Environment
Antarctica ice now unstable as glaciers melt five times as fast as in the 90s
Coastal communities across the planet will be affected.
Extinction Rebellion activists accused of gluing themselves to DLR train to stand trial
Cathy Eastburn, 51, Mark Ovland, 35, and Luke Watson, 29, all appeared at Blackfriars Crown Court to enter not guilty pleas
Tropical islands suffocated by 414 million pieces of plastic
Once celebrated as "Heaven on Earth" by travel writers, now a monstrous 238 tonnes of plastic debris scatter the white sandy beaches of the Cocos Islands - including bottle caps, straws and flip-flops
Global warming ‘reducing amount of carbon stored in forests’
Researchers found that as temperatures increase, trees grow faster - but they also tend to die younger
Gardeners warned to look before weeding after hedgehog called Mr Chips scalped by a strimmer
Mr Chips was hit by an unknowing gardener as he was nestled in a pile of leaves, and a large section of fur and spines was ripped off.
Appeal as sick thugs caught on camera pulling off live pheasant’s wings
The youths were caught on covert cameras restraining the bird before torturing it with a curved knife and a slingshot
Romans polluted the air with heavy metals
Ice cores from the French Alps have revealed mining for lead and silver led to poisons being released into the air more than 2,000 years ago.
Global warming threat to British frogs
Warmer springs and autumns when temperatures reach a steady 16C - 60.8F - could dramatically increase the risk of Ranavirus outbreaks in common frogs
EE customers suffer poor reception after phone mast becomes home peregrine falcons
It is illegal to remove the nesting birds from the mast in Shirley, West Midlands