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Black carbon persists across the planet, accelerating glacial melt : New research shows black carbon deposits vary across the planet, but persist in a variety of glacial ecosystems.

The red squirrel has been declining in Britain over the last years with only a couple of hot spots . The grey squirrel has taken over due to it being bigger and passing on the squirrel pox virus. Kev Lewis/Flickr The Isle of  Anglesey  has now become another with all the grey squirrels being culled to leave the Island to the Reds. ( Sciurus vulgaris ) BBC