A NEW planning application has been submitted for the development of a holiday lodge park at #Roanhead on the Furness coast. Previous responses won’t count, so please challenge these plans again

Link: bit.ly/3vNg9RV Friends of the Lake District

#saveroanhead #wildlife #cumbria

Our new research finds that spot-on flea treatments on pets are a major source of river contamination with potent insecticides. Also, owners hands are continually contaminated by contact with treated pets. Pls RT (1/2)
theguardian.com/environment/20… Rose Perkins PAN UK

Our teams have been out today operating assets across #Cumbria .

There are 10 flood warnings in place and we are monitoring the situation overnight.

Check your flood risk: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk

Sign up for flood warnings: gov.uk/sign-up-for-fl…

#StormIsha #Flooding

The melt rate of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will increase until the end of the century, even if we reduce emissions.

New research led by BAS' Dr Kaitlin Naughten shows that it's now likely unavoidable - even in the best-case scenario.

Here's the story ⬇️
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National Highways: Yorkshire The #A66 is now CLOSED in both directions to all vehicles between #ScotchCorner and #M6 to as a result of strong winds from Storm Isha.

Further information: nationalhighways.co.uk/travel-updates…

#StormIsha
Thousands of homes without power in the North West.
Public transport suspended.
Sellafield shutdown as precaution.
Latest:
bbc.in/4b8VFDB
BBC Local Radio on-air through the night.
bbc.in/3U9ksBf

And N #Cumbria & Northumberland

Flood warning siren has just gone off in Appleby #StormIsha

NEWS: #StormIsha causes disruption at Sellafield Ltd with statement to employees explaining more. #Cumbria

👀 Currently #StormIsha has the highest wind speeds on Earth

As #StormIsha builds up and aware that coastal areas in #Cumbria may be badly affected I’ve donned my RNLI socks to remember the amazing work of our lifeboat crews in all weathers all year.

Stay home, stay safe and reduce pressure on our amazing emergency services.

The haunting sound of the flood siren going off in Appleby, Cumbria this evening #StormIsha ITV News ITV News Border

** An alarm call for us all **

The official nature watchdog, The Office for Environmental Protection, says that 'government is largely off track' to meet legally-binding nature targets.

That's true for 8/10 targets, including the overarching goal of halting nature's decline by 2030.

Spotted several times over the last few weeks... a new resident in Grasmere. A common goldeneye. #winterwatch2024 #rspbredlist

Culture is not ours alone:
READ… theguardian.com/environment/20…

Buffer strips are promoted as a way to capture agricultural run-off

We found no effect on water quality in our study

Indeed, effectiveness is determined by slope, soil type, rainfall, vegetation type & if there are field drains, so they are not a panacea sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It is likely that our ocean is now the hottest it has been for 1,000 years.

It is heating faster than at any time in the past 2,000 years.

A hotter ocean = more extreme weather.

Bad news for nature, bad news for us.

#ClimateActionNow

theguardian.com/environment/20…

The collapse of the planet's systems is happening in real time and we are the witnesses.

At 6.12σ, yesterday set yet another daily record for highest number of standard deviations for global SST above the 1982-2011 mean.

Matthew Cookson South Walney Nature Reserve CumbriaWildlifeTrust Another pic, I did take a few 😊

An Otter obliged by coming out into the field South Walney Nature Reserve today.
And the Sun shone!
CumbriaWildlifeTrust
#nature #Otter #wildlife