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• The Arctic skua, an aerial highway robber: Country diary 100 years ago

  24-07-2016 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 28 July 1916The ragwort is out on the sandhills, masses of handsome flowers above dense, dark green leaves, except where a colony of black and orange cinnabar caterpillars is defoliating the strong plants. Brighter even than the ragwort is the yellow-wort, each flower facing the sun above its stem-pierced leaves. Acres are plentifully sprinkled with yellow-worts, pink centauries, marsh helleborines with nodding mauve or purple white-lipped flowe
  
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• Grey triggerfish – new to British waters, and to the fishmonger's slab

  24-07-2016 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  A fish familiar to Mediterranean fishermen can now be caught around Britain, from the south-west to the HebridesA favourite haunt of a newcomer to British shores, the grey triggerfish Balistes capriscus, is the seaside pier. For the holiday angler it could be quite a shock landing such an unfamiliar fish, and it will need caution. Triggerfish have small mouths but eight sharp teeth and strong jaws, useful for crushing the shells of mussels and other prey.The increase in sea temperatures of aroun
  
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• Bird ranges vary more than thought

  24-07-2016 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new study of population trends among 46 ecologically diverse bird species in North America overturns a long-held assumption that the climate conditions occupied by a species do not change over time. Instead, birds that have increased in abundance over the last 30 years now occupy a wider range of climate conditions than they did 30 years ago, and declining species occupying a smaller range.A new study of population trends among 46 ecologically diverse bird species in North America conducted by
  
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• George Sands’ novels in tune with nature | Letters

  24-07-2016 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  “What would a novel look like if it was written by someone who sang to the forest and believed it sang back?” asked Paul Kingsnorth (Call of the wild, Review, 23 July). A writer who comes close to that is George Sand in her romans champêtres set in her beloved region, Berry. In La Mare au Diable (The Devil’s Pond), for example, the pond and the forest play an active part in the story, though the humans are still the centre of interest. She doesn’t quite give human a
  
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• Campaigners seek to reintroduce Eurasian lynx to parts of Britain

  24-07-2016 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Charity begins local consultation on plan to introduce 10 Eurasian lynxes back into wild in north of England and southern ScotlandLynx could soon be reintroduced to the north of England and southern Scotland as the charity campaigning for the return of the wild mammal, which was last seen across Britain around 700AD, launches its final stage of a consultation.The project to introduce 10 Eurasian lynxes back into the wild, which has also considered sites in Aberdeenshire, will this week begin dis
  
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• ASEAN deadlocked on South China Sea after Cambodia blocks statement

  24-07-2016 13:32
  By Manuel Mogato and Simon Webb VIENTIANE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations failed to find common ground on maritime disputes in the South China Sea on Sunday after Cambodia stuck to its demand the group make no reference to an international court ruling against Beijing in a statement, diplomats said. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met for the first time since the U.N.-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague handed an emphatic leg
  
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• Tigers maul two women at Beijing wildlife park

  24-07-2016 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing have killed one woman and injured another after the pair left their vehicle, Chinese media reports say.
  
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• ‘World can’t afford to silence us’: black church leaders address climate change

  24-07-2016 12:30 via theguardian.com
  One of the largest and oldest black churches in the US warns that black people are disproportionally harmed by global warming and fossil fuel pollutionAfrican American religious leaders have added their weight to calls for action on climate change, with one of the largest and oldest black churches in the US warning that black people are disproportionally harmed by global warming and fossil fuel pollution.The African Methodist Episcopal church has passed its first resolution in its 200-year histo
  
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• Tigers maul woman to death and wound another at Chinese wildlife park

  24-07-2016 07:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The Siberian tigers attacked the women when they got out of their car at Beijing Badaling Wildlife World Siberian tigers at a wildlife park in Beijing have mauled a woman to death and wounded another when they stepped out of their car in an enclosure, a Chinese state-run newspaper said.
  A tiger pounced on one of the women after she got out of a private car in which she was touring the Beijing Badaling Wildlife World on Saturday, the Legal Evening News reported. Continue reading...
  
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• The eco guide to cotton towels

  24-07-2016 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Buy organic cotton and you’ll help transform lives, communities, the environment, the world…The textiles industry is revolting. It causes 10% of the planet’s carbon footprint, while the dyeing and treatment of textiles is responsible for 17% of all industrial water pollution. Cotton uses 3% of global water, and the damage from cotton farming is $83bn. This eco cost is partially offset by longevity: a bath sheet should be in service for 10 years. I’m serious. So I was dis
  
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• Solar Impulse: Zero-fuel plane begins final flight

  24-07-2016 01:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse sets out from Egypt's capital, Cairo, on the last leg of its quest to circle the globe.
  
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