Police clearing debris on M6 forced to close motorway after woman goes walkabout

Decided to walk home? Police clearing debris on M6 forced to close motorway for longer than planned after woman goes walkabout on the hard shoulder Police released image of woman walking along M6 in Birmingham on July 20 Officers who were clearing debris had to close motorway longer than planned The pedestrian decided to walk along … Read more

Great Pacific Garbage Patch has ‘connecting pathway with East Asia’ that may feed it debris

The North Pacific is home to an enormous swirl of plastic waste twice the size of Texas known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but how the trash made its way to the region has been a mystery among scientists – until now. Researchers from the US and Germany set out to uncover pathways that … Read more

United Airlines flight makes emergency landing after dropping debris

A United Airlines flight bound for Hawaii was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Denver after suffering major damage to one of its engines and dropping huge pieces of debris over a neighborhood in Colorado. Flight UA328, which was carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew members, suffered serious engine failure … Read more

Jim Edmonds complains about debris estranged wife Meghan King left in their St. Louis home

Jim Edmonds complains about debris estranged wife Meghan King left in their St. Louis home: ‘I didn’t realize that someone would leave a house this dirty and messy’ By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 02:21 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 02:21 GMT, 11 December 2020 Jim Edmonds took to social media on Thursday … Read more

House sucked into sinkhole in Russia as rescuers search debris for elderly woman who was inside 

Entire house vanishes into sinkhole in Russian village: Rescue team searches debris for 78-year-old woman who was inside A house was swallowed when a 25-ft-deep crater suddenly opened up in Vyshkov, a Russian village Two people escaped the building but rescuers are still searching for a 78-year-old woman who was inside Special teams and a … Read more

£1million funding to tackle space debris which could destroy the ISS

Space debris — detritus orbiting Earth from satellites — is a growing problem which threatens the future of human space exploration.  To tackle this issue, the Business Secretary Alok Sharma has announced £1million in funding, via the UK Space Agency (UKSA), for seven space-cleaning programmes.  Astronomers are concerned that high-value craft in low-Earth orbit, such … Read more

Earth has been travelling through a cloud of radioactive debris for 33,000 years

Earth has been travelling through a cloud of radioactive debris left behind by ancient star explosions for the last 33,000 years, deep-sea sediments reveal Researchers examined deep-sea sediment to look of radioactive isotopes  They found examples of iron-60 that is formed in the explosions of dying stars The isotopes had to have fallen to the … Read more

Russia has 14,000 pieces of ‘space junk’ debris orbiting Earth

Space junk is littering the final frontier and Russia has contributed more to the collection than any other country. A new infographic reveals which countries owns the garbage floating in space and Russia is responsible for 14,403 pieces and the US comes in second with 8,734. The compiled data shows more than 30,000 particles from … Read more

Planet Nine is a MIRAGE according to experts who say it is a sprawling disk of icy debris

A planet with 10 times the mass of Earth located beyond Pluto is the Holy Grail among many astronomers, but new developments suggest the elusive Planet Nine may be nothing more than a mirage. Researchers propose that the mysterious planet is ‘collective gravity’, which is a sprawling disk of icy debris that consists of millions … Read more