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• They are relics of the Gondwana age but five years after Australia’s black summer these trees are dying a ‘long, slow death’

  12-10-2024 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Rainforest trees at Nightcap national park have not evolved to deal with bushfires, leaving the landscape vulnerable for years after major burnsCounting the cost of Australia’s summer of dreadGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of years of accumulated leaf fall makes the ground bounce like a mattress underfoot and, high above, rainforest coachwood trees form a dense canopy that dresses the understory in permanent shade.Some of the unique plants in this rain
  
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• What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket?

  12-10-2024 19:40 via bbc.com
  
  The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon
  
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• How to spot 'comet of the century' in UK skies

  12-10-2024 19:26 via bbc.com
  
  Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could be spotted with the naked eye in the UK on Saturday night.
  
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• Oceanographer Dawn Wright: ‘When we reached the bottom, we saw a beer bottle’

  12-10-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The US scientist on being the first Black woman to descend to Earth’s deepest point, ignoring career advice – and what really happened to the Titan submersibleThe American oceanographer Dawn Wright is the first Black person and only the 27th human to have been to the deepest spot on the planet. Challenger Deep, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, is 10.9km (6.8 miles) below sea level – deeper than Mount Everest (8.8km [5.5 miles]) is tall. Wr
  
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• Stop pushing heat pumps or face major backlash, green energy magnate tells Labour

  12-10-2024 15:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than UlezThe government risks a huge political backlash if it keeps pushing the public to install heat pumps to replace their boilers, one of Britain’s leading green entrepreneurs has warned.Dale Vince, a major Labour donor and renewable energy advocate, called on Keir Starmer to rethink national programmes, championed by Boris Johnson, pushing the technology. Vince argued t
  
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• Hamza Yassin: ‘I hang my pyjamas in the forest so the animals get used to my scent’

  12-10-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The wildlife presenter, 34, talks about his happy childhood in Sudan, home on the west coast of Scotland, superpower of dyslexia and friendly neighbourhood ottersAt school I was called a “weird nerd”. When I grew up those words changed to: “You are an expert.” I don’t mind being called a geek. Own your own originality, whatever it may be – then no one can take the mickey out of you.My superpower is dyslexia. I always ask for assistance, I’m not embarrass
  
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• Country diary: ‘Your need greater than mine,’ I murmur to the dotterels | Jim Perrin

  12-10-2024 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Bethesda, Gwynedd: They make short work of the sardines from my sandwiches. But I don’t begrudge them, for they have a long flight aheadIt’s a bright autumn day as I make my way up by steep paths lined with drystone slate walls through the outskirts of this old quarrying town, making for the high tops of Y Carneddau, the largest land mass over the 3,000ft contour south of the Scottish Cairngorms.Soon I’m at the fridd wall into the mountain pasture. I wave to some climbing
  
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• Fears for future of ski tourism as resorts adapt to thawing snow season

  12-10-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  While some embrace technological innovations, others are forced to close as global heating causes lack of snowfallSitting at his window in Västerås, central Sweden, Thomas Ohlander is wondering when the winter season might start for his outdoor adventure business, Do The North. “To schedule a trip we have to be sure of snow,” he says, “And that start date is going backwards at a crazy speed.”Each year, Ohlander’s local ice-skating club has recorded the fi
  
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• From the sea to your plate: how to choose more sustainable salmon

  12-10-2024 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  There are ways to make more environmentally friendly choices. Here’s what you should look for and what to avoidChange by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at [email protected] remains one of the most popular seafoods globally. However, there is growing concern about the environmental impact of farming salmon, while envi
  
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