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Florida State University News Researchers find Greenland glacial meltwaters rich in mercury May 24, 2021 | 11:00 am | SHARE: An aerial view of Nuup Kangerlua (fjord) and the glaciers that feed meltwater into it. This fjord receives approximately 20 cubic kilometers of meltwater from the ice sheet every year (equivalent to 8 million Olympic sized swimming pools of water). Photo courtesy of Jade Hatton/University of Bristol. New research shows that concentrations of the toxic element mercury in rivers and fjords connected to the Greenland Ice Sheet are comparable to rivers in industrial Chin...

Why David Hockney’s Piccadilly Circus is a great piece of public art Though some might sneer, Hockney’s playful scribble is a testament to the optimism and humour public art can bring to cities. By Elise Bell It’s 9am on a Monday in Piccadilly Circus. Sweat drips down the nape of your neck as you emerge from the Tube carriage, a sardine tin of people spilling out on to the platform. You wish you could be anywhere but here. And then you see it. An odd sign, more a scribble than a painting. In pink and yellow, it looks like a child has been set loose on Microsoft Paint; th...

By    •  Updated: 12/04/2021 - 18:17 Millions of us take holidays in the European Union each year, with Paris, Milan and Barcelona among the top tourist destinations worldwide. While they are undoubtedly amazing cities, there are some equally dazzling destinations that seem to fly under the radar. As well as the 27 member states of the EU, there are 32 special territories. Some are classed as Outermost Regions, while others are Overseas Countries and Territories, or ‘special cases’, and they range from the outskirts of Europe - like the Faroe Islands - all th...