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• Weatherwatch: climate change will bring more floods. Can we predict them?

  03-10-2018 22:30
  Floods are increasingly likely because of the combination of climate change and our growing habit of paving over green spacesThe familiar phrase “the wrong kind of snow” was originally used as an excuse for severe disruption on British Rail in the 1991 winter. A very small amount of unusually soft and powdery snow had found its way into the electrical systems of locomotives, causing short circuits and engine failure.It now seems that with climate change we are getting the wrong kind
  
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• 'No-one should be told they can’t'

  03-10-2018 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Professor Donna Strickland has become the first woman in 55 years to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
  
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• Donna Strickland on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics

  03-10-2018 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Donna Strickland has become the first woman in 55 years to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.
  
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• 'This drought is different': it's drier and hotter – and getting worse

  03-10-2018 20:00
  On the land and in the towns they’re affected to varying degrees; some find it harder to cope. But they all agree something has changed
  Read part one of The New Normal here
  If you don’t fully appreciate the complexity of rural communities, farmer Peter Schmidt is not the sort of bloke you would be expecting in the Mulga Lands. His place is 21,000 hectares – 52,000 acres in the old money – and his family have been there since his grandfather selected blocks in the 1890s. T
  
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• UK's largest dairy show: milking it for all it's worth – in pictures

  03-10-2018 19:28
  More than 300 cattle compete at the Bath and West Showground, in a dairy show that attracts more than 6,000 visitors Continue reading...
  
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• MEPs vote for 40% cut in car emissions by 2030

  03-10-2018 17:35
  Tory MEPs voted against the goal despite a UK government instruction welcoming itMEPs have voted for a 40% cut in car emissions by 2030, in a rebuke to more cautious proposals by the European commission that signals tough negotiations with national governments ahead.Germany has strongly opposed any increase to the 30% cut in CO2 output proposed by the European commission, although countries such as France have yet to reveal their position. Continue reading...
  
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• A third of UK businesses have invested in onsite battery storage, survey reveals

  03-10-2018 17:25
  One in three UK-based businesses have installed onsite battery storage facilities at one or more of their sites, a new survey of 1,000 utility managers has revealed.
  
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• Four women who changed the face of physics

  03-10-2018 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Four pioneering women who changed the face of physics from the 1800s to the present day.
  
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• Commercial fishing banned across much of the Arctic

  03-10-2018 16:55
  International agreement will protect vast areas of sea that have opened up as the ice melts Commercial fishing will be banned across much of the Arctic under a new agreement signed on Wednesday in Greenland, closing down access to a vast area of sea that is newly opening up under climate change.The moratorium on Arctic fishing will safeguard an area about the size of the Mediterranean for at least the next 16 years, as warming temperatures allow summer navigation across what was previously ice.
  
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• Mazda pledges to electrify car portfolio by 2030

  03-10-2018 16:49
  Japanese carmaker Mazda has committed to switching its entire car portfolio to be either hybrid-electric or fully-electric by 2030, after revealing that it will bring its first hybrid vehicle to the market in 2019.
  
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• First commercial flight partly fuelled by recycled waste lands in UK

  03-10-2018 14:39
  Virgin Atlantic flight from Florida to Gatwick powered by fuel containing carbon from industrial pollutionThe first commercial flight to use jet fuel partly made from recycled industrial waste has landed at a London airport.The Virgin Atlantic flight from Orlando, Florida, to Gatwick was powered by a new blend of normal jet fuel and ethanol produced from waste gases, which the airline says could significantly lower aviation’s carbon footprint. Continue reading...
  
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• Britvic switches to 100% renewable electricity

  03-10-2018 13:28
  Britvic has announced that every UK manufacturing site will be powered by 100% renewable electricity from October 2018.
  
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• Asian hornet sightings spark persecution of European species in UK

  03-10-2018 13:16
  Cases occurred after confirmed reports of invasive species feared as threat to the honeybee A British wildlife charity has warned that a spate of bad news stories about the invasive Asian hornet is leading to the persecution of its home-grown equivalent.Devon Wildlife Trust said that it has across cases of people exterminating the European hornet (Vespa crabro) thinking it was the troublesome Asian hornet (Vespa velutina). Continue reading...
  
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• How to cook the perfect pasta al pomodoro | Felicity Cloake

  03-10-2018 13:00
  Felicity Cloake’s easy-to-follow recipe for the timeless Italian classicDescribed as “the national dish of Italy” by Christopher Boswell, executive chef of the Rome Sustainable Food Project and enjoyed, according to restaurateur Lucio Galletto, “from the small islands south of Sicily to the mountain villages perched high in the Alps”, pasta al pomodoro has a lot going for it. It’s cheap to shop for, easy to prepare and utterly delicious to eat – and, bei
  
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• Hayabusa 2: German-led lander drops to asteroid's surface

  03-10-2018 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Japan's space agency (Jaxa) successfully despatches a German-led lander to the surface of an asteroid.
  
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• As Bangkok sinks, could this anti-flood park be the answer?

  03-10-2018 12:00
  Vast underground reservoirs beneath the city’s Centenary Park can store 1m gallons of waterBangkok is sinking – fast. As urban development continues unabated, this city of more than 10 million people is getting lower by 2cm a year, according to Greenpeace estimates. Meanwhile, the surface of the Gulf of Thailand is rising by 4mm a year – above the global average.With the Thai capital currently approximately 1.5 metres (5ft) above sea level, the spectres of the 2011 floods that
  
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• Science-based targets: BT and Capgemini to discuss adoption strategies in edie's next webinar

  03-10-2018 11:58
  Individuals looking to adopt and implement science-based targets for their business are encouraged to tune into a free webinar this month, featuring expert insight from the likes of BT, Capgemini and The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group.
  
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• Protein research takes Chemistry Nobel

  03-10-2018 11:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in enzyme research.
  
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• Making the microgrid transition: edie launches free guide for businesses

  03-10-2018 11:38
  Organisations seeking to capitalise on the benefits offered by microgrids now have access to a new edie Explains guide which breaks down everything you need to know about making the microgrid transition.
  
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• Trump races against clock to roll back major Obama-era environment rules

  03-10-2018 11:00
  The administration’s lengthy slate of rollbacks will slow progress on reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases that warm the planet, health experts sayDonald Trump’s administration is racing against the clock to rescind or rewrite every major pro-environment policy enduring from Barack Obama’s presidency. But the government will probably not be able to usher those changes through the courts before the next presidential election.Green-minded states and advocates cannot sue un
  
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• Thailand bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely

  03-10-2018 09:55
  Visitors flocked to Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi Leh island after it was in Leonardo DiCaprio filmOne of the world’s most popular beaches, made famous by the 2000 film The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is to be closed indefinitely to allow it to recover from the damage caused by millions of tourists.The golden sands and crystal blue water of Maya Bay, ringed by cliffs on Ko Phi Phi Leh island, has become one of Thailand’s most-visited tourist destinations since it shot to fame as the
  
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• 'Reasons to be hopeful' on 1.5C global temperature target

  03-10-2018 09:13 via bbc.co.uk
  IPCC scientist says there are some positive signs about our ability to keep the global temperature rise to 1.5C
  
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• 'Are the US and Australia declaring climate war on all of Earth? You make it sound so final' | First Dog on the Moon

  03-10-2018 09:08
  After Australia cynically releases its catastrophic climate data the day before grand final weekend, Ian the Climate Denialist Potato holds a press conference Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
  
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• 'Don't touch my Vespa!' Why Genoa is threatening to ban its icon of cool

  03-10-2018 08:30
  Nothing symbolises Italian urban chic quite like the Vespa. But in the city that gave birth to them, the diehards suddenly have a fight on their handsCorrado Nicora is talking about the flyest Vespa in Genoa: his own. For his 50th birthday, the secretary of Vespa Club Genoa decided that a new scooter was just what he needed. It had to be the tangerine GTS 300, but there was a problem: it was only on sale outside Italy. He was on the verge of shelling out the extra cash for the imported model whe
  
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• Country diary: wasps lead the dance at the year's last flower festival

  03-10-2018 06:30
  Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: I can only imagine how powerful the sweetness of ivy flowers is to insects with high-energy livesOn the brightest of days, the road into autumn is a frenetic gyratory for wasps, bees and hoverflies around outcrops of ivy. The yellows and browns of their bodies are the colours of changing leaves, the blur of their wings is mist over rivers, the sound of their flight is of the last crazy dance of the year fuelled by an intoxicant that makes them invulnerable.Whether the i
  
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• The Norwegian teen fighting the government over Arctic oil

  03-10-2018 02:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Elina Berg is a member of a campaign group which is suing the Norwegian government over oil exploration in the Arctic.
  
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• Embracing the fierce urgency of NOW: Sustainability Leaders Forum 2019 star-studded line-up revealed

  03-10-2018 02:01
  Experts and innovators from some of the world's biggest businesses including Unilever, Carlsberg, Kellogg's and Tesco are among the star-studded line-up for edie's flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum, taking place in London next February.
  
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• Embracing the fierce urgency of NOW: Sustainability Leaders Forum 2019 line-up revealed

  03-10-2018 02:01
  Experts and innovators from some of the world's biggest businesses including Unilever, Carlsberg, Kellogg's and Tesco are among the star-studded line-up for edie's flagship Sustainability Leaders Forum, taking place in London next February.
  
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• The new normal? How climate change is making droughts worse

  03-10-2018 01:50
  In the first part of a new series, we take you through the current conditions, and then put them in context with other severe droughts in Australia’s history Continue reading...
  
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• How should we deal with a large-scale chemical attack?

  03-10-2018 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists are developing technology to help.
  
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