There are still some deposits left in the UK but due to the drop in steel production and the availability of cheap foreign iron ore, in 2014 there were no significant amounts of iron produced in ...

Seawater is known for being quite salty. Salt in the sea, or ocean salinity, is mainly caused by rain washing mineral ions from the land into water. Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into rainwater, ...

Biologists use the term ‘true sea snake’ for any of the 64 recognised species of snakes of the family Elapidae that spend the majority of their lives in the ocean. They even give birth to young in the ...

Some of the most intense marine heat increases on Earth have developed in seas around the UK and Ireland, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. Water temperatures ... in the natural sea fronts ...

Up to 4 pages in length, generally with up to 3 display items and 20 references. Bi-monthly digests of the latest natural products research, written by Bob Hill and Andrew Sutherland at the University ...

the hottest status symbol among wealthy landowners in the UK is now natural swimming pools — or ponds, as you might call them. The purpose-built garden water features create a wild swimming ...

The sea slug has distinctive feathery gills on one side of its body A new species of sea slug has been discovered in UK waters. It was caught off the south-west of England from a research ship.

DESCRIPTION: Sea otters use their rear flippers to move and their flat, muscular tails to steer. They have an exceptional sense of smell, hearing, and eyesight above water and below. Lacking blubber, ...

A new species of sea slug has been discovered in UK waters. It was caught off the south-west of England from a research ship. The creature has been named Pleurobranchaea britannica. It belongs to ...

Its flippers lack claws and are the largest, in proportion to body size, of any sea turtle. As the largest living turtle species, the leatherback reaches up to 10 feet in length and weighs an average ...

Transportation and warehousing sectors are poised to first feel the pinch, with a broader economic fallout expected if the ...