Extinction Rebellion drops extreme claims from climate change film narrated by Keira Knightley after admitting they couldn’t be backed with evidence Climate Crisis and Why We Should Panic was produced by Serena Schellenberg Ms Schellenberg has deleted two apocalyptic claims from the closing minutes Previously said ‘climate breakdown is already killing 400,000 people every year’ Claimed … Read more
Extinction Rebellion has targeted the largest private residential ship on the planet left to mothball off the British coast. A new offshoot of the environmental group, Ocean Rebellion, led a protest against The World residential ship in Falmouth, Cornwall. The group claims the ship ’emits ten times more greenhouse gases per person per mile than a … Read more
Exploding stars — or ‘supernovae’ — a mere 65 light years from Earth may have triggered the devastating mass extinction event around 359 million years ago. The Late Devonian extinction saw vanish 50 per cent of all genera — groups of species — and 19 per cent of all families, the next largest grouping on … Read more
Extinction Rebellion protesters have doused the steps at Trafalgar Square in fake blood to stand in solidarity with indigenous people dying of Covid-19 in Brazil. The group – also known as XR – dyed London’s iconic fountains bright yellow and red using food dye in their protest to mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Protesters … Read more
Red kites soar back from the brink of extinction after project dubbed the ‘biggest species success story in British conservation history’ The majestic large birds of prey were common scavengers in medieval London But the birds’ fortunes declined in the face of persecution and also egg thefts Thirty years ago conservationists decided to return some … Read more
The European hamster is now ‘critically endangered’ and is just one step away from extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned. Once abundant across Europe and Russia, populations of the European hamster — Cricetus cricetus — have declined as a result of lowered reproduction rates. While female hamsters in the wild give … Read more
Scientists have made a depressing discovery – the first marine fish of modern times has been declared extinct. The smooth handfish has officially been wiped from the south-eastern Australian waters due to habitat decline, pollution and destructive fishing practices. The bottom-dweller was one of 14 species of handfish, which use highly modified pectoral fins to … Read more
Extinction Rebellion activists launch new political party – by SHOP-LIFTING trolleys of food from a London Sainsbury’s ‘because poverty sucks’ The members of the Beyond Politics party walked out of a Sainsbury’s with food They claimed they were giving away ‘free food’ before raiding the supermarket Staff didn’t stop the stunt, though two activists did … Read more
Burning coal in Siberia ignited by volcanic eruptions led to catastrophic global warming that caused the Earth’s most severe extinction event 250 million years ago Scientists argue magma burned through seams of coal exacerbating warming End Permian extinction saw around 90 per cent of life on Earth wiped out Researchers warm it is an early … Read more
China lists pangolins as ‘critically endangered’ and removes mention of the reptile’s scales as a medical treatment from national healthcare guidelines The Chinese government is increasing protections for the endangered pangolin National healthcare previously literature listed pangolin scales as a treatment for poor circulation, swelling, and a lactation aid Scales will no longer be mentioned … Read more