Last time the Earth was this warm, 130,000 years ago, England's Thames Valley was home to hippos and elephants, write Emma Stone & Alex Farnsworth. But the closest climate analogue is actually the Miocene Climate Optimum, 11 million years ago, when CO2 levels were similar to today's. As for the ice age that's due, scientists believe it will be postponed for at least 100,000 years.
… cooler than today . 130,000 years ago, a rich British megafauna To reach a point when the … were living as far north as the British Isles. How do we know all this? Well, … were living as far north as the British Isles. …
Britain's political, economic and media elites will be the last to turn against the neoliberal system that spawned them, writes Jonathan Cook - even as it impoverishes the country and endangers our fragile planet. Cheered on by the Guardian, most Labour MPs would rather destroy their own party than let Corbyn and his backers make it fit for its 21st century purpose.
… to prove whether he could win over the wider British public. Now they are staging a … the Guardian , the house paper of the British left - long the preferred choice of … of understanding what we see happening to the British left at the moment. A younger …
The Grizzly bear hunting season is under way in British Columbia, Canada. The government claims that the decision to open the hunt and the kill quotas are 'science-based' but as Kyle Artelle writes, science doesn't get a look in - and the Grizzlies' are in serious danger.
… Grizzly bear hunting season is under way in British Columbia, Canada. The government … for at-risk grizzly bears in the province of British Columbia, Canada, re-opened this … contrary to its conclusions. The minister in British Columbia responsible for managing the …
The great GM debate is a complex one. Professor Guy Cook examines the ways in which the issue is often tackled - verbally that is.
… pronoun by which he apparently meant the British people) ‘being overrun by protesters … those who disagreed with him were somehow not British (‘them’ not ‘us’), and emphasising his … in addition, new faces on the scene: a new British Prime Minister (less given to, or …
Who says technology can’t be good for the environment? Rosie Spinks rounds up the apps that are making the planet a greener place to be
… Guide seal of approval. Get it: www.apple.com British Gas Meter app As utilitarian as it is green, the British Gas meter-reading app allows the … motivation for keeping usage to a minimum. British Gas is the first energy company in the …
A new study explains for the first time how nanoparticles like those in diesel exhaust fumes cause heart disease by lodging in inflamed blood vessels, writes Oliver Tickell. The study, published as the UK government is ordered before the High Court to justify its refusal to publish plans to tackle illegal air pollution which afflicts 38 million people, also raises wider fears about 'engineered nanoparticles' in the environment.
… ACS Nano based on research part-funded by the British Heart Foundation , build on previous … Pearson, Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation, which part-funded … ' The authors acknowledge funding from the British Heart Foundation , the Colt Foundation …
UK water voles face an uncertain future after widespread habitat loss and predation by American mink, write Emily Thomas and Nida Al-Fulaij. But you can help by joining a UK-wide monitoring scheme run by the People’s Trust for Endangered Species that's recruiting nature-loving volunteers to survey local lakes, rivers, ditches and streams for signs of these lovable but elusive creatures.
… experienced the most serious decline of any British wild mammal. This shocking drop in … different. They are the largest of the British voles, about the size of a guinea pig, …
Ice core analysis shows that lead pollution in Antarctica took off in the 1880s as mining at Broken Hill, Australia, took off. Lead residues have fallen from their late 20th century peak, writes Joe McConnell - but they are still four times higher than in pre-industrial times.
… Temperatures were below -50°C. Scott was British; Amundsen a Norwegian. Sled dogs were … study used data from others sampled by the British Antarctic Survey, the Australian …
The mainstream British media have long acted as cheerleaders for GMOs, but none quite so much as The Times and its disgraced correspondent Matt Ridley, writes Colin Todhunter. His most recent article on the topic is a strange concoction of misrepresentations, falsehoods and blunders dressed up as science, and reflects both his ignorance of the real facts and his deep ideological commitment to corporate profit and power.
… UK EU matt-ridley-book-cut.jpg The mainstream British media have long acted as cheerleaders … the EU will take place on 6th June 2016. The British Government is supporting the European … who may not be aware, Owen Paterson is a British MP and former the former environment …
In an open letter to the UK's political party leaders, Scientists for Global Responsibility urge those politicians to take the global threat of climate change seriously and to exploit science and technology to create jobs, tackle fuel poverty, and reduce local air pollution
… and provide many other co-benefits for British society. The UK could now capitalise … (or ‘fracking') is not popular with the British public, [7] partly as it creates …
English Nature's decision to licence England's badger cull has no scientific basis, write Iain McGill and 26 other distinguished vets in this Open Letter to EN's Chief Scientist. Science Advisory Committee and Board. The body must urgently re-examine the entire issue before issuing any more licences to kill badgers.
… in the pilot trials, the withdrawal of British Veterinary Association (BVA) support … Citing concerns over lack of humaneness, the British Veterinary Association has withdrawn …
The very first GE product, a dietary supplement, poisoned thousands of people of which dozens died, writes Steven M. Druker. The first GE food, the 'Flavr Savr' tomato, caused stomach lesions. But a long campaign of concealment and deception by regulators and corporate scientists re-engineered the truth to present GMOs as so safe they did not even need to be tested for safety.
… harmful side effects. [xii] Moreover, the British Medical Association, the Public Health … never been withdrawn or revised. [xiii] The British Medical Association has clearly … of these novel products. As described in the British Medical Journal, the Association …
Fed up with rainy summers? Blame global warming, and specifically, the melting Arctic. But for the future, nothing is certain.
… is carried through the Atlantic north of the British Isles. But when the jet stream shifts … that respect, it’s business as usual for the British weather. James Screen is a Research …
In early March author Steven Druker challenged the Royal Society to justify its outspoken and partisan support of GMO crops, writes Colin Todhunter, and to correct any errors of fact in his book 'Altered Genes,Twisted Truths'. Three months later, the Royal Society remains silent. Is it frightened of genuine scientific debate?
… Society acts as a scientific advisor to the British government. It is a self-governing … It therefore has an obligation to the British public to provide a public response …
Following the atomic bombs exploded over Japan in 1945 a second crime against humanity took place, writes Chris Busby: the deliberate falsification of science to hide the dangers of ionising radiation, perpetrated to quell public opposition to a new age of nuclear bombs and energy. The fraud continues to this day, but finally the truth is winning out.
… I am currently presenting a case for the British Atomic Test veterans in the Royal … Richard Wakeford, ex-head of research of British Nuclear Fuels at Sellafield, nuclear …
Papers reluctantly released by the UK Government in the bomb test veterans' legal case for compensation reveal what it has long denied, writes Chris Busby - that bomb fallout is rich in uranium, and that most of its radioactivity is concentrated in the 'forgotten' but highly active isotope U-234, explaining much of the substantial, long term damage to veterans' health.
… ton of uranium per megaton of yield. The big British Christmas Island bomb, Grapple Y, … and Plutonium in the fallout of all the British tests. The judge asked me if that was …
A 145,000 sq km area of peatland swamp forest has been discovered in the Congo Basin, writes Tim Radford, and it holds a record 30 Gt of carbon, equivalent to 20 years of US fossil fuel emissions. Now the race is on to protect it from damaging development that would emit that carbon over coming decades.
… would emit that carbon over coming decades. British scientists have just discovered one of …
Just as 2014 is looking like going down as the hottest year since records began, motor-mouthed climate change deniers are shrinking into the shadows, writes Richard Heasman.
… chancellor in the 1980s after overheating the British economy, has led the siren chorus of …
Al available science indicates that badgers have little if anything to do with bovine TB in cattle, writes Lesley Docksey. This is reflected in Wales's consultation on its 'refreshed TB Eradication Programme'. We must hope that Northern Ireland's bTB Eradication Strategy will be equally science based - and ready to campaign hard if it relies on cruel, ineffective and expensive badger culls.
… and expensive badger culls. Oh dear - the British Veterinary Association is at it again …
England's 2014 trial badger cull starts today - with no independent oversight, and no gathering of essential scientific data. The government's 'science-led' policy consists of asking scientists for help, writes Rosie Woodroffe - then completely ignore everything they said, and order them off the premises.
… Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is expected to cost British taxpayers nearly £100m in 2014 . …
Ecosystems don't collapse a little at a time, writes JAMES DYKE, but all of a sudden. So how can we see the danger signs and act in time to save them? A new study of eutrophic lakes shows that the answer lies, not in easily-measured nutrient levels, but from a more subtle understanding of the lakes' shifting ecology and types of species: keystones, weeds and canaries.
… General Motors was bailed out while the British bank Northern Rock was nationalised …
The mass poisoning of farm animals in Kent in 1963 was traced to a factory where a pesticide developed as a WWII chemical warfare agent was manufactured, writes John Clark. The event, so close to the publication of Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring', galvanised a growing ecological awareness - all the more so as the government's only wish was to hush the matter up.
… first environmental scandals in contemporary British history - one that would galvanise the …