Six trees protected with preservation orders in Devon
Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) are a vital legal mechanism employed by local planning authorities across the United Kingdom to protect individual trees, groups of trees, or woodlands deemed to have…
Cattle cull: Muir resignation demand is ‘not personal’ says UFU
The UFU’s call for Muir to step down, issued last Friday, followed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (Daera) decision to humanely slaughter 51 cattle on a Fivemiletown…
Consultation ending on controversial Rosebank oil field
The immediate trigger for this renewed scrutiny is a legal challenge that successfully overturned previous approvals. The industry regulator, the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (Opred), is now…
Heat and farming changes stop Jersey sea lettuce growth.
A remarkable and welcome reduction in the proliferation of sea lettuce across Jersey’s coastal waters, particularly in historically affected areas like St Aubin’s Bay, is being attributed to a powerful…
Pond Farm on Wisley Common at “lowest level” for 17 years
Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT), a charity dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places in Surrey, has been closely monitoring the situation. James Herd, the director of reserves management at SWT,…
Measures in place to protect historic oak tree near Grantham.
South Kesteven District Council has recently implemented crucial protective measures around a venerable oak tree in Manthorpe, a picturesque village nestled near the historic market town of Grantham, Lincolnshire. This…
BBC Inside Science – Should we be scared of AI viruses? – BBC Sounds
The recent episode of BBC Radio 4’s "Inside Science" delves into a frontier where cutting-edge artificial intelligence intersects with the very building blocks of life, asking a profoundly timely question:…
Storm Lala: Hawaii braces for potential first direct hit by a hurricane in 34 years.
Hawaii is currently facing the harrowing prospect of its first direct hit from a hurricane in 34 years, as Category One Storm Lala churns menacingly off its coast. The islands,…
The influencers getting bitten chasing the perfect shark shot
This perilous intersection was vividly demonstrated in April when Tayane Dalazen, a 37-year-old Brazilian lawyer and burgeoning social media personality, found herself in a terrifying confrontation with a nurse shark…
Solar eclipse glasses recycling: What to do with them now
The immediate inclination might be to discard them, but these specialized glasses pose a unique challenge for conventional waste streams. "Eclipse glasses are a great example of our single-use culture,"…












