Advisers urge change,
UK must face rising heat—
Set temp limits soon.
UK must face rising heat—
Set temp limits soon.
Successive governments have failed to prepare the UK for extreme heat, the climate watchdog says.
Category: Science
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Rise in solar panel sales as people ‘want to save money’
Solar panels soar,
A director buys two thousand,
Future bills secured.One director, who has just bought 2,000 panels, hopes to safeguard the company's future bills.
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Europe’s oldest science park could be redeveloped
Cambridge plans a change,
New jobs rise, spaces emerge,
Old science park reborn.Cambridge Science Park submits plans which could create 20,000 jobs and new public spaces.
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Plan to track for signs of endangered water vole
Water voles decline,
Tracking begins in England,
Ninety percent lost.Water vole numbers nationally are in free fall, with more than 90 per cent lost since the 1970s.
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Waste carrier licences to be tightened as part of illegal dumping crackdown
Beau Vine’s license
sparks stricter waste rules on
illegal dumping.The proposed changes come after a cow named Beau Vine got approved for a waste removal licence.
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Blue Flags awarded but one beach misses out
Blue Flags raised with pride,
Six shores gleam in Britain’s sun—
Avon Beach left bare.Keep Britain Tidy awards six Blue Flags but Avon Beach misses out because of a slip-up.
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Canada’s Mark Carney speaks with Artemis II crew on Earth
Carney greets the crew,
Hansen and Artemis bound,
Stars await their flight.The prime minister met Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and other crew members in Ottawa.
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US firm set to buy satellite station in £37m deal
Texas firm will buy,
£37 million stake,
Expanding the stars.A Texas-based company wants to expand its deep space communitcations network.
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Rare plant makes comeback from brink of extinction
Kentish milkwort thrives,
Seven-fold surge since 2013—
Conservation wins.The Kentish milkwort has seen a seven-fold increase since conservation efforts in 2013.
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A woolly solution to NI’s peatland problems?
Wool from northern sheep,
Roots weaving through damp peatlands—
Carbon's gentle hand.Could locally-sourced wool restore peatlands and reduce the carbon cost of conservation?