Why are El Niños getting stronger? 1,000-year-coral record points to climate change | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02717-9
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mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Retired after 48 years in science education, as a teacher and then an LA adviser. Still interested in lots of stuff. Not grumpy yet!
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Heatwaves: why British trees are shedding branches and dying
https://theconversation.com/heatwaves-why-british-trees-are-shedding-branches-and-dying-286701
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Forget all the hard data, just a quick scan of news reports from around the world would tell you our climate is broken.
How much must you be paid to claim that climate change isn't real?
Why aren't our national leaders acting now to protect us all (and the planet!)?
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Climate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/27/climate-crisis-mountain-areas-glaciers-nepal-tibet?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02154-8
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Deaths in France surged 30% during hottest week of record June heatwave
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/03/deaths-france-surged-hottest-week-record-heatwave-june?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
AI just created a virus not found in nature, and scientists are worried | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-just-created-a-virus-not-found-in-nature-and-scientists-are-worried/
‘Death sentence’: EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/10/epa-rollback-endangered-habitats-logging-mining?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
UK weather: Temperatures forecast to exceed 30C as another heatwave is imminent - BBC Weather
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c621j44jwe1o
I used to revere the great experiment that is the United States. After Trump, I’m not so sure
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/03/united-states-constitution-donald-trump-washington-dc?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e2j0j87reo
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Global ocean temperatures are entering “uncharted territory,” climate scientists say | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/global-ocean-temperatures-are-entering-uncharted-territory-climate-scientists-say/
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This planet survived the death of its star—and kept its atmosphere | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-planet-survived-the-death-of-its-star-and-kept-its-atmosphere/
How does a collapsing glacier turn into a lethal wall of mud and water? An expert explains what happened in Nepal
https://theconversation.com/how-does-a-collapsing-glacier-turn-into-a-lethal-wall-of-mud-and-water-an-expert-explains-what-happened-in-nepal-290677
What’s holding back Britain’s green energy revolution? – a visual story
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/britain-green-energy-revolution-a-visual-story?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Political donations: Labour should curb the power of big money
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/the-guardian-view-on-political-donations-labour-should-curb-the-power-of-big-money?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Archaeologists uncover new history from the Battle of Bunker Hill, the first major battle of the American Revolution | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/archaeologists-uncover-new-history-from-the-battle-of-bunker-hill-the-first-major-battle-of-the-american-revolution/
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What will happen to the moon in the far future? | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-will-happen-to-the-moon-in-the-far-future/
70 years on from the killer smog: what clean air laws teach us about power, pollution and profit
https://theconversation.com/70-years-on-from-the-killer-smog-what-clean-air-laws-teach-us-about-power-pollution-and-profit-284749
China is changing the shape of global health. The terms are still up for negotiation | Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02622-1
Nepal’s devastating floods reveal the danger of ‘cascading hazards’ in Himalayas
https://theconversation.com/nepals-devastating-floods-reveal-the-danger-of-cascading-hazards-in-himalayas-290655
The addition of 'with a terrorist connection' to criminal charges is a very worrying trend.
Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/28/seven-charged-damaging-trump-scottish-golf-course-accused-terrorist-connection?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
The White House goes all in on aliens with new UAP Science Advisory Council | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-white-house-goes-all-in-on-aliens-with-new-uap-science-advisory-council/
How Britain’s railways are struggling in the heat – and can they be fixed?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/28/britain-railways-struggling-heat-fixed-derailments-explainer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
An ocean of stars | The Planetary Society
https://www.planetary.org/the-downlink/an-ocean-of-stars
ESA - Observing Samba and Tango’s reentries
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Observing_Samba_and_Tango_s_reentries
Scientist restoring Wales' peatlands in climate change fight - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy498d400pro
Cornwall van dwellers face homelessness amid council crackdown
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/04/cornwall-van-dwellers-face-homelessness-council-crackdown?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
China boosts prestigious grants for young scientists — will it ease competition?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01989-5
ESA - Watch live: BepiColombo begins its arrival at Mercury
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Watch_live_BepiColombo_begins_its_arrival_at_Mercury
‘Behind every case, a person’: the man leading DRC’s Ebola fight on the human cost hidden behind the numbers
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/28/pierre-akilimali-drc-ebola-chief-outbreak-human-cost?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
The US is turning 250 – and Trump is making it all about him
https://theconversation.com/the-us-is-turning-250-and-trump-is-making-it-all-about-him-284563
Super Typhoon Bavi makes landfall on US Pacific islands with huge wind gusts - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7xpgx50jxo
How the brain learns to read is an evolutionary mystery—a new study offers clues | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-brain-learns-to-read-is-an-evolutionary-mystery-a-new-study-offers-clues/
Speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/31/speed-of-climate-crisis-devastating-crops-say-farmers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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🤦♂️Oh good grief ... this is how one person can make a whole country look daft.
Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/trump-renames-lake-ontario-america?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Renewable energy: QUB flow battery breakthrough - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dyd4l8250o
Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/04/hunting-tardigrade-sequencing-dna-life-earth-invertebrate-year?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will rewrite how we study the universe | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-roman-space-telescope-will-rewrite-how-we-study-the-universe/
A Cornish wallaby, a frazzled opossum and rare Montagu’s harrier chicks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/aug/28/week-in-wildlife-cornish-wallaby-frazzled-opossum-rare-montagus-harrier-chicks?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tropical-storm-dolly-forms-in-the-atlantic/
Archaeologists uncover ancient Byzantine city in Egypt’s western desert
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/04/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-byzantine-city-in-egypts-western-desert?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
ESA - MTG-I2 completes Europe’s latest weather trio
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Meteorological_missions/meteosat_third_generation/MTG-I2_completes_Europe_s_latest_weather_trio
The biological dogma that women don’t make new eggs after birth may be wrong | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-biological-dogma-that-women-dont-make-new-eggs-after-birth-may-be-wrong/
Nominate your invertebrate of the year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/01/nominate-your-invertebrate-of-the-year?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic – new research
https://theconversation.com/why-antarctica-froze-millions-of-years-before-the-arctic-new-research-286589
Harvest time has arrived – and it’s three weeks earlier than 20 years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/11/country-diary-harvest-time-has-arrived-and-its-three-weeks-earlier-than-20-years-ago?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Air pollution affects us all, but there is a way we can breathe easier
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/27/air-pollution-health-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Norfolk Island’s unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/05/norfolk-islands-unique-corals-under-triple-threat-from-disease-el-nino-and-now-government-approved-dredging?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
‘Nature thrives when given a chance’: restored Cheshire wetland now a haven for rare grebe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/28/woolston-eyes-cheshire-wetland-black-necked-grebe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other