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24 11 2023 | 14:20

Puddle Britain: 11 amazing facts about tiny bodies of water

Whether it’s too much rain or not enough drainage, we’re deep into November and there’s water everywhere. So, what is a puddle, when does it become a pond – and what lives in there?

24 11 2023 | 14:16

Ad industry grapples with role selling consumption in climate crisis

Does being an effective agency mean helping sell more products or can it mean helping mitigate climate emergency?

24 11 2023 | 14:12

‘You can walk around in a T-shirt’: how Norway brought heat pumps in from the cold

When Glen Peters bought a heat pump for his home in Oslo he wasn’t thinking about the carbon it would avoid. Convenience played a role; a fireplace was too much of a hassle – the effort of having to…

24 11 2023 | 14:01

Actors and academics criticise UK over climate ‘madness’ and limits on protest

Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Ben Okri have joined the former archbishop of…

24 11 2023 | 13:58

East Anglian Fens were covered in yew trees 4,000 years ago, study finds

‘Bog oak’ study finds more than 400 well preserved yews, which could help solve mystery of historic rapid sea level rise The flat landscape of the East Anglian Fens is known for its vast arable…

24 11 2023 | 13:54

Toxic air killed more than 500,000 people in EU in 2021, data shows

European Environment Agency says half of deaths could have been avoided by cutting pollution to recommended limits Dirty air killed more than half a million people in the EU in 2021, estimates show…

24 11 2023 | 13:44

Eucalyptus plantations are expanding – and being blamed for devastation

In 2017, 66 people died after fires ripped through eucalyptus stands around Pedrógão Grande. Restrictions on the highly flammable trees have provoked death threats, yet others feel they do not go far…

24 11 2023 | 13:35

Must the show go on? Taylor Swift fan death highlights danger of live shows as Earth cooks

Temperatures reached 102F in Rio last Friday as 60,000 people packed into the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos for Swift’s concert In Brazil, a tropical country whose famed Carnival celebrations are…

24 11 2023 | 13:30

‘It was desolation’: why did 700 shags disappear from an island overnight?

Isle of May’s wildlife warden calls it ‘soul-destroying’ to discover birds he ringed as chicks washing up dead on the Scottish coast For decades, as dusk drew in every evening, up to 700 shags would…

24 11 2023 | 12:59

Illegal bird of prey killings fall to lowest level in decade, but ‘true figure may be far higher’

Confirmed incidents of the illegal persecution of birds of prey have fallen to their lowest levels for more than a decade, according to the latest RSPB Birdcrime report. But the conservation charity…

24 11 2023 | 12:51

Months after deadly floods in Libya, migrants’ families still await news of the missing

Aid agencies say as many as 20,000 undocumented people were in Derna when Storm Daniel hit. Now their relatives, fear they may never know their fate