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France bakes under heatwave as warnings extend into July

France was sweltering under another day of extreme heat on Wednesday after recording its hottest day on record – with millions under red alerts, schools closed, power cuts affecting tens of thousands of homes and ministers warning that another spell of exceptional temperatures could last until 14 July.

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UK records its hottest June day, beating highs from 1957 and 1976

Temperature of 35.7C recorded in Surrey, beating previous record of 35.6C, while France records hottest day nationally

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Why are Australian energy prices going up – and when will electricity bills come down?

Power prices are expected to fall from 1 July – but the savings, touted by Chris Bowen, won’t be passed on to many households and businesses

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‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds

Analysis shows cars in Europe have grown longer, taller and wider every year since 2000

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‘It’s dangerous’: how schools, care homes and other UK workplaces are coping in searing heat

From bus drivers struggling to focus to those hauling scaffolding under a blazing sun, workers say risks must be taken seriously

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Bird flu confirmed in South Australia as infected petrel brings deadly H5N1 cases to three

An additional case is suspected in Western Australia, which would bring the total number of bird flu infections to four

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Country diary: This ‘secret’ island takes me back to Swallows and Amazons

Horsey Island, Hamford Water, Essex: It’s the setting for one of Arthur Ransome’s wonderful books, and today it’s farmed by a single family with innovation and care

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Hopes of a path forward for the Murray-Darling Basin

While communities around Australia's largest river system want to support both the environment and industry, debate continues over climate risks and water use.

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Different sperm whale ‘dialects’ detected on separate sides of the Mediterranean

Matriarchal groups in east and west exhibit distinct click patterns, used to form social structures

The Guardian - UK

Sydney woman attacked by shark wakes briefly from coma to say three words

‘I love you,’ Leah Stewart told her mother and partner after coming out of a coma on Tuesday

The Guardian - AU

'Major risk': map reveals sewage-contaminated waterways

Swimmers could continue to be at risk of pathogens in waterways after a state regulator said upgrades to the sewage system will be done over many years.

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Weakening UK net zero policy would damage economy, chief climate adviser says

Climate Change Committee chair Nigel Topping says U-turns damage investor confidence and disrupt businesses

The Guardian - UK

Deaths linked to London air pollution have fallen 40%, study estimates

However, Imperial College team also find that pollution has worse health impact than previously understood

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Scientists in Australia find ‘smoking gun’ evidence of world’s oldest meteorite strike

Curtin University researchers use innovative techniques to date three-billion-year-old impact crater in Western Australia’s Pilbara region

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AAP

Councils back polluter-paid climate compensation fund

Funding community climate resilience and repairs via a fossil fuel company levy has been formally endorsed by local governments at an annual conference.

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Searing UK heat leaves schools, hospitals and transport networks struggling to cope

Temperature on Tuesday hits high of 34.6C in Surrey, England, with heatwave forecast to get more intense on Wednesday and Thursday

The Guardian - UK

From yoghurt to luxury sails: how to shade your home from supercharged UK heatwaves

As hot weather becomes more common, companies and homeowners are coming up with innovative ways to keep properties cool

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We would like to hear your memories of the 1976 UK heatwave

How did you cope? What do you remember of that period of hot weather? Tell us and share your pictures

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Texas Has a Water Shortage and a Water Glut. They’re the Same Problem.

Every day the Permian Basin brings up more water than nearby communities use, and treats most of it as waste. The state can no longer afford to do so.

The Guardian - UK

Can the UK kick its cod habit? Fish and chip shop favourite slips down the menu as prices soar

The cost of the traditional takeaway has doubled since 2019, and more outlets are trying to tempt customers with cheaper options such as coley, pollack and hake

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Clean economy brings jobs and growth, says Miliband as £100bn invested in green energy

Energy secretary hails £100bn milestone in this parliament and says it is ‘only the start of what we want to achieve’

The Guardian - AU

‘Compound shock effect’: why the Middle East crisis and El Niño could spell disaster in south-east Asia

Millions of tonnes of the world’s food could be lost amid the uncertainties surrounding the strait of Hormuz and the dangers of a ‘Godzilla-strength’ El Niño

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: Birds of a feather in a noisy argument

Queen’s University, Belfast: The corvids in the branches above me spring a surprise – there’s a black crow among them

The Guardian - UK

A thousand years old and 20 storeys high: tracking down Taiwan’s tallest trees

The country’s biggest tree – named Heaven Sword of the Da’an River – is a carbon-storing behemoth hosting whole neighbourhoods of wildlife. But this and other giant trees are under threat

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Why whales are making Star Wars sounds in Aussie waters

Researchers are installing more underwater microphones to track whale migration in Australia and they are already hearing out-of-this-world calls.

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