The Save Our Magnificent Meadows partnership hopes to demonstrate the fragility and importance of our fast-disappearing Great British meadows.
… the land by growing through spring and summer, cutting in late summer and grazing in winter. With the onset … said: "Beyond being a quintessential sight of summer, meadows' value to our wildlife cannot …
Cambridge's Centre For Climate Repair argues that greening the world's oceans and refreezing the Arctic will accelerate climate restoration.
… worrying factor of all. Arctic sea ice in the summer has virtually gone, so a good … proportion of the Arctic Ocean in the Arctic summer is exposed to sunlight. The Arctic … than that, right next to that exposed summer Arctic sea is Greenland. When Greenland …
The World Meteorological Organisation has delivered a sobering report on the state of global climate at COP25 in Madrid.
… countries. Australia had an exceptionally hot summer. The mean summer temperature was the highest on record … experienced two significant heat waves in the summer of 2019. In June, a heatwave affecting …
In 2016 the UK imported £26 million worth of fur, showing that the industry has gone global. Only by exposing the level of cruelty and showing people what lies behind the fashion will change ever come about writes LAURA BRIGGS
… of fur rages on and at the fourth annual summer school of the Oxford School for Animal … their choices. The Fourth Annual Oxford Summer School on Animal Ethics 2017 was run by …
The Cork Oak forests in southern Europe play a huge role in maintaining biodiversity, regulating water cycles, as well as preventing the spread of desertification.
… downwards to drink as the heat rises in the summer months. However, it is the bark of the …
Campaigners fighting a development for an 18-hole golf course on a pristine part of the Moray Firth are planning to launch a legal challenge against the plans with £10,000 they have sourced through crowdfunding. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… "The town is already full to the brim in summer and this is just a vanity project for …
It seems we've been talking about bringing green areas to urban spaces for years, but at this year's Chelsea Flower Show (which runs until 27th May) it's clear this theme remains a top priority writes LAURA BRIGGS who pays a visit to the world's best known flower show
… in a sub-tropical area at the height of summer conditions get humid but by harnessing …
When we melt ice sheets or raise sea-levels the change in pressure and weight on the Earth’s crust can trigger violent responses that very few will see coming.
… in Europe and the UK to minus twenty-five and summer temperatures won’t get above about ten …
The very least 'global warming' could do for us is to give us warmer winters, right? Wrong, writes Nick Breeze, who met climate scientist and meteorologist Jennifer Francis in his attempt to understand the complex interactions of jet stream, polar vortex, the melting Arctic, and the extreme snowfall that's hitting the northeast US right now.
… a lot more energy from the sun through the summertime. So it becomes very warm there. … all that heat that's been absorbed all summer long, where the ice has retreated, is …
Calls for better protection of the UK's ancient woodlands are being made by environmental groups due to a loophole in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), last revised in 2012. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… Ancient Tree Forum at their annual two-day summer conference held in Dorset, where people …
The oceans cover 72 percent of the planet - but are all but ignored in discussions about reducing levels of atmospheric carbon to preindustrial levels. In this interview with NICK BREEZE, ocean ecologist Russ George explains how ocean restoration will lower greenhouse gases and bring back fish stocks to levels not seen for generations
… a 100 by 100 kilometre patch of ocean in the summer of 2012. The reason we chose the patch …
Professor Chris Rapley discusses the Climate Change Act 10 years on - and warns we are not acting on a 'scale or pace' to stay beneath the crucial 2ºC of warming. In this interview with NICK BREEZE, he balances the inadequacies of climate policy with the growing willingness of many people to take action
… the mountains and then delivers water in the summer, from the Himalayas or Alps or wherever …