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‘Wonderful experience’: Researcher’s close encounter with Svalbard polar bears
Meteorologist says bears were not aggressive but they fired signal gun to scare them awayKatarzyna Kudłacz...
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Lease electric cars to rural care workers, UK climate charity says
Possible charity highlights financial savings and environmental benefits for low-paid staffMinisters should consider a social leasing...
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Three-quarters of children want more time in nature, says National Trust
Charity publishes survey findings as it calls for youngsters to be no more than a 15-minute...
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‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?
Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s...
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Surge of new oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals
World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end,...
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Macron calls proposed EU-Mercosur trade pact ‘very bad deal’ lacking strong climate commitments
French president tells Brazil forum both parties need to be ‘much stronger’ on biodiversity and climateEmmanuel...
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Molly the magpie: Queensland premier backs return of Instagram-hit bird to couple after being seized
Steven Miles urges authorities to enable magpie to be reunited with ‘devastated’ Gold Coast carers and...
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Yorkshire estate known as world’s first nature reserve gets Grade II listing
Eccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlifeA Yorkshire parkland...
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‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists
Just 2% of continent’s gas capacity has planned retirement date despite pledges to decarbonise, study showsEurope’s...
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Weather tracker: Flood fallout claims at least 20 lives in Brazil
Heavy rainfall brings landslides to country’s south-east. Elsewhere, a wild temperature fluctuation in IberiaBrazil was hit...
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Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’
First Nations activists call legislation ‘a betrayal’ while Greens leader tells parliament Labor are ‘climate con...
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AI to track hedgehog populations in pioneering UK project
National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme aims to understand why population has declinedArtificial intelligence will be used for...
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UK genetics project looks for lost apple varieties to protect fruit in climate crisis
Heritage orchard at RHS Rosemoor to be sampled this spring as part of search for previously...
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Sixteen states sue US over ban on approvals for LNG exports
States including Texas, Louisiana and Florida say federal government lacks authority to broadly deny permitsSixteen US...
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Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon
Fossil of giant river dolphin found in Peru, whose closest living relation is in South Asia,...
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How did Canada end up with worse air quality than the US?
Year of devastating wildfires meant Canadians were breathing worse air than southern neighbours for first time...
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Indonesia fishing village flooded with tide of rubbish after heavy rains
Teluk has one of country’s dirtiest beaches and the problem has worsened due to weatherAn Indonesian...
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World’s largest solar manufacturer to cut one-third of workforce
China’s Longi looks to slash costs as renewable energy sector faces tough headwinds from inflationThe world’s...
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Weather tracker: cyclone warning in Australia while Finland freezes in -16C lows
Meanwhile, South Sudan has ordered schools to shut amid extreme heatwaveA cyclone warning has been issued...
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South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave
Authorities advise parents to keep children indoors during extreme heatwave, expected to last two weeksSouth Sudan...
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EU approves watered-down human rights and supply chain law
Revised corporate sustainability directive, first agreed in December, draws criticism from environmental campaignersEU countries have slashed...
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Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’
Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a...
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Put Thames Water into special administration, Lib Dems tell ministers
Exclusive: party calls for firm to be wound up as it seeks shareholder bailout, higher bills...
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Australian Alps face world’s largest loss of snow by end of century, research shows
Study of global heating finds snowfall in Victoria and New South Wales could decline much faster...