[ad_1] Getty ImagesPollution has disrupted transport services in DelhiWinter has come to Delhi and with it, a familiar sense of gloom. The sky here is grey and there is a thick, visible blanket of smog.If you stay outdoors for more than a few minutes, you can almost taste ash. You will feel breathless within minutes if you try to run or even walk at a brisk pace in the smog.Newspapers
[ad_1] Getty ImagesDr. Jane Goodall with her toy monkey, Mr. H, a decades-long travel companionWith her signature shawl draped over her shoulders and silver hair pulled back from her face, Jane Goodall exudes serenity - even over our slightly blurry video call.In a Vienna hotel room, a press team and a small group of filmmakers, who are documenting her latest speaking tour, fuss around her. The famous primatologist and conservationist
[ad_1] Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago, US and Chinese researchers have found.Analysis of samples collected by a Chinese mission found basalt (volcanic rock formed after an eruption) fragments dating back more than 4.2 billion years ago.The findings were published in the Nature and Science journals on Friday.While scientists already knew of volcanic activity on the near side of the moon,
[ad_1] The Azerbaijani government is using COP29 to crack down on environmental activists and other political opponents, according to human rights groups.This is the third year in a row a country hosting the climate summit has been accused of oppression and curtailing the legal right to protest.Climate Action Network, a group of nearly 2,000 climate groups, told BBC News the protection of civil society is crucial if countries want to
[ad_1] SPLArtwork: Uranus and its five largest moons had been thought to be inactive and sterile. The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought.Instead, they may have oceans, and the moons may even be capable of supporting life, scientists say.Much of what we know about them was gathered by Nasa’s Voyager 2 spacecraft which visited nearly 40 years
[ad_1] Viewing the Taurids may be affected by the illumination of the Moon, which could obscure some of the fainter meteors. The Moon will be in a waxing gibbous phase – going from half moon to full moon.Plus, as we have seen recently, it is hard to see anything in the sky if there is a blanket of low cloud. However, there could be some timely changes in cloud amounts
[ad_1] BBC/Gerry FletcherArtwork: The half-tonne Skynet-1A satellite was launched in November 1969Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why.Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was put high above Africa's east coast to relay communications for British forces.When the spacecraft ceased working a few years later, gravity might have been
[ad_1] EPAIt is now "virtually certain" that 2024 - a year punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms - will be the world's warmest on record, according to projections by the European climate service.Global average temperatures across the year are on track to end up more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, which would make 2024 the first calendar year to breach this symbolic mark. These high temperatures are mainly down
[ad_1] PAActor Billy Porter and Earthshot ambassadors Robert Irwin and Nomzamo Mbatha joined the Prince of Wales on stageThe Prince of Wales has said he wants his environmental Earthshot prize to "change the world for good" over the next decade as he celebrated this year's winners.Prince William closed the awards ceremony in Cape Town by calling for people around the world to join the "movement for change".Models Heidi Klum and
[ad_1] PA MediaPrince William wants this year's Earthshot event to boost African environmental projectsThe Prince of Wales has spoken of his deep personal connections with Africa - ahead of his environmental Earthshot Prize awards ceremony in Cape Town in South Africa next week.“Africa has always held a special place in my heart - as somewhere I found comfort as a teenager, where I proposed to my wife," said Prince William
