[ad_1] The UK's largest undeveloped oil field has revealed the full scale of its environmental impact, should it gain approval by the government.Developers of the Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming gas would be released from using oil products from the field.The amount would vary each year, but by comparison the UK's annual emissions in 2024 were 371 million tonnes.The field's developer said its emissions
[ad_1] The UK should be prepared to cope with weather extremes as a result of at least 2C of global warming by 2050, independent climate advisers have said.The country was "not yet adapted" to worsening weather extremes already occurring at current levels of warming, "let alone" what was expected to come, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) wrote in a letter addressed to the government.The committee said they would advise that
[ad_1] Red TractorThe Red Tractor advert was last shown in 2023 but will now be banned for future use unless it is updatedA TV advert by Red Tractor, the UK's biggest certifier of farm products on supermarket shelves, has been banned for exaggerating the scheme's environmental benefits and misleading the public.The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled the organisation had provided "insufficient evidence" that its farms complied with basic environmental laws
[ad_1] Maddie MolloyBBC Climate & Science reporterWim van den HeeverA brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.He set up his camera trap after spotting fresh hyena tracks in the ghost town of Kolmanskop, Namibia. It took him ten years to get the shot, he said.The brown hyena, the rarest
[ad_1] Plans for a huge solar farm in Lincolnshire have been given the go-ahead.The Tillbridge Solar project, which would cover around 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares), is classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, meaning the decision to approve the plans is determined by the government.The applicants said the scheme - close to the village of Glentworth and south of the A631 between Gainsborough and Caenby Corner - would be able
[ad_1] Soutik BiswasIndia correspondentHindustan Times via Getty ImagesIndia faces a severe air pollution crisis, ranking among the world's top 10 most polluted countriesIndia is losing sunlight.A new study by six Indian scientists finds that over the past three decades, sunshine hours - the time direct sunlight reaches the Earth's surface - have steadily declined across most of India, driven by clouds, aerosols and local weather.Data from 20 weather stations from
[ad_1] Kevin KeaneEnvironment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, BBC ScotlandPathe NewsThe twin Flettner rotor ship Buckau made its maiden voyage into Grangemouth in 1925It must have been a bizarre sight when a freight ship, equipped with two large rotating towers, made its way under the Forth Bridge a century ago.The experimental sail technology, on the rotor ship Buckau, was first demonstrated in 1925 on a journey carrying timber from Danzig
[ad_1] Floods caused by torrential rain have left a number of people trapped in vehicles in Spain's north-eastern Catalonia region, officials say.Videos on social media have emerged showing torrents of muddy water sweeping through the towns of La RÃ pita and Santa BÃ rbara in the Tarragona province, and moving everything in their path. The highest red alert has been declared in the coastal province by Spain's national weather agency AEMET.So far
[ad_1] Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondentGettyGreen turtles are large sea turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans, known for their plant-based diet and reliance on beaches for nestingThe green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory.Once hunted extensively for turtle soup, its eggs as a delicacy and decorative shells, the ancient mariner saw its numbers plummet and has been listed
[ad_1] Malcolm Prior and Jenny KumahBBC News rural affairs teamAndy Alcroft/BBCEmily Hough is now using her experiences to help shape nature prescribing schemesFor Emily Hough, nature was too often simply something "out there", a world apart from her, a view from a hospital window.Years spent in and out of specialist mental health units in Birmingham and London, being treated for the eating disorder she had had since the age of
