Indian activist picks up 360kg of rubbish during 30-city UK ‘plogging’ challenge
An Indian environmentalist and local volunteers who came out to support him, picked up 360kg of rubbish during a 30-day, 30-city ‘plogging’ tour of the UK.
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Strong cultural regions slowed Britain’s urbanisation, new research finds
Regional cultural boundaries in England and Wales put a brake on the rapid urbanisation which took hold across Britain in the 19th and early 20th century, research has revealed.
Large-scale fossil study reveals origins of modern-day biodiversity gradient 15 million years ago
Researchers have used nearly half a million fossils to solve a 200-year-old scientific mystery: why the number of different species is greatest near the equator and decreases steadily towards polar regions.
New research shows recovering tropical forests offset just one quarter of carbon emissions from new tropical deforestation and forest degradation
A pioneering global study has found deforestation and forests lost or damaged due to human and environmental change, such as fire and logging, are fast outstripping current rates of forest regrowth.
Pioneering project set to boost innovation in UK financial services
Financial services are an essential part of our everyday lives – from making payments, to borrowing money, taking out insurance, saving for the future and getting financial advice.
Cost-of-living crisis could be creating ticking health timebomb
New data has shown rising prices are prompting people in the UK to make dramatic cutbacks on essential healthcare which could affect their long-term wellbeing.
New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time.
Research reveals nearly two million mortgage holders struggling to cover household bills
As the cost of living crisis continues apace with the latest hike in interest rates, new research has shown a significant proportion of mortgage holders in the UK are so stretched financially they are short of money for food.
New research reveals why and when the Sahara Desert was green
A pioneering study has shed new light on North African humid periods that have occurred over the past 800,000 years and explains why the Sahara Desert was periodically green.
Pioneering analysis projects extreme rainfall in UK may be more common and erratic over next century as impact of climate change intensifies
A new set of 100-year climate projections has been created to assess the likelihood of heavy rain downpours in the UK, which can cause flash flooding, over the coming years and decades.