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A heat pump in snow

Can the UK catch up in the race to decarbonise home heating?

ByBryony CottamNov 5, 2024
The UK lags behind in its efforts to decarbonise home heating – but progress in other sectors would help close the gap.
Plastic pollution

Big reduction in plastic bags washed up onto UK’s beaches

ByStuart ButlerAug 9, 2024
There's been an 80 per cent drop in number of plastic bags washed up onto UK's beaches, but other forms of plastic pollution have increased.
Wildflowers

Road verges could help increase biodiversity in the UK

ByStuart ButlerAug 8, 2024
The nature depleted UK should use its miles of road verges as wildlife corridors to help increase biodiversity
Rainy day at the beach

Is the British summer to blame for wildlife woes?

ByStuart ButlerJul 27, 2024
Long, hot days at the beach have been a rare thing this summer, but has the weather this summer caused British wildlife to suffer?
Milky Way over Exmoor

The UK’s dark sky reserves

ByStuart ButlerJul 26, 2024
Staring up at the night sky can inspire wonder so go on a celestial adventure this summer at one of the UK's dark sky reserves.
Hazel dormouse

Dormice returning to the UK

ByStuart ButlerJul 22, 2024
The UK's cutest - and sleepiest - rodent is in serious danger, but a reintroduction programe is seeing dormice returning to the UK.
Explore the Untouched Wilderness of East Greenland on an Expedition Micro Cruise with Secret Atlas

Explore the Untouched Wilderness of East Greenland on an Expedition Micro Cruise with Secret Atlas

ByGeographical StaffJul 19, 2024
Discover the largest fjord system in the world on Secret Atlas' new East Greenland micro cruise to Scoresby Sund
Walking through a bluebell woodland in Yorkshire

Walking makes the world a better place

ByStuart ButlerJul 18, 2024
Walking costs nothing, can be done anywhere and it can make a big difference to your health and the health of the planet.
Tiger mosquito

UK needs to prepare for the disease-carrying Asian tiger mosquito

ByStuart ButlerJul 1, 2024
In just a few years the disease carrying Asian tiger mosquito has swept across swathes of Europe and it now has the UK within buzzing range.
Scottish Highlands

Explore the UK’s Geoparks this summer

ByStuart ButlerJun 13, 2024
Go on a summer holiday through geological and human history in one of the UK’s outstanding Unesco Geoparks.
Small tortoiseshell

How to give a helping hand to butterflies

ByStuart ButlerJun 8, 2024
Britain's butterflies are in trouble, but giving our butterflies a helping hand is something almost all of us can do wherever you live.
Salcombe South Devon

Climate change exacerbated marine heatwave

ByStuart ButlerJun 7, 2024
A new study has revealed that the North Atlantic marine heatwave of 2023 was exacerbated by climate change.
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