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• UK fusion experiment used in hunt for clean energy

  29-10-2020 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time.
  
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• Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid probe ready to return to Earth after leak

  29-10-2020 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.
  
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• Dogs are humans' oldest companions, DNA shows

  29-10-2020 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of dog DNA patterns shows that our "best friend" among animals is also our oldest one.
  
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• Protecting nature is vital to ‘escaping era of pandemics’ – report

  29-10-2020 15:00
  
  Halting destruction of wild places could slow frequency of deadly outbreaks, report saysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe world is in an “era of pandemics” and unless the destruction of the natural world is halted they will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, kill more people and affect the global economy with more devastating impact than ever before, according to a report from some of the world’s leading scientists.The emergence of disea
  
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• Protecting nature is vital to escape 'era of pandemics’ – report

  29-10-2020 15:00
  
  Halting destruction of wild places could slow frequency of deadly outbreaks, say scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe world is in an “era of pandemics” and unless the destruction of the natural world is halted they will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, kill more people and affect the global economy with more devastating impact than ever before, according to a report from some of the world’s leading scientists.The emergence of di
  
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• Seasonal scenes: autumn at National Trust gardens

  29-10-2020 14:02
  
  Guardian photographer David Levene visits National Trust houses at Chartwell and Emmetts Gardens to capture the spectacular colours of autumn Continue reading...
  
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• Primark commits to deliver net-zero value chain by 2050

  29-10-2020 13:05
  
  Fashion giant Primark has signed the UN's Fashion Charter, committing it to reducing emissions by 30% by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050.
  
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• P&G and Electrolux among corporate members of major new water security alliance

  29-10-2020 12:29
  
  Businesses including Procter & Gamble (P&G), Electrolux and Suez have joined a new initiative aimed at uniting the private, public and third sectors with policymakers in a collective drive to tackle water scarcity.
  
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• 'Moderate to strong' La Niña weather event develops in the Pacific

  29-10-2020 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The phenomenon results in the large scale cooling of ocean surface temperature.
  
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• 2020 likely to be one of warmest years on record despite La Niña

  29-10-2020 12:00
  
  Climate crisis exacerbates extreme weather during natural events, say expertsLa Niña climate event is under way, heralding a colder and stormier winter than usual across the northern hemisphere, but 2020 remains likely to be one of the warmest years on record.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared La Niña event – a cooling of surface ocean water along the Pacific coast of the South American tropics – to help governments and humanitarian agencies plan f
  
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• UK's Covid-19 recovery package for energy 'not net-zero aligned', report finds

  29-10-2020 11:32
  
  The UK Government has earmarked £3.8bn of stimulus funding for legacy fossil fuel and nuclear generation, compared to just £121m for renewables, a damning new report has claimed.
  
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• Tesla launches UK-based virtual power plant project

  29-10-2020 10:56
  
  Tesla has opened its Energy Plan to UK residents with electric vehicles (EVs), encouraging them to install domestic solar generation and batteries to provide flexible energy services to the grid.
  
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• Environment Bill: Amendments raise fresh concerns over post-Brexit watchdog

  29-10-2020 10:31
  
  Proposed amendments to the Environment Bill have sparked concerns around green campaign groups, who claim they could delay the introduction of the UK's post-Brexit watchdog and weaken its powers.
  
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• Plans to dredge notorious ‘ship swallower' sandbank condemned

  29-10-2020 09:00
  
  Removal of millions of tonnes of material from Goodwin Sands, the watery grave of hundreds of ships in the English Channel, would make a mockery of marine protection pledges, critics say
  Six miles off the coast of Deal, in Kent, lies Goodwin Sands, a 10-mile sandbank known as the “ship swallower”. Seals bask there at low tide, belying its reputation as one of the most treacherous spots in the Channel and a graveyard for centuries-old shipwrecks, as well as downed aircraft from the se
  
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• Tory MPs are right: the north needs a renaissance – but it's got to be green | Owen Jones

  29-10-2020 08:00
  
  Places hollowed out by deindustrialisation could be at the forefront of an environmental revolutionHere are two news stories which may not seem linked, and yet they are. The first: a letter written this week to the prime minister by the newly formed Northern Research Group. Representing 50 Conservative MPs in northern seats – including those wrested from Labour control after generations – they rightly point to how the pandemic “has exposed in sharp relief the deep structural an
  
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• Light pollution's wasted energy seen from space

  29-10-2020 07:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Entire city dims its streetlights, enabling scientists to measure light pollution from space.
  
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• Neoprene and afterdrop: how to keep swimming outside this winter

  29-10-2020 07:00
  
  With a reported 323% rise in people swimming outdoors, here is the expert guide to ensuring you take the plunge safely – even when temperatures plummet
  When lockdown rules eased in May, a friend and I went for a surreptitious dip in a nearby lake. It was exactly what we needed. The shock of cold water provided the thrills, while merging into the landscape brought the bliss. Afterwards, we floated through the woods on a post-swim high. “Shall we do it again next week?” we said.W
  
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• Country diary: the magic of magpie inkcaps

  29-10-2020 06:30
  
  Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: These mushrooms are outrageously exhibitionist, and bring to mind an old song “One for sorrow, two for joy” goes the old magpie rhyme, but these are not birds, these are mushrooms – Coprinopsis picacea, the magpie inkcap. There have been changes since the last time I walked this path between field and wood: a new wire fence erected, low-sweeping branches of an old oak lopped, debris and scrub cleared, pasture tidied and improved. In a patch where somet
  
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• Global heating threatens UK wildlife’s ability to adapt and survive

  29-10-2020 01:01
  
  Restoring and connecting habitat across Britain could save a fifth of species by 2030, says report by Rewilding BritainGlobal heating is shifting Britain’s climatic zones by up to 5km each year, outpacing wildlife’s ability to adapt and survive, according to a new report by Rewilding Britain.If species cannot adapt to higher temperatures or relocate elsewhere, they will be threatened with extinction. Continue reading...
  
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