[ad_1] Ross JarmanIhab Amed working on the test jet engineIn a building on the edge of a business park outside Sheffield, researcher Ihab Ahmed is preparing to fire up a small jet engine.Originally used as an auxiliary power unit for a commercial airliner, it has been turned into a testbed for new fuels developed in a laboratory next door.The arrangement is a centrepiece of Sheffield University’s Sustainable Fuels Innovation Centre
[ad_1] We know climate change is making our weather more extreme so that when it rains, that rain tends to be heavier with a greater chance of causing flooding.It is more difficult to link storms to climate change.The UK has a history of impactful storms stretching back hundreds of years, long before the introduction of named storms in 2015.Met Office scientist Emily Carlisle says: "There is some evidence that storms
[ad_1] Getty ImagesA beaver and kits at Otterton, DevonA network of wildlife charities is calling for beavers to be released into rivers across England and Wales in the wake of a kit baby boom.The beaver is a keystone species that can bring huge benefits to nature but governments are stalling on plans to reintroduce them into the wild, the Wildlife Trusts say.They want the governments in England and Wales to
[ad_1] SSE/PAPower is flowing from the Shetland Isles to mainland Britain for the first time as the UK's most productive onshore windfarm comes on stream.SSE says its 103-turbine project, known as Viking, can generate 443 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power nearly 500,000 homes.Shetland is the windiest part of the UK, which means it will be rare for the turbines not to be spinning.Chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies told BBC
[ad_1] Jason GulleyConservation success story: a manatee with its calf in FloridaA manatee and its calf drift underwater in Hunter Springs, Florida.An algal bloom in the area had caused a decline in the eelgrass beds that provide them with food, but the local community restored the habitat, resulting in more manatees being recorded than ever before.The photo taken by Dr Jason Gulley, who is also a geologist, is among several
[ad_1] Reuters(L-R) The crew of Polaris Dawn includes Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah GillisSpaceX has postponed its attempt to launch an expedition featuring an all-civilian crew that is aiming to carry out the first-ever spacewalk by private citizens.The mission, known as Polaris Dawn, had been scheduled to take off from Nasa’s space centre in Florida early on Wednesday morning.Hours before the launch, Elon Musk's company said it
[ad_1] Getty ImagesCommon pipistrelle bats have a stronghold in the north of ScotlandBeth Bridge is on the front line of the battle to protect Scotland’s bats.She's working with farmers and landowners to create the conditions which would enable these endangered mammals to thrive again.Their numbers have been declining for decades but Beth has been looking at how to plant native trees on agricultural land so they can provide new homes
[ad_1] ISROIndia's lunar mission found remnants of a magma ocean on the south poleThe Moon’s south pole was once covered in an ocean of liquid molten rock, according to scientists.The findings back up a theory that magma formed the Moon's surface around 4.5 billion years ago.Remnants of the ocean were found by India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 mission that landed on the south pole last August.The mission explored this isolated and mysterious
[ad_1] BBCSwarms of as many as 30 large twin-engine drones will patrol the skies for potential wildfires, researchers hopeDrones could soon be working together in swarms to put out flames before they become wildfires, UK researchers hope.A team of firefighters, scientists and engineers are working on a project they say will allow swarms of up to 30 autonomous planes to spot and extinguish fires by working collectively using artificial intelligence.Drones
[ad_1] Peter Barrett / BBC Weather WatchersThis morning's sunrise in Hornchurch, East LondonSmoke from wildfires across the Atlantic has brought spectacular vivid colours to sunsets and sunrises across the UK this weekend.Fires have blazed across North America this summer, and smoke particles have been carried by the jet stream to the skies above the British Isles.The unusual hues should continue until Monday, when more unsettled weather will begin to dissipate
