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MAFS' Connie Crayden won't have children due to climate change

Married At First Sight star Connie Crayden has revealed she will be adopting rather than having biological children due to concerns over climate change.




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Half of the world's beaches could disappear by the end of the century due to climate change

At-risk areas include Surfers' Paradise in Queensland, St Tropez, Honolulu, Copacabana, the Costa del Sol and Weymouth, the study reveals.




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Ivanka Trump reveals she is officially registered Republican after years of voting Democrat

Ivanka Trump publicly confirmed that she'd switched her voter registration from Democrat to Republican so she can vote for her father Donald Trump in the New York state primary next month.




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Tropical forests are losing the ability to suck up carbon dioxide decades earlier than expected

Experts led from the University of Leeds found that drought and higher temperatures are reducing the amount of carbon dioxide being stored in trees.




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A 'wasted decade' of inactivity hampers climate progress, report warns

Greenhouse gas emissions need to be slashed by more than 7 per cent a year for the next decade to avoid 'climate disaster', warns a new study of 10 years of UN climate reports




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Cuts to air pollution could SPEED UP climate change in the short term

Experts from the University of Reading found that cutting pollution in areas with heavy industry would lead to short term temperature spikes and heavier rainfall.




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Viking's 1,500-year-old arrowhead discovered after climate change melts Norwegian glacier

Climate change has revealed a Viking's missed shot that laid hidden in Norway's the Jotunheimen glacier, a glacier for 1,500 years. Made of iron, it is seven inches long and weighs just over an ounce.




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Holy cow! How feeding cattle seaweed can help stop climate change

Boffins at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation have developed FutureFeed, an additive made from a red seaweed called asparagopsis.




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Britons think Heathrow SHOULD have a third runway, despite court ruling £14bn expansion was illegal

The Court of Appeal ruled that the £14billion Heathrow expansion project was illegal because the Government did not take its duty to curb climate change into account.




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Climate change is causing more plants to grow in savanna and tundra

An increase in wooded plants in both savanna and tundra regions is caused by increased rainfall and temperatures that can be attributed to climate change, UK ecologists have concluded.




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The world is 'way off track' for meeting climate targets

The world is 'way off track' for meeting targets to curb rising temperatures as the impacts of climate change increase, warned United Nations experts.




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World 'way off track' in meeting climate change targets warns UN report

A damning report compiled by the UN's World Meteorological Organisation highlights 2019's increasing heat, accelerating sea level rises, and extreme weather.




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Snakes are facing extinction as temperatures rise due to climate change

Global warming makes it harder for snakes to maintain their optimum body temperature, changes their habitats and can reduce food availability.




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Climate change could see up to 1.2 BILLION people suffer from unsafe temperatures by 2100 

Researcher from Rutgers University in New Jersey found that four times as many people will be impacted by heat stress by 2100 than are today.




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Even Extinction Rebellion bans mass gatherings due to coronavirus

The environmental group had been plotting to disrupt London again in a similar way to last year. However their plans will come at a time when Covid-19 is predicted to be at its worst in Britain.




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Prehistoric humans share migration patterns with HYENAS that left Africa two million years ago

Danish experts found that hyenas had undergone complex migrations across various continents, with African and Eurasian lineages being more distinct than thought.




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Climate change threatens Himalayan goats used to produce world's most expensive cashmere

Pashmina goats, source of the world's most valuable form of cashmere wool, are facing a growing threat from climate change as heavy snows kill the grasses they depend on as a food source.




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An ice day to go sailing! Sail boat looks tiny as it is dwarfed by giant iceberg

The lonely vessel was captured as it passed the broken off remains of a glacier in Disko Bay, Greenland, as it headed towards Canada.




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Extinction Rebellion splinter group faces backlash over 'humans are the disease' stickers

The group, which claims to represent Extinction Rebellion in the East Midlands, tweeted pictures of a poster reading: 'Corona is the cure'. XR UK said it does not 'manage' the account.




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New stunning National Geographic images explores aspects of climate change in their new issue

Rachel Carson's bestseller Silent Spring, which was published in 1962, helped to spur an environmental movement. The first Earth Day was on April 22, 1970.




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Wings of the nightingale famed for its beautiful birdsong are SHRINKING due to climate change 

This change will make the nightingale's long migrations to Africa more arduous and threaten its very survival, scientists have warned.




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Major UN climate change summit set to take place in Glasgow postponed

The Cop26 meeting was set to take place at Glasgow's Scottish Events Campus - which is being turned into a temporary coronavirus field hospital - from November 9 to 20.




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Britain's water birds have declined by a QUARTER in 10 years due to climate change

Data for the trust's Wetland Bird Survey - which has been running for 70 years - is collected monthly by a network of volunteer across British wetlands.




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Jane Fonda, 82, says that the police gave her preferential treatment because she's white

Jane Fonda claims she received preferential treatment when she was arrested during a climate change protest because she is white and famous.




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Birds are adopting 'extraordinary behaviours' to survive the impact of climate change

Researchers from McGill University, Montreal studied data on more than 8,600 bird species to look at changes in their feeding and hunting techniques over time.




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Hungry birds are using their brains to beat climate change

Birds are learning new tricks to survive as global warming threatens their habitats, scientists in Canada say.




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How Australia's 2020 Summit in 2008 focused on mosquito illnesses, bird flu instead of coronavirus

Griffith University vaccines expert Michael Good has revealed the Australia 2020 summit held in Canberra 12 years ago hardly discussed the threat of coronavirus despite a recent SARS outbreak.




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Trump voters are less likely to practice social distancing in pandemic, sociologist claims

The location analysis, by Princeton sociologist Patrick Sharkey for Vox , also found that attitudes toward climate change are 'one of the strongest and most robust predictors of social distancing behavior.'




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More than half of all Earth's ocean life died off 444 million years ago because it ran out of oxygen

Stanford University, California experts believe that the 'Late Ordovician' mass extinction 450 million years ago was due to widespread 'anoxia', or oxygen depletion, over a three million year period.




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Julia Louis-Dreyfus says her battle with cancer inspired her dedication to the environment

The Seinfeld actor, 59, explained how her 'near-death experience' made her think about the impact she wanted to make on the world while chatting with People for their latest cover story.




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A 'MEGADROUGHT' is likely to emerge in the southwest of North America driven by climate change

Parts of the US and Mexico have been plagued by a severe drought since 2000, making it the worse one in the past 1,200 years and experts warn it could progress as a megadrought.




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Butterfly charity urges British public to report garden sightings during the coronavirus lockdown

Butterfly Conservation has been taking comprehensive surveys of Britain's butterfly and moth populations for the last 50 years.




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Greta Thunberg says coronavirus and climate change must be tackled together

The 17-year-old marked Earth Day with a live-streamed appeal from Sweden to 'tackle two crises at once', saying the pandemic showed the importance of listening to scientists.




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Jane Fonda treats herself to a martini and fights climate change for the 9 To 5 TikTok trend

The 82-year-old movie star embraced the viral moment by walking people through her daily quarantine routine and encouraging viewers to join in her Fire Drill Friday protests.




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Greenhouse gas emissions drop due to coronavirus lockdowns is NOT enough to stop climate change

The coronavirus has forced the world in a lockdown, resulting in a 6% drop in carbon dioxide levels, but experts warn it return to normal once the global economy recovers from the pandemic.




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Tropical coral reefs are being transformed by climate change

Climate change and warming seas are severely bleaching tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems.




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Trump's disinfectant shambles is not his first head-on collision with mainstream science 

Experts say President Donald Trump gets an 'F' in science as the disinfectant coronavirus cure becomes just one in a string of scientific conflicts including his disbelief in climate change.




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Climate change could slow down hurricanes by two miles per hour, experts warn

Princeton scientists warn that climate change will slow the movements of hurricanes by two miles per hour, resulting in the storm lingering over land longer and cause more destruction.




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Planting more trees could stop millions of people dying prematurely

Scientists at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health examined the results of multiple studies from seven countries involving 8 million people.




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Climate change is slowly killing off the main source of food for crabeater seals

Life for crabeater seals in the Antarctic could get even more difficult in the coming years, as climate change and commercial fishing make krill, their main food source, more scarce.




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Global warming could trigger ancient Indian Ocean El Niño-like climate pattern by 2100 

Computer simulations reveal climate change could awaken an ancient Indian Ocean El Niño by 2100, but the phenomenon could occur as early as 2050 if the current warming trends continue.




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Red herring photo of lookalike of one of the Canadian murder suspects spreads online

The image first appeared on Snapchat but was screen-shotted and shared on Facebook and Twitter on Thursday night. Police have confirmed it is not Kam McLeod, despite the uncanny resemblance.




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Former Tottenham man Clinton N'Jie apologises after accidentally streaming sex video

Clinton N'Jie has apologised after inexplicably live streaming himself having sex. The former Tottenham forward accidentally broadcast himself and a female partner to thousands.




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Not child's play! Firefighters rescue a teenager who is a little bit too big for park swing 

Footage of the rescue emerged yesterday, and shows two firefighters working hard to remove the youngster from a swing in Bradford.




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Snapchat sex scandal involving underage girls rocks one of Australia's biggest Olympic sports

An alleged Snapchat sex scandal is set to rock one of Australia's most successful Olympic sports with claims underage athletes were also targeted.




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Florida police arrest 12-year-old girl for posting a mass shooting threat toward a middle school

Authorities arrested a 12-year-old girl on Thursday after she posted a mass shooting threat toward Burns Middle School (pictured) in Brandon, Florida, on Snapchat.




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Family blames teen's suicide on cyber-bullying and claims he was outed as gay online

Channing Smith, 16, killed himself on Sunday night at his home in Tennessee after sexually explicit messages outing him as gay were shared by people known to him on social media.




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William Russell, Young Australian of the Year finalist, admits to having child abuse material

Former Young South Australian of the Year finalist, William Russell, 25, set up the Teen Support Network, which promotes online safety for young people, in 2012.




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Jesse Lingard's model ex cosies up to football rival Jack Grealish

The model ex of Manchester United star Jesse Lingard was snapped cosying up to his football rival Jack Grealish this week.




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Policeman, 26, snared teenage girls on social media before grooming and sexually abusing them jailed

Stephen Godridge, a special constable for Greater Manchester Police, would befriend teenage girls on social media before meeting and sexually abusing them.