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Giant echidnas weighing 15kg roamed Victoria – and the evidence was hiding in plain sight

silverguide.site – A skull fragment found in a tray of unsorted fossils collected more than a century ago leads to discovery…
Giant echidnas weighing 15kg roamed Victoria – and the evidence was hiding in plain sight
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African scientists hail mushrooming global interest in conserving fungi

silverguide.site – Amid growing evidence of fungi’s key role in ecosystems and storing carbon, mycologists seek greater recognition of the need to preserve ‘funga’ as much as flora and fauna…
African scientists hail mushrooming global interest in conserving fungi
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UK households to be urged to use more power this summer as renewables soar

silverguide.site – Incentives to absorb surplus wind and solar energy could help balance the grid and lower bills…
UK households to be urged to use more power this summer as renewables soar
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Don’t mention the climate: Trump creates ‘beyond absurd’ situation at global finance talks

silverguide.site – Developing countries face possible shelving of crucial green action plan at IMF and World Bank spring meetings…
Don’t mention the climate: Trump creates ‘beyond absurd’ situation at global finance talks
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‘Super El Niño’ is officially here, scientists say. What can we expect?

silverguide.site – Experts say climate pattern could supercharge extreme weather events and push temperatures to record highs…
‘Super El Niño’ is officially here, scientists say. What can we expect?
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Troubled Lake Erie is being transformed into a vast water research facility

silverguide.site – For long a dumping ground for pollutants, the Great Lake is being seeded with sensor buoys to make it the world’s largest digitally connected body of freshwater…
Troubled Lake Erie is being transformed into a vast water research facility
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Weather tracker: Super Typhoon Sinlaku threatens Mariana Islands

silverguide.site – Rapidly strengthening storm brings destructive winds, flooding risk and dangerous seas to western Pacific…
Weather tracker: Super Typhoon Sinlaku threatens Mariana Islands
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Country diary: Time for some spring planting – on a precarious ledge | Susie White

silverguide.site – Bowlees, Teesdale: It’s been a long road to this point, but now these pots of rare rock whitebeam are ready for the soil…
Country diary: Time for some spring planting – on a precarious ledge | Susie White
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Golden eagles could be reintroduced to England after more than 150 years

silverguide.site – Study identified eight areas that can sustain a population and government has given £1m for recovery programme…
Golden eagles could be reintroduced to England after more than 150 years
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Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’

silverguide.site – Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishment…
Anger as swifts’ nesting holes in Derbyshire rail viaduct ‘blocked up’
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Weather tracker: Cyclone Maila batters Solomon Islands with 115mph winds

silverguide.site – Powerful storm brings destruction, while temperatures soar in Vietnam and torrential rain lashes South Korea…
Weather tracker: Cyclone Maila batters Solomon Islands with 115mph winds
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A rare sign of hope as mountain gorillas welcome two sets of twins in Africa

silverguide.site – Once close to extinction, the species is rebounding due to years of conservation work…
A rare sign of hope as mountain gorillas welcome two sets of twins in Africa
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Take down bird feeders this summer to cut spread of avian disease, says RSPB

silverguide.site – Charity advises replacing seed and nut feeders, where birds gather, with small amounts of mealworms, fat balls or suet…
Take down bird feeders this summer to cut spread of avian disease, says RSPB
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Country diary: A sun-warmed day has the bees feeling hot | Claire Stares

silverguide.site – Langstone, Hampshire: Solitary bees, albeit hundreds of them, are hovering low to the ground, hoping to mate before nightfall…
Country diary: A sun-warmed day has the bees feeling hot | Claire Stares
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Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups

silverguide.site – New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps turning on itself…
Wild chimpanzees recorded waging ‘civil war’ with coordinated attacks between two groups
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Government plan to relax rules on industrial chicken farms is wrong | Letter

silverguide.site – Letter: Ruth Tanner says Labour must cap the number of industrial units and put in place the building blocks for nature-friendly farming …
Government plan to relax rules on industrial chicken farms is wrong | Letter
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‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient

silverguide.site – Housing corporations are adopting rainwater storage in garden fences, reducing pressure during downpours and preserving water for times of drought…
‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient
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Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom

silverguide.site – Tim Friede put his ‘ass on the line’ to help stop snakebite deaths – whose numbers appear to be rising amid the climate crisis…
Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom
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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

silverguide.site – Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers…
Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
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Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides

silverguide.site – Use of glyphosate has risen 10-fold in 30 years, raising fears for public health…
Campaigners demand action to break UK’s ‘addiction’ to herbicides
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