The Somerset Levels contain almost 11 million tonnes of carbon stored in peat Environmental campaigners have welcomed news that companies could be paid to stop the extraction of peat. Somerset County Council and the government are discussing how to end the move. Sales of peat to amateur gardeners will be banned in England from next …
Avalanche forecasters say they are seeing likely impacts of climate change high in Scotland’s mountains. The Scottish Avalanche Information Service said conditions were changing more rapidly and avalanches occurring in tighter spaces of time. It said named storms – such as 2021’s Storm Barra – brought short, significant periods of “proper winter”, raising the avalanche …
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A dummy body, right before composting begins.Recompose New York recently became the sixth state to legalize body composting after death. The procedure turns your remains into soil that your loved ones can use to grow a plant. Experts say it is a greener alternative to traditional burials. Here’s how it works. It was an unusual …
Stigma against Chinese cuisine in the first year of the pandemic cost Asian restaurants in the United States an estimated $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020, a recent study found. In a year in which tens of thousands of restaurants closed and many barely scraped by, the study — published online last week in …
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Pink waves at Torrey Pines State Beach, temporarily dyed as part of a study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego, on Jan. 20, 2022 / Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego The usual blue waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego are looking quite different — …
A cosmetic dermatologist explains why some patients are using fillers to combat “Ozempic face” after taking the drug for weight loss.Getty Images A cosmetic dermatologist explained why he coined the term “Ozempic face,” named after the buzzy weight loss drug. “Ozempic face” occurs when a patient loses a lot of fat quickly, causing their skin …
A tornado that tore through the Houston area on Tuesday was the kind of early-season storm that scientists say has been occurring with increasing regularity — a sign that patterns of severe weather are shifting. The tornado struck Pasadena, southeast of Houston, seriously damaging homes and other buildings and knocking out power to thousands in …
People don’t buy into conspiracy theories because of ignorance or social isolation. They do it because of a more prevalent personality quirk: overconfidence.Getty Images; iStock; Alyssa Powell/Insider When it comes to the spread of cockamamie conspiracy theories, Twitter was a maximum viable product long before Elon Musk paid $44 billion for the keys. But as …
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A state lawmaker in Oregon is using thousands of pages of redacted documents he sought for more than a year to launch legislation demanding more accountability and oversight of a primate research facility with a long history of complaints. Incidents at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, associated with Oregon’s largest …
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The ship’s correct identity was discovered in a letter in an archive A team of maritime archaeologists has discovered the true identity of a large wooden ship hulk buried in Hooe Lake, on the outskirts of Plymouth. The remains of the vessel lie buried alongside a stone jetty on the north side of the lake. …
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