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• Satellite Shows Post-tropical Cyclone Selma Dissipate

  30-10-2017 18:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  NOAA's GOES East satellite provided an image of Post-Tropical Cyclone Selma as it dissipated near the border of El Salvador and Honduras.
  
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• New Study Suggests the United States' Power Supply Has the Capacity to be More Adaptable to Climate Change than Previously Predicted

  30-10-2017 18:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Climate change scientists warn that the continued burning of fossil fuels is likely to cause major disruptions to the global climate system leading to more extreme weather, sea level rise, and biodiversity loss. The changes also will compromise our capacity to generate electricity. In recent decades, capacity losses at United States power plants occurred infrequently, but scientists warn that the warming climate may increase their regularity and magnitude. This instability could interrupt power
  
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• Blue Planet returns with ratings victory over Strictly Come Dancing

  30-10-2017 18:33 via theguardian.com
  Surfing dolphins and walrus cubs help follow-up to hit 2001 series attract up to 10.6 million viewers on Sunday eveningThe opening episode of Blue Planet II, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, drew on average more than half a million viewers than Strictly Coming Dancing on Sunday evening.Related: Blue Planet II review: the ocean as you've never seen it beforeContinue reading...
  
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• Cover Crops Provide Bed and Breakfast Layover for Migrating Birds

  30-10-2017 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  After harvesting a corn or soybean crop, farmers may plant a cover crop for a variety of reasons—to reduce soil erosion and nutrient runoff, increase organic matter in the soil, and improve water quality. Now there’s another reason. University of Illinois research shows that migratory birds prefer to rest and refuel in fields with cover crops.
  
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• Research Shows How Environment Plays Key Role in Changing Movement Behaviour of Animals

  30-10-2017 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  University of Leicester mathematicians develop theory which helps to unravel long-standing mysteries of animal movement.
  
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• The lynx effect: search for one-year-old Lillith continues in west Wales

  30-10-2017 17:53 via theguardian.com
  Borth Wild Animal Kingdom attracts large crowd of visitors as mother prowls cage while offspring eludes staff and police Zoo keepers kitted out with thermal imaging equipment, nets and cages baited with rabbit have been scouring a craggy hillside and the gardens of a seaside town in search of a wild cat that made a daring leap for freedom.Lillith the Eurasian lynx is thought to have climbed a spindly sapling growing in the pen she shared with her mother and two siblings and dived over a 4-metre
  
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• Red Sea is Warming Faster Than Global Average

  30-10-2017 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The global rate of ocean warming has many consequences for life on this planet. Now we are learning that the Red Sea is warming even faster than the global average,” says KAUST PhD student of marine science, Veronica Chaidez.
  
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• Building a Sustainable Future: Urgent Action Needed

  30-10-2017 17:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  We need to act urgently to increase the energy efficiency of our buildings as the world’s emerging middle classes put increasing demands on our planet’s energy resources. These are the findings of a new report, published in MRS Energy & Sustainability by authors Matthias M. Koebel, Jannis Wernery and Wim J. Malfait.
  
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• Cows are loving, intelligent and kind – so should we still eat them?

  30-10-2017 17:32 via theguardian.com
  Rosamund Young, farmer and author of The Secret Life of Cows, says she is really a ‘ghostwriter’ for her herd, with a mission to explain how they play games, babysit and even judge us. But that doesn’t mean she’s a vegetarian …
  ‘I’ll see who is in the mood for talking,” says Rosamund Young, strolling across a steep field on the Cotswold escarpment. “Hello, are you busy? You’re very nice, yes you are. Don’t walk off.” Young
  
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• Will the role of a sustainability professional ever become obsolete?

  30-10-2017 17:24
  As sustainability becomes more embedded into everyday operations, will a time arise where the role of a sustainability professional becomes obsolete? Asda's sustainable business director Chris Brown believes an ever-changing corporate agenda makes the role more important than ever.
  
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• Report: UK firms risk £2.8m a year through lack of energy resilience

  30-10-2017 16:51
  New research has found that British businesses could be risking 17% of their annual revenue by failing to adopt an energy resilience strategy.
  
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• Survey Gauges Top Leaders Views of Environmental Policy Landscape

  30-10-2017 15:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  In spring 2017, researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions set out to determine what and how a broad cross-section of thought leaders at private corporations, nonprofits, government agencies, and universities think about emerging environmental trends, risks, and opportunities.Through the Emerging Environmental Issues Survey, the researchers aimed to assess both the reach and the manageability of env
  
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• Five-year triumph: Ultra-low emission vehicle sales in UK surge by 1,800%

  30-10-2017 13:20
  Propped up by new government policies and a wider range of models, the sales and registrations of Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) in the UK have grown by more than 1,800% since 2011.
  
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• Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high

  30-10-2017 12:23 via theguardian.com
  UN warns that drastic action is needed to meet climate targets set in the Paris agreementThe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN has said, warning that drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement. “Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016,” the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.Continue reading...
  
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• G20 falls behind on national decarbonisation pledges

  30-10-2017 12:12
  The UK is "strongly outperforming" the rest of G20 in decoupling emissions from economic growth, but businesses and governments have been warned that the goals of the Paris Agreement won't be achieved with current decarbonisation ambitions.
  
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• Record surge in atmospheric CO2 seen in 2016

  30-10-2017 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere jumped to a record high in 2016, says the World Meteorological Organization.
  
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• New data gives hope for meeting the Paris climate targets | Dana Nuccitelli

  30-10-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Global carbon pollution appears to be close to peaking
  Over the past half-century, growth in the global economy and carbon pollution have been tied together. When the global economy has been strong, we’ve consumed more energy, which has translated into burning more fossil fuels and releasing more carbon pollution. But over the past four years, economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions have been decoupled. The global economy has continued to grow, while data from the EU Joint Research Ce
  
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• There’s nothing cute about it. The animal stars of viral videos are being abused | Chas Newkey-Burden

  30-10-2017 10:30 via theguardian.com
  In our millions we coo over wide-eyed exotic creatures and dogs in teacups – and bear witness to a new era of online animal crueltyIt’s the sort of viral video that makes you coo. A sweet little creature called a slow loris performs a funny trick. Over and over, a human tickles it. Each time, it instantly raises its arms. How adorable. You watch the video, feel gooey inside, and share it with your friends. But what if you knew that the animal in the video was actually terrified? That
  
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• Hamburg under water after storms batter Europe - video

  30-10-2017 10:28 via theguardian.com
  German city is hit by widespread flooding after storms battered northern and central Europe. At least six people have died in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic as a result of the weather, while fallen trees and damage to railway lines have left thousands of travellers stranded Continue reading...
  
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• Octopuses found crawling up Welsh beach – video

  30-10-2017 09:28 via theguardian.com
  Dozens of octopuses have emerged from the sea at New Quay beach in west Wales. Some experts have said the strange behaviour by the cephalopods, who can’t survive on dry land for long, may be the result of injury or confusion caused by recent stormsMystery of octopuses found crawling along Welsh beachContinue reading...
  
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• Octopuses emerge from the sea and crawl up Welsh beach – video

  30-10-2017 09:28 via theguardian.com
  Dozens of octopuses crawl along New Quay beach in west Wales. The strange behaviour from the cephalopods, who can’t survive on dry land for very long, has been attributed by some experts to recent storms in the area, which may have injured or confused themMystery of octopuses found crawling along Welsh beachContinue reading...
  
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• Mystery of octopuses found walking on Welsh beach

  30-10-2017 04:51 via theguardian.com
  Up to 25 of the cephalopods end up on dry land, possibly confused or injured by the recent stormsDozens of octopus have been spotted emerging from the ocean and crawling along the Welsh coast in a nightly pilgrimage that has perplexed people at a seaside town. Up to 25 curled octopuses, which grow to a length of 50cm, were seen three nights in a row at New Quay beach in Ceredigion in west Wales. Some of the wayward cephalopods were later found dead, washed up on the beach. Continue reading...
  
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• Mystery of octopuses found crawling along Welsh beach

  30-10-2017 04:51 via theguardian.com
  Up to 25 of the cephalopods end up on dry land, possibly confused or injured by the recent stormsDozens of octopus have been spotted emerging from the ocean and crawling along the Welsh coast in a nightly pilgrimage that has perplexed people at a seaside town. Up to 25 curled octopuses, which grow to a length of 50cm, were seen three nights in a row at New Quay beach in Ceredigion in west Wales. Some of the wayward cephalopods were later found dead, washed up on the beach. Continue reading...
  
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