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US wildfires fuelled by climate change, California governor says

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The deadly wildfires sweeping through US West Coast states show that the debate around climate change is "over", California Governor Gavin Newsom says."Just come to the state of California. Observe it with your own eyes," he told reporters from a charred mountainside.Fires have been raging in California, Oregon and Washington for three weeks.Fanned by winds amid record heat, the blazes have burnt millions of acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed at least 25 people.On Friday Oregon Governor Kate Brown said dozens were missing in her state alone. The fires have burnt a total 4.5m acres - an area larger than Connecticut and slightly smaller than Wales - in recent weeks, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.Wha...

Climate change being fuelled by soil damage – report

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Climate change can't be halted if we carry on degrading the soil, a report will say.There's three times more carbon in the soil than in the atmosphere – but that carbon's being released by deforestation and poor farming.This is fuelling climate change – and compromising our attempts to feed a growing world population, the authors will say.Problems include soils being eroded, compacted by machinery, built over, or harmed by over-watering.Hurting the soil affects the climate in two ways: it compromises the growth of plants taking in carbon from the atmosphere, and it releases soil carbon previously stored by worms taking leaf matter underground.The warning will come from the awkwardly-named IPBES – the Intergovernmental Science-Pol...

Yoga at The Shard fuelled by California Walnuts!

Health

California Walnuts showed us how to get #WellnessCracked with yoga and breakfast in The Shard. We all know the importance of starting the day right, and yesterday was no exception!60 men and women took to the sky and joined us bright and early for yoga in The Shard to celebrate wellness in association with California Walnuts. Surrounded by the city's epic skyline, Yogasphere took us through our paces for 60 minutes of energising yoga at 800ft.The event began with a talk from special host Julie Montagu, veteran yogi and Instagram sensation, who reminded guests of the importance of fuelling your body right. A firm believer of the nutritional quality of nuts - walnuts in particular - she reiterated how making small, healthy changes, like swapping your 4pm snack to a handful of...