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• Ten children drew their favourite sea creatures. Then Australia’s leading artists responded – in pictures

  19-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ken Done, Jonathan Zawada, Blak Douglas and others created companion pieces to children’s works celebrating sharks and rays. They’re now on display at the Australian Museum Continue reading...
  
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• Malcolm’s home cover is up 47% despite rarely lodging a claim. Are Australia’s insurers out of control?

  19-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi says the climate crisis is adding to insurance costs but that should not be used as excuse to gouge consumersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMalcolm Chew’s 10-acre property in the Hawkesbury district is so high above sea level that most of Sydney would need to be underwater before flood posed a threat.To protect against fire, the NSW home is fitted with toughened glass and a sprinkler system that goes under the eaves. There is a 120,
  
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• A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng: she is all we want to look at | Helen Sullivan

  19-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  In West Africa, Pygmy hippos are said to carry a diamond in their mouths, which they use to light their way through the forestThe thing to know about the pygmy hippopotamus named Moo Deng is that she is angry, but also she is sweet. In photographs, she is often blurry and at all times, she is shiny. She secretes something known as “blood sweat” which is actually her sunscreen.She is a hippopotamidae. She is stout. She runs like a piglet and has a snout like a very, very new puppy&rsq
  
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• 10 children drew their favourite sea creatures. Then Australia’s leading artists responded – in pictures

  19-09-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Ken Done, Jonathan Zawada, Blak Douglas and more created their own companion pieces to kids’ works celebrating sharks and rays – and they’re on display at the Australian Museum now Continue reading...
  
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• Phase out urban wood burners in UK to protect children’s health, say doctors

  19-09-2024 14:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Measure one of a number that Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says will help curb air pollutionWood burners in urban family homes should be phased out to protect children’s health, leading paediatricians have said.A new position statement from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) calls for tougher government action to curb air pollution. Continue reading...
  
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• The west worries about Russia and China – but the real threat to global security is climate breakdown | Anatol Lieven

  19-09-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others The Irish sea captain who in 1751 discovered the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) – closely connected with, though not identical to, the Gulf Stream – found a practical use for it: he used the frigid deeper water to cool his wine.That may seem a rather frivolous response, but of course, Capt Henry Ellis had no idea that the ocea
  
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• Revealed: Far higher pesticide residues allowed on food since Brexit

  19-09-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Unlike the EU, Great Britain has slashed protections for scores of food typesThe amount of pesticide residue allowed on scores of food types in England, Wales and Scotland has soared since Brexit, analysis reveals, with some now thousands of times higher.Changes to regulations in Great Britain mean more than 100 items are now allowed to carry more pesticides when sold to the public, ranging from potatoes to onions, grapes to avocados, and coffee to rice. Continue reading...
  
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• I’ve studied geopolitics all my life: climate breakdown is a bigger threat than China and Russia | Anatol Lieven

  19-09-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  ‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others The Irish sea captain who in 1751 discovered the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) – closely connected with, though not identical to, the Gulf Stream – found a practical use for it: he used the frigid deeper water to cool his wine.That may seem a rather frivolous response, but of course, Capt Henry Ellis had no idea that the ocea
  
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• ‘Vast’ carbon sink of mud on seabed needs more protection, study shows

  19-09-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Landmark research finds 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in top 10cm of marine sediment in British watersSeabed habitats could capture almost three times more carbon than forests in the UK every year if left undisturbed, according to a report published on Thursday.Researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (Sams) have calculated that 244m tonnes of organic carbon is stored in the top 10cm of UK seabed habitats. That includes seagrass meadows, salt marshes, kelp and mussel
  
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• Campaigners call for unlimited ‘climate card’ UK rail pass

  19-09-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Research says flat-fee train travel would bring economic and health benefits as well as simplifying ticket faresRenationalising the railways does not go far enough – Labour should spur a rail renaissance by allowing people around the UK unlimited train travel for a flat fee, campaigners have said.Under a “climate card” system, passengers could pay a simple subscription to gain access to train travel across all services. This could be effective if set at £49 a month, accor
  
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• Birdwatch: strong winds bring Irish sea watchers the ultimate prize

  19-09-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Westerly winds brought a plethora of seabirds – and a glimpse of the first wandering albatross seen in British or Irish watersIt is official – this really was a poor summer in the UK and Ireland. According to Met Office figures it was the coolest in almost a decade – though still above the 1961-1990 average, showing the recent warming trend.It was also very windy with no fewer than 12 named storms, more than in any season since 2015, when names were first given to these extreme
  
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