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WWII boat that sank off Kent carrying 1,400 tons of munitions needs urgent work carrying out on it to stop devastating explosion that could send a 4ft tidal wave surging down the Thames The SS Richard Montgomery ran aground in August 1944 off the coast of Kent The Liberty ship was carrying 7,000 tonnes of … Read more
Officials at a Chinese province have reportedly culled more than 1.6 tonnes of farm-bred bamboo rats in one go after the government banned the eating and trading of wild animals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese bamboo rats, which are linked to coronavirus, have been a sought-after food source in the country for centuries … Read more
These shocking images show the catastrophic scale of an Arctic diesel spill that has turned rivers red after 20,000 tonnes of fuel leaked from a Russian power station. Shocking overhead videos reveal the horror unfolding in the Ambarnaya River near Norilsk in the Russian Arctic as one expert forecast the clean-up cost will reach £1.16 … Read more
Up to 43 MILLION tonnes of carbon from fires is absorbed by rivers every year and flushed out to sea where it can be stored for thousands of years Carbon tumbles into rivers as ash and charcoal or is dissolved into the waterway Rivers carry around 17 per cent of all carbon left on the … Read more
Twenty eight tonnes of Nazi gold worth more than £1billion may have been traced to the grounds of a palace in Poland after the location was mentioned in an SS diary. The stash of gold bars, jewellery and coins is believed to be sitting 200ft down at the bottom of a destroyed well shaft in … Read more
Travellers have built an illegal permanent camp using 1,000 tonnes of rubble and 12 dumper trucks in just three days after moving onto a field in the middle of the night, despite being denied planning permission. Truckers arrived on the land close to the Swan With Two Necks pub at Blackbrook, in Staffordshire, at 3am last … Read more
Clear skies and warm temperatures in 2019 are responsible for the worst year on record for Greenland’s vast ice sheet, a study reveals. It also found that atmospheric factors, such as clear skies and high pressure, are currently not included in climate predictions for the future. Therefore, the researchers from Columbia University state, models may … Read more
Four multi-national companies – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever are responsible for half a million tonnes of plastic pollution in six countries per year. A study by international relief agency Tearfund is the first to quantify the amount of plastic waste burnt in Brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, India, China and The Philippines. The plastic being burnt by the … Read more