Flood-proofing the Somerset levels will be a pricey endeavour
Raising roads, dredging rivers, installing a tidal barrage: Somerset’s to-do list has been presented to government, but the cost will be high.
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Raising roads, dredging rivers, installing a tidal barrage: Somerset’s to-do list has been presented to government, but the cost will be high.
Anti-cull activists say a pilot badger shoot has descended into “farce”. But farmers tell Channel 4 News the policy is the only way to stop the slaughter of TB-infected cattle.
It may not seem glamorous, but unpicking a system that underpins nearly every biological function you can think of, from digesting food to feeling love, has won three men the Nobel prize for medicine.
The most important conclusion of the latest IPCC report on climate change is that it is more than likely global warming will exceed the agreed target of two degrees by the end of the century.
Scientists deliver a bleak vision of a future in which storms are more frequent and the sea has risen by up to 82cm, as they say they are more certain than ever that mankind drives global warming.
Flooding, famine, drought and disease – the impact of climate change predicted in the IPCC scientists’ report could have a negative impact for millions of people in the poorest parts of the world.
After months of complaints about bad weather, Britain welcomes the hottest day of the year so far with heatwave warnings and advice on how to stay cool.
Less than a year after the Mers CoV respiratory virus was discovered, it is still not clear how worried we should be about a disease that has a fatality rate of more than 50 per cent.
Will today’s speech on climate change by President Obama put the US on course to improve its position as the world’s second largest pollutor?
Live debate: In a special report Channel 4 News reveals iconic species and habitats facing wipeout. What can we do to halt the decline? Watch our Google Hangout.
Officials confirm up to 15 fatalities and more than 160 people injured after a blast at a Texas fertiliser plant near Waco, as Jonathan Miller reports.
The UK wheat harvest is set to be a third lower than normal after a wet winter and freezing start to the year, putting further financial pressure on farmers and potentially driving up food prices.
In the week of the bicentenary of explorer David Livingstone’s birth, Channel 4 News asks three modern day adventurers why others should follow in their footsteps, and what they might find.
The government grants planning consent for French firm EDF to begin construction of a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley in Somerset – but consent is not the same as actually getting the plant built.
Actor Jeremy Irons is lending his voice to an EU campaign to ban non-recyclable plastics, including plastic bags, in an effort to end the growing mountain of plastic waste in our environment.