Ambitious plans to fit UK motorways with electric overhead wires to power and charge trucks have been announced by the government to cut carbon emissions. The Transport Decarbonisation Plan – which was delayed from its intended publication at the end of 2020 – is part of the drive to tackle climate change. It says it will … Read more
Going veggie can harm the planet too, warns Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, who says vegetarians may be having a ‘disastrous’ impact on the environment with their choices Said that beef, sheep and dairy farmers are facing criticism on climate change People are being persuaded to go vegetarian or vegan by material online Henson said the … Read more
Hiring clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’ because of delivery, packaging and dry cleaning, a new study has found. Rental services have been popularised in recent years by eco-conscious public figures including Carrie Symonds, who rented her wedding dress when she married Boris Johnson as well as her wardrobe for the G7 conference … Read more
Single-use plastic has become a dirty phrase and was recently something allegedly responsible for comedian Joe Lycett storming out of a television interview last week. During Steph’s Packed Lunch on Channel 4, he was accused of being pictured with a single-use plastic bottle and then responding by walking off the set – only later to … Read more
Earth is losing enough ice to cover the whole of Lake Superior – 33,000 square miles – every YEAR because of climate change, scientists warn Earth has lost approximately 33,000 square miles of ice every year from 1979 until 2016 Earth’s collective ice, the cryosphere, holds almost three-quarters of the planet’s fresh water It is … Read more
The ‘Last Ice Area’ in the Arctic is rapidly melting due to climate change and it will have devastating effects on polar bears and walruses if it disappears, study shows. The region located north of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic archipelago, which is a safe haven for ice-loving animals, is usually covered in ice all … Read more
The Queen looked jubilant in a turquoise coat and matching hat as she joined her daughter Princess Anne at the University of Edinburgh today. The monarch, 95, and Princess Royal, 70, spoke to staff and students about their pioneering research into ways to reverse the effects of climate change across planetary health, oceans, sustainable food systems … Read more
The Greater Yellowstone Area, which is one of the last and largest remaining intact ecosystems in the northern temperate zone, is being threatened by climate change, a new report finds. Researchers at Montana State University, the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Wyoming found the more than 3,000-square-mile area will become warmer and … Read more
A huge ice-covered lake in East Antarctic disappeared in less than a week, potentially due to climate change, a new study reveals. Researchers used radar images to track the rapid melting event at the Amery Ice Shelf, which occurred in June 2019, during the Antarctic winter. Scientists believe the weight of meltwater (water released by … Read more
A trio of British-built satellites due to launch on a SpaceX rocket tomorrow will have to wait a bit longer for their trip to orbit, after the firm delayed the launch. ‘[The] team is taking additional time for pre-launch checkouts ahead of the Transporter-2 mission,’ Elon Musk‘s company announced, without giving a new date for the … Read more