Chris Fitch

Twist and shout: European tornadoes

Feb 14, 2017

Published in Development

A tornado hits Simla, Colorado. The US sees nearly a dozen times as many tornadoes each year than Europe

A lack of awareness is preventing adequate monitoring of destructive tornado events in Europe

Boom time: predicting Iceland's volcanoes

Feb 04, 2017

Published in Tectonics

Studies show an average 44-year gap between Icelandic eruptions such as at Eyjafjallajökull

Fears that volcano eruptions in Iceland are set to regularly disrupt air travel are being tempered by a new study into the frequency of such events

Alien bird species mapped

Jan 12, 2017

Published in Mapping

The mallard duck – shown here on Lake Wanaka – was introduced to New Zealand from England between 1870 and 1930

New Zealand, Australia, and other former British colonies among the world’s hotspots for alien bird species richness

Green rail? Shipping from China to London

Jan 06, 2017

Published in Climate

China Railways HXD3 electric locomotive in Luoyang, Henan, China

Could rail be the sustainable long-distance freight transport the world needs?

Flight of the Swans: 3,000km from the Arctic tundra to the UK

Dec 23, 2016

Published in Explorers

Flight of the Swans: 3,000km from the Arctic tundra to the UK

After three months en route, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust conservationist Sacha Dench and the Bewick’s swans arrived in the UK, raising awareness of declining numbers along the way

ONCE WITHIN BORDERS by Charles S Maier

Jan 01, 2017

Published in Books

It’s rare to find insightful contemporary political commentary in what is primarily a history book. Yet this tome could hardly be more timely

Making Nature: How we see animals

Dec 21, 2016

Published in Exhibitions

Allora & Calzadilla, 'The Great Silence' (2014)

How we present and view animals isn’t as objective as it may seem. A new Wellcome Collection exhibition explores how we organise and create order amid the chaos of the natural world

Red leper: leprosy in Britain’s red squirrels

Jan 14, 2017

Published in Wildlife

Leprosy, though dormant, has been found in Britain’s red squirrel population

Red squirrels are found to be afflicted with a stubborn medieval disease

Gas leaks: America’s leaky wells

Jan 04, 2017

Published in Energy

There are an estimated three million abandoned oil and gas wells across the US

Abandoned oil and gas wells in the US are leaking significant quantities of methane

Back to life: the world of de-extinction

Feb 17, 2017

Published in Wildlife

It’s being suggested that 2018 could see the start of efforts to reproduce the long-dead woolly mammoth, using Asian elephants as surrogates

Is extinction forever? While most would assume that yes, extinction is the ultimate end-point, a fate from which no species can return, Chris Fitch investigates the small but growing movement that dares to disagree

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