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Faintings, blackouts and violence: Iraq’s scorching emergency – in pictures

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:40 +0000

The country’s average temperature has risen by 0.48C a decade from 2000. Last August, photographer Susan Schulman visited Baghdad and Amarah, to capture the impact of extreme weather on everyday lives

The rise of the digital fishmonger: how Covid helped customers buy fresh from the boat

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:39 +0000

Britain’s traditional retailers were in decline for years. Then the pandemic changed how we buy food and boosted the fishing industry

The seafood chef and restaurateur Mitch Tonks recalls the moment things for him changed dramatically. It was March 2020, the start of Covid, when a local fishing boat skipper called him in a panic. “Nick was having a tough time; nobody was buying his catch, so I emailed our customer network,” he says.

Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 02:00:33 +0000

European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record

The home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year affected 413,000 people, a report has found, as fossil fuel pollution forced the continent to suffer through its hottest year on record.

Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:00:25 +0000

Hotter seas supercharge storms and destroy critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs

The climate crisis has tripled the length of ocean heatwaves, a study has found, supercharging deadly storms and destroying critical ecosystems such as kelp forests and coral reefs.

Half of the marine heatwaves since 2000 would not have happened without global heating, which is caused by burning fossil fuels. The heatwaves have not only become more frequent but also more intense: 1C warmer on average, but much hotter in some places, the scientists said.

Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas’

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:22 +0000

Exclusive: Brad Battin says he had a conversation with the federal opposition leader about the ‘language’ he would use about plans to build a nuclear reactor in eastern Victoria

Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:00:20 +0000

Australian Conservation Foundation says opposition has ‘failed every single test’ while Labor passes with 54% and Greens achieve 98%

Birmingham bin workers reject deal to end strike

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:27:57 +0000

Unite leader says ‘partial deal on pay protection for a few’ was overwhelmingly rejected in vote, as rubbish piles up

Bin workers have “overwhelmingly” rejected a deal that would have ended the all-out strike in Birmingham that has caused bin bags to pile up in the streets and an influx of rats in the city.

Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:59:35 +0000

Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out

UK politics live – latest updates

Ed Miliband and the UK’s net zero target are being falsely blamed for the UK’s steel crisis, experts have said.

‘It looks like I’ve gone 10 rounds with a boxer’: when hay fever becomes debilitating – and potentially deadly

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:00:37 +0000

Often dismissed as summertime sniffles, the condition that affects a quarter of UK adults can lead to serious and life-limiting health problems

Modeling coastal land use scenario impacts on ecosystem services restoration in Southwest Ghana, West Africa

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 04:00:00 +0000

npj Ocean Sustainability, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s44183-025-00105-w

Modeling coastal land use scenario impacts on ecosystem services restoration in Southwest Ghana, West Africa