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Facing turf questions: You don't have to drench a lawn with chemicals every springtime

Nigel Colborn shares his advice for making gardens more sustainable, while at home amid the Corona crisis. British gardening expert advises using a lawn fertiliser to boost the growth of lawns.




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Donald Trump will roll back Barack Obama's vehicle emissions rules on Tuesday

The Trump administration is expected to release a final rule on mileage standards, watering down an Obama standard that would have encouraged automakers to ramp up electric vehicle production.




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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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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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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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Trees may absorb less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously thought, new study says

A new study shows that mature forests may absorb significantly less carbon dioxide than previously thought, suggesting that Earth may be closer to a climate change tipping point.




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Greta Thunberg launches video of family walking around burning house

The shocking clip shows a family walking around a burning house at an undisclosed location. It ends with: 'Our house is on fire. React.'




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Last year was Europe's hottest year EVER recorded

Figures from the European state of the climate report from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) also reveals 11 of the 12 warmest years on record for the continent occurred since 2000.




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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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Hawaiian volcano eruption in 2018 was triggered by sustained rainfall

Excessive and sustained rainfall triggered 2018 Kīlauea volcano eruption by softening the volcanic rock, which breaks more easily under pressure from magma, according to a new study.




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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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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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Number of days considered to hot to safely work outdoors expected to grow to 39 by 2050

Climate change will make life even harder for agriculture workers in the coming decades, with nearly double the number of days when it will be too hot to safely work outdoors.




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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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'Potentially fatal' heat and humidity are occurring around the world due to global warming

A damning study found global warming is driving temperatures and humidity to levels exceeding what the human body can deal with.




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Mom arrested for using children to sell marijuana after Snapchat video appeared to show them smoking

Elaina Kabler, 39, was arrested last week after police in Desert Hot Springs, California, received multiple tips about the alarming video posted on Snapchat on July 10.




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Lamborghini Huracan worth £198,000 found crashed in Ramsbottom Greater Manchester

Shocking footage uploaded to Snapchat shows two men laughing and playing music inside a Lamborghini Huracan in Blackburn as they make their way to a wedding on Saturday.




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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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Cops searched sugar daddy dating websites for Utah student Mackenzie Lueck's 'murderer' after death 

Authorities searched the Seeking Arrangement dating site for University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck and murder suspect Ayoola Ajayi after her death, court documents filed on Friday show.




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British woman, 22, 'is raped by French tourist' on the beach in Magaluf

The 22-year-old Briton said her alleged attacker had threatened to drown her in the sea at the beacj in Magaluf if she resisted, according to sources close to the investigation.




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Nursing home workers post video of themselves taunting a 91-year-old great grandmother with dementia

Brayan Cortez and Jamie Montesa were fired from the Abington of Glenview following the cruel video post, shot four days before Christmas.




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Tech giants urged to hand over data on how children use the internet to help research

British research looking at links between internet use and mental health is held back by a lack of accurate data showing which websites children use and how long they spend online (stock image).




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Boy, 17, charged with terror threats for posting message about bombing plane

Hector Fonseca, 17, from Humble, Texas, has been charged with third-degree making terroristic threats, a felony, for allegedly posting messages on Snapchat about blowing up plane.




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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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Reese Witherspoon jokes about having to use Snapchat to communicate with her kids

Reese Witherspoon, 43, gave some renowned parenting advice on how to communicate with kids. The actress took to her Instagram to share she has resorted to chatting with her kids on Snapchat.




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Paedophile who called himself 'Kirsty' while befriending two girls aged 15 on social media is jailed

Nicholas McEntee (pictured), 26, from Wetherby, appeared at Leeds Crown Court where he was jailed for eight years followed by an extended licence period of six years.




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Reese Witherspoon flaunts her toned figure in a black swimsuit as she enjoys a day

She recently admitted she uses Snapchat to communicate with her kids. But on Sunday, Reese Witherspoon got some quality off-screen time with her six-year-old son Tennessee as they




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South African steelworker racial abuse at UK firm Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd

Wayne Hoch, 35, was driven to mental collapse after being taunted over his South African nationality by colleagues at UK firm Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd.




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Youth pulls a lock knife and slashes taxi's tyres after driver throws him out

This is the unbelievable moment a London youth slashes the tires of a taxi he was riding in after the driver refused to take him any further. The pair argue before the youth slashes his car's tyres.




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Young mother helps snare paedophile who hacked her social media account to groom young girls

Kirk Gibson, 31, took Alice Rutherford-Hyde's name and pictures and created a fake profile on social media. Ms Rutherford-Hyde, of Newcastle, was contacted by the victim and alerted her family.




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Kate Hudson flashes her toned abs in a silk two-piece dress, while at Christian Marclay exhibit

Kate Hudson looked like a work of art herself, at the event for artist Christian Marclay's partnership with Snapchat, Wednesday night. The 40-year-old stunned in a silk blue two-piece ensemble.




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Cops catch Broadway piano player, 26, in sting

Justin Brown, 26, could face up to seven years in prison after police allege he sent sexually explicit messages to an officer posing as a 14-year-old boy and arranged to meet the 'boy' for sex.




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Oklahoma mom is filmed giving her toddler two bottle caps full of what appears to be alcohol

An Oklahoma mother lost her toddler to state child welfare officials after she appears in a video serving the boy two cap-fulls from a liquor bottle. She remains under a criminal investigation.




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Derby striker Mason Bennett filmed downing a pint of lager and throwing up in a urinal

Mason Bennett was filmed being sick in a pub toilet by his new Derby captain Tom Huddlestone just hours before crashing his car and being arrested for drink-driving.




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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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7 teens charged with gang assault in stabbing death of 16-year-old boy broadcast on social media

The seven New York teens caught on video beating a 16-year-old boy who had already been stabbed are being charged with felonies for their roles in the homicide that went viral on social media.




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Daughter slams two women who posted disturbing Snapchat video showing them taunt her bloodied father

Ellyce Quirk shared a video one of the accused attackers posted to Snapchat in the wake of the alleged assault near Thirroul Train Station in Wollongong, south of Sydney, on Saturday night.




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Boris Johnson's new Snapchat account sees the PM ridiculed for trying to look 'down with the kids'

The news that the PM now has his own Snapchat account has seen Twitter users poking fun at the PM, warning him to 'not be caught being silly' with the most intimate of the social media platforms.




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Private school pupil who broke into girl's house and sexually assaulted her jailed for eight years 

Aaron Irvine, 19, a former pupil at fee paying Bedford Modern School dressed all in black and wore a balaclava and latex gloves during the assault at the girl's secluded home in Bedfordshire countryside.




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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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Thugs' Snapchat video boasting of how they stabbed victim 10 times

Reece Lefevre, 20, bragged about stabbing the 34-year-old in an attack so brutal it left footprints on the victim's skull, while Tyler Jones, 26, cruelly laughed and filmed the aftermath.




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Three teens arrested inside a Florida Publix after filming themselves with pistols in the store

Investigators say the boys filmed themselves clutching two handguns and then racking the slides inside a Wesley Chapel branch of the store. They were arrested in the dairy section of the store.




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Thief is busted after sharing shapchat video of 'new bike'

The man allegedly nicked the motorcyle in Adelaide's northern suburbs. He bragged about it in a Snapchat video with the caption 'new bike'.




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Teenager fronts Wollongong Court accused of assaulting a father and posting videos to Snapchat

Casey Holmes appeared in Wollongong Local Court, south of Sydney, on Tuesday accused of assaulting Brad Quirk on Saturday September 28.