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• Ecosystem linchpin

  21-01-2019 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A warming climate shifts the distribution of the krill species eaten by whales and other predators.
  
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• Antarctic krill: Key food source moves south

  21-01-2019 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A warming climate shifts the distribution of the krill species eaten by whales and other predators.
  
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• Yellow crazy ant invasion threatens Queensland world heritage rainforest as funding dries up

  21-01-2019 23:12
  Program holding ants at bay in wet tropics suffers from lack of government funding commitment Funding to keep a voracious invasive ant from establishing super colonies in Australia’s wet tropics world heritage area has less than six months of funding left, risking its future, Guardian Australia has been told.The Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA), which manages the vast world heritage area in north Queensland, is asking state and federal governments for a $6m a year package for the ne
  
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• Adani: 2,000 hectares of black-throated finch habitat removed from conservation plans

  21-01-2019 22:41
  Ecologists say Adani’s plan for endangered bird’s conservation area amounts to ‘a plan to manage a cow paddock’ About 2,000 hectares of proposed habitat offsets for the endangered black-throated finch were removed from Adani’s conservation plans last year, mostly on land earmarked for the nearby China Stone coalmine.The Indian mining company also intends to allow cattle to graze on the remaining conservation areas surrounding its Carmichael mine. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The Garden of Eden is no more’, David Attenborough warns Davos summit – video

  21-01-2019 22:31
  Broadcaster David Attenborough challenges business leaders at the World Economic Forum to ‘move beyond guilt and blame’ and focus on the practicalities of preventing climate change from reaching catastrophic levels Continue reading...
  
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• 'The Garden of Eden is no more', David Attenborough warns Davos summit – video

  21-01-2019 22:31
  Broadcaster David Attenborough challenged business leaders at the World Economic Forum to "move beyond guilt and blame" and focus on the practicalities of preventing climate change from reaching catastrophic levels.“If people can truly understand what is at stake, I believe they will give permission for business and governments to get on with the practical solutions," he told delegates at the summit in Davos, Switzerland. Continue reading...
  
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• Yellow crazy ants: world heritage area at risk through lack of funding

  21-01-2019 18:00
  Program holding crazy ants at bay in world’s oldest continuing rainforest suffers from lack of government funding commitment Funding to keep a voracious invasive ant from establishing super colonies in Australia’s wet tropics world heritage area has less than six months of funding left, risking its future, Guardian Australia has been told.The wet tropics management authority (WTMA), which manages the vast world heritage area in north Queensland, is asking state and federal government
  
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• Yellow crazy ants: Queensland world heritage area at risk through lack of funding

  21-01-2019 18:00
  Program holding ants at bay in world’s oldest continuing rainforest suffers from lack of government funding commitment Funding to keep a voracious invasive ant from establishing super colonies in Australia’s wet tropics world heritage area has less than six months of funding left, risking its future, Guardian Australia has been told.The Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA), which manages the vast world heritage area in north Queensland, is asking state and federal governments for
  
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• Fossil shark named after 80s video game

  21-01-2019 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The shark's teeth resemble alien spaceships from the game, Galaga, according to US scientists.
  
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• In pictures: 'Super blood wolf moon'

  21-01-2019 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Some stargazers struggled to see the rare lunar eclipse which makes the moon appear to glow red.
  
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• Report: 2018 was 'most successful year yet' for UK's EV market

  21-01-2019 13:58
  The UK's electric vehicle (EV) market grew by a record-breaking 19% in 2018, with one EV being registered every nine minutes.
  
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• He Jiankui: China condemns 'baby gene editing' scientist

  21-01-2019 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Investigators say He Jiankui sought "fame and fortune" with his claim to have edited baby genes.
  
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• The incredibly rare super blood wolf moon eclipse

  21-01-2019 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The first and last blood moon of the year has peaked.
  
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• Enel and Hewlett Packard Enterprise join CE100 to accelerate closed-loop transition

  21-01-2019 12:22
  Enel Group and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have become the latest corporate members of Circular Economy 100 (CE100), the innovation platform launched by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to accelerate closed-loop ambitions.
  
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• Top 10 tips to eliminate single-use plastics from your business

  21-01-2019 12:07
  During a plastic-themed webinar late last week, representatives from Sky, Cranswick, Aquafil and A Plastic Planet gave their advice for professionals looking to eliminate single-use plastics from their organisations. Here, edie rounds up their key takeaways.
  
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• Nuclear strategy in 'meltdown' after Wylfa suspension

  21-01-2019 11:11
  The government's nuclear strategy is in "meltdown" following Hitachi's announcement that it is halting work on its plans for a new UK atomic power plant in north Wales, Alan Whitehead has said.
  
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• Founders of plastic waste alliance ‘investing billions in new plants’

  21-01-2019 09:00
  European NGO says firms are likely to be at centre of global boom in plastic productionThe founding companies behind a self-styled alliance to end plastic waste are among the world’s biggest investors in new plastic productions plants, according to a European NGO.A majority of the firms which announced this week they were collaborating to try to help tackle plastic pollution are likely to be at the heart of a global boom in plastic production over the next 10 years. Continue reading...
  
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• Skywatchers see 'super blood wolf moon'

  21-01-2019 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  During the spectacular event, the Earth's natural satellite turns a striking shade of red.
  
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• Lunar eclipse 2019: super blood wolf moon – in pictures

  21-01-2019 06:35
  The rare celestial event was visible across the northern hemisphereSuper blood wolf moon: lunar eclipse stargazers battle cold and clouds Continue reading...
  
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• What can we do, right now, about climate change?

  21-01-2019 04:00
  Calamitous weather events and warnings from scientists that the planet is warming faster than previously believed are causing alarm. Global environment editor, Jonathan Watts, describes the shifts needed to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5C. Plus: David Conn on how football and gambling have become inseparableA series of extreme weather events in 2018 again highlighted the urgency of making the social and political changes needed to keep the increase in global warming to a maximum of 1.5C
  
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• Black Arrow: UK space rocket returns home from Australia

  21-01-2019 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The Black Arrow projectile had lain at its crash landing site in the outback for more than 48 years.
  
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