Environment
Around 2,000 non-native plants and animals from across the world have been introduced to the UK and they are a major and growing driver of biodiversity loss, costing us almost £2billion a year.
When retired naval officer Victor Vescovo made a record-breaking 10,928 m submarine dive to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, he probably wasn’t expecting to come across man-made litter...but he did. Just a few days after the United Nations has issued a damning report of the state of our planet, we take a look at other unlikely places where we’ve managed to leave a damaging trace.
Almost 50,000 pieces of litter were picked up by volunteers during beach cleans last month.
Many of us are adapting our lifestyles and giving up plastics, however we need to recognise that the plastic crisis is felt especially keenly in developing countries.
As an ageing punk, I find it sad and absurd that we’ve learnt so little in the last 40 years.
Green campaigners want the same to happen in England and Wales.
The store is calling on other retailers to follow suit.
Scientists say we have five years to change course on climate change. The next European parliament term is five years – they are a matter of life and death
Another dead gray whale has washed up on a San Francisco beach. It's the ninth whale found dead in the Bay Area since March. Researchers say, the 41ft-long adult female was hit by a ship. The Marine Mammal centre said three previous whales died from ship strikes and four from malnutrition. But they suspect warming ocean conditions might also be a factor linked to their deaths.
“Just a few years ago we were told Britain couldn’t possibly keep the lights on without burning coal."