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Week in wildlife in pictures: Hampshire beaver babies, bubbly lizards and a shopaholic koala

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 20 September - 07:00

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

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Fish! Do they have feelings? Now everyone wants to know about the emotional lives of fish! | First Dog on the Moon

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 20 September - 06:34

Do fish feel despair or longing? Do they yearn for a simpler time?

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Wildfires ravaging northern Portugal – in pictures

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 20 September - 06:00

Since last week, wildfires have been raging in central and northern Portugal. At least seven people have died and 50 have been injured. More than 5,000 firefighters have been mobilised to battle the blazes

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UK’s first ever bison bridges under construction in Kent woodland

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 20 September - 05:00

Four bridges will allow herds to pass beneath public footpaths while visitors may catch glimpse of bison from above

When Europe’s heaviest land mammals were introduced into a woodland on the edge of Canterbury, it was hoped they would flourish and make space for other wildlife.

But the European bison have been so successful in West Blean and Thornden Woods that more space must be made for them – in the form of Britain’s first ever bison bridges.

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‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 20 September - 04:00

The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy

The Thriamvos company truck pulls up at noon outside the four-storey building in the heart of Nicosia.

It’s the third rooftop installation of a solar-powered water heating system that Petros Mihali and his assistant, Soteris, have made in the Cypriot capital since their working day began at 7am.

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‘It’s a warning’: UK nature chief sounds alarm over ecosystem collapse as butterfly numbers halve

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 20 September - 04:00

In a Guardian interview, Tony Juniper says housebuilding plans could be an opportunity to create ‘wild belts’ around cities to help habitat and species recovery

The collapse in British butterfly populations is a “warning from nature” about the resilience of the UK’s ecosystems, says England’s nature chief, raising concerns about threats to national food security as the planet continues to heat.

Tony Juniper, the chair of Natural England , says new data showing a sharp fall in butterfly populations this summer was probably the consequence of habitat loss and the use of pesticides, making the insects less resilient to extreme weather fluctuations: the scorching heat and wetter weather driven by global heating.

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Elite US universities rake in millions from big oil donations, research finds

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 19 September - 19:00

Student-led analyses raise concerns of conflict of interest at six universities, including Columbia and Cornell

Prestigious US universities are raking in millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests, raising concerns about conflicts of interest. And one university even appears to have owned a petroleum company from which it has earned millions of dollars, according to a spate of new reports produced by student organizers.

The six analyses , released Wednesday, focus on American University , Columbia University , Cornell University , Princeton University , University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and University of California, San Diego . They were written by campus organizers at each respective institution and released by Campus Climate Network, an international student-led coalition that is pushing colleges to cut ties with big oil.

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Sweden cuts tax on flying despite admitting it would increase emissions

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 19 September - 13:30

Campaigners criticise decision to scrap tax introduced in 2018 amid rise of ‘flight shame’ movement

Campaigners have accused the Swedish government of doing “everything in its power to stop climate action” after it cut a tax on flying, despite admitting that it would increase emissions.

The flight tax, aimed at cutting pollution from aviation, was introduced in 2018, amid the rise of the “flight shame” ( flygskam ) movement popularised by Greta Thunberg.

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Tony Soper obituary

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 19 September - 12:16

Television presenter and writer who came up with the idea of a BBC natural history unit and led cruises to polar regions

The BBC Natural History Unit is known worldwide for blockbuster television series such as Planet Earth. The original idea for a “wildlife unit” based in Bristol came from the naturalist and TV presenter Tony Soper, who has died aged 95. But he turned down the chance to run it, as he was “more interested in making programmes than overseeing them”.

He went on to have a distinguished career as a wildlife TV presenter: his easygoing personality, craggy features and distinctive Devon burr made him a firm favourite with viewers. On screen from the early 1960s to the late 80s, he was a major influence on several generations of young naturalists. Along with figures such as Peter Scott and Bill Oddie , he was instrumental in bringing British wildlife to a wider audience.