One of the most spectacular wildlife events in the UK takes place on the Norfolk coast, as tens of thousands of knot arrive from Arctic Canada and Iceland for their winter roost. To see them is “just an extraordinary experience,” said photographer and RSPB Snettisham reserve volunteer Les Bunyan. “It’s not just what you’re looking
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Teenagers living in remote Arctic communities say they’re worried about the effects of climate change. Scientists warn that melting ice and warming temperatures show rapid climate change is taking place. Rarely heard young people from multiple countries within the Arctic Circle say their way of life is at risk and governments must act.
Some of the UK’s most prominent young environmental campaigners are making an urgent plea for global leaders to take action against climate change – amidst the coronavirus pandemic. More than half of 18 to 24-years-old surveyed in the UK are worried that the challenges of climate change have been neglected because of the outbreak. In
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Oskars Mezhniyeks has spent eight years trying to stop the spread of giant hogweed, an invasive toxic weed, advancing on land surrounding his home in Latvia. The sap can cause severe blistering if it touches skin that’s exposed to the sun. But Oskars knows how to stop the perennial plant growing back.
For the first time, British and American jets are flying together, as they launch from the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier. It’s the final exercise for HMS Queen Elizabeth, before the carrier sets sail in early 2021 for its first operational deployment. The BBC’s defence correspondent, Jonathan Beale, was invited on board.
Video footage has captured the moment a river-side house crumbled into raging flood waters in the French commune of Saint-Martin-Vésubie. Fierce winds and torrential rain from Storm Alex have hit southern France and north-western Italy. Hundreds of aid workers have been sent to help villages cut off because of damaged roads and bridges.
(Reuters) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday unveiled what he called a “blueprint” for enabling energy extraction, mining, grazing and logging in federal forests by speeding up environmental reviews and permitting. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue holds a U.S. flag-themed face mask while speaking about the nation?s food supply chain during
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan wildlife authorities have detained four men in connection with the killing of a 25-year-old male gorilla, the leader of a gorilla group and hugely popular with tourists. FILE PHOTO: A silverback mountain gorilla from the Mukiza group is seen in the forest within the Bwindi National Park near the town of
LONDON (Reuters) – The Scottish government said on Friday it has set up a 62 million pound ($78 million) fund to help the energy industry recover from the impacts of the coronavirus crisis and the collapse in oil and gas prices. The energy transition fund will support businesses in the sector over the next five
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for a 13th consecutive month in May, government data showed on Friday, despite President Jair Bolsonaro’s deployment of the military to fight soaring environmental destruction in the region FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia
ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – Killing brown bears at bait stations would be legal for the first time in Alaska’s most-visited national wildlife refuge, under a proposed rule released on Wednesday by the Trump administration. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with conservative black supporters in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington,
A griffon vulture spreads it wings bearing its tracking tags as it prepares to fly after it was temporarily captured as part of a national project to protect and increase the population of the protected bird in Israel, near Sde Boker in southern Israel October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen CARMEL MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Israel (Reuters)
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday overturned an Obama-era rule that barred hunters in Alaska national preserves from baiting bear
FILE PHOTO: Tropical Storm Cristobal is seen on a northern track over the Gulf of Mexico in a satellite image taken June 7, 2020. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – Tropical depression Cristobal is moving into Missouri with some strengthening forecasted during the next 36 hours as it transitions into an extratropical cyclone, the U.S. National