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• Three hikers die in Utah parks in suspected heat-related cases

  15-07-2024 22:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The hikers were a father and daughter lost in Canyonlands and a woman who passed out at Snow Canyon state parkThree hikers died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands national park in triple-digit temperatures.The daughter, 23, and her father, 52, sent a 911 text alerting dispatchers that they were lost and had run out of water while hiking the 8.1-mile (13km) Syncline L
  
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• Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds

  15-07-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Melting of ice is slowing planet’s rotation and could disrupt internet traffic, financial transactions and GPSThe climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet.The phenomenon is a striking demonstration of how humanity’s actions are transforming the Earth, scientists said, rivalling natural processes that have existed for billions of years. Continue reading...
  
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• Cave discovered on Moon could be home for humans

  15-07-2024 17:00 via bbc.com
  
  It is the first cave to be discovered on the Moon and could protect astronauts from radiation.
  
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• ‘I couldn’t get him to move’: dog owners struggle through US heatwave

  15-07-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Blazing temperatures force people to find new ways to keep their pets safe, cool and occupied: ‘They sit, pee and go home’Heat-resistant bootees, frozen bananas and pet sunscreen – it takes a lot to keep dogs safe during a nationwide heatwave. As pet owners across the US try to keep cool themselves, they’re changing dog-walking habits to accommodate boiling sidewalks or scorching parks, relying on indoor pet games to relish air conditioning, and embracing what has become
  
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• ‘Just give me 30 men and a few arms’: Honduran Indigenous groups ready to fight to save land

  15-07-2024 15:20 via theguardian.com
  Miskito and other groups demand government action against criminal forces behind an unprecedented wave of deforestation in their territoryAvilés Morphy pulled out his mobile phone and swiped through the photos until he reached a shot showing fallen trees in what looked like the aftermath of a hurricane. “That was a big forest and look how it is now: everything’s been destroyed,” he says. “And these are the coordinates.”Then he played a video. The camera focus
  
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• Weather tracker: Parts of Europe suffer under heatwave – with little relief at night

  15-07-2024 12:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Greece experiencing most severe wildfire risk in two decades and some reservoirs hit lowest levels in a decadeSouthern and eastern Europe will continue to experience a heatwave throughout much of this week, with daytime temperatures across the Balkans widely reaching the high 30s to low 40s celsius; more than 7C above the seasonal norm. Night-time temperatures will also remain elevated, often well into the 20Cs.And in densely urbanised areas such as Athens, Greece, night-time temperatures are fo
  
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• First Asian elephant vaccinated in fight against deadly herpes virus

  15-07-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Tess, a 40-year-old female at Houston zoo, has been given a trial mRNA vaccine to help combat the virus, a leading killer of calves in captivityAn Asian elephant at Houston zoo in the US has received the first mRNA vaccine against herpes, which is the leading killer of Asian elephants calves in captivity.Tess, a 40-year-old Asian elephant, was injected with the trial vaccine at the Texas zoo in June, after a spate of deaths in juveniles in zoos around the world from the elephant endotheliotropic
  
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• The horror of everything all the time! Wait a minute, here is a happy snail story! | First Dog on the Moon

  15-07-2024 08:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Political violence is not OK but what about snails are they OK?Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
  
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• Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution

  15-07-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ that can put energy back into the National Grid when solar panels and windfarms do not provide much power Electric cars make some people afraid of the dark. While the batteries produce much less carbon, they require much more electricity to run. This has prompted ominous warnings that Great Britain and other wealthy countries set on banning new petrol and diesel cars risk plunging their populations into darkness.In recent months British net
  
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• Ed Miliband to lead UK negotiations at Cop29 climate summit

  15-07-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Senior climate figures welcome move after Conservative government largely left the role to junior ministersEd Miliband is to take personal control of the UK’s negotiations at vital international climate talks, in stark contrast to his Tory predecessors.The energy security and net zero secretary will attend Cop29, this year’s UN climate summit, in Azerbaijan this November to head the UK’s delegation and meet political leaders from around the world. Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: Nature shows its mettle at the old steelworks | Amanda Thomson

  15-07-2024 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Ravenscraig, North Lanarkshire: A place once of coke ovens and cooling towers is now enlivened with orchids and stonecrop, and swards of grassesI’m walking through Ravenscraig, once the site of the largest steelworks in Europe, which was closed and demolished more than 30 years ago. While there has been some redevelopment on its fringes, the bulk of the site has been left. The skylarks that soar upwards to become nothing but song will look down on the circles where once were cooling towers
  
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• Lost area of Welsh rainforest to be returned to ancient glory

  15-07-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Site in Pembrokeshire currently grazed by sheep will be planted with a range of species and reconnect to Celtic pastA lost piece of Celtic rainforest in the far south-west of Wales is to be restored to its ancient glory, weaving around standing stones and an abandoned, tumbling-down farmhouse with a waterwheel.The 59-hectare (146-acre) site in Pembrokeshire will be planted with species such as oak, small-leaf lime and wild service (Sorbus torminalis) and should support an abundance of mosses, li
  
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