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Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment.
The analysis estimates that between 4% and 14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice and maize is being lost due to the pervasive particles. It could get even worse, the scientists said, as more microplastics pour into the environment.
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André Corrêa do Lago suggests US organisations can play a constructive role even if government limits participation
The US will be “central” to solving the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s withdrawal of government support and cash, the president of the next UN climate summit has said.
André Corrêa do Lago, president-designate of the Cop30 summit for the host country, Brazil, hinted that businesses and other organisations in the US could play a constructive role without the White House.
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Environment secretary points to measures to stop lake being ‘choked by unacceptable levels’ of pollution
The government has said it will “clean up Windermere” after criticism over the volume of sewage being pumped into England’s largest lake.
The environment secretary, Steve Reed, pledged “only rainwater” would enter the famous body of water in the Lake District, putting an end to the situation where it Windermere was being “choked by unacceptable levels of sewage pollution”.
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Campaigners say funding halt is a ‘staggering blow’ to vulnerable nations and to efforts to keep heating below 1.5C
Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US overseas aid will almost decimate global climate finance from the developed world, data shows, with potentially devastating impacts on vulnerable nations.
The US was responsible last year for about $8 in every $100 that flowed from the rich world to developing countries, to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather, according to data from the analyst organisation Carbon Brief.
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Pfas are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that’s not enough
Several years ago, I made a movie called Dark Waters, which told the real-life story of a community in West Virginia poisoned by Pfas “forever chemicals”. DuPont – a chemical manufacturing plant – contaminated the local water supply, killing cows and wildlife, making its workers sick and exposing local residents to toxic chemicals. It was an environmental horror story.
It’s still happening across the country.
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Llandrindod Wells, Powys: They’re such captivating birds to watch, and this pair is indulging their preference for flower buds on my cherry tree
“Hardly hedgerows, little lines of sportive wood run wild”. I was sitting at my dining table, relishing the growing warmth of early spring sunlight, idling over coffee and musing on how apt a description of the towering unkempt hedges around my garden Wordsworth’s lines from Tintern Abbey are, when the pair of bullfinches that inhabit there captivated my attention.
They are so conjugal – the dowdier hen always in close and discreet attendance on her more brightly coloured spouse. To my mind, few small British birds can match the exquisite colour balance of the male bullfinch – the bright pink glow of his breast, his sleek black cap, the beautiful grey of his wings. I love them, and can watch their activities for hours, especially in early spring when they are notably active, with branches bare of foliage and little else stirring.
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An ugly fight has ripped through Galloway in south-west Scotland, with rival campaigns complaining of dirty tricks and murky finances. How could the mere possibility of a new national park stir up so much ill will?
As soon as the green fields of Galloway, in south-west Scotland, were selected as the preferred site for Britain’s first new national park in 15 years, Denise Brownlee sprang into action. The 64-year-old retired civil servant had served two seasons as a park ranger in Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, and knew a thing or two about the chaos brought by thoughtless day-trippers and campers. “The detritus!” she says. “I’ve seen a two-man tent used as a human litter tray. You think dog poo on the pavement is bad? Try wandering up any remote little area in a national park. Your faith in humankind gets lost.”
In July, Galloway was chosen as the frontrunner from a shortlist of five areas as part of the Scottish government’s pledge to designate at least one new national park – the country’s third – by 2026. The park’s creation, however, is by no means assured. The other areas in the running had faced varying degrees of opposition (especially Lochaber in the west Highlands), but no one could have predicted the ugly fight that was to tear through one of Scotland’s most picturesque regions, rip apart friendships and turn neighbours against each other.
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Rainfall in Bahía Blanca led to 10 deaths, swept away vehicles, destroyed bridges and left areas underwater
The city of Bahía Blanca in Argentina had a new rainfall record on Friday, after a recent heatwave. More than 400mm (15.7in) of rain was recorded in just eight hours, more than twice the city’s previous record of 175mm set in 1930, and roughly equivalent to a year’s worth of rainfall.
The heatwave primed the atmosphere for heavy rainfall by creating high instability and raising humidity levels. Then on Friday, as a cold front swept across the region, this warm moist air was able to rise, cool and rapidly condense, leading to severe thunderstorms across the region. As the front then continued northwards towards Buenos Aires over the weekend, further severe storms were triggered, containing heavy rain, hail and strong gusts.
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Two Italian cacti smugglers have been fined for illegally trading plants from Chile – and for the cost of restoring the environment. Conservationists hope more cases will follow
Chile’s Atacama desert is one of the driest places on Earth, a surprisingly cool environment, sucked clean of moisture by the cold ocean to the west. This arid, golden landscape is home to many rare species of cacti, which attract professional and amateur botanists from around the world keen to make discoveries and experience the thrill of naming a new species.
But they are not the only ones prowling the sands: Atacama has become a hotspot for succulent smuggling.
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Damage to trees in western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene was ‘extraordinary and humbling’ but urban areas face particular problems
The city of Asheville and its surrounding areas have been left vulnerable to floods, fires and extreme heat after Hurricane Helene uprooted thousands of trees that provided shade and protection from storms.
Helene was catastrophic for the region’s trees – in part due to the heavy precursor rainstorm that pounded southern Appalachia for two days straight, drenching the soil before Helene hit, bringing yet more heavy rain and 60-100mph winds.
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Novo istraživanje pokazuje da agonisti GLP-1 receptora mogu zaštititi pacijente s dijabetesom tipa 2 od smrtonosnih karcinoma krvi - mijelodisplastičnih sindroma (MDS) i mijeloproliferativnih neoplazmi (MPN). Valja spomenuti, da i metformin također ima zaštitni učinak protiv raka.
Više od 1 od 3 roditelja iskazuje da se njihovo dijete borilo s karijesom, obojenim zubima, problemima s desnima ili bolovima u zubima u posljednje dvije godine, pokazuju rezultati nove ankete provedene u SAD-u.
Eksperimentalna terapija razvijena od strane američkih znanstvenika iz UT Health San Antonio produljuje preživljenje pacijenata s glioblastomom, najčešćim primarnim tumorom mozga u odraslih.
Nova studija otkriva revolucionarno otkriće koje povezuje genetske varijante u genu ITSN1 sa značajno povećanim rizikom od Parkinsonove bolesti, neurodegenerativnog stanja koje pogađa gotovo 2% odraslih osoba starijih od 65 godina. Smatra se, da bi ovo otkriće moglo utrti put novim tretmanima usmjerenim na usporavanje ili sprječavanje napredovanja Parkinsonove bolesti.
Ljudi koji jedu mnogo maslaca imaju veći rizik od prerane smrti, dok oni koji uglavnom koriste biljna ulja poput uljane repice ili maslinovog ulja imaju rizik manji od prosjeka, pokazala je nova studija.
Samo nekoliko dana prehrane s visokim udjelom zasićenih masti moglo bi biti dovoljno da izazove probleme s pamćenjem i povezanu upalu mozga kod starijih osoba, sugerira nova studija.
Djeca koja su dojena najmanje šest mjeseci imala su niži krvni tlak u dobi od 6 godina, ukazuje nova studija. Čini se da dugotrajnije dojenje naseljava crijeva djeteta različitim bakterijama koje bi mogle pomoći u snižavanju krvnog tlaka.
Žene s višom razinom esencijalnih minerala koji cirkuliraju u njihovoj krvi tijekom trudnoće, osobito bakra i mangana, zajedno s vitaminom B12, imale su manji rizik od razvoja visokog krvnog tlaka (hipertenzija) u srednjim godinama, oko 20 godina kasnije, pokazuju rezultati nove studije.
Tinejdžeri koji nedovoljno spavaju mogu biti izloženi povećanom riziku od razvoja visokog krvnog tlaka (hipertenzija), ukazuje nova studija. Loš san poznati je čimbenik rizika za kardiovaskularne bolesti, koje svake godine u SAD-u odnose više života nego svi oblici raka i kronične bolesti donjeg dišnog sustava zajedno.
Znanstvenici su otkrili mehanizam pomoću kojeg acetilsalicilatna kiselina može smanjiti metastaze nekih vrsta raka stimulirajući imunološki sustav. Smatra se, da bi ovo otkriće moglo dovesti do ciljane upotrebe acetilsalicilatne kiseline za sprječavanje širenja osjetljivih tipova raka te do razvoja učinkovitijih lijekova za sprječavanje metastaza raka.