Environment
Scientists created green hydrogen fuel from seawater possibly unlocking environmentally friendly energy for all
Previously they could only use distilled fresh water which was expensive and would use up precious reserves.
Alligator study suggests that dinosaurs had good hearing – making them deadly hunters
They processed sound in the same way as alligators - their closest living relative
Stunning photos show breathtaking scale of iceberg size of BRISTOL floating off Antarctic coast
A National Geographic explorer has taken incredible photos of an iceberg off the coast of Antarctica that is 11-miles long and five-miles wide
When our kids protest, the least grown-ups can do is listen
By Steve Tooze, member of local climate change action group Lambeth for a Cool Planet My kids and a 16-year-old girl that I’ve never met called Greta Thunberg have turned me into a climate change radical. And today it seemed like I wasn’t alone. I stood amongst dozens of friends and neighbours on an overcast, blustery March afternoon on the pavement outside of Lambeth town hall in Brixton, South London. Our council has laudably declared a Climate Emergency and we all agreed that we...
How the global Youth Strike For Climate shows the future is bright
They don’t want a house, a mortgage, a car, things. All they want is their future, their planet. And all they have to offer in return? Only ideas, energy, respect, innocence, purity, originality, love and joy.
Watch – Thousands of schoolchildren gathered outside Westminster to protest about climate change
Crowds gathered outside Parliament to protest a perceived failure of politicians to tackle the climate emergency facing the planet and a Government “that doesn’t care about” them.
Climate strike founder Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
As school children protest in over 100 countries today for more to be done to tackle climate change, the Swedish girl who started the global campaign has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The School Strike For Climate movement started when Greta Thunberg, 15, began striking from school and protesting outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm last year for more to be done to fight climate change. Her story travelled around the globe, and soon school children were joining...
Parents shamed by their own children – for bad recycling practices
Parents have been shamed by their own children – for bad recycling practices, according to research. A poll of 2,000 mums and dads of children aged five to 18 found one in six believe their kids know more about what can be recycled than they do. And four in 10 have tried to throw something away, only to be caught out by a child who knew better. A quarter of kids have even pointed out good recycling habits at the...
Huge earthquake in the tropics ‘could trigger another Ice Age’
Over the last 540 million years the Earth has weathered three such events - with ice sheets and glaciers stretching far beyond the polar cap