Environment
Canadian government plan to ban single-use plastics by 2021
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to outline plans to ban single-use plastics by 2021. Plastic straws, cotton swabs, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks will be among items due to be banished in the country according to reports in CBC News. The full list of plastics to be banned by the federal government will follow the model chosen by the European Union, which voted in March to also ban products made of oxo-degradable plastics, such as bags,...
Siberia set to become holiday hotspot due to global warming
Global warming will make the frozen wasteland attractive to tourists - within a few decades, say scientists.
Diesel exhausts damage the lungs as much as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for fifteen years
The black carbon has been observed causing changes to the blood vessels around the organs for the first time.
Rain-filled elephant tracks serve as “refuges” for frogs, shielding them from predators
The tracks could also function as "stepping stones" connecting different groups of frogs, according to a study
Human civilisation could be over by 2050
A terrifying new report has claimed that human civilisation could be over by 2050, unless climate change is tackled immediately. Researchers from the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Melbourne claims that climate change poses a ‘near- to mid-term existential threat to human civilisation.’ The report outlines a worst-case scenario of how our world could look like in 30 years’ time. They assume that world leaders ignore advice to decarbonise the global economy, this would raise temperatures by 3...
Arsenal star joins giant creature for World Environment Day protest against plastic pollution
Former Arsenal footballer Mathieu Flamini joined the protest aimed at protecting the ocean from plastic pollution and highlighting the climate crisis.
Giant mural of climate campaigner Greta Thunberg appears in Bristol
The teenager has built a world wide support base for her uncompromising message
Giant penis protest greets Donald Trump arrival at Stansted Airport for UK state visit.
President Donald Trump has landed at Stansted Airport in Essex for a controversial three day state visit with first lady Melania Trump. Before Air Force One even touched down, the President of the United States faced a protest against his reckless policy on climate change. An environmental protestor mowed a giant penis into a field near the airport. The image, which is accompanied by the message "Oi Trump" was left by 18-year old student, environmentalist and entrepreneur Ollie Nancarrow, mowed...
Dead humpback whale could have been dragged 2,500 miles across the Atlantic by fishing gear
An orange buoy and rope could be seen wrapped around the whale when it was found dead in Scrabster, Caithness.