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Rising temperatures linked to increased suicide rates
Scientists warn the impact of climate change may be as large as economic recessions, which are known to increase self-harm
Rising temperatures are linked to increasing rates of suicide, according to a large new study. The researchers warn that the impact of climate change on suicides may be as significant as economic recessions, which are known to increase rates of self-harm.
The links between mental health and global warming have not been widely researched but the new work analysed temperature and suicides across the US and Mexico in recent decades. It found that the rate of suicide rose by 0.7% in the US and by 2.1% in Mexico when the average monthly temperature rose by 1C.
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UK electric car drivers face paying more to charge at peak times
Ofgem outlines measures to ensure more drivers can use the electricity network
British electric car drivers face having to pay more to power their car if they refuse to shift their charging to off-peak times, in a move designed to lessen their burden on the electricity network.
There are currently 160,000 plug-in cars on UK roads but rapid growth means their impact on the energy system must be managed carefully, said energy regulator Ofgem.
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Garden photographer of the year: macro winners – in pictures
International photographic competition, which runs in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, awards special prize for the best close-up images
Continue reading...Scientists detect a human fingerprint in the atmosphere's seasonal cycles | John Abraham
In the troposphere, scientists detected a human-caused signal in the seasonal cycle
We know that humans are causing Earth’s climate to change. It used to be that “climate change” mostly referred to increasing temperatures near the Earth’s surface, but increasingly, climate change has come to mean so much more. It means warming oceans, melting ice, changing weather patterns, increased storms, and warming in other places.
A recent study has just been published that finds ‘fingerprints’ of human-caused warming someplace most of us don’t think about – in the higher atmosphere. Not only that, but these scientists have found changes to the seasonal climate – how much the temperature varies from winter to summer to winter – and the changes they found matched expectations.
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War on Waste returns: Craig Reucassel dishes dirt on recycling crisis
Host of ABC sleeper hit of 2017 reflects achievements of season one, and what still needs to change
Who would have thought a show about garbage could be so compelling?
The success of last year’s sleeper hit War on Waste was a happy surprise to its presenter, Craig Reucassel, and the team behind the ABC TV show – not least because of how responsive audiences were to many of its suggestions. Sales of reusable coffee cups shot up, worm farm suppliers struggled to keep up with demand and the #BantheBag campaign helped to spur supermarkets to get rid of single-use plastic bags.
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‘We’ve suffered enough’: Durham locals fight new open-cast coal mine
The Banks Group mine is going ahead despite fears it will devastate the local environment
From the end of her garden June Davison can see and hear the heavy machinery stripping away the valley. Soon there will be explosions and dust to add to the 12 hour thrum of engines as the coal is stripped from below the earth.
After 40 years of local opposition that has helped keep this area of the Derwent valley in County Durham untouched, open-cast mining has begun between the villages of Dipton, Leadgate and Medomsley, once home to a deeply entrenched mining community around what was South Medomsley colliery.
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Country diary 1918: a word of support for the ragwort
23 July 1918 This beautiful weed attracts the summer brood of tortoiseshell butterflies just out from the chrysalis
The ragwort, a really beautiful weed, is out along the lane sides, but, perhaps thanks to women’s labour, is not over-abundant in our local fields. In Wales, where the fields are seldom as clean as they are in Cheshire, big rank ragworts and thistles dot the pastures, and often rise above the crops. The ragwort attracts the summer brood of small tortoiseshell butterflies just out from the chrysalis, but these showy flies visit it for its sweets and not as a food plant for the caterpillars. No one can class the tortoiseshell amongst destructive insects, for it feeds upon the common nettle, and thus helps to destroy a troublesome and prolific weed.
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