October 27, 2016

What inspired Lizzie Carr to build a raft out of rubbish?

October 27, 2016

The Living Planet Index, a report produced jointly by the Zoological Society of London and WWF has today indicated that global wildlife populations have fallen by 58% between 1970 and 2012.

October 25, 2016

The bad news first: In 2015, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our planet's atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in millions of years.

October 4, 2016

In the last six months, the UK has generated more of its electricity from solar panels installed in fields and on houses than was generated using coal. Meanwhile, the European Union has today voted to ratify the Paris climate treaty.

September 19, 2016

The French government has passed a new law making it compulsory for all disposable plastic cups, cutlery, and plates to be made from compostable material. The law is due to come into effect in 2020.

September 19, 2016

The amount of sea ice left at the end of the Arctic summer shrank to the second lowest level since records began in 1979.  The low point was reached on 10 September 2016, when sea ice covered 4.14 million square kilometres (1.6m sq miles).  The lowest level ever recorded was in 2012, when Arctic sea ice covered just 3.39 million square kilometres.

September 19, 2016

On 15 September 2016, after a seven week delay to review security concerns, UK Prime Minister Theresa May gave Hinkley Point C,  the UK's first new nuclear plant for a generation the go-ahead.     Hinkley C, on the north Somerset coast, is being jointly financed by France's EDF, which is investing £12bn and China General Nuclear (CGN), which is investing £6bn.

September 13, 2016

The Met Office has confirmed that temperatures of 32.8ºC (91ºF) have been recorded today at both Kew Gardens and Heathrow Airport, while Gravesend in Kent the temperature has reached 34.4ºC (93.9ºF).

September 1, 2016

There are now 30% fewer savanna elephants in Africa than there were in 2007.

August 30, 2016

Yesterday, the Working Group on the Anthropocene (WGA), made up of 35 of experts from around the world proposed that a new geologocal epoch - the Athropocene - needs to be declared. The scientists made their recommendation to the International Geological Congress in Cape Town, South Africa.