As the women protest Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, reactions are varied from passersby: some stop to whisper their gratitude, others castigate them as traitors. St Petersburg’s anti-war protesters want to send a message to those ‘who are still silent’
‘Firenado’ sparked by hot winds and wildfires burns in California – video
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Smoke and flames swirled in a tornado-like pattern as hot winds met a wildfire in southern California.The fire near Quail Lake in Gorman closed portions of Route 138 northwest of Los Angeles.The LA county fire departm...
How Brazil’s Amazon started heating the planet – video
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The Amazon absorbs huge amount of CO2 and helps to cool the world, but recent studies have shown the rainforest is approaching a tipping point, with profound implications for the global climate and biodiversity. The s...
How Kenya is flooding in a drought – video
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Per più di 10 anni, Kenya’s great lakes have been flooding, displacing hundreds of thousands of people as rising water levels leave towns and villages almost completely submerged. Flooding is also affecting nature...
Switzerland’s melting glaciers: drone footage reveals impact of climate crisis – video
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Glaciers in Switzerland have been receding due to the impact of the climate crisis. After a winter with relatively little snowfall, the Swiss Alps have already experienced two severe summer heatwaves in 2022. In July...
Defending the Amazon: retracing Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s fatal journey – video
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Organized crime in the remote Javari valley region of the Amazon is rampant. Drug trafficking, illegal fishing, mining and logging now go by almost unchecked, making it a frontline in the war on nature. It is this vio...
Made in Tredegar: the Welsh town that changed the world – video
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Tredegar is a town in the Welsh valleys that changed the world. Its medical aid society – and local MP Nye Bevan – provided the inspiration for the NHS. Quasi 80 anni dopo, a small group of community film-makers wi...
Made in London: the TikTok star taking on poor social housing – video
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Kwajo Tweneboa watched his father die in a damp, dilapidated flat. Then he took on the system, harnessing the power of social media to make change with videos exposing atrocious conditions in social housing across Lon...
Timelapse footage shows a sea sponge sneezing – video
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It has emerged that sea sponges can sneeze, casting off accumulations of particles trapped in mucus on their surfaces in the process.Dr Jasper de Goeij, a marine biologist at the University of Amsterdam and the senio...