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• How the next election determines our climate future – Australian politics live podcast

  01-11-2018 21:09 via theguardian.com
  Katharine Murphy talks to Kelly O’Shanassy, chief executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation, about why the next federal election will be a poll on climate change. Is the current environment ripe for winning hearts and minds on climate change? How can we transition Australia’s coal communities into a renewable future? And can we get it done before it’s too late?Continue reading...
  
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• Renewable energy in NI reaches record level

  04-09-2026 07:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And for the first time renewable generation has consistently exceeded non-renewable generation since January.
  
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• From 'dog fruit' to darling: India's avocado boom

  04-09-2026 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Demand for avocados is booming in India and local growers hope to grab more of the market.
  
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• Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds

  04-09-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common virusesMore than 2.5 million cruise passengers travelled through Southampton in 2025. It is also the UK’s leading vehicle and deep-sea trading port. You can see the ships and port machinery from miles around. All of this is downwind of a city of 260,000 people.A team of 32 researchers began investigating air pollution from the docks in 2018. Their research has revealed that the type
  
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• Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air

  04-09-2026 04:00 via theguardian.com
  Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the BeetalooGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA giant chunk of glacier-covered mountain has collapsed with catastrophic effect and, whatever the mechanics of the disaster in Nepal’s Langtang national park, this is what human-caused climate crisis looks like. The likelihood of it happening again will rise as temperatures increase and the ice within rock
  
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• 'Miracle' eagle with broken wing spotted back above Scottish coast

  04-09-2026 02:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving with a broken wing has been spotted back above Scotland's west coast.
  
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• ‘So scary’: massive hail and torrential rain causes chaos in Toronto

  03-09-2026 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Videos shared from across the region showed streets overwhelmed by rain and hailstones falling in a matter of minutes.
  
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• Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN fish farm plan

  03-09-2026 18:59 via theguardian.com
  Huge rollout of farms could harm ecosystems and threaten food sources of vulnerable communities, say expertsNearly half of the world’s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found.The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture – where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild – production by 75% by 2040. Continue reading...
  
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• Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN aquaculture plan

  03-09-2026 18:59 via theguardian.com
  Huge rollout of fish farms could harm ecosystems and threaten vulnerable communities’ food sources, say expertsNearly half of the world’s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found.The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture – where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild – production by 75% by 2040. Continue reading...
  
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• How climate denialism finds its way to the US 's highest office – video explainer

  03-09-2026 18:52 via theguardian.com
  Although it's scientific consensus that the climate crisis is happening, climate change denialists have found support in the highest office during the second Trump administration and significantly influenced current climate and environment policies. The Guardian's fossil fuel and climate reporter Dharna Noor explains why such rhetorics could be dangerous for our planet Continue reading...
  
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• There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? - video

  03-09-2026 17:01 via theguardian.com
  Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes 25% of global heating today. We definitely don’t want this gas spewing needlessly into the atmosphere, but in 2023 that’s exactly what environment editor Damian Carrington found was happening when he reported on 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks across the globe. Now Turkmenistan, the worst country for mega-leaks, has begun to plug them. Damian tells Mad
  
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• How the brain of a fly may help explain human behaviour

  03-09-2026 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Comparing the brains of male and female flies may transform our understanding of how genes shape behaviour, including ours.
  
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• Razed by wildfire, erased by USPS: Hawaiians fight to restore mail delivery

  03-09-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Wildfire victims rebuilt their homes in Lahaina only to find USPS had ‘eliminated’ their addresses – while houses that didn’t burn receive mail as normalTwo months after a devastating wildfire whipped through Lahaina in August 2023, Pam Reader was allowed back to see what was left of her home. With a heavy heart, she returned to the Hawaiian oceanside town now filled with endless blocks of burned houses. As she rounded her corner, she saw the only thing remaining was her
  
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• Will El Nino bring chaos to UK weather?

  03-09-2026 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will El Nino bring chaos to UK weather?
  
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• A sun goddess, hundreds of devotees – and polluted water: the Nigerian festival threatened by gold mining

  03-09-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Each year, people from across the world gather in a grove sacred to the Yoruba goddess Osun to be healed, conceive or realise their deepest wishes. But toxic lead, mercury and cyanide is leaching into the river7Devotees in white clothing line the riverbank, praying as they carry offerings of fruit, kola nut and sacrificial animals in supplication to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, beauty and healing, whose carved form stands with arms outstretched a few metres away in the Osun River.It is
  
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• Invasive tropical mosquito found breeding in east London

  03-09-2026 14:51 via theguardian.com
  Climate crisis could increase incursions of Aedes aegypti, which can transmit Zika virus and dengue, experts sayAn invasive mosquito capable of transmitting tropical diseases has been found breeding in homes in east London, with warnings that the rapidly warming climate will lead to greater “incursions of invasive mosquitoes”.This is the first time the species has been identified breeding in the UK and the fourth time it has been detected. Continue reading...
  
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• How a new instrument could reveal the secrets of the stars

  03-09-2026 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MOONS, which was built by a team lead from Scotland, has started its work at the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
  
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• The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it

  03-09-2026 14:30 via theguardian.com
  From New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce wasteIn New York City, the plastic we discard has a way of remaining in plain sight. There are few alleys to hide residents’ refuse, and the clear recycling bags leave their contents on full display. In a city built on a dense grid, lightweight wrappers, bags and bottles spill from overflowing bins and skitter down sidewalks, coll
  
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• Iguazú Falls' water level rises by five times the average – video

  03-09-2026 14:22 via theguardian.com
  Water levels at Iguazú Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argentina, have reached five times the average volume after heavy rains. The national park has stayed open to visitors with a safety protocol in place fortheir safety. The park's biologist and sustainability manager has said the water levels may be influenced by the El Niño phenomenon Continue reading...
  
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• Toxic wildfire haze spreads across South East Asia as 'super' El Niño intensifies

  03-09-2026 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of people have been exposed to the smog, with more than 12,000 children suffering respiratory issues.
  
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• Stormy autumn, cold winter - how might El Niño affect the UK weather?

  03-09-2026 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year's El Niño is expected to be the strongest in living memory and could lead to a range of impacts of the UK - including a stormy autumn.
  
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• Bring on the drones: how a technology revolution is being rolled out across Africa’s nature reserves

  03-09-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  As graduates of an online training course gather from across the continent, the consensus is overwhelming: computers and saving animals go togetherOn a bitingly cold night in Lapalala Wilderness nature reserve in South Africa’s Limpopo province, Duncan Kanyakera watches as instructor Jacques Viljoen deploys a thermal drone in search of a lone cheetah. Once the drone has disappeared into the inky sky, Kanyakera, from Tsavo in Kenya, and 20 other conservation professionals from across Africa
  
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• Satellite images show how Canadian 'island' vanished before turning up 20 miles away

  03-09-2026 09:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Verify has used satellite imagery to track the mysterious phenomenon, which has surprised people around the world.
  
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• Country diary: A stranded traveller that looks more plastic than animal | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett

  03-09-2026 08:33 via theguardian.com
  Appledore, Devon: By-the-wind sailors have been washed up in great numbers this summer. I stumble on a single one of these bright blue beautiesAmid the hot grit of the estuarine beach, a cool light glints. Not the habitual shade of mussel shells, nor even the shimmer of sea glass, this is a blue so bright that at first I mistake it for a kind of plastic, perhaps the discarded part of a pair of goggles.I’m about to pick it up when something prompts me to pause, mid-swoop; an
  
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• UN warns of 'supersized' El Niño as countries prepare for impact

  03-09-2026 08:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.
  
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• ‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching

  03-09-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisisThe El Niño climate phenomenon is “supersizing before our eyes”, the UN has said. The event is near certain to shatter temperature records, according to the latest forecasts.The El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere where temperatures are already rising rapidly due to global heating. The
  
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• I camped in one of Britain’s last remaining rainforests

  03-09-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  A fragment of temperate rainforest lies on the edge of Dartmoor, and following years of conservation work, its owners have now opened up a sustainable campsite next to this fragile ecosystemMist blankets the valley as I wheel my camping gear down the small hill towards a clearing ringed by trees and shrubs. A picnic bench sits at its edge, angled towards the reason why I’m here: one of the last remaining fragments of temperate rainforest in Britain. I’m pitching my tent at Wray Valle
  
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• Widow whose husband died after falling in slurry pit says farmers facing pressures

  03-09-2026 07:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Margaret Owen said it seemed "things are getting worse" after a rise in deaths on British farms.
  
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• Why El Niño can mean less rain but heavier downpours for India

  03-09-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  El Niño is associated with weaker monsoons in India – but research suggests it can also bring more extreme rainfallThe world is bracing for a “super” El Niño, and its effects are already being felt in India, where the monsoon has brought less rain than average but more intense downpours.Meteorologists predict that the current El Niño, which is developing over the Pacific, could be one of the strongest in living memory. India is likely to be heavily affected
  
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• The September reset is real. I’m about to become a better person, flaxseed by flaxseed | Emma Brockes

  03-09-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Small changes are what I’m aiming for – 10-minute workouts, cleaning out my handbag. Then I’m less likely to have failed come OctoberAre you a January resolutions or a September reset person? The latter has always felt more propitious to me, light of the exhaustion of Christmas and with the weather still on our side. Last week, when the Pavlovian response to buying new stationery (for my kids) kicked in, I found myself following a rote impulse to sort my life out by replacing t
  
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