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‘You need persistence’: the Norfolk couple who took on environmental regulators three times – and won
Tim and Geli Harris have spent more than a decade fighting to protect Catfield Fen, a rare wetland in the Norf...
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Outback kaleidoscope: Australia’s fabled desert lake bursts to life in rare sight
A prodigiously wet monsoon season has brought damaging floods to parts of Australia, but transformed Kati Than...
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Storm Boelo to bring 80mph gusts and heavy rain to parts of UK
Second named storm will hit northern parts of UK as thousands remain without power after Friday’s Storm Austen
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New Trump rule allows hunters to bait bears in Alaska with doughnuts, bacon and more
Critics decry Trump administration rule that lets hunters lure bears with human foods on federal lands in Alas...
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At Cop17, the pressure is on to rescue a deal that could end the destruction of nature
As world leaders struggle to meet deadlines to halt nature loss set four years ago, a rare leopard in host co...
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Country diary: Slugs? Dull? This one is pure showbiz
Falmouth, Cornwall: The rainbow sea slug is a bizarre and breathtaking animal, and with warming seas it’s gain...
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Decomposing whale near Sydney’s Coogee beach should be towed out to sea, Indigenous rangers say
The juvenile humpback carcass is wedged between rocks and attracting sharks, but is too decayed to be moved fo...
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Heat killed ‘staggering’ 50,000 people in Europe’s cities this summer, scientists warn
People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and pove...
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Fears mount that next UN chief will downgrade climate action
Experts say some of António Guterres’s possible successors could be ‘disastrous’ for efforts to tackle crisis
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How gold surpassed cocaine as Peru’s most profitable criminal industry
As gold prices surge, illegal mining has laid waste to swathes of Tambopata National Reserve’s rainforest
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Don’t rebuild the dam: Ukrainian experts urge Unesco to protect site uncovered by Russian sabotage
As archaeologists find treasure trove along new floodplain, conservationists say another Nova Kakhovka would b...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate ad...