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• Dogger Bank's giant turbines herald a wind of change in UK industry

  02-01-2021 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The ambition of the North Sea project promises vast quantities of green energy – and many green jobsBeyond the horizon off the coast of North Yorkshire, a quiet revolution is emerging from the waves of the North Sea.More than 80 miles from land, hundreds of the world’s most powerful wind turbines have begun reaching into the air as construction progresses on the biggest windfarm ever built. Almost 200 turbines, each almost as tall as the Eiffel tower, will soon rise above the submerg
  
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• The best of the 2020 wildlife photography awards

  02-01-2021 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Winning images from the year’s national and international competitions Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The sea is rising, the climate is changing’: the lessons learned from Mozambique’s deadly cyclone

  02-01-2021 10:00 via theguardian.com
  As another severe tropical storm hits Mozambique, people still struggling to rebuild lives destroyed by 2019’s Cyclone Idai tell their stories
  The tree had stood in the square for nearly 100 years. It was planted by his father, before Afonso Reis was born. He worked as a driver and “liked trees”, says Reis, who is in his 70s. People used to eat the bitter red fruit, but more recently it had provided welcome shade for the stallholders of a busy market in Beira, one of Mozambique
  
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• Animals and plants reclaim Scotland's abandoned spaces: photo essay

  02-01-2021 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From a former airfield to a disused explosives factory, many of the country’s forgotten places are teeming with life as nature reinhabits abandoned manmade structuresSince the idea of rewilding took hold, it has generally been seen as a rural pursuit involving withdrawal from farmland so that animals and vegetation can restore their own ecology.At its most herbivorous, it includes allowing hedgerows or scrub to flourish unchecked. At its most primal, it involves deliberately releasing anim
  
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• Guardian readers on their hopes and fears for 2021

  02-01-2021 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Protest, politics and pandemic have marked the last 12 months. What does 2021 have in store for us?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAfter one of the most turbulent and terrifying years in recent memory, we asked Guardian readers what they wanted – or expected – for 2021. Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: the awkward teenagers of the seal world

  02-01-2021 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Windwick, Orkney: At first I felt a flash of horror – there were bodies strewn over rocks and rotting heaps of kelp
  In the bleak midwinter, Orkney is surprisingly busy with wildlife. Starlings murmurate over the old Stromness pier every night before flying down to roost in its struts. Geese gather in their hundreds in the hollows between hills. And, down by the water’s edge, seals have been hauling out on to the rocky strands to give birth.A few weeks ago we visited Windwick, South R
  
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• Bird charity warns of harm from new wind farm

  02-01-2021 02:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The giant development lies 75 miles away from England's largest sea bird colony in Yorkshire.
  
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• Five ways to reduce your carbon footprint

  02-01-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate activists explain how individuals can help reduce their carbon emissions.
  
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