On 6 June 2025, we launched the Built Environment Committee Prize 2025, a competition for pupils in years 9-12. This was part of our modular inquiry into the Government’s proposals for a new generation of new towns. We invited participants to present their answers to the question “What should the next generation of new towns…
Sea turtles’ shells act as biological time capsules and record signs of major environmental changes in the ocean according to new research which has carbon dated the shells. Scutes – the thick, hardened, shield-like plates that form a turtle’s shell – are made from keratin, the same material as a human’s hair. This material grows…
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Simona Bianchi and Mauro Overend from Delft University of Technology explain why multi-disciplinary approaches are key to creating safer, eco-friendly, and resilient buildings that protect urban communities and ensure long-term sustainability The built environment is ill-prepared for more frequent and increasingly intense climate-related extremes, resulting in severe economic losses and public health risks. Recent scientific…
The weekend brought a few media reports about the US and Iran establishing some communication to discuss the terms of a potential ceasefire, but the tone remains highly confrontational for now. US President Donald Trump gave a 48-hour ultimatum on Saturday for the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to strike Iran’s power facilities….
The Environment Agency has been called to deal with an oil spillage on the edge of Market Harborough. Neighbours in the eastern part of the town have contacted The Harborough Mail over the weekend to report strong smells. And the EA has now confirmed that it has been down to the site, off the A6,…
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CMS CoP15) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals starts today (March 23) in Campo Grande, Brazil until the end of the week (29 March). Governments, scientists, conservationists, indigenous peoples and local communities will gather to address urgent conservation challenges facing…
Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is warming oceans to unprecedented levels, making weather more extreme and threatening health and food supplies, the World Meteorological Organization has warned. The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured, but a still bleaker message was that…
Three environmental groups will seek leave in the High Court to lodge an appeal for a judicial review of a major decision about data centres made by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) last December. Source link
Nearby Congolese soldiers had received warnings of the attack in the morning. But the soldiers did not arrive until late in the evening, long after the killings were over. It happened before dawn on Tuesday 3 March, as a dozen rangers at Upemba national park headquarters were being briefed by their commander before the day’s…
