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Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches but do they make public safer?

silverguide.site – Increase in sightings may not reflect increase in sharks with little evidence that threat to swimmers has risen…
Drones are detecting more sharks at US beaches but do they make public safer?
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A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans

silverguide.site – Every few decades mass blooming in Mizoram’s forests causes a rodent boom – and devastation to crops. The cycle is well-known, so why aren’t farmers and authorities better prepared?…
A swarm of stink bugs and a river of rats: why India’s flowering bamboo causes a crisis for humans
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The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them

silverguide.site – With some still unable to accept humanity’s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptions…
The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them
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Country diary: Harvest time has arrived – and it’s three weeks earlier than 20 years ago | Colin Chappell

silverguide.site – Brigg, Lincolnshire: It’ll take six weeks to cut it all, starting with barley and likely ending with beans. Thank goodness the combine has air-conditioning…
Country diary: Harvest time has arrived – and it’s three weeks earlier than 20 years ago | Colin Chappell
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In tune with the local blackbirds | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Readers tell us about hearing their musically inclined avian neighbours…
In tune with the local blackbirds | Letters
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Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply

silverguide.site – Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act…
Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply
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MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate emergency

silverguide.site – As UK swelters in another heatwave, 50-minute Chris Packham film outlines threats to security, economy and health…
MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate emergency
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We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?

silverguide.site – In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals…
We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?
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Swift nest reportedly thrown in skip during house renovations in South Tyneside

silverguide.site – Conservationists fear more nests may have been destroyed during work on Jarrow houses by council-appointed contractor…
Swift nest reportedly thrown in skip during house renovations in South Tyneside
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‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory

silverguide.site – People in Thornton-Cleveleys want answers on the impact of widespread contamination around the chemical plant…
‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory
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Pollutionwatch: How harmful ozone builds up near ground in heatwaves

silverguide.site – Concentrations of gas were continuously raised in Europe during June hot spell, with potentially deadly effects…
Pollutionwatch: How harmful ozone builds up near ground in heatwaves
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Country diary: I thought I was poking a hedgehog’s nest. I was wrong | Claire Stares

silverguide.site – Langstone, Hampshire: Tree bumblebees are generally placid, but they’re not keen on someone prodding their home with the end of a bamboo cane…
Country diary: I thought I was poking a hedgehog’s nest. I was wrong | Claire Stares
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UK swelters in third heatwave of the year as western Europe counts cost of hottest-ever June

silverguide.site – Britain expands heat alerts while estimates suggest June’s death toll could surpass 20,000 across continent…
UK swelters in third heatwave of the year as western Europe counts cost of hottest-ever June
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Chris Beney obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Aviation and computer engineer who dedicated much of his life to increasing access to public paths…
Chris Beney obituary
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Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals

silverguide.site – Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining…
Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals
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Pets can suffer heatstroke even when resting, UK vets warn

silverguide.site – Most cases used to be seen after exertion or being left in cars, but extreme heat has widened risk…
Pets can suffer heatstroke even when resting, UK vets warn
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Great Britain’s grid operator issues another warning over power supplies in heatwave

silverguide.site – Neso asks for extra supplies from electricity generators to cope with added demand on Thursday night…
Great Britain’s grid operator issues another warning over power supplies in heatwave
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Country diary: The field names here read like a history book | Eben Muse

silverguide.site – Ynys Enlli, Gwynedd: A stroll down this island’s one road provides clues to its past – and it has nothing to do with the 20,000 saints apparently buried here…
Country diary: The field names here read like a history book | Eben Muse
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Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify

silverguide.site – Temperatures across ravaged region 3C above average as scientists warn of risks for people, ecosystems and infrastructure…
Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify
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Sizewell B nuclear power plant granted a 20-year life extension

silverguide.site – Extension comes as government encourages first nuclear power projects in a generation to meet UK’s growing need for electricity…
Sizewell B nuclear power plant granted a 20-year life extension
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