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‘You’d want one as a pet’: the irresistibly cute solar-powered sea slug

silverguide.site – The beady-eyed, Pokémon-like leaf sheep is far more ingenious than us land mammals…
‘You’d want one as a pet’: the irresistibly cute solar-powered sea slug
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Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’

silverguide.site – New research shows early-warning species is on the move, expanding or contracting geographic range and changing altitude …
Butterflies around the world are changing habitats – and experts say it’s ‘signalling a warning’
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The ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon characters

silverguide.site – Cristian Lucañas has discovered multiple species of cockroach in the Philippines, and believes there’s far more to the much-maligned insect than meets the eye…
The ‘Cockroach Lord’ who names new species after Tolkien and Pokémon characters
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El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year

silverguide.site – UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity…
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
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Specieswatch: Wild deer release millions of tonnes of methane a year

silverguide.site – Scientists find ruminants emit more of greenhouse gas individually than cows, although total contribution tiny compared with domesticated livestock…
Specieswatch: Wild deer release millions of tonnes of methane a year
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Country diary: A beetle with a prehensile anus? Thanks to local wildlife recorders, I know one lives here | Gwyneth Lewis

silverguide.site – Troedyraur, Ceredigion: Let’s sing the praises of this network of volunteers who move slowly and look hard, gathering vital wildlife data – and finding fantastic species…
Country diary: A beetle with a prehensile anus? Thanks to local wildlife recorders, I know one lives here | Gwyneth Lewis
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‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem

silverguide.site – Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke …
‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem
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UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland

silverguide.site – A Guardian investigation finds irrigation canals polluted with microplastics in Turkey, a major destination for UK waste…
UK plastic ‘waste colonialism’ found to be polluting Turkey’s farming heartland
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Are you part of a community environmental action group? We’d like to hear about your experience

silverguide.site – We want to hear from people around the world who have been getting involved in local action on the climate…
Are you part of a community environmental action group? We’d like to hear about your experience
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Country diary: Martha, a tribute to Buxton’s miners, has been knocked off her plinth. Why? | Mark Cocker

silverguide.site – Buxton, Derbyshire: Acts of vandalism are not unusual. Have we normalised the destruction of ‘common ground’?…
Country diary: Martha, a tribute to Buxton’s miners, has been knocked off her plinth. Why? | Mark Cocker
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Scottish seabird hunt cancelled for first time in 400 years

silverguide.site – NatureScot refuses licence for hunt on Hebridean island of Sula Sgeir in which up to 2,000 gannet chicks are killed…
Scottish seabird hunt cancelled for first time in 400 years
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July was driest month in southern England since records began

silverguide.site – England and Wales provisionally record driest July in nearly 200 years, Met Office says…
July was driest month in southern England since records began
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‘They are such neat, busy little folk’: the unexpected superpowers of the common woodlouse

silverguide.site – This detritivore – known by a range of colourful names – tidies up our world and can withstand toxic pollution…
‘They are such neat, busy little folk’: the unexpected superpowers of the common woodlouse
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Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year

silverguide.site – At last! It’s time for our invertebrate of the year competition as voted for by you. Yesterday it was the Lord Howe Island stick insect – come back on Saturday at noon (BST) to find out who else made the top 10…
Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year
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Weather tracker: Austria breaks heat records as Japan braces for Typhoon Dolphin

silverguide.site – Soaring temperatures continue to sweep parts of Europe, while Okinawa faces powerful winds and storm surges…
Weather tracker: Austria breaks heat records as Japan braces for Typhoon Dolphin
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Country diary: Down an old lead mine, an explosion of colour | Susie White

silverguide.site – Garrigill, Cumbria: The abandoned Tynebottom mine is alive with vivid orange, raspberry-ripple pink and sulphurous yellow. But it’s the cave pearls that captivate me most…
Country diary: Down an old lead mine, an explosion of colour | Susie White
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Traffic, mobiles, music … let’s turn the volume down | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Readers respond to an editorial on the health impact of noise pollution …
Traffic, mobiles, music … let’s turn the volume down | Letters
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Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

silverguide.site – Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue…
Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn
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Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July

silverguide.site – Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installations…
Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July
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The ‘great net zero debate’ was anything but – so beware Coalition claims of renewables taking over ‘two Tasmanias’

silverguide.site – One expert described Nationals leader Matt Canavan’s claim of land used for clean energy as ‘plain wrong and plain silly’…
The ‘great net zero debate’ was anything but – so beware Coalition claims of renewables taking over ‘two Tasmanias’
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