The UK Met Office has issued two red weather warnings in as many months for strong winds. These are the highest threat levels meteorologists can announce, and are the first wind-only red warnings to be issued since 2016's ...
Environment
Feb 21, 2022
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Why can't we leave badgers in peace? They are distinctive and iconic animals, but are subjected to shockingly high levels of abuse and criminal behavior. Only very recently, a 28-year-old teaching assistant has been found ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2022
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Drive-throughs—services that let people order and collect food and drink without needing to leave their cars—are designed with convenience in mind. Whether it's oppressively hot, uncomfortably cold, or we're just in a ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2022
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Climate change is a global phenomenon and can often appear to be a bigger issue in places where it is already very hot and humid. But what will the climate crisis mean for the relatively mild UK? To find out, we reconstructed ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2022
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Scientists have deployed a network of seismometers onto Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf in an experiment that will test the instrument's ability to operate on icy moons in the solar system.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 9, 2022
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A new study led by CABI scientists has confirmed that a tiny mite, Aculus crassulae, shows promise to be used as a more environmentally-friendly biological control agent against the aquatic weed Crassula helmsii in the UK ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 8, 2022
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To slow climate change and restore dwindling wildlife populations, the UK government aims to plant enough trees to expand the country's woodland cover from 13% to 20% by 2050. Creating healthy woodlands on this scale is an ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2022
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The English Channel prevents many rockpool species "making the jump" from Europe to the UK, new research shows.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2022
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Bluefin tuna have been tagged with state-of-the-art acoustic tracking tags for the first time in UK waters.
Ecology
Jan 18, 2022
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Tiny human muscle cells will be blasted into space in an experiment that could help people live longer, healthier lives.
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2021
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