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Farewell to summer? ‘Haze’ and ‘trash’ among Earth’s new seasons as climate change and pollution play havoc

Farewell to summer? ‘Haze’ and ‘trash’ among Earth’s new seasons as climate change and pollution play havoc: Throughout history, people have viewed seasons as relatively stable, recurrent blocks of time that neatly align farming, cultural celebrations and routines with nature’s cycles. But the seasons as we know them are changing. Human activity is rapidly transforming …

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Wildfires have wreaked havoc this summer – these plants were prepared

Wildfires have wreaked havoc this summer – these plants were prepared: A pine forest in the Canary Islands after a wildfire. Tamara Kulikova/Shutterstock Summer 2023 has seen wildfire crews tirelessly battle forest fires worldwide. The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the Moroccan coast, have faced their worst fires in 40 years, but amid the …

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The Summer Book, Tove Jansson’s novel about love, family and nature, will make you nostalgic for your own childhood

The Summer Book, Tove Jansson’s novel about love, family and nature, will make you nostalgic for your own childhood: A short novel of rare beauty, Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book (1972) tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl spending the summer with her grandmother on a remote island in the Gulf of Finland. Jansson is …

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Five must-read summer non-fiction books – reviewed by our experts

Five must-read summer non-fiction books – reviewed by our experts: PayPau/Shutterstock Looking to expand your horizons this summer? We’ve asked our experts to review some of the biggest non-fiction books released this year so far. There are books to expand your knowledge of environmental collapse, others that will give you an insight into the work …

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Is the ‘barefoot-boy summer’ trend bad for your feet? Experts explain

Is the ‘barefoot-boy summer’ trend bad for your feet? Experts explain: Anastasiya Adamovich/Shutterstock Riffing off 2019’s “hot girl summer” and 2022’s “Adam Sandler summer”, online magazine The Cut has declared 2023 the year of the “barefoot-boy summer”. American musician Mike Sabath and Euphoria actor Jacob Elordi were both papped walking barefooted earlier this year in …

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Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2030s, say scientists – this would have global, damaging and dangerous consequences

Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2030s, say scientists – this would have global, damaging and dangerous consequences: Ice in the Chukchi Sea, north of Alaska and Siberia. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by the 2030s, even if we do a good job of reducing …

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Hottest days are warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in north-west Europe — new research

Hottest days are warming twice as fast as average summer temperature in north-west Europe — new research: On July 19 2022, the UK experienced its highest ever temperature. At 40.3? (Coningsby, Lincolnshire), the temperature surpassed the previous record of 38.7? (Cambridge) – a record that had been set a mere three years previously. My new …

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