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Visitor numbers have surged, fuelled partly by social media posts about Hanle’s night skies and its location on the route to Umling La, which is among the world’s highest motorable mountain passes. But more tourists also mean more traffic, construction and artificial light – all threats to the darkness they come to see. Sonam Jorphail,…
The nor’easter caused widespread power cuts. More than 100,000 households, nearly all in the northeast US, have lost electricity, according to tracker PowerOutage. The Federal Aviation Administration recommended air passengers check with airlines about their flight status. More than 2,400 flights have been delayed and another 1,199 grounded, according to FlightAware. Saturday’s full moon is…
Butterfly and day-flying moth numbers recorded across Devon and Cornwall this summer have been “very good” – but experts fear prolonged hot and dry weather could lead to a decline. Nearly 5,000 people took part in the Butterfly Conservation’s 2026 big butterfly count in Devon, recording 77,151 insects during the three-week count. It said nearly…
The retreat of Papua’s glaciers is driven by the same forces affecting ice around the world, Šabacká notes, a warming atmosphere caused by human activity, including the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. As temperatures rise, the freezing point moves higher up mountains, so more precipitation falls as rain instead of snow,…
“We appreciate that the communities are worried and that is understandable, but the testing isn’t necessarily going to give any good answers,” said Prof Sarah Jones, consultant in environmental public health at PHW. “Generally when we do any sort of testing we want to be able to put things right for people and that’s what…
Residents previously asked the council to test their blood for the chemical. But according to the UK Health Security Agency, PFAS monitoring is not currently recommended because “tests are unlikely to provide clear information for individuals”. Instead independent tests were offered by Manchester Metropolitan University, paid for by investigative journalists Watershed and Law for Change…
The UK will grow by less than expected next year amid the ongoing US-Israel war in Iran, an international agency has said. It is one of many countries whose economic prospects are facing a hit due to the prolonged conflict, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said. The downgrade to the UK’s economic…
Angela France, one of the directors at Daisybank CIC, which helped to saved the field in Cheltenham from development last year, said she was “delighted” to hear about the new fund. “Local green spaces are so important to us now,” she said. “I see more and more local communities getting together to protect them.” She…
Much of the rubbish includes everyday waste, such as plastic packaging, bottles, cans, polystyrene and takeaway rubbish. But over the years, volunteers have fished out some unusual items, such as a Nespresso capsules, alcohol bottles, plastic cones, clothing – including thermals still in their packaging – and even a packet of butcher’s tripe mix. One…
