FOUND: 26 | Mind Blowing Facts

Tell us: do you help clean up your local area?

Whether you’re part of a volunteer group or go out on solo clean-ups in the UK, we’d like to hear from you

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23

Carmakers lobbied UK to revoke ban on petrol and diesel cars after 2035

BMW, Ford, Nissan and Toyota, plus parts maker Bosch, wrote joint letter to ministers in April

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23

How a boy’s own song about eastern rosellas went viral and was covered by Ben Lee

Miles Phillips’ hit has been viewed 1.5m times and played on the radio. The seven-year-old was inspired after feeding birds and realising one ‘main bird stood out’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 23

Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe

Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23

Climate change has intensified Europe's risk of drought, scientists say

Human-caused climate change has intensified Europe's drought by making extreme heat, rather than low rainfall, the main driver of exceptionally dry conditions, an international team of scientists said on Thursday, warning that a warmer atmosphere is sharply increasing drought and wildfire risks.

France 24 · Jul 23

Le changement climatique et ses chaleurs extrêmes aggravent la sécheresse en Europe

La chaleur extrême, davantage que le manque de précipitations, est en train de devenir le principal facteur de sécheresse sur le continent européen, selon une étude du réseau de scientifiques World Weather Attribution publiée jeudi.

France 24 (Français) · Jul 23

One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide

Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially feared

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science

Research identifies 808,585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362,802 different viruses

The Guardian - AU · Jul 22

Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops

Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover

Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22