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Start of the weekend, the high pressure is firmly in place, really doesnt want to give up but we could start to see some low cloud developed through the north sea, brought in across some parts of southern and eastern england, and fairweather cloud building up could spread out, so a slightly cloudy afternoon than the morning, but in the west the best of the sunshine after a frosty start, another reasonably warm day. then through sunday, the weather system could just clip scotland, pushing them to...

Sales are-- seals are running out of time. >> this is aarp seal pup, born >> this is a harp seal pup, born near the magazine dalen island in the gulf of st. lawrence in february and march. most winters the promise of a closeup view of newborns draws tourists from around the globe. kimberly rusell traveled from hawaii last year. >> it is such an amazing experience from the ride out there to being just inches away from the liquid chocolate eyes to watching the adults singing to each other out on t...

Massive climate summit with 60 world leaders and its so great. also i think obviously politicians can make every issue partisan but i think were coming to a point now where everyone agrees that we have to take action and it seems that for me personally i just find it so wonderful that your country, the u.s., is now back in the drivers see when it comes to addressing these issues. >> one of the big images we have when it comes to what climate change looks like is melting ice and you spent some ti...

I know on earth day theres a massive climate summit with 60 world leaders and -- which is so great, and also the -- i think, i mean, politicians can make every issue partisan but we are getting to a point where everybody agrees we have to take action, and it seems that -- i mean, for me personally, i find it so wonderful that your country, the u.s., is now back in the drivers seat when it comes to addressing these issues. >> one of the big images we have in terms of what climate change looks lik...

This week nbc news is leading a week of special coverage on the climate challenge. this crisis touches every country including one that despite its name is more icy than green. 81% of greenland is covered in ice and its melting fast. researchers say if it all melted sea levels would rise by more than 23 feet. actor nikolaj coster-waldau raised this alarm in his new five-part docuseries "through greenland." >> the nice is greenland works a bit like the canary in a coal mine. >> nikolaj coster-wal...

. >> i find that so fascinating that people say if you dont believe it, look at the photos yourself, and for some reason i feel it doesnt penetrate with some folks and even with all the evidence they dont want to accept it for reasons that i am guessing are less logical and more emotional, that theres some kind of like sub plot to why people remain at least vocally unwilling to accept the evidence. what do you think? how do you see it? >> well, i think theres a lot of fear, fear of the unknown a...

>> i didnt hear you. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i find that so fascinating that so many people say that if you dont believe it, look at the photos, see for yourself. for some reason i feel like that still doesnt penetrate with some folks and even with all the evidence they still dont want to accept it for reasons that i am guessing are less logical and more emotional, that there is some kind of sub plot to white people remain at least vocally unwilling to accept the evidence. with do you ...

Theres been an earthquake on the south side of etna. e la sirena, ecco! ho detto che sarebbe tornato. in one of the most volcanic regions in europe, an earthquake is detected. it could indicate devastating activity on the continents largest volcano. but still, on etna, tourists gather unaware. right now we are 9,000 feet above the sea level, the highest you can get when you come to mount etna. what we are looking at is the south—east crater, the baby. its the newest, 1971, but its also conside...

Millions enjoy the sun, but there are worries over new covid variants. health officials are investigating 77 cases in england and scotland of an indian mutation of the coronavirus. i still, like, get a little bit nervous, obviously, because i don�*t want to get the virus and stuff, but it is nice to have a bit of normality in life again. two russians suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent poisonings are now accused over a czech arms depot explosion in 2014. the government says it ...

The recent catastrophic eruption on new zealands white island which killed 20 and injured a further 27 has highlighted the risk of visiting active volcanoes. but in coming here, i have been told by many people that this volcano is perfectly safe. etna certainly has one of the most sophisticated monitoring surveillance systems on earth. you have instruments that record any sort of ground vibration, then we measure gas emission and then magnetism and gravity and infra—sound, which are acoustic s...