Freshwater lakes are losing oxygen rapidly due to global warming – even faster than the world’s oceans, a new study warns. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York surveyed oxygen levels of freshwater lakes in the temperate zone, which spans 23 to 66 degrees north and south latitude – including Blelham Tarn in the UK. Oxygen levels … Read more
Freshwater lakes are losing oxygen rapidly due to global warming – even faster than the world’s oceans, a new study warns. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York surveyed oxygen levels of freshwater lakes in the temperate zone, which spans 23 to 66 degrees north and south latitude – including Blelham Tarn in the UK. Oxygen levels … Read more
Climate change threat to bluebell woods: Wildlife including bumblebees and emperor penguins are also among the plants and species threatened by rising temperatures, report finds WWF is calling on world leaders meeting for Cop26 to cut greenhouse emissions The charity’s Feel The Heat report warns that failure to act could harm wildlife Bumblebees, snow leopards … Read more
Climate change threat to bluebell woods: Wildlife including bumblebees and emperor penguins are also among the plants and species threatened by rising temperatures, report finds WWF is calling on world leaders meeting for Cop26 to cut greenhouse emissions The charity’s Feel The Heat report warns that failure to act could harm wildlife Bumblebees, snow leopards … Read more
Over the past 30 years, a third of all deaths where heat played a part, have been blamed on human-induced global warming, according to a new study. Data from 737 locations in 42 countries was used by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to estimate the impact of global warming … Read more