Adrian HillierThe war on Japanese knotweedverified_publisherThe Guardian - Samanth SubramanianThe long read: Once hailed as a ‘handsome’ import, this most rampant of plants has come to be seen as a sinister, ruinous enemy. Can it be stopped?
Adrian HillierSalt Lake City’s efforts to fight pollution face a new challenge: Toxic dustNBC News - By Evan BushDeclining water levels exposed much of the Great Salt Lake's bed and created conditions for storms of dust laden with toxic metals that now threaten 2 million people. SALT LAKE CITY — Parts of the Great Salt Lake hardly resembled a lake at all this fall. Water levels in October fell to the lowest …
Adrian HillierA new life for London's lost riversverified_publisherBBC Travel - Norman MillerFew visitors know that London has 640km of waterways – and there's a serious movement taking place to restore these "blue corridors" to their former glory.
Adrian HillierWhales are dying, but it’s not because of wind farmsverified_publisherThe Verge - Justine CalmaWhales are washing up along the east coast of the US. Offshore wind opponents blame future wind farms. Experts see a different threat. Beaches have become makeshift necropsy labs along the shores of New York and New Jersey. An alarming number of whales are washing up along the east coast of the US. …
Adrian HillierSwiss village of Brienz told to flee imminent monster rockslidebbc.co.uk - By Imogen FoulkesResidents of the tiny Swiss village of Brienz have been told to pack their bags and leave immediately. The reason: two million cubic metres of rock from the mountain above them is set to come loose and crash down to the valley in the next few days. The evacuation order has not come as a complete …
Adrian HillierMeet the Tiny Creatures Thriving in the Great Pacific Garbage PatchInverse - Jennifer WalterLife always finds a way. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t an impassable, solid mass in the middle of the ocean, but rather a lively, swirling …
