Environment

NEW CROSS-PARTY SOCIAL CARE PARLIAMENTARY GROUP LAUNCHED TO TACKLE GROWING CARE CRISIS. A new parliamentary group on social care will launch in Westminster today amid warnings from GMB Union the care sector is ‘in crisis’.   The All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (APPG Social Care) is a cross-party group of MPs who have come together to look at the care system, funding and state of staffing in the sector.  The group is sponsored by GMB Union, while its first...

Environmentalists believe the seal is likely to have starved to death, due to its body mass and bones protruding

Scientists say the ground-breaking technique can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon

Around three in 20 Brits would object to having immigrants as neighbours and around 10 per cent would object to neighbours of a different race, according to a study

A study has shown that the average field has just 9 worms per spadeful of soil - almost half of the number there should be

Scientists say the Gaskiers glaciation could have been triggered by huge amounts of carbon dioxide being absorbed as part of the weathering process of the solidified lava

Scientists say the concentration of carbon dioxide is rising faster than at any time since the age of the dinosaurs

Animal welfare charity Viva! has published a new report detailing the shocking environmental impact of the livestock industry. ENVIROCIDAL – How Livestock Farming is Killing the Planet reveals the scale of global warming and predicts the devastating effects livestock farming will have on the environment if the global consumption of animal products continues at the same rate. The report investigates all aspects of climate change, from global warming to overfishing, loss of biodiversity, land and water use, and addresses common misconceptions...

The discovery takes archaeologists "a step closer" to unlocking the iconic landmark's greatest mystery - why its stones came from so far away