(University of Sheffield) The onset of summer in England has been advancing since the mid 1950s, research from a pair of University of Sheffield geographers has shown. The investigations, conducted by Amy Kirbyshire, a former undergraduate of the University, and Professor Grant Bigg, Head of the Department of Geography at the University, examined records of […]
(American Chemical Society) A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are reporting disturbing evidence that soil microbes have become progressively more resistant to antibiotics over the last 60 years. Surprisingly, this trend continues despite apparent more stringent rules on use of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture, and improved sewage treatment technology […]
By Richard Black, Environment correspondent, BBC NewsPage last updated at 15:13 GMT, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 16:13 UK Over-fishing means UK trawlers have to work 17 times as hard for the same fish catch as 120 years ago, a study shows. Researchers used port records dating from the late 1800s, when mechanised boats were replacing […]
The world may be on the brink of biological disaster after news that a third of US bee colonies did not survive the winter By Alison BenjaminThe Observer, Sunday 2 May 2010 Disturbing evidence that honeybees are in terminal decline has emerged from the United States where, for the fourth year in a row, more […]
By Cahal Milmo Monday, 3 May 2010 The English oak, the quintessential native tree which saved a monarch and defines the British landscape, is under grave threat from a little-understood new disease that forestry experts fear is spreading far more rapidly across the country than previously estimated. Acute oak decline (AOD), which is thought […]
With climate change increasingly affecting supplies, and the growing population demanding more water than ever, Britain’s rivers are under serious threat. Our new report highlights the urgent action needed. All the water we use is taken from the natural environment. Many UK rivers are below their usual levels for the time of year – and […]
By Nick CollinsPublished: 9:10AM BST 25 Apr 2010 Sir David Attenborough has warned that Britain’s wildlife is being destroyed thanks to man’s impact on the environment. The naturalist made his comments in the foreword to a new book, Silent Summer, in which 40 prominent British ecologists explain how humankind is wiping out many species. It […]
By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC NewsMonday, 19 April 2010 01:12 UK The amount of water used to produce food and goods imported by developed countries is worsening water shortages in the developing world, a report says. The report, focusing on the UK, says two-thirds of the water used to make UK imports is used outside […]
By David Harrison Published: 9:00PM BST 17 Apr 201 It has been called the “Domesday book of British wildlife” – a new publication, compiled by 40 of Britain’s leading scientists, provides a complete picture of the state of the country’s wild animals and plants. The book, called Silent Summer, makes for some grim reading. Farmland […]
Stinging nettles have become the most common plants in the British countryside, while more delicate flowers like harebells and orchids are struggling to survive, according to a survey. By Louise Gray, Environment CorrespondentPublished: 8:00AM BST 17 Apr 2010 The annual survey of wild flowers by the charity Plantlife found plants that can tolerate high levels […]
