Environment
Incredible drone footage shows cliff erosion which has left homeowners in turmoil
Residents at Longbeach Leisure Park, Hornsea have been left in panic after a huge 50m crack appeared just metres from their doorsteps at the cliff edge
Outdoor learning really does boost children’s academic performance and development
Activities can range from hiking through the wilderness to being taken to wetlands for instruction on frogs or simply planting flowers at school.
Trump tweets false claim regarding climate change
The US president has tweeted a claim regarding climate change that is false. He seemed to be tweeting a statement he watched on Fox News on Tuesday morning, writing, “Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace: “The whole climate crisis is not only Fake News, it’s Fake Science. There is no climate crisis, there’s weather and climate all around the world, and in fact carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life.” However, the Greenpeace organisation refutes Mr Moore’s claims that he...
Record numbers of warm-water sea creatures shifted northward during marine heatwave
During the marine heatwave off the West Cost of the United States, scientists noticed creatures typically seen only in places off the coast of Mexico, showing up hundreds of miles further north
Air pollution ‘wipes at least a year off your life’, researchers find
People living in Britain have one and a half years slashed from their life expectancy due to air pollution, warns new research. Dirty air also causes double the number of deaths than previously thought, according to the study. The findings suggest that an estimated 8.8 million people died globally from air pollution, rather than the previously estimated 4.5 million. And in Europe, 790,000 extra deaths took place in 2015 as a result of poor air conditions - caused by diseases...
Beetle discovered on Indonesian island has been named Yoda
Another has been called Obelix, the Asterix character - because of its rather rotund shape.
Warming temperatures means rain is replacing snow in Greenland…further melting the ice sheet
The study shows that traditional snowfall is being replaced by more wet and drizzly conditions - speeding up melting of the ice
Hunt hounds filmed chasing fox through a graveyard in Somerset
At least 20 hounds pursue the vixen through the churchyard in Charlton Horethorne, Somerset
Cruel repeat tests of 270,000 pensioners for PIP disability benefit to be scrapped
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd has announced changes to the disability assessments in order to receive Personal Independent Payment (PIP) and Universal Credit (UC). From spring around 270,000 disabled pensioners will not have their personal independence payment (PIP) awards regularly reviewed. During a speech at disability charity Scope's offices today, announcements include: • A new system from 2021 to allow people to share evidence between Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independent Payment (PIP) • A...