Melting ice sheets caused global sea levels to rise up to 18 metres

Researchers have discovered that melting ice sheets have already caused enormous sea-level rises, pushing oceans around the world higher by up to 18 metres at the end of the last ice age.

‘Superspreader’ fears as 150 million pilgrims expected at Hindu festival

There are fears a religious festival where tens of millions of people are expected could act as a 'superspreader' event and worsen India's COVID surge.

Sahara desert dust gives sky ‘strange hue’ after blowing north into UK

Dust from the Sahara Desert is causing hazy skies in southern and central England after being swept north by high winds.

Europe’s vaccine rollout ‘unacceptably slow’ and prolonging pandemic, says WHO

Europe's vaccination rollout has been "unacceptably" slow and is prolonging the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

Europe’s vaccine rollout ‘unacceptably slow’ and prolonging pandemic, says WHO

Europe's vaccination rollout has been "unacceptably" slow and is prolonging the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

NASA says COVID-19 caused $3bn of delays to space missions

Delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic have cost NASA almost $3bn since last March, a report says.

‘You have to relive everything’: George Floyd’s brother on agony of trial

"To everybody else they look at it and see a case. And I don't see a case, I see my brother."

1.1 million Britons recently reported having long COVID

1.1 million people in private households in the UK have reported having long COVID, latest estimates show.