Environment

A NEW revolutionary 'plastic-eating' vessel which could clean up the Pacific ocean in four decades has been revealed in a world first. Known as the Ocean Saviour project, the self-powering 70m tri-deck clean-up vessel is the world's first boat to find which will find and recycle plastic from the ocean. The vessel works by collecting plastic waste, which is finely chopped, milled and processed using plasma gasification, with the end product becoming fuel for the yacht. It is estimated her...

Small simple jaw enabled mammals to survive in changing climates

the rise in global temperatures means previously year-round frozen soil is melting faster than thought

Abbie Sellers, 26, opened the shop which she claims can save over 10,000 pieces of plastic being used each week

A shocking new study has discovered that over 14 million people, 4.5 million of them children, and living in poverty. The investigation also discovered that 12% of the total UK population is in “persistent” poverty, having spent all or most of the last four years below the breadline. The statistics, by Social Metrics Commission, have been gathered from a new measure to calculate social disadvantage. The commission includes experts from academia, and from organisations such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation,...

The founder of environmental campaign group Blue Planet Society believes social media including Instagram and Facebook is fuelling the problem

For the first time scientists have found the harmful tiny particles of carbon, typically created from burning fossil fuel, in placentas

Wales, Devon and Cornwall look set to get most heavily shafted by the 80mph gales.

Post mortems on almost 1,000 dead turtles found more than half of babies - and about a quarter of juveniles - had swallowed plastic, compared to just one in seven adults