What impact will Hurricane Kirk have on continental Europe?

Hurricane Kirk, which made landfall on Tuesday, remained in the shadow of Hurricane Milton, which hit Florida. Kirk, which is no longer classified as a hurricane, but as an extratropical storm, is likely to cause damage and disruption in parts of Europe, Euronews reports. "We are no longer seeing a tropical storm with the typical round, symmetrical cloud structure and calm eye...

WWF: We have lost 73% of vertebrate populations in the wild

A catastrophic 73% collapse in mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile and fish populations has been recorded in just over half a century, according to the latest edition of WWF's Living Planet report, published today. Most worrying is the decline in biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean, where observed wildlife populations have declined by as much as 95%. The report…