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From grey water to cool spaces, 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now

silverguide.site – Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country…
From grey water to cool spaces, 10 climate crisis policies Britain needs right now
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Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?

silverguide.site – 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…
Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
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‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean

silverguide.site – Smart, sociable squid use funnel-like organ to force water to jet propel themselves along in and out of sea…
‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean
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Invertebrate of the year 2026: vote for your favourite

silverguide.site – We’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose…
Invertebrate of the year 2026: vote for your favourite
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Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires

silverguide.site – Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves…
Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires
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UK heatwave live: Burnham considers ban on disposable barbecues to prevent wildfires

silverguide.site – Prime minister suggests possible measure as he prepares to chair emergency Cobra meeting in response to extreme heat…
UK heatwave live: Burnham considers ban on disposable barbecues to prevent wildfires
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‘It’s been a revelation’: how heat pumps can cool your home in a heatwave

silverguide.site – It might seem an unlikely way to stop overheating, but many owners have found the tech a lifeline in hot weather…
‘It’s been a revelation’: how heat pumps can cool your home in a heatwave
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Signs of a house sparrow comeback in the UK after decades of decline

silverguide.site – Populations starting to stabilise but much still needs to be done to reverse loss of 30m that almost led to species vanishing…
Signs of a house sparrow comeback in the UK after decades of decline
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Country diary: One flower here is thriving, defying the drought | Derek Niemann

silverguide.site – Frome, Somerset: While other plants are withering or skeletal, tansy is growing in great profusion, and it rewards close observation…
Country diary: One flower here is thriving, defying the drought | Derek Niemann
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Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why?

silverguide.site – New research sheds light on the genetic basis of the venomous arachnid’s ‘weird mating behaviour’…
Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a ‘self-sacrificial somersault’ during sex – but why?
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As heatwaves hit Britain, spare a thought for farm animals | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Claire Bass says animal welfare is a blind spot for the government. Plus, Chris Phillipson on the libraries operating as ‘cool spaces’, Mick Beeby on lido restoration, and Dr Julian McDonough on NHS pressures…
As heatwaves hit Britain, spare a thought for farm animals | Letters
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Despite the drought, don’t give up on our native plants | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Martin Sullivan and Lorraine Du Feu respond to a recent letter suggesting that we should focus on planting non-native species that can tolerate extreme heat…
Despite the drought, don’t give up on our native plants | Letters
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Droughts were predicted decades ago – yet water companies did nothing | Letter

silverguide.site – Letters: Water boards in the south of England should have paid attention to scientific models and built reservoirs, writes Steve Lindsay, while Martin Gray suggests turning salt water into drinking water is the answer…
Droughts were predicted decades ago – yet water companies did nothing | Letter
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‘I feel motherly towards them’: the nature reserve manager sharing her office with a wasp nest

silverguide.site – 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…
‘I feel motherly towards them’: the nature reserve manager sharing her office with a wasp nest
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‘Living fossil’: the blue-blood arthropod that has changed little in 445m years

silverguide.site – Tenacious and confounding, the horseshoe crab pre-dates dinosaurs and has copper-based blood vital to vaccine safety…
‘Living fossil’: the blue-blood arthropod that has changed little in 445m years
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Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – as it happened

silverguide.site – Prediction comes amid warning of ‘extreme heat’ this week with temperatures of 38C possible…
Summer 2026 on course to be UK’s hottest on record, says Met Office – as it happened
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‘Subsidies for fossil fuels ... are pouring fuel on the fire’: your questions on fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis answered

silverguide.site – Reporters Jillian Ambrose and Damian Carrington discussed their story on oil firms’ profits amid the war in Iran and the climate crisis and answered your related questions…
‘Subsidies for fossil fuels ... are pouring fuel on the fire’: your questions on fossil fuel profits and the climate crisis answered
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They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry

silverguide.site – Devons Road estate residents describe months-long ordeal of not being able to wash, clean or cook for much of the day…
They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry
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Country diary: Surrounded by parched fields, we say a traditional ‘thank you’ for water | Ed Douglas

silverguide.site – Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire: The tradition of well dressing is strong in the Peaks, and this year, there appeared to be two at the same church…
Country diary: Surrounded by parched fields, we say a traditional ‘thank you’ for water | Ed Douglas
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Stuff of nightmares? Meet the bootlace worm – super-long, super-elastic, and it fires toxic slime

silverguide.site – Its mucus, which can kill crabs and cockroaches, could be the basis of new insecticides…
Stuff of nightmares? Meet the bootlace worm – super-long, super-elastic, and it fires toxic slime
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