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• Cod and haddock go north due to warming UK seas, as foreign fish arrive

  02-09-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  Our seafood diet must adapt, say scientists, as climate change forces some favourites to colder waters and threatens othersBritain must prepare itself for invasions of growing numbers of foreign sea creatures attracted by our warming waters, a new report has warned. Some newcomers could have devastating effects, others could be beneficial, say the researchers.Examples provided by the team include slipper limpets that could destroy mussel and oyster beds. By contrast, new arrivals such as the Ame
  
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• Houston refineries and plants leak thousands of tons of pollutants

  02-09-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  Communities face surging toxic fumes and possible water contamination, as refineries and plants report more than 2,700 tons of extra pollutionHurricane Harvey has resulted in Houston’s petrochemical industry leaking thousands of tons of pollutants, with communities living near plants damaged by the storm exposed to soaring levels of toxic fumes and potential water contamination.Refineries and chemical plants have reported more than 2,700 tons, or 5.4m pounds, of extra air pollution due to
  
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• Inheritors of the Earth review – embrace the biological revolution

  02-09-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The human age is one of extinction, but Chris D Thomas’s book paints a provocatively optimistic picture of new species diversityHumans now dominate the planet so heavily that we are pushing wild animals and plants into oblivion. Since 1970, the world’s wildlife populations have halved, and it’s not slowing down. In this new human age, the Anthropocene, we use more than half of the world’s land for our food, cities, roads and mining; we use more than 40% of the planet&rsqu
  
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• Red legs flash over the green strand

  02-09-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Harlech, Gwynedd Redshank circle above Ynys while Roma samphire pickers search the saltingsA flight of redshank, wings elegantly barred and bent, clatter and yelp out of a draining channel as I circle Glastraeth, the “green strand” at the mouth of the river Dwyryd, which was once a crucial Welsh wintering ground for curlews, pintails and geese.Related: Birdwatch: Common redshankContinue reading...
  
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• 'Destructive wealth and arrogance': Bob Brown hits out at Adani group

  02-09-2017 06:25 via theguardian.com
  Veteran conservationist compares situation to a nationwide action he led against the Franklin Dam in Tasmania in the 1980sVeteran conservationist Bob Brown has criticised the “destructive wealth and arrogance” of Indian mining group Adani at a Sydney protest against the Galilee Basin mine.The Adani chairman, Gautam Adani, announced this week that the company would break ground on it’s $16.5bn coal mine in Queensland in October. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Daring to Doubt': Tony Abbott to address London climate sceptic group

  02-09-2017 00:42 via theguardian.com
  Abbott will become the second former Australian prime minister to address the Global Warming Policy Foundation, following John Howard in 2013Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott is to give the annual lecture to a London-based climate sceptic group.Abbott will give his speech, entitled Daring to Doubt, to the London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) on 9 October. Continue reading...
  
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