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• The big splosh!

  25-10-2018 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  When the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, it made billions of tonnes of rock move like a fluid.
  
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• Splosh! How the dinosaur-killing asteroid made its crater

  25-10-2018 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  When the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, it made billions of tonnes of rock move like a fluid.
  
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• Splosh! How the dinosaur-killing asteroid made Chicxulub crater

  25-10-2018 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  When the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth, it made billions of tonnes of rock move like a fluid.
  
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• Pollutionwatch: generating a problem across Africa

  25-10-2018 22:30
  Unreliable power supply has resulted in inefficient diesel backup generators being used widely by homes and businesses Across African cities home diesel generators are becoming more common. Generating their own electricity is the only option for many homes and businesses, and unreliable grid supplies mean backup generators are used widely. Inefficient diesel generators may produce far more carbon dioxide than large power plants and the exhaust is released right into densely populated neighbourho
  
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• The Guardian view on Black Sea shipwrecks: discovering our past | Editorial

  25-10-2018 19:47
  Three years of research have produced astonishing results, including the remains of 65 vessels, one thought to be ancient Greek. This should be only the startThe seabed produces archaeological wonders. The Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent in 1545, and the Vasa, which capsized in 1633 in the harbour of Stockholm, are just two of the famous ships that have been lifted from the deep. There is a long history of fishermen finding classical bronzes in the Mediterranean: the great statue of Zeus (or
  
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• Nestlé Waters boss: We are not in competition with tap water

  25-10-2018 18:49
  Soft drinks firms have a duty to provide consumers with good-quality bottled water, Nestlé Waters' boss has insisted, in the face of widespread concerns about the sustainability of water bottle production.
  
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• PZ Cussons outlines plastics and palm oil goals

  25-10-2018 18:02
  Healthcare and consumer goods manufacturer PZ Cussons has committed to reduce the amount of plastic it uses by 25% while also setting out an action plan to source all its palm oil from sustainable sources.
  
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• NFU urges May to put food production at heart of agriculture bill

  25-10-2018 17:06
  Union’s president says bill’s current wording could lead to a lowering of standardsThe National Farmers’ Union has told Theresa May she must treat the food industry as being of equal importance as the car sector, with special protections enshrined in new laws covering standards and production.The NFU president, Minette Batters, said she had raised concerns in a phone call to the prime minister that food production was not at the heart of a new agriculture bill, the first major
  
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• European parliament approves curbs on use of antibiotics on farm animals

  25-10-2018 16:22
  Move is aimed at halting the spread of ‘superbugs’ resistant to medical treatmentThe European parliament has approved a suite of restrictions on the use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals in a bid to halt the spread of “superbugs” resistant to medical treatment.Europe’s animals consume more antibiotics than humans on average, often via livestock feeds on factory farms, where farmers routinely use them as a prophylactic against the occurrence or spread of disease
  
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• Clever crows: birds use tools in same way as great apes and humans – video

  25-10-2018 14:44
  New Caledonian crows have been filmed extracting a piece of food from a puzzle box by piecing together two separate rods. The birds were able to display highly flexible abilities to solve a complex problem without prior training. Until now, the ability to assemble different components had only been seen in great apes and humans Continue reading...
  
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• In numbers: The state of corporate sustainability reporting

  25-10-2018 13:00
  Over the past 12 months, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has worked with consultancy Radley Yeldar to survey 158 corporates on their approach to sustainability reporting. Here, edie rounds-up the key findings.
  
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• Report: UK's EV stock grew by more than 50% last year, despite infrastructure challenges

  25-10-2018 12:12
  The number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK rose by more than 50% between 2016-2017, with consumer demand for electrified transport outstripping the installation of charging infrastructure, a new report has found.
  
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• Blood coal: Ireland’s dirty secret | Noel Healy

  25-10-2018 12:00
  Burning coal is the single largest contributor to global climate breakdown. Human rights violations at the sites of fossil fuel extraction are often hidden.The connections between County Clare, Ireland and La Guajira, Colombia may not be entirely obvious at first glance. Yet the regions are linked through a shared commodity: coal. Extracted in one region and burned in the other.Coal extraction in La Guajira has a dirty secret, which I’ve witnessed first-hand: it is connected to a system of
  
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• EDF announces low-carbon vehicle partnership with Nissan

  25-10-2018 11:45
  Big six company EDF Energy has announced a partnership with Nissan to support the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and energy generation and storage solutions.
  
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• Before and after Hurricane Walaka: Hawaii's East Island vanishes – video

  25-10-2018 09:15
  A piece of the United States has been dramatically wiped off the map after an island in Hawaii was washed away by a powerful hurricane.East Island, a remote spit of gravel and sand that sat atop a coral reef, has vanished after having this misfortune to come into contact with Hurricane Walaka, an intense storm that surged past Hawaii earlier this month.Footage captured by Chip Fletcher shows what the island looked like before it was annihilated while satellite imagery from the US Fish and Wildli
  
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• Patients at thousands of hospitals and GP practices 'breathing toxic air'

  25-10-2018 07:01
  More than 2,000 GP surgeries and hospitals in UK are in areas that breach WHO air pollution guidelines, study saysHundreds of thousands of patients who visit more than 2,000 hospitals and GP practices across the UK are breathing poisonous air that breaches World Health Organization guidelines, according to a new report.The study found that a third of GP surgeries and a quarter of hospitals – including some of the biggest children’s centres – are in areas that breach limits for
  
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• Australia urged to model economic effects of 1.5C and 2C climate increases

  25-10-2018 06:47
  Thinktanks and investor groups want economic implications examined as Lancet open letter attacks dismissal of IPCC reportProgressive thinktanks and investor groups want the Australian government to model the economic effects climate change will have on Australia under 1.5C and 2C warming scenarios.This week the new Treasury secretary, Phil Gaetjens, told a Senate estimates hearing the department had done no modelling that compared the difference in economic impacts of 1.5C of warming and 2C. Con
  
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• Country diary: how the tawny owl finds its way in the dark

  25-10-2018 06:30
  Dunton, Bedfordshire: This bird’s eyesight is not that much better than ours; it compensates by memory mappingLong after the lights in the village go on, I go off, striking out over the fields. The night sky here is full of Stansted’s shooting stars, planes winking their way up and over the horizon, chasing the dim afterglow of a fallen sun.Down below, my near-invisible feet are pounding along. I’m in an outdoor gym with its own sound system – a beat that is marked by the
  
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• Mum's voice makes better smoke alarm for children

  25-10-2018 06:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Many more children woke up to a voice-based alarm than a traditional one, a study found.
  
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• Climate change: Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere

  25-10-2018 01:56 via bbc.co.uk
  A new US study says that several low-cost technologies can be deployed right now to limit global warming.
  
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• Kurtis Baute: Scientist leaves airtight dome after 15 hours

  25-10-2018 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Kurtis Baute spent 15 hours in an airtight dome to raise awareness about climate change.
  
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