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Country diary: I could stay at this loch all day

Badenoch, Cairngorms: Here, the first ling heather is coming through, and the osprey nest is full of domestic bustle

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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit by record bleaching as oceans warm

New Australian government report finds coral decline across the reef due to ‘climate change-induced heat stress’.

Al Jazeera

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn

More than 100 million ‘novel entity’ chemicals are in circulation, with health impact not widely recognised

The Guardian - UK

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Labor was in a climate crouch. It now has the chance to stand up to News Corp and put the national interest first

Australia’s political landscape is barely recognisable from four years ago. Will Labor abandon its risk-averse past and take an aggressive stance on emissions?

The Guardian - AU

How rising seas are threatening the crucial art of weaving in Samoa

Weaving is central to cultural life in Samoa but climate change is disrupting conditions needed for plants used to make the intricate mats

The Guardian - AU

Increase in vapes found on Britain’s coastline by beach clean volunteers

Marine Conservation Society calls for swift action as its litter surveys show some forms of plastic are on the rise

The Guardian - UK

Coral coverage crashes after 'unheard of' heat events

Two of the Great Barrier Reef's three regions have recorded their sharpest declines in coral coverage in four decades as heat stress batters the living wonder.

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Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching

Researchers warn reef may reach tipping point where coral cannot recover fast enough between major catastrophic events

The Guardian - AU

Scientists identify bacterium behind devastating wasting disease in starfish

After 90% loss of global sunflower sea star population in 10 years, researchers hope decline can now be tackled

The Guardian - UK

Global plastic treaty talks open in Geneva amid urgent calls for action

Delegates from around the world are gathering in Geneva for a critical round of negotiations aimed at securing the first global treaty to curb the mounting plastic pollution crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Country diary: Summer’s silence still needs to be heard

Buxton, Derbyshire: It’s a melancholic time of year for some of us naturalists, but better to hear nature’s quietening than the roar of night-time motorcyclists

The Guardian - UK

UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says

Professor Richard Thompson, a marine litter expert, says delegates must act decisively to ‘look next generation in the eye’

The Guardian - UK

Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades

Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous group in legal bid to stop Olympic park plan

Plans to convert a park into the 2032 Olympic centrepiece are facing legal action from an Indigenous group who say it will damage a significant cultural site.

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Farmers get on front foot in evolving war against weeds

Farmers are "using all the tools in the toolbox" to protect their crop as weeds get tougher to manage in an evolving war against the unwanted intruders.

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Pacific algae invade Algerian beaches, pushing humans and fish away

At a beach near Algiers, brown algae native to the Pacific Ocean cover the golden sand, posing a threat to ecosystems native to the area and their stench repelling swimmers at the peak of summer.

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Heat records fall as Japan and South Korea swelter

Fears for August as Kyoto reaches 40C and Seoul has 22 nights above 25C, while eastern Australia enjoys snow

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: It’s amazing what one family farm can do for wildlife

Ennerdale, Cumbria: The range of changes made here is inspirational – and it’s working, with rising numbers of ring ouzel, marsh fritillary and green woodpeckers

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Near-extinct parrot 'under threat' from mining project

The expansion of a major coal mine would wipe out 50,000 blossom trees central to the survival of the critically endangered swift parrot, an ecologist warns.

The Guardian - UK

Rewilding group to assess possible return of white storks to London

Citizen Zoo to map habitats in the capital and consult boroughs and the public about reintroduction of the birds

The Guardian - UK

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

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Wildlife has the right to roam our riverbanks too

Brief letters: Riverside access | Millwall v Israel | Antisemitism definitions | Frozen in 1994 | Grub’s up

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Canadian wildfire smoke triggers air quality alerts in US

Blazes across several Canadian provinces and territories pose health risks to Canadians and their southern neighbours.

The Guardian - AU

Does Queensland have a crocodile problem or a people problem?

A proposed saltwater crocodile cull has elicited strong opinions, for and against. But if legislation is rejected, as seems likely, Katter’s Australian party says it won’t be the last word

The Guardian - UK

Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave

Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961

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