Environment
Switzerland backs new climate measures in referendum as glaciers melt ‘at an alarming rate’
Swiss glaciers experienced record melting last year, losing more than 6 per cent of their volume. Scientists say 2 per cent would have once been considered extreme.
Panama Canal becomes the new face of climate change’s far-reaching economic consequences
To see the economic consequences of global warming look no further than the 82 km strip between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Wasps: A total nuisance or horticultural hero?
By Ross McNally
Plastic-eating robot shark deployed in Canary Wharf
The WasteShark can collect up to 500kg of plastic waste – the equivalent of 22,700 plastic bottles – a day.
Windy weather puts British grid close to 100% zero carbon operation
New records were set on December 30 for wind power generation and share of zero carbon electricity on the grid.
Greta Thunberg tells Andrew Tate he has ‘small d**k energy’ in savage tweet
Tate asked Thunberg to provide him with her email address so he could send a complete list of his car collection and "their respective enormous emissions."
Target date for cleaning up England’s waterways pushed back by 36 years
Until Brexit, the UK government was required to achieve "good" chemical and ecological status by 2027. That has now been pushed back to 2063.
Temperatures in Europe have risen by twice the global average over past 30 years
The World Meteorological Organisation says Europe presents a "live picture of a warming world".