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Unions in Europe press for new worker protections to counter heat stress
Climate crisis prompts calls for workplace temperature limits and rights to heat breaks and adjusted working hours As Europe’s sweltering s…
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UK waters hit with extreme heatwave as global sea temperatures reach record levels
Experts warn that some marine species are at risk of ‘mass mortality events’ in ever-warming oceans UK waters are being hit with an “extrem…
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European countries top ‘scorecard’ on climate progress while US slips to 27th
Estonia, Luxembourg and UK are the top three in biennial Yale University index in tackling pollution and other issues Much of the world has…
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instea…
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Health risk fears for storks in Europe over ‘junk food’ from landfill
Rubbish dumps can expose birds to contaminants, raising questions over whether landfill foraging helps or harms Storks are gaining weight f…
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Low-cost loans for solar panels could save households hundreds on bills – thinktanks
New Economics Foundation and Finance Innovation Lab suggest loan scheme backed by Bank of England could benefit up to 8m homes Millions of …
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Why would we show an optical illusion to a monkey or a sparrow? To learn how they experience time, of course | Ishan Singhal
Animals may inhabit the same world as us, but new research shows how their perceptions of what is around them differs Imagine standing in y…
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June heatwave in UK led to ‘mass sleep deprivation’, poll suggests
Exclusive: Record temperatures fuelled by climate crisis left 86% of homes ‘too hot’ and many people feeling unwell With parts of England o…
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What does China’s long-range missile test in the South Pacific mean for Australia? | David Vallance
The timing – on the day the Ocean of Peace Alliance treaty was signed with Fiji – reads as provocation at best, coercion at worst Chinese g…
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Slow-motion footage of bumblebees shows how they react when they 'like' or 'dislike' things – video
Scientists have captured miniature facial expressions on slow-motion video of when bumblebees are presented with droplets of different solu…
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Do bees have inner lives? Slow-motion video reveals bumblebee behaviour similar to ‘liking’ or ‘disliking’
Bees respond to tasty treats or plain water based on context, study that may provide support for establishing insect sentience shows Get ou…
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GB News co-owner ‘cashing in on climate chaos’ after leap in fossil fuel investments, critics say
Exclusive: Campaigners argue news channel’s attacks on climate action ‘work in financial interests’ of Sir Paul Marshall The hedge fund run…
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‘Why take those jobs away?’: the unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind
Workers proud of their efforts to grow renewable energy say US president pursuing ‘personal vendetta’ at their expense Donald Trump has bla…
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Bomb the Arctic, dam the Mediterranean and build a second moon: five outlandish plans to remodel our climate
Humans have long sought to geoengineer the Earth’s environment. Tim Flannery outlines a few of the wildest ideas from the 20th century An i…
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Empty reservoirs, ladybirds and sunstroke: remembering the UK heatwave of 1976
As Britain reached its hottest June temperature on record, readers recall the summer when temperatures hit 36C The recent heatwave in the U…
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British swallowtail split from European cousins much earlier than thought, study finds
Finding that Norfolk butterfly has been distinct subspecies for 200,000 years could transform conservation approach The endangered swallowt…
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Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project
Cornell Lab for Ornithology plans data linkup between app and population monitoring on eBird platform The Merlin bird ID app will allow use…