Materials scientists have created biodegradable flip flops made from algae to help reduce the amount of harmful plastic waste entering our oceans. The experts created polyurethane foams, made from algae oil, to meet commercial specifications for flip-flops and other footwear usually made from flexible plastic. Cheap and affordable flip flops, the world’s most popular shoe, … Read more
A ‘before and after’ photography project in the Patagonian mountains using images taken in 1913 and modern day equivalents exposes the dramatic impact global warming is having on the world. Explorers Cristian Donoso has dedicated the last 24 years of his life to exposing the dramatic effect of climate change on nature. As part of … Read more
While most children benefit from having time outdoors, for some youngsters it is triggering feelings of anxiety and despair due to fears over climate change. These ‘troubling emotions’ and their link to climate change have been studied by University of Colombia researchers for the British Ecological Society. In the first of its kind study to focus … Read more
Two ice caps in the Canadian Arctic have DISAPPEARED due to global warming, NASA satellite images reveal – fulfilling a bleak prediction from 2017 The ice caps have been studied by Professor Mark Serreze since the 1980s Satellite images from 2015 show they were only 5% of the size they were in 1959 Images from the satellite … Read more
WHAT BOOK would presenter and writer Konnie Huq take to a desert island? Konnie Huq is reading The Future We Choose: Surviving The Climate Crisis Presenter said she would take A Song Of Ice And Fire series on a desert island Writer said she saw Upstart Crow play [about Shakespeare] just before lockdown By Daily Mail … Read more
Bill Nye warns ‘the planet’s on f***ing fire’ as he calls on viewers to address the climate change ‘crisis,’ in profanity-laden tirade on HBO’s Last Week Tonight TV personality, Bill Nye, had some tough words about mitigating climate change On ‘Last Week Tonight’ Nye proclaimed the ‘planet’s on f***ing fire’ Nye’s comments were designed for laughs, … Read more