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• Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report

  26-03-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say expertsHumans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, according to a synthesis of more than 2,000 studies.The exhaustive global analysis leaves no doubt about the devastating impact humans are having on Earth, according to researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich. The study – which acc
  
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• ‘Lego and tardigrades’: when humans finally destroy the world, what will remain?

  26-03-2025 14:21 via theguardian.com
  Milnesium tardigradum is only 0.5mm long and has survived all five great extinction events – plus it’s cuteMore fantastic invertebrate nominations here!When Homo sapiens self-destructs and takes much of the world with it, what will remain? Lego and tardigrades, predicts Sandy Edwards, who is among many readers to nominate the mighty, tiny tardigrade. Edwards, from St Andrews in Scotland, says: “Survivalists! When it comes to the end of the world, they, and Lego, are all that wi
  
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• Tackling climate crisis will increase economic growth, OECD research finds

  26-03-2025 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Third of global GDP could be lost this century if climate crisis runs unchecked, says reportTaking strong action to tackle the climate crisis will increase countries’ economic growth, rather than damage their finances as critics of net zero policies have claimed, research from the world’s economic watchdog has found.Setting ambitious targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and setting out the policies to achieve them, would result in a net gain to global GDP by the end of the ne
  
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• Charity faces legal action after relocated elephants in Malawi allegedly kill 10 people

  26-03-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  People living near Kasungu national park say they are living in fear after translocation of 263 elephants by International Fund for Animal Welfare People living on the edge of a protected area in Malawi are taking legal action against an NGO that moved more than 250 elephants into the area, which they say have killed at least 10 people.Villagers near Kasungu national park, which is Malawi’s second largest and crosses the Zambian border, say they are living in fear for their livelihoods and
  
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• Martian dust may pose health risk to humans exploring red planet, study finds

  26-03-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Expeditions may be more challenging than previously thought due to presence of toxic particlesFrom a distance Mars looks beautiful, but sending astronauts to explore the planet might be more challenging than first thought, due to the presence of toxic dust. A new study identifies some of the health hazards and discusses the kind of personal protective equipment that astronauts might need.During Apollo missions to the moon, astronauts suffered from exposure to lunar dust. It clung to spacesuits a
  
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• Country diary: Spring is beginning, with birdsong and green shoots | Amy-Jane Beer

  26-03-2025 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Welburn, North Yorkshire: The wood is greening with wild garlic and dog’s mercury, studded with celandines, violets and primrosesSpring is rising in the wood outside my house. And a spring is also rising in the wood outside my house. The former draws me out early, the air night-chilled, but the light so bright and the birdsong so emphatic that I can’t resist. The latter is not a limpid pool, not a chuckling rush, but a depression where water wells so gently that the surface barely ri
  
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• Polluting industries like salmon farming need to be properly regulated, not let off the hook | Kelly O’Shanassy

  26-03-2025 01:16 via theguardian.com
  The government appears willing to put the future of an entire unique Australian species at risk at the behest of one industry. The hypocrisy is mind-bogglingThe anger I have witnessed over the past few days within the environment and climate movement has been extraordinary.I have spent the past four days in emergency meetings with leaders across the environment movement furiously responding to Anthony Albanese’s latest attack on nature. Continue reading...
  
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• Glencore's Hail Creek coalmine methane emissions could be higher than official reports – video

  26-03-2025 00:24 via theguardian.com
  
  UN-backed research has found emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane coming from Glencore's Hail Creek coalmine are probably between three and eight times higher than officially reported. Two aircraft with different types of monitoring equipment and flying at different altitudes looked for plumes of methane coming from the coalmine in Queensland's Bowen Basin – a site highlighted in a previous study as a major emitter. Glencore has challenged the results, saying in a statement it ha
  
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