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The Somerset Levels recovered after the 2014 floods by ignoring eco-zealots and using old ideas

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No one who saw Bryony Sadler’s reaction, after being informed that floodwater had poured into her family’s smallholding – a handsome Victorian rectory set on a seven-acre plot in the Somerset Levels – will easily forget her anguish. Having remained in the house for a month, watching the inexorable advance of a foul green tide … Read more

Why you need to boost the prebiotics in your diet NOW – and the six foods to up your levels

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An Australian nutritionist has explained the importance of prebiotics and revealed the top foods to include in your diet to improve your gut health. Sydney-based author and founder of Supercharged Food, Lee Holmes, says prebiotics assist with the growth of good gut bacteria, known as probiotics. On her blog Lee said without prebiotics, probiotics would … Read more

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier at risk of collapse and may lead to sea levels rising by two feet

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Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier has ‘three guns of warm water’ surrounding it threatening to destroy the ice sheet and raise global sea levels by up to two feet. A team of scientists from Oregon State University made the most of ice free waters in West Antarctica to look under the glacier – which is about the … Read more

NASA launches new program to study impact of rising sea levels on the Mississippi River Delta

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NASA announces new program to study flooding in the Mississippi River Delta outside of New Orleans, where 5,000 square miles of land has been lost to rising sea levels since the 1930s NASA will travel to Louisiana to study the impact of rising sea levels  The Mississippi River Delta outside New Orleans has been hit … Read more

Cancer alert over salad rocket: Trendy leaves exceed safe levels of nitrates in one-in-ten samples

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Cancer alert over rocket: Trendy salad leaves exceed safe levels of carcinogenic nitrates in one in EVERY ten samples One-in-ten British grown rocket samples were over permitted limit for nitrates   Research suggests that rocket is a ‘hyper-accumulator’ of nitrates from soil Evidence suggests consuming nitrates above threshold can pose health risk By Sean Poulter Consumer … Read more

The insects making a comeback in our lakes and rivers as mayflies surpass 1970s levels

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The insects making a comeback in our lakes and rivers as mayflies, dragonflies and caddisflies surpass 1970s levels in remarkable recovery Water-loving insects including dragonflies and mayflies make a comeback Researchers find distribution of freshwater insects has surpassed 1970s levels But spiders, centipedes and millipede population have all declined since 1970 By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent … Read more

Equity release rates hit their lowest ever levels – but is it really as cheap as it seems?

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Equity release rates have plummeted to their lowest ever levels as demand for later life finance grows, research has revealed. But homeowners who are recommended a lifetime mortgage, where interest rolls up into the loan, could actually save tens of thousands of pounds by refusing equity release and taking a retirement interest-only mortgage.  Last year … Read more

Car tax evasion remains at record levels since paper discs were scrapped in 2014

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The number of vehicles being used on UK roads without tax has fallen but still remains at record high levels since the paper disc was scrapped five years ago. Around 1.6 per cent of motors on Britain’s roads in 2019 are evading Vehicle and Excise Duty (VED), which represents an estimated 634,000 cars, according to … Read more

Smart phones may leak unsafe levels of radiation, report claims

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Apple and Samsung smart phones may leak unsafe levels of radiation, investigation claims The Chicago Tribune tested 11 popular phone models  The iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S8 emitted double the radiation allowed under FCC regulations  Devices also leaked more radiation than their manufacturers’ tests claimed  Radiofrequency radiation from cell phones is a ‘possible carcinogen’ … Read more