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Weather tracker: North America could experience record heat as high pressure builds

silverguide.site – Temperatures set to soar 19C above seasonal average – as parts of Europe edge closer to drought conditions…
Weather tracker: North America could experience record heat as high pressure builds
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Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows

silverguide.site – The fourth most important food crop is in peril as the Latin America and the Caribbean suffer from climate disaster…
Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows
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Country diary: Saluting the endurance of a brooding mallard | Susie White

silverguide.site – Allendale, Northumberland: For a month I watched it incubating on long, hot days. Her hard work was eventually rewarded…
Country diary: Saluting the endurance of a brooding mallard | Susie White
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Potential role for Chinese firm in key UK windfarm attracts government scrutiny

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Decision on whether to work with turbine maker being overseen by ministers after British Steel rescue…
Potential role for Chinese firm in key UK windfarm attracts government scrutiny
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Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show

silverguide.site – Conservationists call for more funding and warn of danger to ‘cherished’ native species, from water voles to ladybirds…
Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show
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Eighty percent of England’s peatlands are dry and degraded, mapping shows

silverguide.site – Healthy peatlands can help tackle the climate crisis but degraded peat emits carbon and contributes to global heating…
Eighty percent of England’s peatlands are dry and degraded, mapping shows
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UK supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over cruelty claims

silverguide.site – Workers at farm owned by UK’s biggest pig meat producer Cranswick filmed killing piglets by banned ‘blunt force trauma’…
UK supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over cruelty claims
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Eating more fiber could reduce ‘forever chemicals’ in bodies, study suggests

silverguide.site – Study finds dietary fiber effectively cuts levels of two most common and dangerous Pfas, with more research planned…
Eating more fiber could reduce ‘forever chemicals’ in bodies, study suggests
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Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria

silverguide.site – The state government is aware of koala welfare problems but says it has ‘no cost-effective’ solutions…
Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria
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Aphids plaguing UK gardens in warm spring weather, says RHS

silverguide.site – Sap-sucking insects top list of queries to gardening charity after causing significant harm to plants…
Aphids plaguing UK gardens in warm spring weather, says RHS
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Country diary: A masterclass in biding your time | Ed Douglas

silverguide.site – Padley Gorge, Derbyshire: In among the fresh lime-green oak leaves is a spotted flycatcher. I watch for movement, but there is none – yet…
Country diary: A masterclass in biding your time | Ed Douglas
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Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds

silverguide.site – Findings show for first time how plastic chemicals throw off the body’s internal clock by up to 17 minutes…
Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds
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Weather tracker: Thunderstorms bring rain and hail to parts of the Balkans

silverguide.site – Hot start to May gives way to significant rainfall, with egg-sized hailstones reportedly hitting Slavonski Brod in Croatia…
Weather tracker: Thunderstorms bring rain and hail to parts of the Balkans
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Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war

silverguide.site – Far right accused of misinformation over turbines at Reinhardswald, which has left local people divided…
Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war
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Midsummer butterflies spotted early in Britain after sunny spring

silverguide.site – Scientists fear early emerging insects may fall out of sync with pathogens, predators or availability of food…
Midsummer butterflies spotted early in Britain after sunny spring
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European and British soils seriously degraded by intensive farming

silverguide.site – Experts found 60% of the EU’s agricultural soils had been degraded, with about 40% similarly damaged in the UK…
European and British soils seriously degraded by intensive farming
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Country diary: Ancient art to make the imagination soar | Mary Montague

silverguide.site – Knowth, County Meath, Ireland: In among the summer-green fields here is the great mound, constructed by neolithic people with, perhaps, one eye to the sky…
Country diary: Ancient art to make the imagination soar | Mary Montague
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Scientists find ‘mutant’ gene behind foul-smelling species of wild ginger

silverguide.site – Small genetic changes in enzyme that prevents bad breath in humans lead to sulphurous scent in some asarum…
Scientists find ‘mutant’ gene behind foul-smelling species of wild ginger
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Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report

silverguide.site – Producers promoted chemical recycling – processes used to break plastics into constituent molecules – but knew of limitations…
Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report
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‘Astonishing journeys’: online tool tracking migratory animals highlights challenge of protecting them

silverguide.site – The University of Queensland system is intended to give policymakers idea of how species traverse the oceans and what it will take to save them…
‘Astonishing journeys’: online tool tracking migratory animals highlights challenge of protecting them
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