Environment
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Boy mauled while spearfishing off Arnhem Land a day after a man was attacked while learning to surf south of Wollongong -
Scientists in Brazil find first evidence of plastic pollution in Amazon basin freshwater fish
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Starlings over Rome and the ‘smiling angel’ of the Yangtze are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world -
Ranking of countries’ goals shows even EU on course for more than double safe level of warming -
From Belize to Barbados, tourist beaches have been swamped by huge tides of foul-smelling sargassum – and climate change could make the problem worse
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Around the world
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As diesel emission fears mount, a growing number of parents now consider clean air the main factor when choosing a school
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Japanese fleet has departed for the southern ocean for a ‘scientific’ hunt, ignoring pleas for the practice to end -
Booming LNG sector is driving Australia’s carbon output, but industry claims revealing the details would damage international competitiveness -
Carbon emissions from nation’s largest LNG development were meant to be captured. More than two years on, the storage still hasn’t started
Sustainable business
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The Finkel report offers glimpse of opportunity for consumers and businesses to play the electricity market -
Unlikely environmentalist Frances Bender is taking legal action against Tasmanian government for failing to protect the environment -
Only a small proportion of plastics consumed in Australia is collected for recycling, but it’s what happens after that that could make a difference -
As CO2 levels rise, controversial techniques including carbon capture and storage, enhanced weathering and reforestation may be solutions
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record all of the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife
In pictures
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Dutch artist Suzanne Jongmans creates photographs that echo the old masters, but with a modern twist: recycled plastics -
A new book celebrates the world’s 68 eagle species in all their magnificence and beguiling diversity
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Starlings, a goldfinch, flamingos and winners of wildlife photography awards are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world -
A rooftop garden in Shenzhen is using plants to make stormwater work for the city, and to improve the livelihoods of residents -
An artist who grew up next to one of Nairobi’s largest dumps turns trash into spectacular eyewear -
A Bengal tiger, oystercatchers and a new species of butterfly are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
Opinion & analysis
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Trees grow thicker bark and animals burrow for protection. We can use similar techniques to save human lives -
The president blamed ‘poor forest management’ for the state’s crisis. But much of the area burning isn’t forest -
Key issues
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Efforts to protect native fauna and flora ‘lack purpose, direction and coordination’, MPs told -
First map of Earth’s intact ecosystems shows just five nations are responsible for most of them – but it will require global action to protect them
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The 2018 Living Planet report from the WWF has found that a shocking 60% of the earth's mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have been lost since 1970
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Assessment underscores threat to koalas and other native species -
The deforestation it causes is decimating species such as orangutans and tigers - but the alternatives could be worse, finds authoritative report -
Security forces launch raids linked to deforestation in the Carpathian mountains, home to some of Europe’s last virgin forest
Video
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Kazakhstan is rich with oil, gas and coal but Nursultan Nazarbayev, its president for life, has committed the country to a dramatic shift from fossil fuels to green energy. Is this huge nation able to realise his vision?
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Environmental protesters have daubed the windows of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in London in attempt to provoke their arrests
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Crows have been filmed solving a complex problem by assembling two separate rods to create a tool, behaviour that until now had only been observed in humans and great apes
Letters: nuclear energy is key to our future