Maximum temperatures in western Nepal did not rise by an average of 1.2C a year between 1976 and 2010, as we reported. The annual average maximum for the whole of Nepal rose 0.056C between 1971 and 2014 (“Global heating fuels spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever”, World, 1 December, page 36).
A file photo and a caption, added during the production process, mistakenly suggested that turtle doves were among birds controversially caught in Provence by glue trapping, in which birds get stuck when they land on sticks smeared with an adhesive. Turtle doves are endangered, but they are not hunted by this method (“On the French frontline: inside the campaign to end songbird slaughter”, Focus, 1 December, page 40).
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