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theguardian.comMelting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitionsItalian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings

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theguardian.comWould you pay to have the ‘best baby’? Liberal eugenics and the troubling quest for human perfectionFor decades the idea of eugenics has been taboo. Now it is returning in a new commercial guise

theguardian.comSlovenia mourns loss of glacier on its highest peak after scorching summerExtreme heat accelerated disappearance of Triglav glacier from mountain revered as a symbol of Slovenian identity

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m.youtube.comDisruption: Climate Change | The Urgency of the Climate Crisis | 4KYouTube video by Save the Planet

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m.youtube.comWhy The World Is Running Out of Clean Water | FULL DOCUMENTARYYouTube video by Naked Science

bbc.com'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclearAfter defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.

theguardian.comLights out: the island that goes dark to save young seabirds – in picturesEvery autumn, Corvo Island in the Azores turns off its public lighting for a few key days to help fledgling Cory’s shearwaters as they attempt to fly to the ocean guided by the stars

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theguardian.comThe joy of veg-maxxing: how to eat many, many more plants – without really tryingA new report has found many crops are far less nutritious than they once were, so we need to eat more of them. Here is how to get your five portions of fruit and veg a day, easily and affordably – and...

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theguardian.com‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glassExclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries

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bbc.com'It was a fun idea': The Norwegian island that wanted to abolish timeSeven years after a bizarre plan to abolish time made headlines, what is life really like on this remote Arctic island?

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dailymail.comDisneyland descends into chaos amid torrential downpourViral videos and photos showed parkgoers rushing through standing water in their plastic ponchos as the park flooded.

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futurism.comWolves Descend on Finnish Villages After Google Hacked Down 1,300 Acres of Habitat to Make Room for AI Data CentersGoogle's cut-first pay-later approach to Finland's boreal forests is leaving wild fauna without a place to call home.

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m.youtube.comMan Sneaks Up on Wild Deer to Save Her LifeYouTube video by We Love Animals

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m.youtube.comHe bought a mall in decline. Now he wants to build 500 tiny homes on its roofYouTube video by CBC News Saskatchewan

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theguardian.comHe wants to clean up the city and banish high prices. But who is ‘London’s Batman’?The caped crusader is paying for hospital parking fines, giving out fuel to drivers – and sponsoring the return of cut-price Freddo bars

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City Mouse Garden

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Breakfast is served! #gardening #bloomscrolling #ecosystem #BugSky #NoSpray #invertebrates #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #NativePlants #pollinators #bees 🌱

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Want to save the world? Start with one place. 🌱

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theguardian.comEveryone hates Oxford Street. Will pedestrianisation save it?The long read: In a few days the busiest shopping street in Europe will be closed to traffic. The hope is that an unloved and polluted thoroughfare will turn into somewhere that people actually want t...

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bbc.comFive ways El Niño is affecting the weather around the worldAs the strongest El Niño on record continues to intensify, what impacts on weather patterns are already being felt across the globe? Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the evidence.

theguardian.comAfter dark, these YouTubers watch over an unlikely charge – a shark stuck in a South Korean canalA group of self-appointed guardians wearing hi-vis and carrying selfie sticks watch over the animal that has been trapped for a month, drawing more than 1.6 million visitors

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jacobin.comSocialize All HousingPeople are right to want control over their homes and their futures. Socialized housing, not private ownership, can make that promise a reality for everyone.

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theguardian.com‘For Panama, it is life or death’: how drought is choking the canal that feeds a nationFailed rains and a dire El Niño threaten the waterway that sustains the country, with farmers selling cattle to survive

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theguardian.com‘When they listen to this song, they know food is coming’: Burrolandia, a donkey obsessionBurrolandia is a donkey sanctuary giving dignified living conditions to about 100 ‘burritos’ who come mostly from exploitation and abuse situations around Mexico

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theguardian.comBlack bear breaks into California library to raid snacks and eat jar of honeyBear wandered into Mono county free libraries branch ahead of opening, snacking before wandering new releases

theguardian.comThis is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it

theguardian.comTap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metalsWarning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the world

theguardian.comHoneybees are barging aside wild pollinators in hunt for pollen and nectar, study findsAs a surge in beekeepers has led to increased numbers of honeybees, researchers record them pushing bumblebees and other rival species away from flowers

bbc.com'What the hell did this?': The orca brothers preying on great white sharksGreat white sharks were first found dead – mutilated with their livers removed – off the coast of South Africa. Now, these tactics are seen around the world.

theguardian.com‘Clean air is not a favour’: Indonesia’s neighbours fed up with acrid haze as Singapore threatens to prosecuteMillions affected by smoke from wildfires as schools close, respiratory illnesses soar and diplomatic tensions rise

theguardian.comThe ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire taxTech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education

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theguardian.comA perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industryPeru’s anchoveta have made up about a 10th of the entire global commercial fishing catch since 1970, more than any other fish. A combination of warming seas and decades-long overfishing spells disaste...

theconversation.com300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid-20th century – the survivors have a few things in commonA new study compared the glaciers in the Lower 48 states today against historical data from the mid-20th century. The results show the region’s vulnerabilities as temperatures rise.

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bbc.comI tried eating 30 plants a week. It was surprisingly easyIn the end, I overshot my target and ate a grand total of 51 plants.

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theguardian.comAn eerie trip inside Thailand’s oldest amusement park, deserted after floodingSiam Amazing Park was forced to close after rising water damaged rides and left parts of the park inaccessible

bbc.comThe genetic technique that finds (almost) every infectionIt identified Covid-19. Now this genetic technique is helping doctors to make life-or-death decisions.

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theguardian.comIs the modern economic system broken? These urban beekeepers think so – and this is their solutionAt Bybi in Copenhagen, a dedicated group of staff and volunteers have built a community for all centred on the production of honey – much of which is given away for nothing. Could it be replicated els...

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dailymail.comPower grid emergency declared across 13 US statesAn emergency order has been issued to keep widespread blackouts from impacting over 60 million people in the US.

bbc.comI tried eating 30 plants a week. It was surprisingly easyIn the end, I overshot my target and ate a grand total of 51 plants.

theguardian.comWhy a Chilean salt flat is a microcosm of the extractive frontiers of green capitalismIn the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costs

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m.youtube.comThis Underground Dome Home is Completely Invisible from the Surface (Full Cost & Tour)YouTube video by AFFORDABLE TINY LIVING

theguardian.comWhile British children go hungry, we waste 1.1bn meals a year. Bring on the redistribution revolution | Charlotte HillFood businesses and the government must make redistribution a key policy to address food insecurity. We know the surplus food is out there, says Charlotte Hill, chief executive of the food redistribut...

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Mapping the abyss: Ground-breaking oceanographer on climate resilience, coastal safety, and global commerce www.courant.com/2026/10/09/m... 🧪 🌊 🦑 ⚒️ #gischat

courant.comMapping the abyss: Ground-breaking oceanographer on climate resilience, coastal safety, and global commercePeople need to know that the oceans are in terrible crisis— waters too hot, acidic, ecosystems greatly damaged, and more. But there is still time; there is still hope, she said

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theguardian.comHow a South African billionaire is turning a corner of Somerset into ‘one man’s estate’Koos Bekker’s Newt estate encompasses luxury hotels, pubs and high street business, with local concerns including flooding

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dailymail.comUrgent tsunami threat issued after massive 7.7 earthquake rocks PanamaA magnitude 7.7 earthquake has rocked Panama, prompting an urgent tsunami threat message. Panama City, about 122 miles from the epicenter, experienced major shaking.

theguardian.comHow a plant selfie in Colombian jungle led to ‘jaw dropping’ giant waterlily findSpecies with leaves large enough to be seen from space is already critically endangered – and plans are afoot to protect it

theguardian.comScientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles islandFree-roaming Aldabra population far exceeds human population of Seychelles after decades-long recovery programme

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Happy World Octopus Day 2026! As the ROV approached this deep-sea Granelodone octopus, it inflated its tentacles, assuming a shape reminiscent of a pile of ripe plums! Maybe a threat display or defensive posture? 🚢🧪🌊🐙 Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, Dive J2-1787, V26; ed. by O. Parsons & M. White (UW)