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• How social media is inspiring children to save the natural world

  25-01-2019 18:28
  It’s true that many young people stare at screens instead of being out in the wild – but others use technology to form a global community of conservationistsSix years ago, I wrote with a certain amount of sadness a rather gloomy report for the National Trust entitled Natural Childhood. It highlighted the barriers standing in the way of engaging young people with nature: primarily dangers from traffic, parental fears of “stranger danger”, and a growing aversion to exposing
  
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• Antarctic Weddell expedition targets Shackleton's lost ship

  25-01-2019 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The coming days will see an attempt to locate the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance ship.
  
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• Children's climate rallies gain momentum in Europe

  25-01-2019 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Thousands skip school in Berlin and some other European cities to urge action on global warming.
  
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• 'I want you to panic': 16-year-old issues climate warning at Davos – video

  25-01-2019 16:34
  Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate activist, has told world leaders: ‘I don’t want you to be hopeful, I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day and then I want you to act.’ In an impassioned warning to act now on climate change, Thunberg told her audience at Davos: ‘Either we choose to go on as a civilisation or we don’t’‘Our house is on fire’: Greta Thunberg,16, urges leaders to act on climate Continue reading...
  
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• The right bike for the right person: a lesson from Isla Rowntree

  25-01-2019 16:01
  The Islabikes founder’s new range of bikes for those aged 65-plus shows how different people can often have very different cycling needsOn the Bike Blog we do wang on quite a lot about the vital importance of safe infrastructure to get more people cycling, and with very good reason. But there’s another aspect also worth considering: having people on a suitable bike.Why did this occur to me? Because of a chat with Isla Rowntree, the eponymous founder, head and design supremo for Islab
  
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• 'Our house is on fire': Greta Thunberg, 16, urges leaders to act on climate

  25-01-2019 15:57
  Swedish school strike activist demands economists tackle runaway global warming. Read her Davos speech hereOur house is on fire. I am here to say, our house is on fire.According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), we are less than 12 years away from not being able to undo our mistakes. In that time, unprecedented changes in all aspects of society need to have taken place, including a reduction of our CO2 emissions by at least 50%. Continue reading...
  
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• Cod stocks on course to crash if ocean warming continues

  25-01-2019 15:40
  Barents Sea is key source of UK cod imports and could see temperature rises of over 6C Fish fingers and cod and chips are under a far greater threat from carbon emissions than previously thought, according to a recent study that has grave implications for food security.The North Atlantic cod stock in the Barents Sea is likely to first rise and then crash, possibly to almost zero before the end of the century if climate change isn’t addressed, says the scientific paper, published by the Arc
  
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• In numbers: The global extent of marine plastic pollution

  25-01-2019 13:19
  New research into the extent of the world's plastics pollution problem, which lays bare the environmental consequences of plastic waste entering oceans and waterways, has just been published. Here, edie rounds up the key facts and figures.
  
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• Hershey unveils plan to set approved science-based target by 2021

  25-01-2019 12:09
  US-based confectionary giant Hershey has committed to set an approved science-based emissions reduction target by 2021, as part of a sweeping new range of sustainability measures.
  
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• Nasa's New Horizons: Best image yet of 'space snowman' Ultima Thule

  25-01-2019 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Deep pits on the surface of the small, icy object Ultima Thule come into much sharper view.
  
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• Neanderthals 'could kill at a distance'

  25-01-2019 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Neanderthals produced weapons that could kill from 20m away, a new study claims.
  
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• KFC pledges to remove all single-use plastic packaging by 2025

  25-01-2019 11:26
  Fast food chain KFC has pledged to remove all single-use plastic items from its range of consumer-facing packaging by 2025, in a bid to minimise its waste output.
  
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• Tesco launches community cookery school in food redistribution drive

  25-01-2019 10:53
  Supermarket giant Tesco, food redistribution firm FareShare and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver have teamed up to launch a community education programme teaching members of the public how to minimise food waste.
  
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• 'Worrying' rise in global CO2 forecast for 2019

  25-01-2019 10:27
  The level of climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is forecast to rise by a near-record amount in 2019, according to the Met Office.
  
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• India sends 'lightest satellite' to space

  25-01-2019 08:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Kalamsat-V2 weighs just 1.26kg (2.6lb) and was made by students belonging to a space education firm.
  
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• What caused the death of a million fish in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin? – video

  25-01-2019 07:52
  Up to a million fish, including 100-year-old Murray cod, have died in one of the biggest environmental catastrophes to hit the river. Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin river system is the life blood of much of Australia's agriculture industry and supports thousands of communities through Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and South Australia. An outbreak of blue-green algae, a severe drought and allegations of water theft are some of the factors believed to have left the river with very littl
  
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• Deadly rabbit virus threatens UK brown hare population

  25-01-2019 07:30
  Cases confirmed in Dorset and Essex with public urged to report sick or dead animalsThe first cases of rabbit virus have been confirmed in hares in the UK, highlighting a major new threat to the UK’s rapidly dwindling brown hare population.Two cases of the deadly rabbit haemorrhagic disease type 2 have been confirmed in Dorset and one in Essex, so it may already be taking hold in the wild, but more testing will be needed to determine its spread. Continue reading...
  
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• Bye bye blackbird?: RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch marks 40 years

  25-01-2019 07:00
  World’s biggest wildlife citizen survey maps changing fortunes of Britain’s bird populationsThe garden of 1979 was filled with glossy gangs of starlings, the atonal chirp of sparrows and the tap-tap of song thrushes breaking open snail shells.In 2019, you’re more likely to hear the screech of a ring-necked parakeet, the “coo” of a collared dove or the “woo” of a woodpigeon. Continue reading...
  
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• Rare angel sharks found living off Wales

  25-01-2019 03:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Sightings from fishing boats suggest the mysterious angel shark is present in Welsh waters.
  
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• Big rise in atmospheric CO2 expected in 2019

  25-01-2019 03:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The Met Office says that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2019 will rise at near record pace.
  
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• Vegan leather

  25-01-2019 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  We've had vegan burgers and sausage rolls, could animal-free clothing be our next obsession?
  
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• Davos 2019: Circular economy opportunities and everything else you may have missed

  25-01-2019 01:01
  Over the past few days, sustainability professionals have been bombarded with reports and announcements as more than 3,000 business leaders, policymakers, thought leaders and Matt Damon gathered in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF). This round-up highlights the key talking points that you need to know.
  
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