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Warm air from south to bring above-average temperatures – but heavy rain expected to follow

North-west Europe is forecast to experience a burst of autumn warmth this week, thanks to warm air from southern Europe spreading northwards. This brief episode of warmer-than-average conditions will be driven by an amplified, or “wavy”, jet stream, which will allow warm air to push farther north.

Daytime temperatures across much of France are forecast to reach the mid-20s on Tuesday and Wednesday, with some areas in the south-west potentially exceeding this. Meanwhile, the Benelux area and south-east England are expected to reach the low-20s by midweek.

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We’ve all been there. We’ve all felt like a badly made-up, odd-limbed, irritable floor-dwelling mess

As you contemplate the wonders of evolution, and how a creature can be born with something weird and new, and that thing can either help it get ahead or not hurt its chances, and it can then reproduce and make another one like it, spare a thought for the red-lipped batfish.

A real animal, it has the kind of mouth that, as a kid, you may have made from Babybel cheese wax, to go with your red wax fake nails. It has a beard of white whiskers. It has fins that bend backwards, like a person’s arms at yoga when they are about to do upward dog. Before your eyes, it sprouts a new limb from its nostril. Its nose – technically a snout – is long, at the top of its head, and hook-shaped. It cannot swim, only crawl. Its crawl is more like a waddle.

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A group of Indigenous and community organisations in Brazil’s Para state has issued a public letter condemning the lack of consultation with them on a $180 million carbon credit deal.

The ‘golden age’ of gas and the expanding trade in LNG has led to a glut of carriers being built that is incompatible with even the most conservative climate outlook from the International Energy Agency, a think tank said Monday.

European carbon prices resumed their upward trend on Monday morning as participants continued their accumulation after last week's rally was triggered by investment funds amassing the largest net short position since March, while energy markets posted modest gains amid falling temperatures.

Biodiversity credit markets must consider solutions spanning control sites, verification, and transparency to avoid the pitfalls of carbon credits, a researcher has said.

Millions of migratory birds are arriving on Australian shores this spring. Any one of them could bring the new, deadly strain known as H5N1. Extra government funding will help us prepare and respond. Michelle Wille, Senior research fellow, The University of Melbourne Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

All new CO₂ emissions from countries with large volumes of historic emissions need to be removed, argues a paper penned by carbon removal experts.

Fresh analysis has highlighted the policy paralysis plaguing New Zealand in achieving its 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, urging it to adopt a more internationally cooperative approach.

Chinese regulators have released guidance on the development of green finance in the country, outlining several policy targets including participation of financial institutions in the national carbon market and coordination among government agencies.

We’re discovering more species of richly coloured peacock spiders all the time. But their small ranges puts them at very real risk. One species faces likely death by suburban sprawl. Lizzy Lowe, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in Ecology and Entomology, Edith Cowan University Jess Marsh, Visiting researcher in ecology, University of Adelaide Leanda Denise Mason, Vice Chancellor Research Fellow in conservation ecology, Edith Cowan University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Dongfang Electric says it has completed the production of a mammoth 26MW offshore wind turbine, by far the most powerful turbine yet to roll off the production line.

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The mid-Atlantic archipelago of nine islands, the tips of drowned volcanoes, is a remarkable place for marine mammals. The clear, deep waters provide the perfect habitat for cetaceans, and 28 species of whale and dolphin have been documented there. The Dutch scientist and photographer Jeroen Hoekendijk spent a week in September capturing the diversity of Azorean wildlife

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A New Zealand advocacy group has launched legal action against the government over its decisions to weaken the country’s Clean Car Standard, it announced Monday.

The New Zealand government will establish a Reference Group to drive better outcomes for the forestry segment of its emission trading scheme (ETS), it announced Monday.

The development of the Port of Newcastle’s Clean Energy Precinct has taken important new steps with the signing of agreements for key design work and environmental impact studies.

The post Port of Newcastle advances new precinct to become leading hub for green hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Our analysis assumes a fraction of the data centre demand forecasts modelled in the central scenario of the market operator's grid plan.

The post Data centres, electrification and green hydrogen: The big demand questions for the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nasa's spacecraft could change what we know about life in our solar system.

Invasive Species Council says 5 million native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs are killed by feral and roaming pet cats a day in Australia

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A five-person team of expert shooters will soon target feral cats in New South Wales national parks as the state steps up efforts to control the pest animals.

The intensive ground operation is being deployed in response to increased cat numbers, according to National Parks and Wildlife Service deputy secretary, Atticus Fleming.

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Information ‘blueprint’ of the spotted handfish could aid monitoring, captive breeding and protection efforts, scientists say

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They’re Australia’s own underwater punks in leopard print.

Spotted handfish are an endangered species of fish that prefer to “walk” instead of swim, thanks to their unusual pectoral and pelvic fins; have a fluffy dorsal fin on their head that looks almost like a mohawk; and live in the waters off south-east Tasmania.

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