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Tag: Climate change

  • Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

    Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2016 destroyed by severe weather, reports a BAS team

    It is possible even from 800km up to spot the animals' excrement, or guano, on the white ice and then to estimate the likely size of any gathering.

    Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather. The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea. Scientists say the colony at the edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf has collapsed with adult birds showing no sign of trying to re-establish the population.

  • Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

    Climate change protestors clear London's busiest streets: 1.065 arrested

    Extinction Rebellion took over the heart of London in a bid to focus global attention on rising temperatures and sea levels caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

    Some of London's busiest streets re-opened Monday for the first time in a week as climate change protesters regrouped and plotted a new course after police made more than 1,000 arrests. The so-called Extinction Rebellion took over the heart of the British capital in a bid to focus global attention on rising temperatures and sea levels caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:32 UTC

    UK four nations with hottest Easter Monday on record, Met Office says

    Temperatures hit 24.2C (75.6F) in Kinlochewe in the Highlands, 23.6C (74.4F) in Cardiff and 21.4C (70.5F) in Armagh.

    It has been the hottest Easter Monday on record in all four nations of the UK, the Met Office has said. England reached the highest temperature with 25C (77F) recorded at Heathrow, Northolt and Wisley.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

    What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?

    Earth Day is now a global event each year, and more than 1 billion people in 192 countries now take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world

    On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:10 UTC

    Earth Day 2019: Protect our Species

    We must work together to protect endangered and threatened species: bees, coral, elephants, fgiraffes, insects, whales and more.

    “In nature, nothing exists alone.” — Rachel Carson, 1962<br />
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    Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species that we know and love, and many more that remain to be discovered. Unfortunately, human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and, as a result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction since we lost the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. But unlike the fate of the dinosaurs, the rapid extinction of species in our world today is the result of human activity.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:52 UTC

    UN message on International Mother Earth Day

    Climate change is one of the largest threats to sustainable development globally and is just one of many imbalances caused by the unsustainable actions of humankind

    Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:25 UTC

    Easter Sunday with record temperature in the UK

    The good weather brought people in droves to beaches, parks and other outdoor attractions, while people queued to reach the top of Snowdon and Pen y Fan

    Three of the UK's nations have recorded their highest ever Easter Sunday temperatures, the Met Office has said. Scotland's peak was 23.4C (74F), in Edinburgh, while that same temperature was also the high point in Wales - coming in Cardiff. Northern Ireland beat a 95-year-old record when the mercury hit 21C at Helen's Bay near Bangor.

  • Saturday, April 20th 2019 - 11:40 UTC

    Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in central London

    “Our planet is in serious trouble,” Thompson said amid a crowd of 300 activists. She addressed them from a pink boat in the middle of London's Oxford Circus. (Pic EPA)

    Film star Emma Thompson joined climate change activists in a central London shopping district on Friday to read poetry praising Earth's bounties, part of five days of protests which clogged the British capital with transport snarl-ups.

  • Saturday, April 20th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

    England and France top bankers warn of financial risks associated to climate change

    Bank of England Carney and his French counterpart Villeroy de Galhau argue that climate change is already having an impact on the planet

    The heads of two major central banks have written a stark warning about the financial risks of climate change. Bank of England governor Mark Carney and France's François Villeroy de Galhau set out the dangers to the global economy in an open letter.

  • Monday, April 15th 2019 - 17:23 UTC

    In a broadcast 124m below sea level, Seychelles president calls for better protection of oceans

    Danny Faure said that a healthy ocean was “crucial for the survival of humanity” in a broadcast made 124m (406ft) below sea level

    The Seychelles president has gone below the surface of the Indian Ocean to call for better protection for the world's seas. Danny Faure said that a healthy ocean was “crucial for the survival of humanity” in a broadcast made 124m (406ft) below sea level. He had joined a British-led expedition exploring the ocean's depths.