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• How unusual has this hurricane season been?

  11-10-2024 16:42 via bbc.com
  
  Hurricanes Helene and Milton have bookended a particularly stormy period. What's behind it?
  
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• Surrey swimming lake could close amid plan to allow in polluted Thames water

  11-10-2024 14:18
  
  50,000 people sign petition against creation of channel for river water through Ferris Meadow LakeA freshwater lake that attracts more than 30,000 swimmers a year is under threat of closure from an Environment Agency (EA) plan to reduce flooding that will channel in polluted river water, according to campaigners.Almost 50,000 people have signed a petition calling on the EA and Surrey county council to reroute the flood channel away from the lake, which is a site of nature conservation. But the E
  
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• ‘We want clean water back’: British Columbia town fights hydro plant

  11-10-2024 14:00
  Hudson’s Hope residents receive offer from power corporation BC Hydro after three-year nightmareUndrinkable water, thick red slime and a powerful utility operator. For residents of a remote community in British Columbia, the last three years have been nothing short of a nightmare after losing access to a clean source of water.But now, Hudson’s Hope has emerged as the unlikely victor in its battle against BC Hydro, the province’s utilities operator that is nearing completion on
  
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• Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century

  11-10-2024 13:32
  More than year’s worth of rain fell in two days in south-east Morocco, filling up lake that had been dry for decadesDramatic pictures have emerged of the first floods in the Sahara in half a century.Two days of rainfall in September exceeded yearly averages in several areas of south-eastMorocco and caused a deluge, officials of the country’s meteorology agency said in early October. In Tagounite, a village about 450km(280 miles) south of the capital, Rabat, more than 100mm (3.9 inche
  
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• Houseplant of the week: elephant’s foot

  11-10-2024 12:00
  This unusual plant that brings a sense of intrigue and character to any roomWhy will I love it?The elephant’s foot (Dioscorea elephantipes) adds character to any collection. Its bulbous caudex resembles an elephant’s foot or a tortoise’s shell. The caudex can grow very large and its textured bark makes it a stunning centrepiece.Light or shade?Elephant’s foot thrives in bright indirect to direct sunlight. Continue reading...
  
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• Week in wildlife in pictures: a diva beaver, 100 hungry raccoons and the fattest bear

  11-10-2024 09:00
  
  The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Maggots to the rescue: innovative food waste solution may help wild fish populations too

  11-10-2024 07:00
  Project Mila’s team of volunteers collect organic waste from households, markets and restaurants in Mombasa and feed it to voracious larvaeA group of young Kenyans are working on an unusual solution to the problems of food waste and fish feed produced unsustainably from wild-caught fish stocks: maggots.The larvae of the black soldier fly are now devouring unwanted food in projects around the world. Their excrement, known as frass, can be used as a fertiliser for land-based crops, and their
  
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• Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions | George Monbiot

  11-10-2024 07:00
  
  The supposedly green project – brainchild of the previous Tory government – will increase emissions, not reduce themThis will be Keir Starmer’s HS2: a hugely expensive scheme that will either be abandoned, scaled back or require massive extra funding to continue, after many billions have been spent. The government’s plan for carbon capture and storage (CCS) – catching carbon dioxide from major industry and pumping it into rocks under the North Sea – is a fossi
  
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• Country diary: The sunflowers are popular on this golden afternoon | Susie White

  11-10-2024 06:30
  
  Allendale, Northumberland: These giants of the veg garden have drawn in bees, butterflies, and flies of every sizeAll summer long I watched the sunflowers grow in strength. From fragile seedlings they surged into stout-stemmed plants before erupting in huge sunbursts above my head. Now their plump cushions are packed with developing seed and their outer “petals” – the ray florets – are drying out and twisting.As with other daisies, these flowerheads are made up of ray flo
  
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• 'I felt like I was about to die': survivors of Hurricane Milton tell their stories – video

  11-10-2024 05:07
  Some Florida residents rode out Hurricane Milton despite evacuation orders, staying in their homes after the second major hurricane in two weeks. Milton slammed into Florida as a category 3 storm, killing at least 10 people, spawning tornadoes and leaving more than 3 million homes and businesses without powerAll our Hurricane Milton coverageA visual guide to Milton's damage Continue reading...
  
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• Hurricane Milton: US Coast Guard rescues man clinging to ice chest in Gulf of Mexico – video

  11-10-2024 01:18
  
  The man was aboard a fishing vessel that became disabled off Madeira Beach, Florida, hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall, a Coast Guard press officer says. The man was able to radio the Coast Guard in nearby St Petersburg before contact was lostDeaths expected to rise as Florida begins to assess Hurricane Milton destruction Continue reading...
  
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• Brown bear in Kent recovering well after UK-first brain surgery

  11-10-2024 00:33
  
  Conservation trust says Boki ‘not out of the woods’ yet but doing well after operation to drain buildup of fluidA brown bear that underwent brain surgery in the first operation of its kind in the UK is doing well but is “not out of the woods” yet, a charity has said.Boki went under the knife on Wednesday after an MRI scan revealed he had hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain. Continue reading...
  
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