for households struggling with soaring bills. last month was one of the worst for waiting times in a&e in england and response times for were much longer than the target time. and the restored mural in a county durham bar painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. and coming up on the bbc news channel. olympic gold medallist charlotte worthington is back in action at the european championships. she s qualified for tomorrow s final with the best score in the heats. good evening. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force in some parts of the uk to last for four days, as temperatures are forecast to hit 37c in some areas. although temperatures are unlikely to reach last month s a0 degree high, this heatwave is much more prolonged and some temperatures could get close to local or regional records. there s concern about wildfires, pressure on water supplies and transport problems. the met office alert for southern, central and some of northern england and also p
also on the programme: a meeting in downing street with energy bosses but it provides no solution yet for households struggling with soaring bills. last month was one of the worst for waiting times in a&e in england and response times for ambulances were much longer than the target time. and at the european championships, alice kinsella wins silver for great britain in the women s gymnastics all round final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: eve muirhead calls time on her curling career. the team gb skip retires as an olympic champion and hopes her success inspires girls in years to come. good evening. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force until sunday with temperatures expected to reach 37 celsius in some places over the weekend. a drought could also be declared tomorrow for some parts of england, with government officials, the water companies and groups including the national farmers union due to meet to discuss the prolonged dry weather. the met offic
Understanding nest site selection is critical to developing effective conservation management actions. The Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is one of many endemic species extensively impacted by Australia’s unprecedented 2019–2020 megafires. Over a period of 5 months, an estimated 43% of the entire range of this slow-breeding species was burnt, with the biggest impact on the central subspecies M. n. novaehollandiae (55%). Four months prior to these megafires, we conducted a field study of nest site habitat selection in the Superb Lyrebird within the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (15,400 km2): a key stronghold of the central subspecies of the Superb Lyrebird. We found that at the local scale, lyrebird nest sites were more likely to be found in habitats characterized by dense canopy trees and rich in rainforest elements such as vines and treeferns. At the landscape scale, lyrebird nests were most likely to be constructed in rainforest; this fire-sensitive habitat
Fire suppression activities are causing future blazes to burn at higher severity and under more hostile conditions — worsening the impacts of climate change, a new study has found. Although suppression efforts minimize the overall area burned, they virtually eliminate the possibility for low- and moderate-intensity fires, according to the study, published on Monday in Nature…
As wildfires across the U.S. West become increasingly severe, scientists are aiming to unravel the ways such large-scale blazes are impacting the survival of species and their habitats — for better and for worse. About 100 species surveyed in California’s Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades and Klamath regions are experiencing high severity conditions over more than…