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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 7h

Coral reefs, ice sheets and Amazon rainforest approaching a tipping point due to global heating, report says

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 2h

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier | Francesco Grillo

Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 2h

National Trust and TV wildlife expert team up on autumn nature campaign

People urged to savour sights, sounds and smells of the season as poll shows disconnect during darker months

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 2h

New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets

Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’

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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 12h

Landowners/homeowners along the “Bristol Avon” or tributary/waterway (like the K&A canal): If you’ve got any invasive species (Knotweed, Bamboo, Balsam, Rhododendron, Cherry Laurel, Giant Hogweed/Rhubarb) Let @protect.earth know and we’ll remove it for voluntary donations. protect.earth/contact

Contact — Protect Earth

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 9h

Dengue-carrying mosquitoes have been detected in the UK... 🦟

www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Dengue-carrying mosquitoes have been detected in the UK: should you be worried?

UK scientists sound alarm as dengue and Zika-spreading mosquitoes found in surveillance traps.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10h

"The Treasury....plans to gut green rules with amendments to its planning and infrastructure bill – ditching the precautionary principle, slashing species protections and curbing legal challenges"

Indefensible

This must be fought tooth and nail

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The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 21h

Shooting Times uses selective quote to shamelessly misrepresent my view on predator culls raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/12/s...

Shooting Times uses selective quote to shamelessly misrepresent my view on predator culls

A couple of weeks ago, on 24 September, the Shooting Times published a news item in which it was suggested that I support predator culls: The Shooting Times article was supposedly a précis of an ar…

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The Final Report @firehorse249791.bsky.social · 20h

'Over 2.2 million acres of farmland remain underwater, devastating rice-producing regions and crippling Pakistan’s food supply chain.' www.suchtv.pk/technology/i... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Flood #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Pakistan

Pakistan Faces Billions in Climate-Induced Losses - SUCH TV

Pakistan continues to bear the brunt of the global climate crisis, with new government data revealing economic losses worth billions of dollars due to floods, extreme weather, and environmental degrad...

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 10h

Wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

UK Govt reacts

Increase passenger numbers in Gatwick by over 40% within the next decade and promote even more extreme weather
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Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

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Ruth Tingay @ruthtingay.bsky.social · 11h

The seascapes are the big draw for me on #IslesofScilly

Someone here has shipped over Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges, swarming over the fields of Tresco today & being fed in this woodland. FFS.

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Edward Pollard @epollard.bsky.social · 10h

Why isn't this a bigger story?
The joint intelligence committee prepare a report saying our national security is at risk from environmental collapse. And No. 10 bury because they don't to draw attention to how little they care!
@snellarthur.bsky.social

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National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn

Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 13h

#silentsunday

The sunset tonight behind the trees is a gloriously rich colour.

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 14h

The Guardian view on Labour targeting nature: the problem isn’t snails, but a broken housing model | Editorial

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost

www.theguardian.com

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 17h

As the Lorax said: what do we do when they are all gone?

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees, some centuries old, felled in Co Cork.
The Dept of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks & Wildlife Service...

www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork

The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

www.thejournal.ie

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 21h

On Mount Everest, the monsoon now stretches into autumn, the traditional season for mountain tourism, meteorologists say, making weather more unpredictable...

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How the autumn climbing season turned deadly in the Himalayas

Unpredictable, intense and longer monsoons are encroaching into autumn, turning it into a deadly season.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

Agrivoltaics, which mixes farming and solar energy installations, is on the rise...

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‘It’s Such a Blessing’: The Farmers Embracing Solar Arrays | Atmos

From summer squash to sheep’s wool, a variety of agricultural products may grow better beneath an awning of solar panels.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

Earth Was a Fungal World Before Plants Existed....

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Earth Was a Fungal World Before Plants Existed

Fungi arose long before plants, shaping Earth with early soils and nutrient cycles. Their hidden legacy shows they may have prepared the world for life to flourish on land.

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Norwich FoE @norwichfoe.bsky.social · 1d

Please sign
a @stopburningtrees.bsky.social petition: Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...

Say No to New AI Data Centre Powered By Drax

Drax, the University of York and the North Yorkshire Combined Authority have just submitted a bid to host an AI data centre at Drax, powered by burning millions of trees. The Government recently de...

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

Survival of Snow Leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved. Snow Leopards have low genetic diversity, increasingly their risk of extinction in a changing environment...

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Survival of snow leopard populations 'precarious,' researchers say. Here's why

Survival of snow leopard populations could be "precarious" in the future due to the way the elusive mountain cats have evolved, scientists recently discovered.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

From attics to gardens, Pine Martens on move in Northern Ireland...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pine martens on the move in Northern Ireland

One of Northern Ireland's rarest native mammals have been turning up in some unusual places.

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

European Red List of Butterflies 2025 published...

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Red List of European Butterflies 2025

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Anthony Speca | Aspen Ecology @aspenecology.com · 1d

Announcing another chance to learn #lichens online! My next 'Lichens for Beginners' course starts in January. Perfect for anyone just discovering these unique and beautiful life-forms. All you need to know to understand lichens and identify common species. Join me! aspenecology.com/lichens-for-...

Variospora (Caloplaca) flavescens : England : VC25 East Suffolk : TM3389 : September 2022 : On limestone gravestone

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

We also spotted what we think are Hygrocybe miniata, commonly known as the Vermilion Waxcap or Miniature Waxy cap in the same 'lawn' ..

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 1d

We believe the 52 fingers popping up in a patch of the front 'lawn' are Clavulinopsis fusiformis, a fungus in the family Clavariaceae, sometimes called Golden Spindles...

We believe the 52 fingers we counted popping up in a patch of the front 'lawn' are Clavulinopsis fusiformis, a fungus in the family Clavariaceae, sometimes called Golden Spindles. These tiny, bright yellow fruit bodies of the fungus grow in dense clusters on the ground in unimproved grassland, apparently. They are appearing in our front garden among the green grasses and wildflowers.

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