Kategori: Environment
One dead and two injured as plane crashes in popular US national park
A small plane crashed in a remote part of Olympic National Park.
Why was the Sycamore Gap tree cut down and who was responsible?
Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are guilty of cutting the tree down.
Why are there so many ladybirds in the UK just now?
There were so many of them that they stopped play at Lord’s Cricket Ground last week.
‘Doomsday’ 100-foot mega tsunami likely to hit the US at any moment
‘This is going to be a very catastrophic event for the US, for sure.’
Blame, thoughts and prayers – the uncomfortable truth about politicians and natural disasters
For every social media post filled with thoughts and prayers, the most vulnerable lives will continue to be lost, and our world will carry on burning.
Apocalyptic wildfire ‘at gates of Marseille’ with smoke blocking out sun
The fire is moving ever closer to France’s second biggest city.
Experts warn London is at risk of flash flooding: ‘It doesn’t bear thinking about’
Floods in Texas and Spain’s Valencia were among the deadliest in memory. Could it happen here too?
Yorkshire Water to introduce hosepipe ban from Friday
The hosepipe ban could last until winter.
Failing water firms forced to pay ten times as much compensation
Customers who face internal flooding from sewers could get a maximum £2,000 payout, up from £1,000.
Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, the abandoned airport turned Trump’s migrant detention facility
President Donald Trump toured a new migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades with thousands of beds.
Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, the abandoned airport turned Trump’s migrant detention facility
President Donald Trump toured a new migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades with thousands of beds.
Let’s give back to the environment on David Attenborough’s 100th birthday
In MetroTalk: The birthday of a British icon, a return to Medieval punishment and a reader’s question of BBC competency
‘They were in my hair and even went down my top’: Flying ants are already swarming
Readers share their experiences of flying ants arriving early.
Farmer buys ‘UK’s deadliest field’ covered in plant fatal in even small amounts
The Facebook page Field to Farm shared a video of the pasture which was blanketed with Hemlock
Map shows heat dome set to break centuries-old temperature records across US
A heat dome is expected to roast more than 30 US states and affect 100million Americans through next week.
This is how long you should keep your reusable water bottle for
No, they don’t last forever.
The UK is now 20 times more likely to see a 40°C summer
It might even happen this year.
England faces 5,000,000,000-litre water shortage every day by 2055
That’s almost enough water to fill Wembley Stadium 4.5 times… every day.
Lost world discovered beneath ice in Antarctica after 34,000,000 years
Scientists believe it was once home to forests and rivers.
Chemical spill at Ohio explosives plant forces evacuations and grounds flights
Thousands of gallons of leaked nitric acid sent an orange-colored plume into the air.
Killer Asian needle ants are invading the US
An invasive species of ants have been detected in at least 20 US states.
This is where the UK plans to hide nuclear power waste for thousands of years
Scientists need to know it won’t re-emerge, even if civilisation crumbles.
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.