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• Square Kilometre Array project frets about satellite interference

  07-10-2020 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are worries that satellite mega-constellations could interfere with the Square Kilometre Array.
  
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• Should your accelerator pedal curb your speeding?

  07-10-2020 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU proposes fitting all new cars with technology that makes it harder to exceed the speed limit.
  
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• Intensive farming worldwide threatens Paris climate accord, report says

  07-10-2020 17:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Rising emissions of nitrous oxide from farming are putting world on track to exceed 2C heating The spread of intensive farming is threatening to jeopardise the world’s chances of meeting the terms of the Paris agreement on the climate crisis, as the increasing use of artificial fertiliser and growing populations of livestock are raising the concentration of a key greenhouse gas to levels far beyond those seen naturally.Nitrous oxide is given off by the overuse of artificial fertilisers, an
  
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• Government's current green policy approach risks alienating British public, IPPR warns

  07-10-2020 17:09
  
  The UK's current political system is "dangerously unprepared" to not only rise to the challenge of the climate and nature crises, but to ensure a just transition and earn public trust, the IPPR is warning.
  
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• Brian Adams' best photograph: three men in an Inuit steam house

  07-10-2020 15:40 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Many Inuit villages don’t have running water so most homes have a steam house. They go in and just sweat it out’This was taken in Quinhagak, Alaska, in 2015. I was documenting daily Inuit life. The idea was to travel from Quinhagak, on the south-western coast, to Utqiaġvik [formerly Barrow] way up in the north, then across to the Canadian border in the east. I’m from Alaska and have been working as a photographer across the state since I was 20. I had a bank of imag
  
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• Skywatchers set for Draconid meteor shower

  07-10-2020 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The meteor shower reaches its peak this week, and will be visible in UK skies, weather permitting.
  
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• Businesses pour £75m into Humber's zero-carbon industrial cluster

  07-10-2020 13:19
  
  A host of organisations have submitted a public and private sector bid of £75m to build key infrastructure to create the world's first zero-carbon industrial cluster in the Humber region.
  
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• T. rex dinosaur 'Stan' sold for world record price

  07-10-2020 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The near-complete, 67-million-year-old fossil fetches $31.8m ($24.6m) at Christie's in New York.
  
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• Toothless dinosaur with just two fingers discovered

  07-10-2020 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several complete skeletons of the unusual two-fingered dinosaurs were unearthed in the Gobi Desert.
  
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• Counting the species: how DNA barcoding is rewriting the book of life

  07-10-2020 12:38 via theguardian.com
  
  We do not know how many species live on Earth. Barcoding could change that – and open the way for incredible discoveries Support Guardian journalism today, by making a single or recurring contribution, or subscribing Guanacaste conservation area in north-west Costa Rica is the most DNA barcoded place on Earth. On its western frontier, jaguars hunt turtles from the mangrove swamps that line the Pacific coast. Endangered spider monkeys swing through dry tropical forest, the remnants of a rap
  
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• Two women share chemistry Nobel in historic win for 'genetic scissors'

  07-10-2020 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year's prize, which is for work on genome editing, is awarded to two women for the first time.
  
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• Mars achieves deforestation-free supply chain for palm oil

  07-10-2020 11:38
  
  Mars has confirmed it is now operating with a deforestation-free supply chain for palm oil, following a year-long process to streamline the number of mills that it sources from.
  
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• Scotland must go beyond power to meet net-zero by 2045, Committee on Climate Change warns

  07-10-2020 11:12
  
  The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has told the Scottish Government that it should apply learnings from the low-carbon transition in the nation's electricity sector to heat and transport, lest it risk missing its 2045 net-zero target.
  
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• BNEF: Green bond issuance broke records in September 2020

  07-10-2020 10:27
  
  More than $50bn of green bonds were issued globally in September, making it a record month despite the economic impact of Covid-19, BloombergNEF has revealed.
  
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• Carbon capture 'moonshot' moves closer, as billions of dollars pour in

  07-10-2020 10:19 via theguardian.com
  
  While some say CO2 capture is part of the problem, big projects are being invested in as a part solution to the climate crisisSupport Guardian journalism today, by making a single or recurring contribution, or subscribingAs the world dices with the climate emergency, businesses and governments are starting to push funding towards technology that aims to trap planet-heating gases rather than let them saturate the atmosphere.Carbon capture is a controversial idea, attacked as a costly distraction
  
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• More offshore wind is welcome, but we have to keep the jobs it creates in the UK | Chaitanya Kumar

  07-10-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In the past, although windfarms were located just off the coast of Scotland, manufacturing work was outsourced to IndonesiaYesterday’s speech to the virtual Conservative party conference was classic Boris: amusing metaphors, whimsical slogans and grand rhetoric. The prime minister has pledged to usher in a “green industrial revolution” that will help us “bounce back greener” from Covid-19.One of the most significant announcements was the scaling up of the offshore w
  
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• September was world's 'hottest on record'

  07-10-2020 08:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say it is a clear indication of temperatures rising because of emissions from our society.
  
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• Sea bass bad, scallops super: charity updates sustainable fish guide

  07-10-2020 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Wild-caught sea bass in French and Spanish waters threatens dolphin populations, warns Marine Conversation SocietyConsumers are being urged to steer clear of wild-caught sea bass fished from French and Spanish waters, but to eat farmed king and queen scallops to alleviate pressure on threatened fish stocks.Sea bass caught in the southern Bay of Biscay and Atlantic Iberian waters have been rated red in the Marine Conservation Society’s updated 2020 Good Fish Guide – joining its &ldquo
  
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• Great Barrier Reef: Can tech help the coral survive?

  07-10-2020 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drones, science stations and monitoring sensors are being used to help buy the reef more time.
  
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• ‘One guy pulled a crowbar on me’: why fly-tipping wars are raging across Britain

  07-10-2020 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Illegal dumping increased 300% during lockdown, causing fury and upset everywhere from animal shelters to pretty villages. Now some people are taking matters into their own handsThe TV comes over the garden wall first, in a graceful arc, rolling twice before coming to a stop, the screen miraculously unsmashed. Next come a tyre, a door frame, a drawer, miscellaneous pieces of wood and bits of hoarding.A young woman appears, voice raised in anger. “What are you doing?” she asks, filmin
  
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• Country diary: these many-legged creatures raise a stink

  07-10-2020 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Crook, County Durham: Spotted snake millipedes have ozopores on the flanks of each of their segments to repel predatorsDigging the vegetable garden, I uncovered a potato, overlooked in an earlier harvest. I wondered if it was fit for the pot, then noticed the small hole in the side. A long column of pale, centimetre-long, thread-like animals marched out into the sunlight and fell to the ground.I captured a few of the army that had hollowed out the potato. The first question, in my mental identif
  
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• 'The chips have been placed': experts weigh in on the Australian budget 2020 | Danielle Wood, Cassandra Goldie, Terry Slevin, Erwin Jackson, Andrew Norton

  07-10-2020 02:45 via theguardian.com
  
  This year’s budget will have far-reaching implications for the economy, social services, public health, the environment and higher educationThe Morrison government’s recovery budget is a single-year plan that bets the house on a private sector led recovery. Continue reading...
  
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