The Bering Sea in the Northern Pacific Ocean has less ice than at any time in the last 5,500 years due to climate change, a new study shows. Analysis of vegetation from St Matthew Island off the coast of Alaska shows sea ice in the region was last this low at the end of the … Read more
A picture of the Amazon ablaze and a very muddy hippo are among images which have scored highly with judges of this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. Highly commended images chosen from almost 50,000 entries to the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 competition have been revealed. The images include … Read more
Melting glaciers caused by climate change are responsible for a 48 per cent surge in the amount of water trapped in unstable glacial lakes over 30 years, scientists have discovered. Researchers tracked glacial lake volume since 1990 using more than a quarter of a million NASA satellite images to create a ‘near-global database’ of glacial … Read more
Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are losing mass at the ‘worst case scenario’ rate predicted by the UN – and could result in sea levels rising by 16 inches by 2100. According to a new study by the University of Leeds, if these rates continue, an additional 16 million people could be exposed to … Read more
A mass extinction not seen in 13,000 years may be on the horizon due to human activity and climate change, cautions a new study. The warning comes as the resilience of North American’s plant biomes is declining, suggesting present-day landscapes are ‘primed to herald a major extinction event.’ Scientists analyzed over 14,000 fossil pollen samples … Read more
Extinction Rebellion activists today dressed up as banshees to protest the construction of a new tunnel that it believes is ‘racist, colonial and unjust’. Eco-warriors rallied outside the TfL headquarters in Stratford, East London, in a show of anger at the forthcoming twin-bore road, which will pass under the Thames from Silvertown to Greenwich. The … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protesters today staged a Titanic-themed dinner party in the sea to shine a light on global warming. Climate activists wearing fine dining dress waded into the water off Chalkwell Beach, Southend-on-Sea, to quaff Champagne and sip tea around a semi-submerged table. The stunt was designed to illustrate the ‘obliviousness’ of the ‘elite’ in … Read more
Efforts to eradicate malaria could be hampered by climate change — which could boost mosquito numbers and bring the disease to new areas, a study has found. Malaria is a climate-sensitive disease which thrives where it is wet and warm enough to provide the still surface waters needed to breed the mosquitoes that spread it. … Read more
Government is braced for Extinction Rebellion CYBER ATTACK over the weekend as climate change activists restart campaign after coronavirus lockdown Parliamentary committee officials warned social media channels may be target Extinction Rebellion is restarting its disruption campaign this weekend Police arrested two climate activists today at oil firm Shell’s main London office By David Wilcock, Whitehall … Read more
Pension funds will be ordered to warn of the risks that climate change could have on members’ investments Pension funds will be required to report risks of climate change on investments Largest 100 schemes will have to publish climate risk disclosures by end of 2022 Therese Coffey said the plans are a ‘significant step’ in … Read more