Predictions that sea level rise caused by global warming will see the world’s islands submerged under swelling currents may not come true, a new study suggests. It claims that coral reef islands, such as the Maldives, could naturally adapt to survive surging water levels. Previous research has claimed that sea level rise will cause islands … Read more
Women are responsible for less greenhouse gas emissions than men because they’re more likely to walk or use public transportation, new study shows A study of 50,000 New Zealand residents found men travel more in cars Women take more trips, but travel for shorter distances and use public transportation or simply walk more often than … Read more
Plastic bottles are the UK’s most commonly littered item, accounting for a quarter of all rubbish discarded on streets, parks and beaches by volume, a new study reveals. Small plastic bottles commonly used to contain non-alcoholic fizzy drinks accounted for just under 25 per cent of discarded waste by volume in 2019, environmental charity Keep … Read more
Greta Thunberg has called on EU leaders to condemn ‘police brutality and attacks on the free press’ in the US during the Black Lives Matter protests. The 17-year-old climate change activist took to Twitter to respond to footage of two police officers shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground, causing him to crack his head … Read more
Up to 43 MILLION tonnes of carbon from fires is absorbed by rivers every year and flushed out to sea where it can be stored for thousands of years Carbon tumbles into rivers as ash and charcoal or is dissolved into the waterway Rivers carry around 17 per cent of all carbon left on the … Read more
Marine species are edging closer to Earth’s poles at an average pace of 3.7 miles per year as climate change causes global ocean temperatures to rise Experts reviewed 258 studies into shifting habitat ranges with climate change They used this to make a database, BioShifts, that covers some 12,000 species Marine species are moving poleward six times faster … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent: Viewers are left ‘memorised’ as poignant audition depicts the devastating effects of plastic pollution By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 20:31 BST, 30 May 2020 | Updated: 20:32 BST, 30 May 2020 Britain’s Got Talent left many viewers moved on Saturday night as an audition depicted the devastating effects of climate change. … Read more
Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke is using his bottomless reserves to give something back, after overseeing the creation of a £280million superyacht which will be intermittently offered to scientists. The magnificent vessel, named the REV Ocean, stands as the worlds largest of its kind, and comes lavishly furnished with three swimming pools and two helipads. Yet … Read more
Global warming has unleashed an early summer in Alaska, triggering a landslide on Yudikench Peak, a mountain near Anchorage. Temperatures reached 69 degrees Fahrenheit near the mountain this month that sparked a ‘wedge failure’ – a type of land slide that occurs along multiple planes. The collapse sent debris barreling down the mountain side and … Read more
Climate change will cause an overall increase in the amount of vegetation growing in Britain, a new research paper predicts. UK researchers used high resolution maps to observe two different climate change scenarios developed by the Met Office that would affect vegetation growth. Depending on the scenario, up to 1,200 grids of British land – … Read more