by News Feed Editor | Mar 17, 2024 | Climate Change
Martin Katz / Greenpeace By Justin RowlattClimate editor, BBC NewsGreenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing controversial plans to begin deep-sea mining.One mining company claims the campaign group disrupted a research expedition in the remote...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 15, 2024 | Climate Change
Real IceBy Mark PoyntingBBC News climate reporterPerched on sea-ice off Canada’s northern coast, parka-clad scientists watch saltwater pump out over the frozen ocean.Their goal? To slow global warming.As sea-ice vanishes, the dark ocean surface can absorb more...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 14, 2024 | Climate Change
Costa BerriesBy Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyAn Australian farm has smashed the record for the world’s largest blueberry with a fruit the size of a ping-pong ball.Picked in November and stashed in a freezer since, the monster winner was 4cm wide and weighed...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 14, 2024 | Climate Change
Kevin Church/BBCBy Lucy VladevBBC News rural affairs correspondentEngland’s fastest-declining mammal, the water vole, is among thousands of species set to benefit from a £25m scheme to restore “critical” habitats.The government funding will be used...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 14, 2024 | Climate Change
This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Jonathan AmosScience correspondentUS company SpaceX’s Starship rocket made major progress in its third test flight on Thursday, completing many of its objectives.The...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 13, 2024 | Climate Change
Jon Hawkins/Surrey Hills PhotographyBy Katy LewisBBC News, HertfordshireA campaign to give slugs and snails an “image makeover” wants gardeners to reconsider the role of the much-maligned creatures.The Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and Royal...