Environment

Members of the global climate action movement Extinction Rebellion protested in cities across the UK yesterday (15 Dec)

More then 24,000 people will be forced to sleep rough over Christmas according to research by charity Crisis. These people will try and find shelter in cars,trains, busses or tents or anywhere else they can try and get some rest. Crisis believes that official figures are not correct and are higher than the Government has reported. Crisis estimates that 12,300 people are sleeping out on the streets, while official numbers claim that 4,751 are. Another 12,000 will be in tents,...

Australia's Queensland coastline was once teeming with sharks, but numbers have plummeted over the past 50 years

Shocking data has shown that child homelessness in England is at its highest rate for 12 years. Over 123,000 children in temporary accommodation in England between April and June. This worrying figure is a 73 per cent rise on 2010. There were 82,310 households in stop-gap homes and B&Bs by June 30th. When David Cameron took power in 2010, the number of homeless minors was at 71,460. Now, that figure is at 123,630 – an increase of 73% John Healey MP, Labour’s...

Scientists used state of the art cameras to measure the amazing speeds involved

The footage was filmed by Deborah Smith in Bude

Global warming left animals gasping 252 million years ago and humans face the same within the next three centuries, according to new research.

The study suggests that if Greenland ice sheet melting continues at "unprecedented rates" it could accelerate the already fast pace of sea level rise

Britain was one of just 19 countries where emissions have been reduced and the economy has grown over the last decade.