More than a QUARTER of the world’s oceans need protecting urgently

More than a QUARTER of the world’s oceans need protecting urgently ‘to give marine species space to live free from human impacts’, scientists claim At least 26 per cent of oceans should be given special conservation protection  To provide safe spaces for sea species they suggest an area of 3.3 million miles  Researchers mapped the … Read more

Earthquakes make it hard for the sperm whale to find food for a year

Earthquakes disrupt the ability of sperm whales to find food for at least a year, a study has found.   Noise from an earthquake causes hearing damage and significant tremors can destroy key foraging areas and trigger food shortages.  Scientists in New Zealand examined the behaviour of 54 sperm whales over the course of four years … Read more

Satellite images reveal that 20 per cent of snow cover on an Antarctic island MELTED in just 10 days

A special issue of Nature has published a series of studies looking at how monitoring Antarctica from space is providing crucial insights into its response to a warming climate.  Here are their key findings:  Three trillion tonnes of ice has been lost from Antarctica since 1992 The Antarctic Ice Sheet lost around three trillion tonnes … Read more

Incredible 210ft-long prototype yacht will be dragged along by a KITE 

A Turkish design firm has unveiled a stunning prototype of a 210-foot-long environmentally friendly super yacht that’s pulled through the waters by a kite.   The sleek Ice Kite luxury vessel from Red Yacht Design features a swimming pool, sunbeds, a helicopter landing pad and its own support boat that can carry a submarine for exploration … Read more

Earth’s first primitive form was created in just five million years – much faster than thought

Earth’s first primitive form was created in just five million years — much faster than had been previously thought, researchers have found. In fact, if the whole of the solar system’s history was condensed into a 24-hour-period, the Earth’s formation would have taken the equivalent of 90 seconds. In contrast, experts had thought that such would … Read more

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier at risk of collapse and may lead to sea levels rising by two feet

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier has warm water from three directions well under it threatening to destroy the ice sheet and raise global sea levels by up to two feet. A team of scientists from Oregon State University made the most of ice free waters in West Antarctica to look under the glacier – which is about … Read more