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The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
Ten years on from the historic Paris climate summit, which ended with the world’s first and only global agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is easy to dwell on its failures. But the successes go less remarked.
Renewable energy smashed records last year, growing by 15% and accounting for more than 90% of all new power generation capacity. Investment in clean energy topped $2tn, outstripping that into fossil fuels by two to one.
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In sprawling landfills, thousands of Argentinian families scavenge for survival amid toxic waste and government neglect, dreaming of steady jobs and escape
The sun rises over the plateau of Neuquén’s open-air rubbish tip. Maia, nine, and her brothers, aged 11 and seven, huddle by a campfire. Their mother, Gisel, rummages through bags that smell of rotten fruit and meat.
Situated at the northern end of Argentinian Patagonia, 100km (60 miles) from Vaca Muerta – one of the world’s largest fossil gas reserves – children here roam amid twisted metal, glass and rubbish spread over five hectares (12 acres). The horizon is waste.
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Neath, south Wales: This quarry built the abbey and the nearby terraced towns – and it’s different every time I visit
The way to Neath Abbey Quarry is a perfect stranger to me this morning. It’s been three years since my last visit, and the maze of the path has shifted; old tree trunks have turned to mulch and the brook carves a different channel. My companion and I shoulder big bouldering pads, poorly proportioned for tight manoeuvres, yet we bump, turn and pivot our way through. Thanks to the late sunrise, we’re gifted a lingering coda of the dawn chorus, coming from a holly thicket heavy with berries. A goldcrest fizzes around ahead of us, seeking bugs startled by our approach.
Like every old quarry, this place has been host to much change. Once it was just a plain old hill, then a source of building blocks for monks and their abbey. Much later, it was extracted again for the terraced towns of the south Wales coalfield. Once that need had faded, climbers found the place, hacking paths through the tangle and stringing ropes up its face.
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Announcement draws anger from Labour MP over refusal to remove tonnes of rubbish dumped near school in Wigan
The Environment Agency is to spend millions of pounds to clear an enormous illegal rubbish dump in Oxfordshire, saying the waste is at risk of catching fire.
But the decision announced on Thursday to clear up the thousands of tonnes of waste illegally dumped outside Kidlington has drawn an angry response from a Labour MP in Greater Manchester whose constituents have been living alongside 25,000 tonnes of toxic rubbish for nearly a year.
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Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture
On the concrete floor of a greenhouse in rural Kansas stands a neat grid of 100 plastic plant pots, each holding a straggly crown of strappy, grass-like leaves. These plants are perennials – they keep growing, year after year. That single characteristic separates them from soya beans, wheat, maize, rice and every other major grain crop, all of which are annuals: plants that live and die within a single growing season.
“These plants are the winners, the ones that get to pass their genes on [to future generations],” says Lee DeHaan of the Land Institute, an agricultural non-profit based in Salina, Kansas. If DeHaan’s breeding programme maintains its current progress, the descendant of these young perennial crop plants could one day usher in a wholesale revolution in agriculture.
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Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people
The skull of a Tapanuli orangutan, caked in debris, stares out from a tomb of mud in North Sumatra, killed in catastrophic flooding that swept through Indonesia.
The late November floods have been an “extinction-level disturbance” for the world’s rarest great ape, scientists have said, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects.
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Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story
On a quiet Friday evening, an otter and a fox trot through Lincoln city centre. The pair scurry past charity shops and through deserted streets, the encounter lit by the security lamps of shuttered takeaways. Each animal inspects the nooks and crannies of the high street before disappearing into the night, ending the unlikely scene captured by CCTV last month.
Unlike the fox, the otter has been a rare visitor in towns and cities across the UK. But after decades of intense conservation work, that is changing. In the past year alone, the aquatic mammal has been spotted on a river-boat dock in London’s Canary Wharf, dragging an enormous fish along a riverbank in Stratford-upon-Avon, and plundering garden ponds near York. One otter was even filmed causing chaos in a Shetland family’s kitchen in March.
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While it’s impossible to escape the emissions associated with flying, some travel methods are more carbon-intensive than others
Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint
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As the Australian summer gets under way, many of us are planning holidays.
When it comes to limiting emissions associated with travel, a staycation or local holiday – by train, bus or car – remains the lowest-impact option. But overseas travel by Australians has been increasing in recent decades, with Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan, the United States and China among the top destinations, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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Fast-moving fires in parched urban fringes have residents on edge, and no one needs a reminder of how bad things can get
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It was 3am Sunday when Robin and Paul McLean received the text. A fire was encroaching on their Lake Macquarie home and it was too late to leave.
Their adult daughter, who lives with them, is confined to her bed due to disability and has her own evacuation plan that includes calling an ambulance if they reach a “watch and act” alert level – the second of three alert levels, between “advice” and “emergency warning”. But suddenly there was no time.
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In this week’s newsletter: The government’s bid to speed up nuclear construction could usher in sweeping deregulation, with experts warning of profound consequences for nature
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When UK prime minister Keir Starmer announced last week that he was “implementing the Fingleton review”, you can forgive the pulse of most Britons for failing to quicken.
But behind the uninspiring statement lies potentially the biggest deregulation for decades, posing peril for endangered species, if wildlife experts are to be believed, and a likely huge row with the EU.
2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of the poorest half of humanity, report finds
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Rutinske mamografije ključni su alat za probir raka dojke. Međutim, one također mogu sadržavati ključne, potencijalno neiskorištene informacije o riziku osobe od kardiovaskularnih bolesti, glavnog uzroka smrti među odraslima. Rendgenske slike mogu otkriti kalcij u arterijama dojke, znak da krvne žile postaju kruće.
Povećani volumen epikardijalnog masnog tkiva, otkriven kardiovaskularnim snimanjem, povezan je s većim oštećenjem miokarda nakon srčanog udara (infarkta miokarda), pokazala je nova studija.
Prema nedavno objavljenom istraživanju, dugoročni rizik od srčanih bolesti kod žena s dijagnozom fibroida maternice (mioma maternice) bio je više od 80% veći nego kod žena bez fibroida.
Preliminarna studija osoba s dijabetesom sugerira da bi upotreba GLP-1 lijekova koji snižavaju glukozu mogla biti povezana s manjim rizikom od razvoja epilepsije. Agonisti receptora glukagonu sličnog peptida-1, ili GLP-1 lijekovi, koriste se za liječenje dijabetesa i smanjenje povišene tjelesne težine. GLP-1 lijekovi koji su bili uključeni u studiju bili su dulaglutid, liraglutid i semaglutid.
Prirodne stanice ubojice (NK) su tjelohranitelji našeg imunološkog sustava. Kao prva linija obrane, one uništavaju patogene koji invadiraju, strana tijela i zaražene stanice u ranim fazama, čime sprječavaju njihovo širenje. NK stanice mogu cirkulirati u krvotoku (krvožilnom sustavu) ili se nalaziti u tkivu i organima. Premalo NK stanica može dovesti do disfunkcije imunološkog sustava i povećati osjetljivost na bolesti.
U novom ispitivanju, inhibitor Bruton tirozin kinaze (BTK) pirtobrutinib povećao je stopu preživljavanja bez progresije bolesti i bio je dobro podnošljiv s povoljnijim sigurnosnim profilom u usporedbi s bendamustinom plus rituksimabom (BR) kod pacijenata s prethodno neliječenom kroničnom limfocitnom leukemijom (CLL) i malim limfocitnim limfomom (SLL).
U novoj predkliničkoj studiji, američki znanstvenici razvili su terapiju antitijelima pod nazivom 77A koja je pokazala sposobnost prevladavanja otpornosti na liječenje raka krvi, poput multiplog mijeloma i limfoma, kao i solidnih tumora.
Rezultati uobičajenih krvnih testova mogu ponuditi rani trag gubitka koštane mase, što sugerira da bi razine alkalne fosfataze (ALP) mogle pomoći u identificiranju ljudi koji bi mogli imati koristi od ranije procjene osteoporoze prije nego što dođe do prijeloma.
Novo kliničko ispitivanje sugerira da uparivanje bispecifičnih antitijela i konjugata antitijela i lijekova s terapijom CAR T-stanicama može značajno povećati jednogodišnje preživljavanje bez progresije bolesti kod osoba s agresivnim limfomom.
Prema rezultatima nove studije, nedovoljna količina sna je značajno negativno povezana s očekivanim životnim vijekom, tako da je manja insuficijencija sna bila povezana s duljim očekivanim životnim vijekom.