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Critics say chancellor’s ‘growth at all costs’ plans are not compatible with UK’s climate targets
Rachel Reeves has been accused by environmental experts of putting the climate at risk with high carbon projects including the expansion of Heathrow airport.
The chancellor made airports the central focus of her plan for growth, despite having previously promised to be the first green chancellor and having extolled the benefits of green growth.
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Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births
A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in those from full-term births.
The levels were much higher than previously detected in blood, suggesting the tiny plastic particles were accumulating in the placenta. But the higher average levels found in the shorter pregnancies were a “big surprise” for the researchers, as longer terms could be expected to lead to more accumulation.
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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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Strategies vary from hibernating as adult butterflies to forming a chrysalis – or by not being in the country at all
Surviving winter is the ultimate challenge for the 60 butterfly species that make their living in Britain.
Different species use different tactics. The riskiest, and therefore chosen by the fewest, is to hibernate as adult butterflies. Only five species choose this path and they favour cryptic undersides – so they disappear from view when their wings are closed.
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Officials are making clean-energy moves in California, New York and beyond, and Republican states will be integral too
As the Trump administration rolls back decades-old environmental protections and pulls Biden-era incentives for renewable energy, state-level advocates and officials are preparing to fill the void in climate action.
Some state leaders are preparing to legally challenge the president’s environmental rollbacks, while others are testifying against them in Congress. Meanwhile, advocates are pushing for states to meet their ambitious climate goals using methods and technologies that don’t require federal support.
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Road outside high court blocked in protest at ‘draconian’ sentences given to 16 Just Stop Oil ‘political prisoners’
Hundreds of protesters have blocked the road outside the high court in London, where the appeals of 16 jailed climate activists are being heard, in condemnation of “the corruption of democracy and the rule of law”.
As England’s most senior judge heard arguments in the appeal of the sentences of the Just Stop Oil activists, who are serving a combined 41 years in jail, their supporters sat on the road in silence holding placards proclaiming them “political prisoners”.
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For nearly two decades, ‘General’ Narsamma and her team at Sangham Radio have honed their craft, learning every aspect of broadcasting, including fixing the radio mast and interview techniques
As twilight settles over Sangareddy district in the southern Indian state of Telangana, the airwaves crackle to life. It is the voice of Masanagari Narsamma, a 45-year-old Dalit woman, who has spent the last two decades transforming the lives of women, farmers and children in nearby villages.
“This is our weapon,” she says, gripping the microphone at the radio station. “With this, we speak our truth.”
Masanagari Narsamma and Algole Narsamma in front of Sangham Radio. The duo, with no formal training in media or broadcasting, have built the station into a cornerstone of their community
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The internet’s go-to gathering place for those who rate and revere sticks is big and growing fast. The appeal is simple...
The first stick was small, and shaped like a revolver.
It was late summer 2023 and two friends, Boone Hogg and Logan Jugler, both 31, were on a late summer hike heading towards Delicate Arch, a 16m red rock formation in Utah’s Arches national park, when Jugler spotted it on the ground. He picked it up and began rating its attributes – colour, shape, flexibility – out of 10, while Hogg filmed. Then they uploaded it to Instagram.
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As fires tear through California and Trump sets back efforts to curb the rise of global temperatures, what can individuals do to make a difference?
2024 was the hottest year on record. Average global temperatures rose to 1.6C above preindustrial levels, according to data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) – a rise that led to extreme weather events and “misery to millions of people”, as one of the group’s experts told the Guardian.
Less than a month into the new year, fires have torn through huge swaths of Los Angeles, upending the lives of thousands. Donald Trump, a climate denier, is pulling the country out of international climate agreements and setting back efforts to curb the rise of average global temperatures.
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Mete Coban, 32, says climate policy will bring ‘social, economic and racial justice’ to deprived communities
Working-class people and those from ethnic minorities will benefit most from a range of environmental policies being implemented in London, the capital’s deputy mayor has said.
Mete Coban, 32, grew up in a council flat in the borough of Hackney and saw for himself the difficulties the lack of green space, poor or overcrowded housing and polluted air can cause.
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Prirodni spoj dobiven iz dobrih crijevnih bakterija značajno usporava napredovanje vitiliga i može obnoviti pigmentaciju, izvještava novo predkliničko istraživanje.
Nedavno objavljena studija otkriva da tjelovježba aktivira moždane stanice povezane s inzulinom, potencijalno poboljšavajući kogniciju i nudeći nove strategije za sprječavanje demencije.
Rezultati nove studije pokazali su da čak 45% oboljelih od dijabetesa tipa 2 pati od višestrukih nedostataka vitamina, minerala i elektrolita. Vrlo niske razine vitamina D bile su najčešći nedostatak, koji je utjecao na više od 60% osoba s dijabetesom tipa 2.
Prema podacima Hrvatskog zavoda za javno zdravstvo (HZJZ), tijekom sezone gripe 2024./2025., do 2. tjedna 2025. godine, zabilježen je porast broja oboljelih od gripe u Hrvatskoj. Posebno zabrinjava visoka stopa incidencije kod djece predškolske dobi, dok osobe starije od 65 godina bilježe najniže stope oboljenja.
Nova studija provedena u Turku PET Centru u Finskoj pokazala je da promjene u funkcioniranju opioidnih neurotransmitera u mozgu mogu biti uzrok anoreksije nervoze.
Eksperimentalni test krvi može učinkovito i točno otkriti rak debelog crijeva kod osoba srednje i starije životne dobi, pokazuje nova studija. Test krvi bio je 81% točan u otkrivanju raka debelog crijeva među ljudima koji imaju tu bolest. Također je bio 90% točan u isključivanju raka debelog crijeva kod zdravih ljudi.
Pacijenti s metastatskim kolorektalnim rakom (mCRC) koji nose mutacije BRAF V600E imali su koristi od prve linije liječenja s ciljanim terapijama encorafenibom i cetuksimabom plus mFOLFOX6 režimom kemoterapije, ukazuje nova studija.
Rezultati nove studije pokazali su, da su pacijenti s pretilošću i cirozom jetre povezanom s masnom jetrom koji su imali barijatrijsku operaciju (gubljenje tjelesne težine) značajno smanjili budući rizik od razvoja ozbiljnih jetrenih komplikacija u usporedbi s pacijentima koji su primali samo medicinsku terapiju.
Endometrioza je povezana s kroničnom sustavnom upalom, oksidativnim stresom i visokim razinama lipida, što sve doprinosi aterosklerozi. Formiranje i progresija ateroskleroze koronarnih arterija povećava rizik od kardiovaskularnih bolesti poput koronarne arterijske bolesti (CAD) i hipertenzije.
Nova studija otkrila je da mikroplastika remeti vaskularne i neurobihevioralne funkcije uzrokujući da imunološke stanice koje su je progutale postanu mehanički zarobljene u uskim cerebralnim žilama.
