A research team proposes a method to calculate, compare and communicate how different crops affect the loss of agricultural soil, with the aim of raising awareness of this problem and promoting solutions to preserve this vital resource.
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09/17/2024 - 12:03
09/17/2024 - 11:53
Pollen not only plays a role in allergies, but also influences the local weather. Especially in spring, when large amounts are released, it contributes to the formation of ice in clouds, which can increase rainfall.
09/17/2024 - 11:53
The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) pilot project reports its success in uniting scientists from across Europe to produce high-quality reference genomes for 98 species. This marks a significant milestone in the quest to create a high-quality reference genome database for all European animals, plants and fungi.
09/17/2024 - 10:00
Plans to expand Fosterville mine near Bendigo would have economic benefits but some locals are concerned about increased seismic activity
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As a proposal to extend the life of Victoria’s biggest goldmine goes under the spotlight, Kirsty McDonald stands on one side of a community faultline.
Her experience on a bush block she describes as her dream home has pitted her against the mine’s Canadian owners, Agnico Eagle, as they seek approval for plans to expand the underground mine, located 20km east of Bendigo, and extend its life by 10 years.
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09/17/2024 - 09:39
More than 50 people injured as 54 fires burn across country amid hot, dry and windy weather
Seven people have been killed and more than 50 injured in wildfires ravaging central and northern Portugal, authorities have said, after three firefighters died on Tuesday when their vehicle was trapped in flames.
Portugal’s civil protection service said 54 wildfires were burning nationwide, mainly in the north, with 5,300 firefighters mobilised. France, Greece, Italy and Spain sent eight water-bombing planes through the EU’s mutual assistance mechanism.
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09/17/2024 - 07:39
Nordic country, paradoxically a major oil producer, has set target for all new cars sold to be zero emission
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road.
Of the 2.8m private cars registered in the Nordic country, 754,303 are all-electric, against 753,905 that run on petrol, the Norwegian road federation (OFV) said in a statement.
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09/17/2024 - 06:42
Lib Dem leader speaks about importance of care and carers as he addresses final day of party conference. This live blog is closed
Ed Davey urges ‘faster and bolder’ action on NHS and social care
The number of migrants who have crossed the English Channel since Labour won the general election has passed 10,000, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. As PA Media reports, some 65 migrants were detected crossing the Channel on Monday, taking the cumulative number of arrivals since July 4 to 10,024. PA says:
The cumulative total for the year so far now stands at 23,598.
This is 1% lower than the equivalent figure at this point last year, which was 23,940, and 21% lower than the total at this stage in 2022, which was 29,783.
The home secretary announced the package of up to £75m, which redirects funds originally allocated to the previous government’s Illegal Migration Act. It will unlock sophisticated new technology and extra capabilities for the NCA to bolster UK border security and disrupt the criminal people smuggling gangs. The investment is designed to build on a pattern of successful upstream disruptions announced at an operational summit, attended by the prime minister, at the NCA headquarters last week.
The truth is that in the last few years, something went badly wrong. Badly wrong, in our national debate on climate change and net zero.
Net zero became, under the Tories, a battleground. A battleground of the worst type of narrow-minded Westminster tactical warfare.
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09/17/2024 - 05:40
Deadly Storm Boris has dumped up to five times average September rainfall in four days
Storm Boris batters central Europe – in pictures
As swollen rivers continued to rise, volunteers and emergency workers in towns and cities across a swathe of central Europe were reinforcing defences against floods that have killed at least 21 people in four countries.
Storm Boris has dumped up to five times the average September rainfall on parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in four days, submerging entire neighbourhoods and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate.
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09/17/2024 - 05:30
PM says Labor’s nature-positive legislation provides ‘vital certainty’ and talks up mutual respect in an address before the Business Council of Australia
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Anthony Albanese has accused the Greens of “gesture-based climate amendments” to Labor’s environment legislation in a speech defending his government’s reform record and its relationship with big business.
In an address to the Business Council of Australia on Tuesday evening, Albanese said Labor is “pro-business and pro-worker” and sought to distinguish himself from Peter Dutton by arguing he respects their views even when he disagrees.
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09/17/2024 - 04:49
Charity says band are a perfect example of an act that rose through the grassroots circuit and their support ‘really will stop venues closing’
Coldplay are to donate 10% of the band’s proceeds from their 2025 UK dates in London and Hull to the Music Venue Trust, the UK charity that supports grassroots music venues.
Earlier this year, parliament’s culture, media and sport committee heard from promoters, artists and industry body representatives about the “crisis” facing the country’s smaller venues, nearly all of whom backed the idea of a £1 levy being placed on tickets from concert arenas to be distributed to smaller venues.
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