildfires have been raging on moors across the UK, burning habitats and incinerating wildlife, after record-breaking heat turned the landscape into a tinderbox.
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Eilish Rothney’s first instinct was to get rid of the wasps entering her converted shipping container in Norfolk. Now she enjoys their constant hum
When wasps began streaming through a rusted gap in her office door one June morning, Eilish Rothney’s first instinct was the same most people would have: get rid of them. The reserve manager for the Trinity Broads, part of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, had discovered a wasp colony taking up residence in her office, a converted shipping container.
“They just built the nest inside my door,” she says. “My first thought was: ‘Oh no, I have to get rid of that now.’ But then I realised: ‘Wait, why? Why do I have to do that?’”
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Randomizirano ispitivanje dovodi u pitanje desetljeća opreza oko kofeina, otkrivajući da umjeren dnevni unos kave nije pogoršao fibrilaciju atrija i bio je povezan s manje klinički otkrivenih recidiva.
Studija u kojoj je sudjelovalo više od 143.000 ljudi sugerira da otprilike šačica orašastih plodova dnevno može ponuditi najveću korist u snižavanju krvnog tlaka, a veći unos povezan je sa znatno nižim rizikom od hipertenzije (visoki krvni tlak).
Novo istraživanje koje su proveli britanski znanstvenici s Aston University pokazalo je da je za antimikrobno djelovanje manuka meda odgovoran niz spojeva, a ne samo sadržaj šećera i metilglioksala (MGO), kako se prije mislilo.
Nova studija provedena na više od 87.000 odraslih osoba otkrila je da je čak i malo tjelesne aktivnosti povezano s većim izgledima za izbjegavanje moždanog udara i smrti - a koristi su se održale bez obzira na to jesu li sudionici imali fibrilaciju atrija ili ne.
Ftalati, kemikalije koje se nalaze u plastici, proizvodima za osobnu njegu i stotinama drugih potrošačkih proizvoda, mogu doprinijeti visokom krvnom tlaku kod trudnica, tvrdi nova studija.
Tirzepatid je dvostruki inkretinski agonist receptora glukozno-ovisnog inzulinotropnog peptida (GIP) i glukagonu sličnog peptida 1 (GLP-1). Može smanjiti tjelesnu težinu i glukozu u krvi, ali njegovi kardiovaskularni učinci su predmet rasprave. Dok su opservacijske studije i randomizirana ispitivanja otkrila zaštitne učinke tirzepatida na hospitalizaciju zbog zatajenja srca i smrtnost od svih uzroka, dokazi o većim kardiovaskularnim događajima bili su manjkavi.
Studija objavljena u časopisu Nature Cell Biology izvještava o novoj ranjivosti akutne mijeloične leukemije (AML) koja bi mogla dovesti do novih terapija za liječenje ovog raka uz minimiziranje štete za normalne stanice. Inače, znanstvenici s Medicinskog fakulteta Baylor i suradničkih institucija proučavali su u ovoj studiji novi način na koji djeluju lijekovi koji neutraliziraju mutacije enzima FLT3.
Kombinacija omega-3 i niske doze acetilsalicilne kiseline (ASA) dala je rezultate usporedive s antibioticima u liječenju teškog parodontitisa, pokazuju rezultati nove studije. Smatra se, da su ovi rezultati posebno relevantni u kontekstu rastuće globalne zabrinutosti zbog bakterijske rezistencije.
Sve veći broj dokaza mijenja način na koji se rak shvaća, stavljajući pozornost na intratumoralnu mikrobiotu kao snažne, ali prethodno zanemarene igrače unutar mikrookruženja tumora. Daleko od toga da su sterilni, tumori su domaćini složenim zajednicama bakterija, gljivica i virusa koji aktivno utječu na napredovanje bolesti, imunološke odgovore i ishode liječenja.
Prema rezultatima nove studije, osobe s hipotireozom imaju veću učestalost i težinu opstruktivne apneje u snu (OSA). Rezultati su također pokazali da su pacijenti koji primaju hormonsku nadomjesnu terapiju za disfunkciju štitnjače dulje spavali i provodili više vremena u dubokom snu.
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.
