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UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:51:22 +0000

Thinktank predicts wider inequality gap and calls for revised policies to tackle flying and excess private car use

Inequality in transport emissions between the richest and the poorest in the UK is set to widen dramatically over the next decade, an analysis has found.

The most affluent and mobile already produce 10 times more carbon through their domestic travel than the poorest and least mobile. Under current decarbonisation policies, thinktank researchers forecast this to grow to 13 times by 2035.

Wild bees visit different flowers to balance diet, study shows

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 06:00:27 +0000

Researchers say findings show need for conservation efforts to focus on nutritional diversity

Wild bees strategically visit different flowers to balance their intake of protein, fat and carbohydrates, a study has found.

A team of ecologists observed eight species of wild bumblebees in the Colorado Rockies over eight years to develop a comprehensive nutritional map.

Snow flurries forecast across four states as cold weather fronts push through Australia’s south-east

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 05:11:57 +0000

‘Burst of wet and windy weather’ on the way signals chilly start to spring for much of the country

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Wildlife photographer of the year 2025 – in pictures

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 05:00:26 +0000

Picked from a record 60,636 entries, the first images from the Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year competition have been released. The photographs, which range from a lion facing down a cobra to magnified mould spores, show the diversity, beauty and complexity of the natural world and humanity’s relationship with it. The winners will be announced on 14 October

Toothless sharks? Ocean acidification could erode predator’s vital weapon, study finds

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:25 +0000

Sharks could struggle to feed themselves efficiently in future, affecting marine ecosystem stability, researchers say

Sharks without teeth might sound like the stuff of dreams to swimmers and surfers. Now a new study has found that ocean acidification could leave the apex predators without their critical survival weapon.

Texas schools that became flood ‘relief hubs’ welcome students back: ‘It’s OK to not be OK’

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:00:09 +0000

Educators across the country confronted with how to deal with children in their schools who experienced tragedy

Schools in parts of Texas reopened their doors two months earlier than planned this summer. But the reason was tragic.

Summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be UK’s warmest on record, Met Office says

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:46:37 +0000

Mean temperature is tracking at 16.13C after four heatwaves, significantly above current record of 15.76C

This summer is set to be the warmest on record for the UK, the Met Office has said, after the country experienced four heatwaves.

The mean temperature for summer is tracking at 16.13C (61.03F), which is significantly above the current record of 15.76C set in 2018.

California and Oregon fire crews battle several blazes as forecasters warn more may spark

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:32:25 +0000

Firefighters try to corral Garnet fire, with parts of California under red flag warning, as Oregon blaze destroys homes

Numerous wildfires across the US west coast are challenging emergency crews from California wine country to central Oregon, as weather forecasters warned that the risks of more blazes sparking is not over yet.

‘You had to fend for yourself’: Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:30:00 +0000

As survivors and experts reflect on the storm 20 years on, fear is growing that the US is just as unprepared to take on extreme weather amid cuts to Fema

Darren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago this week, he watched his neighborhood wash away. From his second-floor apartment, he saw flood waters rise up to his window.

Fossil fuel extractors bend the world to their will – help fund the journalism that exposes them

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:00:03 +0000

Across the globe, oil, gas and coal companies use an ever-widening set of tactics to crush competition and opposition. With the world’s most powerful man helping them at every turn, it’s critical we reveal their full impact

Today the Guardian launches its annual environment support campaign. To back our vital climate journalism, please click here