Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin, two men who led the effort to create the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, will receive the 2024 World Food Prize. The vault opened in 2008 and now holds 1.25 million seed samples from almost every country in
Arriving at Barentsburg (Image: Tom Burnett/Reach PLC) The sun is high in the late April sky as the ship makes its way down the fjord – although this is not surprising, I’m so far north that it is not set to go
An Arctic blast is heading for Britain in May with temperatures set to drop as low as 3C. WXCharts maps forecast wintery weather to hit the UK in just over a fortnight on May 15, bringing with it chilly temperatures and bitter
So much for little April showers – as for much of the UK it’ll soon be snow bearing down in freezing temperatures. Dramatic new weather maps have revealed that on Saturday, April 27 a vast area of Scotland will be slammed by
Parts of the United Kingdom look set to be hit by a snowbomb in the coming days with nine-inch flurries hitting parts of England. Maps from WxCharts, using Met Desk data, show there is a chance snow will hit Yorkshire, parts of
The Met Office has issued its verdict after seperate weather maps show snow hitting the UK in a 0C Arctic blast within days. WXCharts has predicted wintery weather next week, with snow and freezing temperatures across the UK. Snow will move across much
The icy Arctic blast means there is a 20 percent chance of snow falling across all cities in England (Image: WXCHARTS) A 24-hour snow blast will blanket the entire country within a week and risks plunging Britain into travel chaos. According to
Shocking weather maps have pinpointed the exact date the UK will be hit by an arctic freeze that will see temperatures plunge from highs of 17C on April 13 to lows of -1C the following day. The weather maps from WXCharts show
New weather maps are turning dark purple with an Arctic blast hitting the UK with more than two days of non-stop snow this week. WXCharts has forecast wintery weather to come to the UK on April 3 and 4, bringing with it
A small town in the Arctic is preparing for war with Putin. Ivalo in Finland is just 20 miles of forest from the Russian border. The military base near the town has been called NATO’s “Arctic Sparta”. It is the closest that