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Extreme weather expected to cause food price volatility in 2025 after cost of cocoa and coffee doubles

admin — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 08:39:20 +0000

Trend towards more extreme-weather events will continue to hit crop yields and create price spikes, Inverto says

Extreme weather events are expected to lead to volatile food prices throughout 2025, supply chain analysts have said, after cocoa and coffee prices more than doubled over the past year.

In an apparent confirmation of warnings that climate breakdown could lead to food shortages, research by the consultancy Inverto found steep rises in the prices of a number of food commodities in the year to January that correlated with unexpected weather.

‘I closed my eyes to brace for impact’: the man who escaped a whale’s mouth

admin — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 07:00:35 +0000

Adrián Simancas encountered a humpback off Chile’s coast – but scientists say he was never at risk of being swallowed

Adrián Simancas had been paddling for two hours in the calm but icy seas of the Strait of Magellan, off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, when something massive emerged from the water and dragged him under.

“I saw dark blue and white colours before feeling a slimy texture brush against my face,” the 24-year-old told the Guardian. “I closed my eyes to brace for impact, but it was soft, like being hit by a wave.”

Albanese sparks anger with pledge over controversial salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour

admin — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:15:20 +0000

Prime minister tells Salmon Tasmania of promise to change legislation and allow ‘sustainable’ farming to continue

WWF helping facilitate trade in polar bear fur, investigation reveals

admin — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:00:30 +0000

Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy hunting

The wildlife charity WWF has been working to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using images of the bears to raise money, it can be revealed.

Storm-fueled mud submerges roads in California town hit by LA wildfires

admin — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 02:54:58 +0000

Residents in Sierra Madre begin cleanup effort after strongest storm of year sweeps through southern California

Residents of a southern California mountain community near the Eaton fire burn scar dug out of roads submerged in sludge on Friday after the strongest storm of the year swept through the area, unleashing debris flows and muddy messes in several neighborhoods recently torched by wildfires.

Listen to Stewart Copeland of the Police's new track mixing animal sounds and music – audio

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:38:49 +0000

The former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, with the help of the British naturalist Martyn Stewart, has produced Wild Concerto, a ‘collaboration between nature and music’. The album fuses sounds of nature, such as the call of Arctic terns and the howling of wolves, with traditional instruments. Stewart hailed the environmental theme of the work, explaining that most of the species represented were endangered

Habitat banks: how law to boost wildlife in England is faring one year in

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:22:35 +0000

Developers must now offset damage to nature by achieving a 10% biodiversity net gain – but is buying up pockets of land and rewilding them the answer?

To most people driving through the waterlogged fields of West Sussex, a patch of muddy land dotted with scrubby trees would not warrant a second glance. But this former farmland is being given a new lease of life as part of a government scheme to boost wildlife.

Revealed: ‘extremely concerning’ industry influence over UN aviation body

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:04:56 +0000

Exclusive: Firms outnumber green groups at environmental talks, with related events sponsored by fossil fuel companies

Aviation industry delegates outnumbered those from green groups by 10 to one at the previous conference of the UN’s committee on aviation environmental protection (CAEP), an analysis has found.

‘No one wants to pay $25 for breakfast’: US restaurants are cracking under inflation

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:07 +0000

It’s not just eggs, but coffee, orange juice and bacon, making life especially hard for diners, bakeries and brunch spots

Most menu items at the popular Philadelphia breakfast chain Green Eggs Cafe are – true to its name – made with eggs.

Its co-owner Stephen Slaughter said that about 90% of its dishes depend on eggs, ticking off a short list: “Our French toast, our pancake batters, our hollandaise sauce, obviously eggs and omelets.” So when his vendors started charging $8 for a dozen eggs, all six Green Egg Cafe locations felt the pinch.

That new land use policy that the Tories call ‘national suicide’? It’s urgent, essential – and their idea | Henry Dimbleby

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:00:05 +0000

No, it isn’t a leftwing plot, it’s a proposal I authored for the Conservatives in 2021. And it could be brilliantly transformative for England