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‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed

silverguide.site – As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts…
‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed
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All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows

silverguide.site – Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status…
All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
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Country diary: Even in a heatwave, signs of last winter storms still linger | Nicola Chester

silverguide.site – South Devon: On holiday in deeply familiar places, we swim fully clothed, snack on overhanging cherries and see the fallen Teignmouth pier…
Country diary: Even in a heatwave, signs of last winter storms still linger | Nicola Chester
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Adapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather?

silverguide.site – As NHS told to prepare for extreme weather, strain also felt in other areas including transport and farming…
Adapting to global heating: which UK public services are struggling in hot weather?
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England’s climate is changing and our planting must change with it | Letter

silverguide.site – Letter: We are trying to keep a pre‑industrial flora alive in a post‑industrial climate, writes Richard Eltringham …
England’s climate is changing and our planting must change with it | Letter
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‘Alarming’ surge in bluetongue disease among UK sheep

silverguide.site – Farmers advised to vaccinate after recent hot weather provides ideal conditions for virus-carrying midges…
‘Alarming’ surge in bluetongue disease among UK sheep
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‘Parkinson’s Valley’: the herbicide haunting a New York farm town

silverguide.site – Paraquat is banned in over 70 countries. Some farmers and their families in Hebron believe the pesticide is causing Parkinson’s disease and are demanding that New York ban it…
‘Parkinson’s Valley’: the herbicide haunting a New York farm town
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Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert

silverguide.site – Move comes as fourth heatwave of summer intensifies, edging temperatures in some areas close to 40C…
Italy to place all 27 of its major cities on highest heat alert
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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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