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Can California’s top wine region survive the era of megafire?
The Silverado Trail, a two-lane road that weaves through the bucolic hillsides in the heart of California's wine country, is the quintessential vision of...
Wandle wander: a walk along my south London chalk stream
England is home to 85% of these often-pristine rivers – some running through our suburbs – but we may lose chalk streams unless we...
Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic
A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic down but uses it as...
‘An ashram for the hummingbird’: the Trinidad haven for world’s tiniest bird
At the foot of Theo and Gloria Ferguson's property stands a giant silk cotton tree. Reminiscent of those enchanted species in children's fables, this...
Apples from ‘perfect harvest’ rot on the ground as demand for cider slumps
On a sloping hill just south of Dartmoor, boughs are laden with brightly coloured Devon crimson, pig's snout, tale sweet and slack-ma-girdle. Gabriel David...