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A series of heatwaves leads Britain to record its hottest summer

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s sweltering summer of successive heatwaves was the hottest on record, the national weather service said Tuesday.

  • Britain recorded its hottest summer on 2025, with average temperature of 16.5°C
  • Consecutive heatwaves caused extreme temperatures, wildfires, and water restrictions
  • Climate change made this summer 130 times more likely, occurring once every 9 years

Trawling threatens vital carbon stores in Scotland's sea lochs

New research from the University of St Andrews shows that disturbing seabed sediments through trawling could cause significant losses of carbon stored in Scotland's sea lochs. The study, published in Marine Environmental Research, shows that organic carbon stored in seabed sediments can be released into the surrounding seawater when…

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