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Temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef have soared to their highest in 400 years, a new study has found.
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CNNA pregnant shark was tagged and monitored for 5 months, then disappeared. Scientists now know its fate
Scientists tracked the movements of a large pregnant porbeagle shark for months. Then, its tag floated to the ocean surface, suggesting a larger shark had eaten it.
- Wales Online
More warnings to come as people told 'turn off gas' and 'prepare kit'
A warning is currently in place and more look set to come this weekend
- Bournemouth Echo UK
Car boot sale cancelled after warning is issued
A CAR boot sale has been cancelled this weekend.
- The Telegraph
Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion ‘failed to lower pollution levels’
Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion to outer London failed to lower pollution levels, a report has found.
- Time
Where Did Mars's Water Go? The Picture Is Getting Clearer
Two new studies provide two new answers to the mystery of where Mars's water disappeared to.
- Futurism
Scientists Intrigued by Signs of Hidden Ring of Objects at Edge of Solar System
New observations with the Subaru Telescope have uncovered the existence of an intriguing cluster of objects at the edge of our Solar System. The resulting studies, which will be published in the Planetary Science Journal, suggest that there could be an entire structure of objects lying beyond the uncharted darkness of the Kuiper Belt, […]
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What will the weather be like this autumn?
After the coolest summer in nine years, the Met Office has now told us what is likely to be in store in the coming three months.
- The Independent
Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule touches down back on Earth without its crew
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will remain at the International Space Station until February, when they will fly home on a SpaceX flight
- FTW Outdoors
Baby koala, attacked by dog, reunites with mom in sweet video
An Australia-based conservation group has shared footage showing a baby koala reuniting with mom after the “joey” was attacked by a dog and rushed to a wildlife hospital for treatment. “Meet Squeak!” Wildlife Warriors exclaimed via
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Thundery showers to hit large parts of UK with flooding still possible
A new band of ‘heavy and thundery rain’ will arrive on the south coast on Saturday and move northwards overnight.
- The Telegraph
Ed Miliband ‘considers scrapping wind power target’
Ed Miliband is preparing to scrap the UK’s much-vaunted target for building 55 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2030, according to reports.
- Futurism
Hatch Shut to Send Troubled Starliner Home With No Astronauts on Board
The hutch of Boeing's plagued Starliner is officially closed. The much-maligned spacecraft, which has been stuck at the International Space Station since early June due to a litany of technical issues, is set to make its return just after 6 pm EDT today. The plan is for it to engage its braking burn just […]
- Evening Standard
Thunderstorms hit capital as southern England braces for second day of heavy rain
Thunderstorms hit capital as southern England braces for second day of heavy rain
- The Independent
UK weather live: Met Office warning as over a month’s rain to fall in two days on southern Britain
The Met Office say the weather will remain unsettled this weekend
- Futurism
Our Galaxy Appears to Be Touching Another Galaxy, Scientists Say
Researchers suggest the Milky Way may stretch much farther into the vastness of outer space than initially thought and is already touching its closest neighbor Andromeda. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the international team of researchers posits a new definition for the boundary between interstellar space and the […]
- Wales Online
Busy street left 'like a river' after burst water main causes chaos
Witnesses reported seeing fridges and wheelie bins floating down the street
- Eastern Daily Press
Why it's time to double down on decommissioning
The scale of decommissioning work in the UK basin is ‘eyewatering’, but if the backlog isn't addressed now, the UK risks losing its supply chain overseas.
- The Telegraph
Natural England has far more diesels than electric vehicles in its fleet
The quango in charge of protecting the nation’s green spaces runs six times as many polluting diesel-powered vehicles in its fleet than eco-friendly battery-powered cars and vans.
- AFP
Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returns home without astronauts
Boeing's beleaguered Starliner made its long-awaited return to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who rode it up to the International Space Station, after NASA ruled the trip back too risky.In 2014, NASA awarded both Boeing and SpaceX multibillion-dollar contracts to develop spacecraft to taxi astronauts to and from the ISS, after the end of the Space Shuttle program left the US space agency reliant on Russian rockets.
- The Guardian
‘Flight shame is dead’: concern grows over climate impact of tourism boom
Post-Covid hunger for travel is taking a heavy toll on the environment amid race to net zero, say experts