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• Why jet lag throws even foraging seabirds off course

  29-10-2026 19:00 via Environment | The Guardian
  Oxford study shows Manx shearwaters lose direction when their body clocks get out of syncSeabirds returning from foraging trips can be thrown hundreds of miles off course by a form of jet lag that arises when their body clocks get out of sync with local time, researchers say.Tracking data from Manx shearwaters on the west coast of the UK revealed that when the birds returned home to their colonies after trips over the Atlantic, their rapid eastward flights disrupted their sense of time and navig
  
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• Migrating seabirds face a surprising problem: jet lag

  29-10-2026 19:00 via Environment | The Guardian
  Oxford study shows Manx shearwaters get lost when their body clocks get out of syncSeabirds returning from foraging trips can be thrown hundreds of miles off course by a form of jet lag that arises when their body clocks get out of sync with local time, researchers say.Tracking data from Manx shearwaters on the west coast of the UK revealed that when the birds returned home to their colonies after trips over the Atlantic, their rapid eastward flights disrupted their sense of time and navigation.
  
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• A new wave of electric ferries is here in the US. Some even fly

  29-10-2026 11:00 via Environment | The Guardian
  Replacing diesel-powered ferries with electric vessels could reduce emissions and improve air quality Cutting through New York Harbor in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, the small white boat we were riding on caught the attention of passengers aboard a nearby sightseeing ferry.“It’s quite a curiosity at the moment,” Eric Laakmann, the chief executive and co-founder of Vessev, said.Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts
  
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• Queen of Spain butterfly invades Britain – but will it become native?

  29-10-2026 07:00 via Environment | The Guardian
  This year thousands of the golden-coloured butterfly have arrived in Britain in what one expert calls ‘a bold attempt at colonisation’The Queen of Spain has invaded. The enigmatic British visits of this gorgeous golden-coloured butterfly with distinctively shaped, squared-off hindwings have been recorded by lepidopterists for four centuries. Usually there are barely a handful of sightings each summer of a butterfly that is widespread across continental Europe.This year, thousands have flown
  
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• Angry Labour MPs urge leadership not to overrule energy secretary on Rosebank

  29-10-2026 07:00 via Environment | The Guardian
  
  Exclusive: Backbenchers voice alarm over ‘intolerable position’ faced by Miatta Fahnbulleh over oilfield decisionFurious Labour MPs have been lobbying the prime minister and chancellor not to overrule the energy secretary should she decide to block the Rosebank oilfield.MPs say they are alarmed at the cabinet splits that have emerged over the issue after sources told the Guardian that Miatta Fahnbulleh was minded to refuse environmental permission for the field. Continue reading...
  
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• Country diary: A new chapter for the farm – we’re going organic | Andrea Meanwell

  29-10-2026 06:30 via Environment | The Guardian
  Tebay, Cumbria: Historically it’s been a tricky thing for hill farms to do, but we’ve always run ours on organic principles, and now we’re fully convertingFrom 1 November we have change happening on our farm. We have decided to become an organic farm and have started the two-year conversion process with the Soil Association. We’ve always run the farm on organic principles, but now, with our small shop selling our beef, lamb and pork, we’ve decided that we will convert, prioritising soi
  
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