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Thursday 11 March
Where Australia's sharks go to stay looking sharpThe Independent | 10 Mar 2010A pampering session at the beauty salon always works wonders for morale - not just for humans, but also for sharks and manta ray fish. Australian scientists have discovered that these large marine creatures regularly congregate at certain spots on the Great Barrier Reef to be groomed by smaller fish.
Greens protest genetically modified potato go-aheadThe Independent | 10 Mar 2010Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes.
Dolphin cull film 'lies', says JapanThe Independent | 09 Mar 2010Pro-whaling officials have reacted angrily to news that a documentary about a gruesome annual dolphin cull in a remote Japanese fishing town has bagged an Academy Award.
Michael McCarthy: A literary spell of warm weatherThe Independent | 09 Mar 2010Spring came last week and so did its first notable event, though not in a flowering, an emerging or a singing, but in a publication: Richard Mabey published his essays. It might still be freezing outside, but getting hold of A Brush With Nature in early March was like being given an unseasonable spell of warm weather in which everything in the natural world suddenly bursts into life.
World's rarest camellia in full bloomGuardian Unlimited | 09 Mar 2010Middlemist's Red - thought to be only one of two in the world – is blooming in the 19th-century conservatory at Chiswick HousePlant-lovers will have to take it on trust, as its magnificent Georgian home still has the builders in, but one of the rarest flowers in the world is in full bloom.The Middle
Digested read: Solar by Ian McEwanGuardian Unlimited | 09 Mar 2010Cape, £18.992000 He belonged to that Salman class of short, fat, ugly, clever men who were unaccountably attractive to women. But Michael Beard was anhedonic; his fifth marriage was disintegrating and he should have known how to behave as his philandering had ended the previous four. This time, thou
How to avoid your own 'climategate' scandalGuardian Unlimited | 09 Mar 2010Leaked emails between climate scientists at the University of East Anglia have caused a furore. Phil Jones on how not to get caught out by freedom of information requestsThe "climategate" scandal involving the University of East Anglia has sent shockwaves through universities, but many academics sti
Alien v predator: moth out to kill Japanese knotweedGuardian Unlimited | 09 Mar 2010Chosen insect feeds on invasive species but not other closely related plants and cropsBiological warfare is to be declared on an alien invader, Japanese knotweed, that swamps gardens and rivers, with the release of an insect to eat the virulent weed.The decision by the Department for Environment, Fo
Two more areas propose eco-townsThe Independent | 09 Mar 2010Two new areas have been added to the list of proposals for a "second wave" of eco-towns, the Government said today.
Environment PPSs unveiledPlanningResource | 09 Mar 2010The government has launched consultations for new Planning Policy Statements (PPS) on climate change and the natural environment along with a new policy on coastal change.