Charli XCX and Dua Lipa are shortlisted for Album Of The Year at 2020 Mercury Prize awards

Charli XCX and Dua Lipa go head-to-head as they’re shortlisted for Album Of The Year with Stormzy at 2020 Mercury Prize awards By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 11:33 BST, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 11:33 BST, 23 July 2020 Charli XCX and Dua Lipa are set to go head-to-head as they’ve been shortlisted for … Read more

Mercury could hit 85F from Friday making Britain hotter than IBIZA 

Party island UK! Weekend of and BBQs and outdoor boozing lies ahead as mercury hits 85F from Friday making Britain hotter than IBIZA Sunshine and scorching temperatures are expected to make a comeback by the weekend with highs of 29C After a cloudy start to the day on Friday, most southern areas are likely to … Read more

Britons are set to flock to the beaches as mercury hits 79F ahead of heatwave

Britons are set to flock to the beaches again as temperatures rocket to the mid twenties after weeks of rain. Coastal areas are braced for another influx of tourists as the mercury rises to 79F (26C) and pubs open after lockdown easing last weekend. Most of the country is set to be dry with sunshine … Read more

Toxic man-made mercury pollution is discovered in the deepest part of the ocean

Toxic man-made mercury pollution has been discovered in the deepest part of the ocean, in the Marianas Trench — more than six miles below the surface.  Researchers from China and the US used submarine robots to identify mercury in the fish and crustaceans living in the deepest part of the western Pacific Ocean. Mercury enters … Read more

Arctic records its hottest temperature EVER as mercury hits 100F in town of Verkhoyansk in Siberia

Arctic records its hottest temperature EVER as mercury hits 100F in town of Verkhoyansk in Siberia Mercury shot up to 32F (18C) above normal in the Siberian town of 1,000 people Scientists had predicted that the Arctic wouldn’t reach these levels until 2100 Siberia is experiencing a heatwave, with temperatures 18F (10C) above normal  By … Read more

Scientists untangle mystery of how ice forms on Mercury with surface temperatures over 750 degrees

Scientists untangle the mystery of how ice formed on Mercury in spite of surface temperatures as hot as 750 degrees Fahrenheit Researchers at Georgia Tech investigate how ice forms on Mercury Most of the ice on the planet’s poles is believed to have come from asteroids However, some of that ice likely formed when compounds … Read more