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Calterra secures £96,000 to advance long-term habitat restoration monitoring

Scottish climate-tech platform also selected for University of Edinburgh’s AI AcceleratorAI-powered climate-tech platform Calterra has been awarded £96,000 in SMART Grant funding from Scottish ...
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Earthshot and the science of positive tipping points: how environmental progress can become unstoppable

It must be tough being a judge on the world’s most prestigious environmental prize: imagine having to choose between an ingenious machine that removes microplastics from a river in Europe, or a ...
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Chester academic and award-winning mint expert grows schools’ biodiversity initiative

A University of Chester academic who has grown an internationally recognised mint collection and won back-to-back Royal Horticultural Society awards is inspiring the next generation through a ...
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Biodiversity loss recognised as a growing national security and resilience risk

Global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse pose risks to UK national security, food security and prosperity, according to a government assessment discussed by MPs in Westminster Hall this week.
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Britain’s cities are getting hotter and trapping heat they can no longer release

After a summer of record temperatures and heatwaves, new analysis from Ordnance Survey has found more than eight in ten cities in Great Britain are already highly vulnerable to urban heat islands, and ...
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El Niño set to become very strong, raising risks of extreme weather into 2027

Forecasts from WMO’s Global Producing Centres indicate an “exceptionally high likelihood of nearly 100%” that El Niño will persist through to February 2027. This is the first time that a WMO El ...
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Why should we care if there aren’t any squished insects on our windscreens?

This summer you may have wondered why you are seeing so few insects squished on your car’s windscreen, compared to a road trip several years ago. This is because insects are declining globally at an ...
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Heatwaves are making toxic algae worse, but the real problem is what we are putting into our rivers and lakes

This summer’s heat brought warnings about harmful algal blooms across Britain and Ireland. In August, swimmers were warned not to enter a newly designated bathing site on the River Thames at Ham and ...
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£2 billion a year needed to restore England’s protected places and bring nature back, new research reveals

New research commissioned by Wildlife and Countryside Link reveals that annual investment in protected nature sites needs to increase from around £1.1 billion today to approximately £2 billion to ...
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Scotland’s wildlife misses out on millions in species recovery funding as environment agencies are merged

The Scottish Government is underfunding Scotland’s wildlife, warns the Scottish Rewilding Alliance today, following the release this week of the Scottish Government’s priorities for this session.
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How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan

Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green. Here in south-west England, an animal that ...
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New study finds large areas of Britain could support the return of pine martens

First-of-its-kind habitat assessment provides new evidence to support the recovery of one of Britain’s most iconic mammals A new study has found that large parts of England and Wales offer suitable ...