Environment
Environment Agency fine business £13,000 after toxic spill turns river PURPLE
Concerned members of the public reported a two-and-a-half mile stretch turned vibrant purple
Islands & cities could be flooded even if global warming targets are met
Glaciers on Antarctic and Greenland may disappear more quickly despite dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from transport and industry.
In 30 years demands for food on Earth will push planet to limit…because people will be too fat
By 2050 humankind will struggle to feed a population of roughly nine billion people without missing targets to curb climate change and save the rainforests, a report said.
Beaches across north Cornwall & Devon still only three quarters the size they were five years before devastating storms hit
Most of the sand was dragged offshore and it will take several calm winters to replenish them
Fishermen will have to move from Hastings to Grimsby because of climate change
Historic south coast fishing spots seen lower levels of fish because rising sea temperatures over 30 years have led them to move into the cooler north sea.
Tesco has been slammed for selling kiwis in a plastic wrapper – containing a plastic SPOON
The TV presenter, 48, throws her weight behind the anti-plastic movement
Arctic shorebird populations are crashing because of climate change
A change in ice and snow cover and a decline in other prey such as lemmings has lead predators like arctic foxes to target nests instead.
A male and female shellfish dating back more than 400 million years has been discovered
Fossilised remains of the tiny crustaceans, measuring just 1 mm long, were unearthed in southern Japan.
Amazon rainforests ‘failing to keep up with climate change’
Researchers have found the effects of climate change are altering the rainforest’s composition of tree species - but not quickly enough to keep up with the changing environment