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‘It smells so bad’: glut of wild salmon creates stink in Norway and Finland
The irony of having too many salmon as global populations fall is not lost on locals, who have seen the pristine Tana River littered with the rotting corpses of an invasive Pacific species that is pushing out the local Atlantic breed
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Yahoo News
Why China is taking pandas back from the U.S.
In 2024, for the first time in more than 50 years, there will be no pandas in the United States, after zoos in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., return pandas that have been on loan from Beijing.
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Storyful
Entangled Whale Calf Rescued From Shark Net After Mother's Calls of Distress Heard
A humpback whale calf was successfully freed from a shark net off the Queensland coast early on October 1 after being stuck there for hours, with its mother’s cries of distress audible through the night to locals.Damien Coulter recorded this drone footage of the imperiled calf, with its distressed mother nearby.“You could hear the mother’s distress call from all hours of the morning at Alexandra Headland,” Coulter wrote on Instagram. “The baby calf was fully entangled and time was running out.”Another local told the ABC the mother’s cries were “echoing through the whole headland”.Coulter said that fisheries department was called and managed to release the calf. Both mother and calf swam away freely shortly after, he said. Credit: Damian Coulter via Storyful
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Associated Press
Fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island cause smoky haze, prompting calls for people to work from home
More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island caused hazy skies across the region on Monday, prompting government officials to ask people to work from home. The military, police and local government were working together to extinguish the fires, which were burning in 316 places across South Sumatra province, but their work was complicated by the extreme dry weather, said Iriansyah, the head of the South Sumatra Disaster Management Agency. The government in South Sumatra last week called on schools to delay their opening time, as the haze tends to decrease during the day.
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HuffPost
Trump Chooses His Own Shocking Cause Of Death In Bonkers New Rant
The former president went off on one of his strangest tangents yet during a campaign event in Iowa.
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The Telegraph
Bear kills hikers and their dog in Canadian national park
A couple and their dog have been killed by a grizzly bear in Canada’s Banff National Park, despite sending out a distress signal.
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The Independent
Rare new jaguar spotted on wildlife camera prowling mountains of Arizona borderlands
Sighting suggests population of endangered species could be rebounding in US after near-extinction
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The Guardian
‘Only the rich can bear this heat’: how Dhaka is battling extreme weather
As high temperatures hit the poor hardest, climate change may undo years of development gains, says Asia’s first heat officer
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AFP News
Fukushima sake brewer warms shattered Japanese fishing community
Daisuke Suzuki is helping by doing what he does best as life tentatively returns to normal for the devastated fishing communities of Japan's Fukushima region: making sake.Daisuke helped the tradition continue," he told AFP. "And it encourages fishermen to continue fishing." oh/stu/pbt/smw
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Dozens of rare Amazon dolphins found dead
STORY: One hundred and twenty lifeless river dolphins were recently found floating on a tributary of Brazil’s Amazon River.And researchers say there could be more deaths of this unique freshwater species to follow, as they suspect severe drought and heat are responsible. Experts say low river levels have caused a spike in water temperature. And in some sections, the water is too warm for the dolphins to thrive.Researcher Ayan Fleischmann has been monitoring changes in and around Lake Tefe:"The water temperature was very high on the day of the deaths in certain moments, exceeding 102 degrees Fahrenheit, which is an extremely high value. The average here in our region in Lake Tefe is between 84 to 87 Fahrenheit, for this time of the year it’s an extremely high value and it is certainly related to the deaths.” As scientists perform autopsies on the deceased mammals, veterinarians and aquatic mammal experts have rushed to rescue dolphins that are still alive in Lake Tefe, but they cannot be moved to cooler river waters until researchers rule out bacterial infection as the cause. But time is of the essence as these pink and gray river dolphins were already on a red list of threatened species.
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HuffPost
Couple Dead In Apparent Grizzly Bear Attack In Canada's Banff National Park
The couple "knew bear protocol and followed it to a tee," a family member told CBC News.
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The Telegraph
Millions of households recommended solar upgrades that will take 134 years to pay off
More than two million homeowners have been told to install solar heating systems which take more than 100 years to pay for themselves in energy savings.
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Yahoo Malaysia
Malaysian woman bitten by baby crocodile, thought it was a 'monitor lizard'
A woman's morning routine took an unexpected twist when she was bitten by what she thought was a harmless lizard, only to discover that it was a baby crocodile.
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AFP News
Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak on record
More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever this year, the country's worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, which is increasing in frequency due to climate change.The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that dengue -- and other diseases caused by mosquito-borne viruses such as chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika -- are spreading faster and further due to climate change.
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AFP News
Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change
The thunder of icebergs crashing into the turquoise sea of eastern Greenland is the sound of one of the planet's most important ecosystems teetering on the edge of collapse.Caroline Bouchard, senior scientist at the Greenland Climate Research Centre in Nuuk, fears that the receding glaciers will make the Scoresby Sound "a less rich ecosystem".
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The Independent
Everything we know about the felled Sycamore Gap tree
Police continue to hunt culprit amid outpuring of grief over ‘debliberate act of vandalism’
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The Independent
Vietnam arrests top official of energy policy thinktank in continuing crackdown on environment activists
Ngo Thi To Nhien detained on 20 September, officials confirm
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Storyful
'Cheeky' Shark Steals Lunch From Starfish
A “cheeky” shark was spotted stealing a free lunch from an 11-armed starfish in the waters off Portsea, in Victoria, on Sunday, October 1.Footage recorded by diver Jules Casey shows the encounter between the two underwater creatures off Portsea Pier. The Port Jackson shark appears to pry the starfish’s arms off its catch before quickly slurping it up.Casey wrote on Instagram that, at first glance, she thought the shark was trying to eat the starfish, something she said would be unusual.“But on closer inspection she was actually stealing food from the starfish … That’s a bit cheeky!” she said.Port Jackson sharks eat sea urchins, molluscs, crustaceans and fish, according to the Australian Museum, often foraging at night. Credit: Jules Casey via Storyful
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The Telegraph
Shark attacks grandmother during her daily morning swim
A shark has mauled an Australian grandmother during her daily morning swim in the seventh serious attack in the country this year.
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The Independent
UK to be hotter than Greece as mini-heatwave brings 26C this weekend
‘Mini heatwave’ hits Britain causing temperatures to be as high as 26C on Sunday.
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