Kategori: Environment
What is New World Screwworm and can it spread to humans?
New World Screwworm is moving further north from Central America.
Map shows scale of flooding across southern France which left three people dead
The region was placed under an orange alert by Meteo-France.
What is a ‘personhood’ and why has this chalk stream been granted one?
The ‘Cinderella River’ was immortalised in an 18th century poem.
Foragers rushed to hospital after eating highly poisonous plant with no antidote
The two people were found with elevated pulses and they had to be given oxygen.
Why was the Sycamore Gap tree cut down?
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are guilty of cutting the tree down.
UK plans to ‘dim the sun’ gets £57,000,000 funding – but what’s the point?
How far away are we from dimming the sun?
How nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill billions with tensions rising
India has targeted Pakistani-controlled territory, killing at least 26 people including a child, in what Pakistan called an act of war.
Dirty-handed water bosses who cover up spills face two years in jail from today
There were 3.6 million hours of sewage spills recorded across England last year, an increase compared to 2023.
How nuclear war between India and Pakistan could kill billions around the world
On Tuesday, gunmen shot 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, in an attack near the picturesque town of Pahalgam.
Chainsaw-wielding man goes on strange spree killing trees worth $347,000
A man inexplicably chopped down numerous trees around Earth Day.
Plans to ‘dim the sun’ sparks conspiracy the government is ‘changing the weather’
‘There are risks with not finding these things out. If we only rely on modelling we can’t find out if we are wrong.’
‘I’ve had Thames Tummy – I’m not surprised by Boat Race warnings’
Rowers have been advised not to enter the water, with tests showing high levels of E. coli bacteria.