Huge coastal swells sees baby TURTLES washed ashore and rescuers issue a desperate warning to beachgoers that could save the hatchlings lives Wildlife rescuers warned of several Loggerhead Turtles washing up to shore Turtles have been spotted washing in and remaining beached due to weather Walkers urged to call for help and not throw turtles … Read more
How good is your geography? Quiz challenges your knowledge of everything from deserts to oceans Quiz by US-based trivia platform Playbuzz challenges geography knowledge Quizmaster Terry Stein invites you to find out how much you know about world Do you think you know enough about the planet to get a perfect 20/20 score? By Claire … Read more
Countryside and oceans should be considered along with economic growth in bid to protect nature, major new report says A 600-page review will be launched online by Prince Charles and Sir David Author Professor Dasgupta argues that nature is a ‘blind spot’ in economics Review calls for humanity to change food production and consumption By … Read more
Baby shark doom doom doom: Warming oceans are causing shark hatchlings to be born smaller, undernourished and exhausted Researchers from Australia studied epaulette sharks from the Great Barrier Reef This species lays eggs that are left unprotected for four months before hatching The team explored the impact of increasing water temperatures up to 87.8°F Warmer conditions cause … Read more
Oceans and rivers are being treated like ‘open sewers’ with more than 3,000 raw sewage pollution incidents discovered in the past year, campaigners claim. The annual Water Quality Report by campaign group Surfers Against Sewage tracked sewage discharges into public bathing waters across the UK in 2019 and 2020. The charity says most of the … Read more
The remains of a duckbilled dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago has been found in Morocco and it must have crossed at least 250 miles of ocean to get there, scientists claim. Paleontologists from the University of Bath and others found the fossilised remains of the unusual dinosaur, dubbed Ajnabia odysseus, in rocks in … Read more
A type of shrimp with five eyes that swam the oceans of Earth half a billion years ago may be the ‘missing link’ in the evolution of arthropods, scientists claim. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered the three inch long creature, that dates back 520 million years, in a rock formation in Yunnan … Read more
Future Jaguar Land Rovers will have interiors made from recycled waste plastic recovered from oceans British vehicle manufacturer has teamed up with Italian-nylon maker Aquaful It will used Econyl materials in its new cars which is recycled waste products The nylon is created from ocean plastic and landfill waste from around the world Floor mats and … Read more
NO RIVER or lake in England is free from chemical pollution, making the country’s waterways some of the dirtiest in Europe. All of our water bodies have failed their pollution quality tests, a new report from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has found, despite a target for all waters to be … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Middletons are oceans apart as James enjoys the Italian sunshine while Pippa’s holiday plans were doomed by Covid By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:02 BST, 6 September 2020 | Updated: 00:04 BST, 6 September 2020 I bet Pippa Middleton is green with … Read more