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• New heatwave likely to peak at 34C with week-long health alert issued

  04-07-2026 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Another heatwave is on its way and set to last significantly longer as Stav Danaos explains.
  
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• Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’

  04-07-2026 16:00
  This summer, Yosemite national park has been rife with traffic jams and throngs of visitors. Can these popular national treasures withstand a future of strained resources?On a crisp, sunny morning at the end of June, dappled light filtered through the canopy of an ancient grove of giant sequoias, casting a tranquil backdrop for a mule deer as it ambled across the trail. Families from around the world gazed up at the towering trees in awe, speaking in hushed tones and different languages.Experien
  
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• Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project

  04-07-2026 13:00
  Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platformThe Merlin bird ID app will allow users to feed real-time bird identifications into one of the world’s biggest citizen-science biodiversity projects in an update it is hoped will aid conservation of at-risk birds.Since 2021, the free Merlin app, created by the Cornell Lab for Ornithology, has used machine learning to provide an almost instantaneous sound-identification service for birdsong,
  
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• As auto costs rise, will the US miss the golden age of electric vehicles?

  04-07-2026 13:00
  Shifting demands and political ideology have left the industry vulnerable to global competition from cheap Chinese carsEarlier this month, an intriguing new Detroit-based electric vehicle startup hit the market – Slate Auto, a Jeff Bezos-backed venture offering something US buyers rarely see these days – a pick up truck billed as “affordable”.Its base price is $24,950, making it one of the lowest-cost autos in the US market and close to half the price of the average new v
  
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• Scientist dubbed The Bogfather is restoring peatland to fight climate change

  04-07-2026 08:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A childhood fascination with bogs led one Welsh scientist to try and help save the planet.
  
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• Turbines turning from wind to sustainable products

  04-07-2026 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of tonnes of non-recyclable wind turbine blades are coming to the end of their lives.
  
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• Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth

  04-07-2026 07:00
  
  As this year’s invertebrate of the year competition launches, we join scientists studying last year’s winnerNominate your invertebrate of the yearWitek Morek is closely inspecting an old brick-and-flint wall on the Cambridgeshire campus of the Wellcome Sanger Institute.“We are going to use a very advanced tool designed by bioengineers and evolved over millions of years – the human hand – and grab some moss, and put it in an envelope,” he says. Continue reading
  
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• Country diary: Our pond is a year old – already dragonflies are emerging | Nic Wilson

  04-07-2026 06:30
  Hitchin, Hertfordshire: The broad-bodied chaser is often the first to arrive at a new pond, and sure enough, I spot an exuvia clinging to a leaf bladeThe hole in the nest box on our house wall is all mouth. A sparrow chick on the cusp of fledging has thrust its head out, beak open, displaying an orange gape ringed with a creamy-yellow flange. It’s an unmissable prompt for the parents: Insert Invertebrates Here.I’m watching the spuggies from behind the pond, where I’m perfectly
  
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• 'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts

  04-07-2026 02:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Temperature records were smashed in June - and scientists warn this is a sign of things to come. 
  
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• The fight against green ‘waste’: how a Victorian community came together to create garden gold

  04-07-2026 02:00
  Kitchen scraps and garden waste can be a valuable resource. But some communities are forgoing the Fogo bin and collecting their own compostChange 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] is a rising stink around rubbish removal in Australia. Councils around the country are looking for ways to divert more organ
  
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