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• Unique two-clawed dinosaur discovered

  25-03-2025 16:26 via bbc.com
  
  Duonychus is one of the few species of theropod dinosaur that evolved two-fingered hands.
  
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• ‘Protect our future’: Alaskan Indigenous town fights ‘destructive’ uranium mine project

  25-03-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Panther Minerals set to start exploring Elim’s land as Trump seeks to expand drilling and resource extraction in AlaskaFor generations, the people of Elim have subsisted off the forests and waters of north-west Alaska: hunting caribou and bearded seals in the late winter, gathering bird eggs and wild greens from the tundra in early spring, and fishing the salmon run in the late summer.The Iñupiat community of 350 people lives on one of the state’s most productive and biodivers
  
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• From foul to fuel: how a seaweed problem could power the Caribbean

  25-03-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  As the climate heats up, Grenada’s beaches have become swamped with rotting sargassum. But biotech can turn it into fuel, fertiliser and plasticPhotographs by Haron Forteau
  It is hard to describe the putrid stench of the decaying sargassum seaweed blanketing miles of shoreline in Soubise, a fishing village in Grenada. The pungent odour wafts into passing vehicles, persisting long after they have left the Caribbean island’s coves, where the ocean has deposited masses of the seaweed, w
  
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• Call for pets’ toxic flea treatments to be tightly restricted in UK

  25-03-2025 12:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Lib Dems to urge government to control sale of products containing chemicals that kill wildlife such as fish and birdsThe use of toxic flea treatments for pets should be tightly restricted, the Liberal Democrats will say in parliament on Tuesday, as the chemicals kill wildlife including fish and birds.The government is coming under pressure to control the sale of pet flea treatments containing neonicotinoids, after it effectively announced a ban on the chemicals in pesticides on farms. However,
  
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• I’m a vet for bees – I think I might be the only one in the US

  25-03-2025 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Every bee is precious, and as the weather gets more erratic I’m growing concerned about the effect it is having on their wellbeingPhotographs by Kate MedleyI’m an only child and grew up in the US in a time when children were free-range. My parents would open the door in the morning and say, “come back for meals.” I would disappear into the forest and wetlands. I loved the constant stories around me that I didn’t understand: the stories of animals.When I was about se
  
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• Labour accused of turning ‘blind eye to slavery’ over solar panels made in China

  25-03-2025 10:03 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs likely to be whipped against move to add protections, as government says it is already taking action on risk of forced labourMinisters have been accused of turning a “blind eye to slavery” by ordering Labour MPs to remove legal protections to stop money being spent by state-owned Great British Energy on solar panels manufactured by forced labour in China.The protections were added to the government bill in the House of Lords via an amendment from the cross-bench peer David Alton,
  
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• ‘Lovely gentle dinosaurs’: Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing may be held in saltwater crocodile habitat

  25-03-2025 09:31 via theguardian.com
  Fears dismissed by Brisbane Olympic chief, saying ‘there are sharks in the ocean and we still do surfing’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter 82 years of a life devoted to saltwater crocodiles, John Lever still fondly recalls the first “saltie” he ever caught on Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River, about 500km north of Brisbane.The year was 1982, the crocodile was a three-metre long female and she’d just eaten “a lovely labrador dog&r
  
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• Mysterious foam on South Australian beaches caused by bloom of tiny but toxic algae

  25-03-2025 06:04 via theguardian.com
  Algae blooms can be a problem for marine life and people but it’s not yet clear if warmer oceans and nutrient runoff are causing more of themConfronting images of dead seadragons, fish and octopuses washed up on South Australian beaches – and disturbing reports of “more than 100” surfers and beachgoers experiencing flu-like symptoms after swimming or merely breathing in sea spray – attracted international concern last week.Speculation about the likely cause ranged f
  
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• Archaeologists find 'unprecedented' Iron Age hoard

  25-03-2025 02:41 via bbc.com
  
  Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.
  
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• Australians deserve answers on climate before they vote. Here are five things we still don’t know | Adam Morton

  25-03-2025 02:27 via theguardian.com
  From our broken environmental laws to the role of gas, there are some big questions that remain unanswered by both major partiesSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatWant to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter hereA national election campaign is days away and the focus in Canberra is on a federal budget that wasn’t going to happen until a tropical cyclone threatened southern Q
  
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