Scottish powersharing under threat after climate target scrapped
A powersharing agreement between the SNP and the Greens at Holyrood is under threat after the Scottish government ditched a key climate change target.
A powersharing agreement between the SNP and the Greens at Holyrood is under threat after the Scottish government ditched a key climate change target.
Scientists are increasingly worried that the AMOC might rapidly weaken due to climate change warming water in the Atlantic - sending temperatures in Europe plunging.
If I were living in Peckham and about to be relocated by the seaside in Dorset, I would be pretty angry with a mob which turned up and slashed the tyres of the coach which had been assigned to take me there.
Researchers find many countries unprepared for influx of new species and will be vulnerable to bites
Two motorists had a terrifying encounter with a huge brown bear on a forest road on the outskirts of Nemuro in Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on April 28. Heart-stopping dashcam footage captured the mother bear sprinting out of the tree line and slamming into the truck, taking powerful swipes at the vehicle with her sharp paws.
The non-venomous snakes are a "lynchpin species in the longleaf pine ecosystem," which Florida experts are working to restore
Heavy showers are expected to hit central England on Saturday
An expressway disintegrated, sending cars plummeting down a hill in Guangdong province in southern China. CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout has the details
We’re going on a bear hunt…
Scientists say the findings could help shed light on how the knowledge of wound medications evolved in humans.
Temperatures will reach up to 16C in some parts according to the Met Office
An orangutan has been observed using a plant with healing properties to treat a wound on its face, in what scientists say is a first for wild animals. Biologists witnessed the male Sumatran orangutan - named Rakus - chewing the leaves of a climbing plant known as Akar Kuning. The Akar Kuning plant, which is found in tropical forests of South East Asia, is known for its pain relieving and anti-inflammatory effects and is often used in traditional medicine to treat diseases such as dysentery, diabetes and malaria.
STORY: The weather office is predicting hotter-than-normal days from now until June.Scientists say climate change is partly responsible for more frequent, severe, and longer heat waves during summer.
The man, who was not carrying bear spray, drew a handgun and fired five shots at the charging bear.
Oil drilling in the North Sea is to continue for up to a decade beyond Britain’s net zero deadline after dozens of new licences were granted to fossil fuel companies.
A “supercell” hail storm has wiped out vast swathes of Chablis vineyards in Burgundy in a devastating blow to the internationally renowned wine region.
When the BBC’s weather map this week burnished yellow, appearing to suggest a dose of Mediterranean sunshine just in time for the long weekend, viewers were aghast to find their sunbathing efforts would have to take place in a less than tropical 15C. “I think it’s very misleading,” says 43-year-old florist Vicky Laffey. “Looking at a map full of orange and yellow makes it seem like that country is in a heatwave and gives people the wrong impression.”
A Kenyan tour guide has rescued 14 tourists after heavy rains caused devastating floodwaters to crash through the Maasai Mara national reserve. Mr Omenya was asleep in his tent at the camp on Wednesday when his driver woke him up at around 1.20am local time to warn him of heavy rainfall and flooding. "When I woke up our tent was literally floating," he told Sky News.
The Met Office warned that thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening.
Scientists fear bird flu has spread from mammals to humans for the first time, marking another step in the evolution of the deadly virus. New analysis concludes there is "strong evidence" that a Texas farm worker who tested positive for the H5N1 virus caught it from sick dairy cattle. There is growing concern about the failure of American authorities to contain the spread of the virus.
Police dogs were used to hunt wild deer and muntjacs at the 84-acre woodland near the Black Country border