The only ice factory on Bubaque, an island in west Africa’s Guinea-Bissau, is out of service. Local fishers, such as Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland, about 70km away – a six-hour round trip by boat. “The machines have been broken for months,” Pereira says, as he pulls…
A relaxed environment has been part of McCullum’s England set-up since he took over the Test side in 2022 – an attempt to relieve players of the pressures of playing international cricket. England were accused of a lack of adequate preparation for the Ashes, playing only one warm-up match against England Lions at a club…
The final session of the Young Citizens’ Assembly on Pollinators concluded over the weekend, marking the end of a nine-month process during which around 100 randomly selected young Europeans aged 18 to 29 worked together to explore how to reverse the alarming decline of wild pollinating insects. The Assembly presented a series of recommendations to…
There’s a touch of old magic about toads, those shapeshifters of myth, superstition and folklore. Charismatic creatures with the pleasing Latin binomial bufo bufo, common toads have astonishing copper- or gold-coloured eyes and rugged, textured skin. “People say they look warty, which I’ve always thought is a bit unfair,” says Dr Silviu Petrovan, a conservationist…
The UK’s built environment is in a period of reinvention. Project pipelines are evolving, new technologies are reshaping design, and conversations around inclusion are growing louder. Yet for many women hoping to return to the industry, the path remains uneven, writes Mya Driver at UKREiiF. Women make up only a small share of the construction…
Black smoke rises after fires broke out following US-Israel attacks targeting oil storage facilities in Tehran, Iran, on 8 March Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images The skies in northern Iran were dark with smoke on 8 March as the US and Israeli bombing campaign against the country continued, and black rain even fell on the…
The Council is calling on residents to take part in a mass litter pick, to support Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean campaign, which runs from Friday 13 March to Sunday 29 March. Offering their support, the council is delighted to back the charity’s plea and urges residents to pledge on the charity’s website to pick one bag, or more, of litter from streets, parks, beauty spots and beaches, to protect…
The latest data from what is possibly the UK water industry’s most ambitious chemical monitoring programme suggests targeted policy, collaborative science, and source control can successfully tackle forever chemicals. UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR)’s1 Chemical Investigations Programme (CIP) represents the UK water industry’s most comprehensive scientific response to tackling chemical substances in the water environment….
Walk along a quiet canal or past a city bridge and the water can look peaceful. Yet in many European rivers, one small stowaway from East Asia is quietly chewing through banks, clogging pipes, and pushing native wildlife aside. The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is now so widespread that scientists rank it among the…
The importance of protecting nature is not up for debate. One in six species in Britain is threatened with extinction. Since 1970, more than half our flowering plants have decreased in areas where they once thrived. In the 1950s, Britain’s hedgehog population was 30m strong. Now, it is believed to be under a million. All…
