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Let a thousand stinky blossoms bloom: how Australia became the world’s corpse flower destination

silverguide.site – Australian collections of the endangered and notoriously unpredictable flowers have popped off in recent years, as ‘personas’ like Putricia, Stinkerella and Smellanie prove a hit with nosy spectators…
Let a thousand stinky blossoms bloom: how Australia became the world’s corpse flower destination
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‘Reimagining matter’: Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air

silverguide.site – Omar Yaghi’s invention uses ambient thermal energy and can generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water every day…
‘Reimagining matter’: Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air
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We don’t need to control pigeons – just the people who feed them | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Dr Dave Dawson and Paul Roberts advise on how to combat pigeon invasions – but Nicholas Milton says we should celebrate these remarkable birds and David Jobbins suggests letting nature takes its course…
We don’t need to control pigeons – just the people who feed them | Letters
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Weather tracker: heavy snow brings transport chaos to Romania

silverguide.site – Winter storm dumps more than 40cm of snow on the capital, while in France, Storm Pedro follows hot of heels of Storm Nils…
Weather tracker: heavy snow brings transport chaos to Romania
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Floaters: the coming-of-age novel inspired by the UK’s sewage crisis

silverguide.site – C M Taylor’s book, which will raise funds for charity, follows teenagers whose favourite swim spot is contaminated…
Floaters: the coming-of-age novel inspired by the UK’s sewage crisis
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The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by Australian standards, this summer is brutal

silverguide.site – In this week’s newsletter: The south-east of the country is suffering through the worst heatwave since 2019’s ‘black summer’, while the government continues to back fossil fuel projects …
The heat suffocates, the fires rage – even by Australian standards, this summer is brutal
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Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds

silverguide.site – Wood is primary heating in 2% of homes but contributes to producing 21% of country’s wintertime particle pollution…
Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds
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How ‘smog capital of Poland’ saved 6,000 lives by cutting soot levels

silverguide.site – Kraków’s ban on burning solid fuels plus subsidies for cleaner heating has led to clearer air and better health…
How ‘smog capital of Poland’ saved 6,000 lives by cutting soot levels
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Country diary: Was this the fox version of a come-hither smile? | Clare Stares

silverguide.site – Langstone, Hampshire: The vixen approached the male, her mouth slightly open, gave a brief shake of her head, then darted off again…
Country diary: Was this the fox version of a come-hither smile? | Clare Stares
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New drone unit to investigate illegal waste dumping across England

silverguide.site – Government announces tougher measures to tackle unlicensed sites as ‘prolific waste criminal’ is ordered to pay £1.4m…
New drone unit to investigate illegal waste dumping across England
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UniSuper accused of greenwashing after quietly reducing environmental element of investment option

silverguide.site – UniSuper says change was made ‘to expand the investible universe’ but complaint to Asic claims members were not properly informed…
UniSuper accused of greenwashing after quietly reducing environmental element of investment option
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Deer shooting to be facilitated in England to protect woodlands

silverguide.site – Government plans legislation giving landowners and tenants rights to cull deer to protect crops and property…
Deer shooting to be facilitated in England to protect woodlands
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Trump order seeks to protect weedkiller at center of barrage of lawsuits

silverguide.site – President’s move, which also seeks ‘immunity’ for makers, faces backlash from health advocates and Maha coalition…
Trump order seeks to protect weedkiller at center of barrage of lawsuits
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Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future

silverguide.site – Graham Readfearn enters a simulation to investigate how heatwaves affect the human body…
Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future
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‘We’re not hippies’: why these Iowa farmers swapped pigs for mushrooms

silverguide.site – Faaborgs rail against oppressive industrial agricultural system with unexpected evolution into indy artisan food firm…
‘We’re not hippies’: why these Iowa farmers swapped pigs for mushrooms
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‘There has to be glitter’: can the Rio carnival give up its love of beach-polluting microplastics?

silverguide.site – A bill banning the sale and use of plastic and metallic glitter has yet to go through in Brazil as the capital’s sandy shores bear cost of carnival’s shine…
‘There has to be glitter’: can the Rio carnival give up its love of beach-polluting microplastics?
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‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop Big Oil pumping billions more into plastics

silverguide.site – Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?…
‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop Big Oil pumping billions more into plastics
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Country diary: Kneeling by the river, hoping the water is clean | Mary Montague

silverguide.site – Forth River, Ligoniel, north Belfast: A riverfly monitoring survey involves rapt focus on these tiny creatures, whose presence is an indicator of water health…
Country diary: Kneeling by the river, hoping the water is clean | Mary Montague
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Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds

silverguide.site – Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets…
Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds
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Property developers spark anger over plan to clear woodland home to Baudin’s and Carnaby’s black cockatoos

silverguide.site – Proposal to replant inside a different type of protected woodland would not replicate diversity of cleared sites used by threatened cockatoo species, conservationists say…
Property developers spark anger over plan to clear woodland home to Baudin’s and Carnaby’s black cockatoos
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