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‘They are a species on the brink’: can trees save the salmon in Scotland’s River Dee?

silverguide.site – Last year, a single female was recorded returning to one tributary of a river usually celebrated for its fish. Now a plan is in place to change things – but it’s proving controversial…
‘They are a species on the brink’: can trees save the salmon in Scotland’s River Dee?
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‘Forever chemicals’ in school uniforms could be banned under proposed law

silverguide.site – Amendments to children’s wellbeing and schools bill call for ban on Pfas and synthetic fibres over health concerns…
‘Forever chemicals’ in school uniforms could be banned under proposed law
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Country diary: A test of patience here on the farm | Andrea Meanwell

silverguide.site – Tebay, Cumbria: It’s calving time, so I’m watching and waiting. But we have bigger problems afoot with major roadworks that will hit the valley hard…
Country diary: A test of patience here on the farm | Andrea Meanwell
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Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report

silverguide.site – Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown…
Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report
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‘Tiny melodies’: musician uses moths’ flight data to compose piece about their decline

silverguide.site – Ellie Wilson’s piece titled Moth x Human assigns different sounds to the species on Parsonage Down in Salisbury…
‘Tiny melodies’: musician uses moths’ flight data to compose piece about their decline
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Specieswatch: now is the best time to see the stag beetle

silverguide.site – At this time of year, the males, with their antler-like jaws, fly at dusk looking for much smaller females…
Specieswatch: now is the best time to see the stag beetle
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Country diary: Our local hedgehogs seem to be thriving, but their lives are so precarious | Sara Hudston

silverguide.site – Porlock, Somerset: Hogs need easy access to drinking water and our village has just that. But the dehydrated animal I found on a nearby beach was not so lucky…
Country diary: Our local hedgehogs seem to be thriving, but their lives are so precarious | Sara Hudston
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More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds

silverguide.site – Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather…
More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds
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Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing

silverguide.site – News comes as research finds record lows of Antarctic sea ice had seen more icebergs splintering off ice shelves…
Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing
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Parking space-sized gardens impress Hampton Court flower show judges

silverguide.site – Surrey council’s designs for mini-parks aim to demonstrate the benefits of less car-focused public spaces…
Parking space-sized gardens impress Hampton Court flower show judges
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After 150 years, a prized box returns to an Indigenous nation in Canada: ‘I felt like royalty traveling with it’

silverguide.site – The unlikely return of the bentwood box underscores the challenges facing Indigenous communities working to reclaim items raided from their lands…
After 150 years, a prized box returns to an Indigenous nation in Canada: ‘I felt like royalty traveling with it’
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You love the outdoors. So why are you pooping all over it?

silverguide.site – Millions of Americans a year visit national parks and many leave their business anywhere. Contrary to popular belief, that deluge of poop is not going to decompose…
You love the outdoors. So why are you pooping all over it?
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EU may allow carbon credits from developing countries to count towards climate goals

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Green groups furious at plans to let member states buy controversial carbon offsets from overseas…
EU may allow carbon credits from developing countries to count towards climate goals
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Rise in legal action against renewables companies over minerals

silverguide.site – Renewable energy and critical minerals projects often want to mine on sacred lands but minority groups are fighting back through the courts…
Rise in legal action against renewables companies over minerals
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Country diary: Like wrecked prizes, the body parts of pheasants litter the landscape | Nicola Chester

silverguide.site – North Wessex Downs, Hampshire: Predators are increasingly drawn by the shooting-season escapees. But, miserably, other ground-nesting birds and their eggs are being taken, too…
Country diary: Like wrecked prizes, the body parts of pheasants litter the landscape | Nicola Chester
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‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: a French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?

silverguide.site – Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the Pfas iceberg…
‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: a French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?
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A 'bomb cyclone' or not? A vigorous coastal low is hitting Australia’s east coast. What does it mean, and how worried should we be?

silverguide.site – The low-pressure system has similarities to an east coast low but experts say there are important differences, and are not calling it a ‘bomb cyclone’…
A 'bomb cyclone' or not? A vigorous coastal low is hitting Australia’s east coast. What does it mean, and how worried should we be?
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England wildlife regulator chair ‘enthusiastic’ about lynx rewilding

silverguide.site – Views on apex predator still polarised, says Natural England head, as activists apply for trial release in Northumberland…
England wildlife regulator chair ‘enthusiastic’ about lynx rewilding
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Weather tracker: Temperatures plunge in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay

silverguide.site – Cold spell expected to push northwards as storm system that has brought torrential rain in Bolivia and Brazil clears…
Weather tracker: Temperatures plunge in Chile, Argentina and Uruguay
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I’m obsessed with brittle stars: fish often nip off bits of their arms but they regenerate

silverguide.site – These starfish relatives have lots of remarkable features and are a keystone species. My hope is that we will recognise how vital these charismatic creatures are…
I’m obsessed with brittle stars: fish often nip off bits of their arms but they regenerate
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