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Svjetska zdravstena organizacija je objavila stručan rad o mogućoj kancerogenosti glifoast herbicida već u ožuju 2015.
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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.
The upgraded alerts will be in place from 9am on Tuesday until 9pm on Friday
An 18-year-old died after getting into difficulty in the sea at Camber Sands beach, East Sussex, yesterday, bringing the number of deaths in open-water incidents over the hot, dry summer to over 40, according to estimates compiled by the Press Association.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has updated heat-health alerts for nine regions in England, warning that rising temperatures this week may increase health risks, particularly for vulnerable groups.
It’s important that everyone is aware of the simple steps they can take to stay safe during periods of hot weather. Drinking plenty of water, avoiding the sun during the hottest part of the day and keeping indoor spaces cool are all things you can do to keep yourself and others safe.
For vulnerable groups including older adults and those with existing health conditions, warmer weather than result in serious health outcomes.
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Its mucus, which can kill crabs and cockroaches, could be the basis of new insecticides
It’s the shuddery stuff of nightmares for some, but for a select group who admire extending ladders, giraffes and the Odyssey, one of the longest animals in the world is bound to appeal.
This creature is nneither the blue whale, nor a lion’s mane jellyfish but the humble bootlace worm, Lineus longissimus,one of the most remarkable marine invertebrates of them all.
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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Amid world pressure from heatwaves and fertiliser shortages, billionaire’s business has invested in circular farming and biomethane
There is a distinctive smell of cow manure in the air at the Duke of Westminster’s dairy farm near Chester. It is a world away from the collection of grand West End properties controlled by the duke that form the backbone of his near £10bn fortune, a decade on from becoming Britain’s youngest billionaire.
As part of his 349-year-old Grosvenor empire, Lea Manor Farm on the duke’s Eaton Estate in north-west England has fared better than most dairy farms in recent years.
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Northern Spain will be one of the best places in world to view phenomenon with 460,000 extra visitors expected
Authorities in Spain have warned of an increased risk of fires when hundreds of thousands of people head to the hills and beaches to get a better view of Wednesday’s total solar eclipse.
“The vegetation is extraordinarily dry and the smallest spark or carelessness could lead to devastating forest fires,” the environment minister, Sara Aagesen, said on a visit to Niebla in the south of the country, the site of Spain’s latest fire.
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Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf.
The character was laid to rest on Freshwater West beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Fans of the wizard series come to leave stones reading “Here Lies Dobby” despite being asked not to by the land owner, the National Trust, because the beach is an ecologically sensitive site.
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Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland
More than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon Dolphin made landfall amid fears torrential rain would cause flooding and landslides.
Wenzhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang province, said it relocated more than 900,000 people and opened more than 1,500 emergency shelters. In neighbouring Fujian, 98,900 people were moved from high-risk areas.
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Hitchin, Hertfordshire: A rare daytime attack on our chickens led to a standoff. But I could see this animal was suffering in the heatwave
High-pitched shrieking shattered the mid-morning calm and I knew, immediately, that there was a killer on the loose. I tore out of the patio door and across the lawn to intervene between predator and prey, facing down a fox with black tail feathers in its jaws. Shouting and growling, all animal myself, I was driven by instinct to protect our chickens, Cumulus and Burnet, from further onslaught.
The fox froze. Stared. I stared back. An unfathomable silence. Breaking the stalemate, I glanced over my shoulder, but my girls had evaporated. Moss (our third hen) is broody and spends much of her time on the nest, so I sidled over to the chicken run while still watching the fox, and there she was. Fluffsome, flat and completely unharmed.
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Conservationists have created a ‘coastal corridor’ of ocean-based projects designed to preserve and nourish vulnerable marine life
From disappearing manatees to bleached coral reefs, gender-changing turtles and oyster beds destroyed by hurricanes, no other state’s marine life faces the magnitude of climate-related challenges than Florida’s.
Now, wildlife authorities are attempting to bring some cohesion to tackling the diverse slate of issues by borrowing from a playbook that has already proved successful on land.
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Extreme conditions in Washington and Oregon have fueled fast-moving fires, leaving the region draped in toxic plumes – and the danger isn’t over
Piles of twisted metal and ashen debris line the cul-de-sacs where the tranquil suburbs of Spokane, Washington, once stood.
The scale of devastation from a historic fire season of wildfire in the Pacific north-west has come into sharper focus as firefighters wrangle a trio of blazes that consumed at least 846 structures on the eastern side of the state.
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Mutual aid groups that started giving out PPEs during Covid are now loaning air purifiers and distributing masks to fume-addled communities
Miquette Thompson’s home in rural Mendocino county has been covered in smoke all week. There are the nearby Feliz and Woodside fires in northern California, which have burned more than 1,000 acres, as well as the wildfires devastating Oregon and Washington that are sending smoke their way, too.
“It’s become not unusual,” she said of walking outside and seeing a hazy sky.
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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.
Vrsta simptoma menopauze, kao i njihova težina, mogu se uvelike razlikovati među ženama. Brojne ranije studije sugerirale su različite razloge za te razlike. Nova studija sugerira da dijabetes tipa 2 može igrati ulogu u značajnom povećanju broja simptoma menopauze i njihove težine.
Lijek za erekcijsku disfunkciju koji se također koristi za liječenje simptoma poput iznenadne hitnosti i učestalosti, koji su povezani s povećanom prostatom kod muškaraca, može povećati rizik od ozbiljnog očnog stanja, glaukoma, otkriva nova studija.
Znanstvenici sa Sveučilišta Nagoya u Japanu stvorili su inovativan tretman za parodontitis koji cilja i uklanja štetne bakterije, a istovremeno čuva korisne oralne mikrobe bitne za zdravlje. Oralno zdravlje ovisi o raznolikoj i uravnoteženoj mikrobnoj zajednici. Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) je ključni patogen koji izaziva upalu i remeti tu ravnotežu. Takav poremećaj može oštetiti kost koja podupire zube i na kraju dovesti do gubitka zuba.
Nova studija pokazuje da je izloženost onečišćenju zraka, posebno finim česticama poput prašine, čađe i dima (PM2.5), povezana s povećanom aktivnošću bolesti i rizikom od pogoršanja reumatoidnog artritisa.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
