Environment
Beetle discovered on Indonesian island has been named Yoda
Another has been called Obelix, the Asterix character - because of its rather rotund shape.
Warming temperatures means rain is replacing snow in Greenland…further melting the ice sheet
The study shows that traditional snowfall is being replaced by more wet and drizzly conditions - speeding up melting of the ice
Hunt hounds filmed chasing fox through a graveyard in Somerset
At least 20 hounds pursue the vixen through the churchyard in Charlton Horethorne, Somerset
Cruel repeat tests of 270,000 pensioners for PIP disability benefit to be scrapped
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd has announced changes to the disability assessments in order to receive Personal Independent Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC). From spring around 270,000 disabled pensioners will not have their personal independence payment (PIP) awards regularly reviewed. During a speech at disability charity Scope's offices today, announcements include: • A new system from 2021 to allow people to share evidence between Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independent Payment (PIP) • A...
PM ‘delusional’ after denying police cuts aren’t to blame for huge increase in stabbings
Theresa May has come under fire from the Police Federation after she claimed that cuts to police funding has nothing to do with the increase in knife crime. In England there has been a 93 per cent rise in knife attacks involving young people. Theresa May vowed to tackle the causes of knife crime by addressing the issues which led “so many young people” to weapons. However, she said there was “no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers”....
Up to 1,700 bird and animal species ‘face extinction over next 50 years due to human activity’
Researchers have forecast that, by the year 2070, increased human land-use is expected to put hundreds of species at greater extinction risk by shrinking their natural habitats
Record-breaking February temperatures prompt millions of Brits to think about their carbon footprint
Record-breaking temperatures in February have prompted millions of Brits to think more about their carbon footprint, research has revealed. A third of people surveyed say the mild weather this winter has encouraged them to reconsider their environmental impact, with almost two-thirds now actively thinking about the planet and what they can do to help it. Over half of Brits are currently eating less meat or considering cutting down, with a similar number cutting down the amount they drive. And 60...
Microplastic from plastic bags and food packaging are the most common waste in the ocean
Polyethylene makes up more than half the plastic (54.5%) found in the Mediterranean
Balloons released into the air are killing seabirds and sea turtles
Must have party decoration kills one in five birds who have swallowed them