The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."
Whilst the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, with food and fuel prices soaring, so do global oil and gas companies profits. Shell has today announced it's profits have more than doubled. This is obscene. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices
Shell's net profit more than doubled from last year to $9.84 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations, helped by higher energy prices and increased market volatility during the Middle Eas...
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#WildflowerHour. Autumn hawkbit (Leontodon autumnalis) Peradyl yr hydref providing some colour on a parched grass bank yesterday.
A Black Tailed Godwit was extra pleasing to see this week at RSPB Conwy, as it had colour rings. Previously seen on the Orwell, Suffolk in '25 (@edkeeble.bsky.social) Also Iceland, Holland, Scotland, Devon, Essex...Fascinating ! #birdmigration #birdingwales #ukbirding @wadertales.bsky.social
#WildflowerHour Yarrow (Achiella millefolium), milddail with Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) clychau'r Eos.
I'm really happy to have been able to publish this diary, which revolves around something very important to me - Welsh place names and the Welsh language - while also written about a place very dear to me; Ynys Enlli. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: The field names here read like a history book | Eben Muse
Ynys Enlli, Gwynedd: A stroll down this island’s one road provides clues to its past – and it has nothing to do with the 20,000 saints apparently buried here
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#WildflowerHour Common Spotted Orchid( Dactylorhiza fuchsii) Tegeirian brych to celebrate #NationalMeadowsDay #DiwrnodDolyddCenedlaethol
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social #EildflowerHour. A poor photo of the very delicate flower of round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) gwlithlys, on a very breezy bog yesterday.
Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth y Wennol Ddu| Swift Awareness Week Mae CAC yn falch o gefnogi Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth y Wennol Ddu ac yn sefyll tu ôl i’r ymgyrch bwysig hon sy’n tynnu sylw at un o adar mwyaf eiconig ein haf. WOS is proud to support Swift Awareness Week and stands behind this important week.
While we cook in Europe, it's worth remembering that this isn't just a European story. Across the Arctic and other high-latitude regions, temperature anomalies are reaching extraordinary levels, with some areas forecast to be >10–20°C above historical averages. The climate signal is global.
Landmark new research shows the risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 is now ‘close to zero' after the HPV vaccine.
HPV vaccine: Key questions answered as cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in women under 24 - follow live
BBC health journalists answer key questions as research suggests the HPV vaccine has prevented 200 deaths from cervical cancer in England.
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431.32 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 14-Jun-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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#WildflowerHour. Cloudberry(Rubus chamaemorus) Mwyaren y Berwyn in flower on the Berwyn ridge yesterday
Tafod y Gors / Common Butterwort #WildflowerHour Planhigyn cigysol fydd yn treulio’r pryfetach sy’n glanio ar y dail gludiog. – Not quite #ChurchyardFlowers – but a graveyard to insects as they land on the sticky star-like leaves of this carnivore. #Môn #Anglesey @bsbicymru.bsky.social
Mawnedd Mawn! Cymro yn ennill gwobr Lindsay #PeatConf26 @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social. Dywedodd Dr Peter Jones ei fod yn ymroi ei waith gwarchod ac adfer mawndiroedd er budd cenedlaethau’r dyfodol. naturalresources.wales/about-us/new... @natreswales.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social
Welsh ‘Bogfather’ wins prestigious Lindsay award #PeatConf26 @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social. Dr Peter Jones said he dedicates his work protecting and restoring peatlands for the benefit of future generations. naturalresources.wales/about-us/new... @natreswales.bsky.social @futuregencymru.bsky.social
On this day in 2021, I wrote: "British Curlew need to fledge 10,000 more youngsters - every year", based on survival/productivity figures in what was then a new paper. More here: wadertales.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/m... The figure has been much quoted (and not disputed) #ornithology
More Curlew chicks needed
There are three ways to increase the number of Eurasian Curlew in the UK; boost chick production across the breeding range, find ways to ensure more chicks recruit to the breeding population and/or…
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Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡
Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity
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Mae’n wythnos Gwirfoddolwyr yn swyddogol! Hoffai Cymru Wyllt a Natur Cymru ddiolch i'r holl wirfoddolwyr sy'n cefnogi ein gwaith ni – o'n hymddiriedolwyr i'r cyfranwyr at y cylchgrawn, a'r rhai sy'n helpu yn ein gwarchodfa natur ac yn ein gardd bywyd gwyllt... a mwy. Rydych chi i gyd yn anhygoel!
We've just launched three brand new bilingual audio trails in Bala, and on Halkyn Common and the Little Orme — where rich wildlife, heritage, and local folklore bring the landscape to life. www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/.../wild-wal.... @welshgovernment.bsky.social @heritagefunduk.bsky.social
#WIldflowerhour. Bog bean (Manyanthes trifoliata) ffa'r gors and Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) tafod y gors on a rather windy bog in Eryri on Friday
Ever heard the cricket-like song of a Grasshopper Warbler? This species starts to arrive to the UK in April, having migrated here to breed from Africa. 🔴 Sadly suffering declines, they have been on the UK Red List since 2002. 📷 Liz Cutting / BTO
431.34 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 18-May-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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An update from Germany: In North Germany, fieldworkers have found around 45 nests. Of which around 43 were fenced. 5 have reportedly already hatched and 2 were sadly predated inside the fence. If you have a breeding update from your area, please share it with us. 📷 Natalie Busch
Hafod Elwy – adfer mawndir a gweld môr o blu'r gweunydd! Dangosodd Jack Simpson, rheolydd adfer y safle, y canlyniadau trawiadol i Mannon Lewis, Arweinydd y Rhaglen Mawndir; Dr Peter Jones, yr Arbenigwr Mawn; a Charlotte Brewster, Pennaeth Prosiectau Strategol @natreswales.bsky.social.
Hafod Elwy – recovering peatland with a sea of cotton grass! Jack Simpson, who managed site restoration over 3 years, showed NPAP Lead, Mannon Lewis; national Peat Specialist, Dr Peter Jones; and @natreswales.bsky.social's Head of Strategic Projects, Charlotte Brewster the impressive results.
Mae hi yn fore braf iawn yng Nghymru heddiw. It is a very fine morning here in Wales.
BBC Sounds have launched a new Learn Cornish podcast to help people, well, dyski Kernewek. Ep 1 is about place names, which really are a gateway drug. We used to go on holiday to The Lizard every year throughout childhood and I was obsessed with the place names! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Learn Cornish, Dyski Kernewek - 1. Place names: The Gateway Drug - BBC Sounds
Learn what some Cornish place names mean in Kernewek.
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