Thursday, 5 September 2019

News in brief - Thursday 5th September

Hurricane Dorian moves north up the US coast
As Hurricane Dorian leaves the Bahamas behind, it heads for the US East coast bringing with it the risk of dangerous storm surges and flooding; the storm is set to move through the Carolinas bringing heavy rainfall and waters that could rise up to 2.4m above the ground

Heather crisis in the UK
A loss of heather is turning the UK's hillsides from beautiful purple shades into a muddy landscape; climate change is thought to be to blame for the higher temperatures and lower rainfall that make it hard for heather to thrive

Food producers are failing to take responsibility for global warming
Researchers are saying that the world's producers of meat, fish and dairy need to take more responsibility for the impact their industry is having on the environment; they suggest it is down to big retailers such as Walmart to monitor their demand and try to offset any carbon emissions produced