Last month the UN announced its findings on pollution and found its effects are causing more deaths than the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest report from UN special rapporteur, David Boyd, states the planet needs “immediate and ambitious action” to defeat the threat from pollution on human and animal life. It states pollution leads to nine…
Climate Change, Science
Rising temperatures could make Earth uninhabitable
With climate change comes a series of unfortunate consequences, and rising temperatures are at the top of the list. This phenomenon is particularly dangerous for areas near the equator as the rapidly increasing heat threatens to make these regions literally uninhabitable. The latest research has announced that rising temperatures and humidity are pushing tropical areas…
Creative Writing, Venue
Outdoors
There’s a global pandemic, they say. Stay inside. No none essential travel allowed. No driving to nice places. No leaving the house. The fear sets in. Everyone stock piles, rushing to buy as much food and toiletries as they can. And then. Nothing. No motorways packed with back to back vehicles. No cars being used…
Climate Change, Science
There is still hope for our oceans…
Amidst the global warming crisis, it is hard to be optimistic that the extensive damage done to the world’s oceans through human pollution can ever be reversed. However, recent scientific studies suggest there is hope; our oceans can be restored by as soon as 2050, if the right measures are taken. Oceans are home to…
Science
Trump withdraws USA from Paris climate agreement
On Monday 4 November, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the USA will be formally withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. This makes the USA the first country to ever attempt to exit the accord. President Trump announced his plans for leaving the Paris agreement two years ago, with official proceedings only just…
Climate Change, Science
Two whales found dead in the Thames
On Tuesday, October 8, a humpback whale that was previously spotted in the Thames was found dead by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR). The humpback, lovingly nicknamed Hessy, was a rare breed thought to have died due to being nutritionally compromised. However, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) conducted a necropsy and found…
Science
Our plastic planet?
‘Our Plastic Planet?’ was hosted by Lizzie Daly, a wildlife biologist with a particular passion for the oceans. Her interactive presentation began with the cold truth: the entire ocean is now polluted with plastic. Every second 20,000 plastic bottles are being bought, and more than 80% of them are ending up either in landfills or…
Science
The danger of microplastics
Microplastics in the oceans are becoming a notorious area of study with increasing concerns on how it affects the food chain. New research has revealed that these microplastics are now becoming airborne from polluted waters via flying insects, affecting birds and other insect eating creatures. Microplastics are a pervasive pollutant found in marine, freshwater and…
Science
Plastic and pollution – what can you do this summer?
Devastating footage of seabirds starving to death because their stomachs are so full of plastic there is no room for food has recently emerged on BBC One documentary Drowning in Plastic. The birds live on Lord Howe Island, a tiny island off the east coast of Australia. Marine biologists are working hard to save the…
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