Lenders including Barclays and HSBC provided services and loans worth £21.9bn in 2019 British banks’ financial…
Day: May 3, 2021
The Seaspiracy controversy: should we stop eating fish?
The Netflix documentary on the impact of commercial fishing has received celebrity endorsements and a huge…
Air pollution spikes may impair older men’s thinking, study finds
Temporary rises in air pollution may impair memory and thinking in older men, according to research…
‘Decades ahead of his time’: history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter
When I reach Jimmy Carter’s grandson by Zoom, he answers wearing a Raphael Warnock campaign T-shirt.…
Poem of the week: Grey Natural Light by Katherine Horrex
Climate change and pollution make for surreal and ghostly imagery in this understated and restrained poem…
Receding glaciers causing rivers to suddenly disappear
As glaciers around the world recede rapidly owing to global warming, some communities are facing a…
Senate Dems agonize over voting rights strategy
Senate Democrats made a major commitment to muscle through Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ethics and voting reform…
‘Reconnect with nature’ by all means – but don’t forget its lethal power | Julian Sheather
The natural world is a place of both bluebells and deadly viruses. Over-sentimentalising it is dangerous…
Succulent smuggling: why are South Africa’s rare desert plants vanishing?
Unique species in ‘the world’s most biodiverse desert’ are at risk from a warming planet and…
Starwatch: shooting stars from the tail of Halley’s comet
The Eta Aquarids may not be the most spectacular meteors of the year but they are…