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Tickled pink: rhubarb growers see explosion in demand for Yorkshire crop

admin — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:00:36 +0000

Despite wet weather hitting yields, supermarkets are reporting a doubling in rhubarb sales compared to last year

It takes a while for the eyes to adjust to the darkness inside the shed. Slowly, the shapes of hundreds of pale stalks emerge from the gloom like an alien species, visible only by the glow cast by a handful of candles.

This candlelit ritual is the harvest of Yorkshire forced rhubarb, being carried out by growers Robert and Paula Tomlinson.

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:12:25 +0000

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their spring encounters with nature

Once again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months, as the UK enters a new season, we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.

The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a field of early spring flowers, a nest-building bird or a pond full of frogspawn.

Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is off in the never-never, but our power bills and emissions pledge are not | Lenore Taylor

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:18 +0000

The nuclear plan handily leapfrogs the next 10 years – when a Dutton government might actually hold office – a critical time for emissions reduction

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From leaping mudskippers to volcanic eruptions: the World Nature Photography awards 2025 – in pictures

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:13 +0000

The World Nature Photography awards have announced their winners for 2025. From white-cheeked terns to a blue-tailed damselfly peeking through a daisy, the photographs are a stark reminder of the beauty and chaos of the natural world. The top award went to Maruša Puhek’s image of two deers running through a Slovenian vineyard

‘Ultimate bringers of life’: How one Cornwall farmer is using beavers to stop flooding

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:29:24 +0000

Chris Jones is behind change in law to release beavers in England after witnessing the incredible benefits on his land

• Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries

Chris Jones, a beef farmer, is very proud of his beavers. “They are just extraordinary,” he says.

Surge in marine heatwaves costs lives and billions in storm damage – study

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:00:07 +0000

Floods, whale strandings and coral bleaching all more likely, say researchers, as 10% of ocean hits record high temperatures in 2023-24

The world’s oceans experienced three-and-a-half times as many marine heatwave days last year and in 2023 compared with any other year on record, a study has found.

Rare lichen brought back to East Anglia with help of bookbinding glue

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:00:52 +0000

Small patches of scrambled egg lichen moved from Cornwall to Breckland region, where it was last seen in 1994

A rare lichen has been reintroduced to its historical habitat of East Anglia – with the help of some bookbinding glue.

Scrambled egg lichen, so named for its bright yellow, crumbly appearance, was once common in the Breckland region of Norfolk and Suffolk but was last seen there in 1994.

Week in wildlife: a turtle hatchling, a curious marmoset and an oarfish

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:52 +0000

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

Offshore wind farm developer asks Labor to delay application on Illawarra project until after election

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:00:16 +0000

Chris Bowen accuses Coalition of creating ‘sovereign risk’ by opposing offshore projects as Nationals celebrate ‘major win’

Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries

admin — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:00:52 +0000

Exclusive: Government to grant nature groups a licence for release of rodent species after earlier setbacks

The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first time in centuries, the Guardian can reveal.

The environment secretary, Steve Reed, is to announce that nature groups will be able to get a licence for the release. The first releases could happen this autumn.