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• This is how your world could end

  09-09-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  In an extract from his book Ends of the World, Peter Brannen examines mass extinction events and the catastrophic outcome of rising temperatures for all the world’s populationMany of us share some dim apprehension that the world is flying out of control, that the centre cannot hold. Raging wildfires, once-in-1,000-years storms and lethal heatwaves have become fixtures of the evening news – and all this after the planet has warmed by less than 1C above preindustrial temperatures. But
  
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• One of world's largest marine parks created off coast of Easter Island

  09-09-2017 17:49 via theguardian.com
  Rapa Nui protection area, about same size as Chilean mainland, will protect up to 142 species, including 27 threatened with extinctionOne of the world’s largest marine protection areas has been created off the coast of Easter Island.The 740,000 sq km Rapa Nui marine park is roughly the size of the Chilean mainland and will protect at least 142 endemic marine species, including 27 threatened with extinction. Continue reading...
  
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• Helen Macdonald: the forbidden wonder of birds’ nests and eggs

  09-09-2017 13:00 via theguardian.com
  The author of H Is for Hawk explains how an appreciation of bird habitats enables a unique connection with the natural worldWhen I was small, I decided I wanted to be a naturalist. And so I slowly amassed a nature collection, and arranged it across my bedroom sills and shelves as a visible display of all the small expertises I’d gathered from the pages of books. There were galls, feathers, seeds, pine cones, loose single wings of small tortoiseshell or peacock butterflies picked from spide
  
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• Trump adores his south Florida resorts – but could they soon be underwater?

  09-09-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  A slew of Trump properties stand in the path of Hurricane Irma, and sea-level rise over the next few decades raises the threat of repeated floodingMar-a-Lago. Trump National Doral Miami. Trump Palace. Trump Royale. Trump International Beach Resort Miami. Trump Hollywood.Related: Florida officials warn Irma will be 'storm wider than the state'Continue reading...
  
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• How hurricanes and sea-level rise threaten Trump's Florida resorts

  09-09-2017 09:00 via theguardian.com
  A slew of Trump properties stand in the path of Hurricane Irma, and they could be underwater by the end of the centuryMar-a-Lago. Trump National Doral Miami. Trump Palace. Trump Royale. Trump International Beach Resort Miami. Trump Hollywood.Related: Florida officials warn Irma will be 'storm wider than the state'Continue reading...
  
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• Hurricane Irma: millions evacuate Florida as superstorm hits Cuba – latest updates

  09-09-2017 07:40 via theguardian.com
  At least 23 people confirmed dead across Caribbean
  Irma back up to category five; due to hit Florida on SundayHurricane Jose close to category five as it approaches BarbudaIrma’s destruction: island by islandWhere is Irma heading? Mapping the path 6.40am BSTDutch naval commander Peter Jan de Vin has shared images of relief efforts on Sint Maarten, which is administered by the Netherlands.Dialysis patients were airlifted from the stricken island on Friday:Geslaagde evacuatie dialyse pati&eu
  
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• 'The lift will stop': Barnaby Joyce tells Nationals coal power can't be ignored

  09-09-2017 07:06 via theguardian.com
  Renewables are here to stay but Australia must not lose sight of where the main game is, deputy prime minister tells conferenceAustralia’s deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, has warned of a summer of blackouts unless politicians embrace coal power solutions.Energy policy was front and centre at the Nationals federal conference in Canberra, which Joyce addressed on Saturday. Continue reading...
  
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• George Monbiot: how do we get out of this mess?

  09-09-2017 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Donald Trump. North Korea. Hurricanes. Neoliberalism. Is there any hope of a better world? Yes, but we have to come together to tell a new, kinder story explaining who we are, and how we should liveIs it reasonable to hope for a better world? Study the cruelty and indifference of governments, the disarray of opposition parties, the apparently inexorable slide towards climate breakdown, the renewed threat of nuclear war, and the answer appears to be no. Our problems look intractable, our leaders
  
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• Springtails … faster than your average photographer's reflexes

  09-09-2017 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Humphrey Head, Cartmel Peninsula Tiny creatures, with remarkable jumping ability, dwell in the carboniferous limestone hills above Morecambe BayDense vegetation alive with birdsong clings to the face of Humphrey Head. Gazing up at the gaping mouth of Edgar’s Arch, a blowhole in Cumbria’s highest limestone headland – and above a bushy beard of trees, shrubs and creepers – I forget to watch my feet. Result? I become stuck in one of the glutinous exiting channels that booby-
  
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• Hurricane Irma: Florida braces for epic winds as superstorm hits Cuba – latest updates

  09-09-2017 03:02 via theguardian.com
  At least 23 people confirmed dead across Caribbean
  Irma’s destruction: island by islandWhere is Irma heading? Mapping the path 2.02am BSTThis image shows Hurricane Irma (on the left, over Cuba) and Hurricane Jose (on the right, heading towards the Leeward Islands) – both category four storms:Current image of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose.Imagen actual del Huracán Irma y Huracán Jose. (sat 0045Z) #prwx #usviwx #Irma #Jose pic.twitter.com/RP9pt676OD 1.57am BSTCNN&rsqu
  
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• Transhumanist

  09-09-2017 02:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists ask whether everyone should have the right to become a "transhumanist" by modifying our bodies with technology.
  
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• Science debate: Should we embrace an enhanced future?

  09-09-2017 02:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists ask whether everyone should have the right to become a "transhumanist" by modifying our bodies with technology.
  
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• The Coalition wants to shift the energy policy blame. Voters just want it fixed | Katharine Murphy

  09-09-2017 00:09 via theguardian.com
  Voters are tired of the old hyper-partisan blather, the posturing and the blame-shifting. They just want a solutionEnergy policy in Australia has been a casualty of glib three-word slogans. With this context in mind, a Liberal said to me recently he had a new five-word slogan for the prime minister on energy: leave it to the states.
  Too late, of course. Malcolm Turnbull, somewhat bravely, in the Humphrey Appleby sense, has taken on political responsibility for energy prices and network reliabili
  
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