The weight of the Colonel Armstrong Tree is 110 tonnes which is more than they had thought. Previous estimates were 70 to 90 tonnes. Scientist used laser scanning to estimate the weight of the tree more accurately which is 88 m tall (289 feet). The …
Researchers have said that global warming has resulted in marine heatwaves which has killed half the corals of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia over the past 25 years. Although all sizes of coral have been affected since the 1990s, the larger species such as …
Rishi Sunak, the UK Chancellor, is preparing to instigate a carbon tax in the UK to raise billions of pounds after we complete Brexit negotiations and leave the EU at the end of the year. The idea is to raise money to chip away at …
The Duke of Cambridge wants to leave his mark, he wants to leave a legacy as his grandfather has and his father, Prince Charles, has with the Prince’s Trust. He has set up the Earthshot Prize. He wants to create an optimism and urgency in …
NEWS AND VIEWS: Sir David Attenborough is supporting a campaign by more than 100 conservation groups to get countries to commit, in total, £390 billion ($500 billion) annually to protect wildlife. Today there is a virtual UN biodiversity summit meeting. The UK’s Prime Minister is …
Plug-in hybrid cars are meant to have a much reduced level of carbon dioxide emissions compared to petrol or diesel cars. It is said they that produce about one third less CO2. They also produce less nitrous oxide and particulates (very small soot particles). Their …
I get the impression that climate change causing hotter summers is having a devastating effect upon the hedgehog population in Europe. I think that you will find that the 10 hottest years on the planet have occurred in the last dozen or so years. It …
The UK’s arable farms’ production of cereal could be down by 35 percent this year because of climate change. It will mean that Britain will become an importer of about 4 million tonnes of grain whereas in the past the country was a net exporter …
A tiny marsupial, a mouse-like creature, called the black-tailed dusky antechinus, might have been wiped out by the summer bushfires that ravaged Australia and which were so well publicised. Scientists have searched the habitat of this marsupial and failed to find any of them. They …
