Environment
Rubbish! Beaches strewn with litter following July heatwave
Residents of a seaside town have hit out at ‘selfish’ sun-seekers who left behind waste to be picked apart by seagulls.
Radiation in parts of Marshall Islands ‘higher than Chernobyl’
Researchers found radiation in some parts of the Marshall Islands, where 67 atomic weapon tests were conducted, is "far higher" than in areas affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters
Poor people need affordable healthy food, chief medical officer warns
Dame Sally Davies said she is ‘immensely worried’ that it is cheaper to eat unhealthy food.
Bugs resistant to antibiotics found in London’s rivers, canals and ponds
The water contains high levels of DNA that cannot be killed by common drugs such as penicillin, erythromycin and tetracycline
Monkeys help regenerate rainforests…through their poo
Researchers studied the dispersal and germination of seeds as well as the growth and genetic origin of various plants in a forest that had emerged from a former pasture in Peru
Underwater glacial melting ‘happening far faster than previously forecast’
Researchers found that current theoretical models may be dramatically underestimating glacial melt rates
Pic shows boy surrounded by rubbish strewn on beach on hottest day of year
The image shows a child of around eight or nine years kneeling down looking at piles of trash on the shoreline
Hottest day coincides with record number of flights in the sky
Over 225,000 flights were tracked by Flightradar yesterday for the first time ever, news that his been condemned by environmentalists.
It’s official: Today is the hottest ever July day as Mercury soars to 36.9C at Heathrow
The Met Office said the hottest temperature ever recorded in Britain could still be eclipsed today.