People would be prepared to continue many of the lifestyle changes enforced by the coronavirus lockdown to help tackle the climate emergency, and the...
A critically-endangered herb once thought extinct on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island has been found growing at a new location as the world-heritage site continues its...
Commonwealth countries are to gain free access to satellite technology that will help them monitor and protect their endangered coral reefs from threats such...
From the vast plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya to the delicate corals of the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles, conservation work to protect some of the world's most important ecosystems is facing crisis following a collapse in ecotourism during...
A majestic whale shark is bathed in brilliant light rays as it cruises in search of food off Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Photograph: Shawn Heinrichs
Thousands of shark fins are offloaded and sorted for market, Taiwan
Photograph: Paul Hilton
A leopard seal tries to feed the...
Right now, Bruce Kerr is fretting about the shape of a certain curve - but not the one relating to the spread of Covid-19.
Kerr is an asparagus farmer in east Suffolk. In a good year he will harvest up to 500...
Spreading rock dust on farmland could suck billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air every year, according to the first detailed global analysis of the technique.The chemical reactions that degrade the rock particles lock the greenhouse gas into carbonates...
While lockdown has allowed some a greater appreciation of spring and the fun of seeing goats, sheep and deer foraying into urban landscapes, Covid-19 is wreaking havoc with UK biodiversity as vital conservation projects are put on hold.On Friday conservationists warned...
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Due to the transition to daylight saving time in the European Union from 30.03.2020 the trading schedule changes for the following instruments (CET):
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Monday - Thursday (00:00 - 23:00 and 23:15 - 24:00), Friday (00:00 - 22:00)
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'I go out photographing butterflies each year,' says Thomas Moore, a primary school teacher from West Sussex. 'As lockdown has been partially relaxed to allow you to drive to a place for a walk, it has meant I could go...
Growing evidence of a link between air pollution and the impact of coronavirus means the government has a legal obligation to urgently review its air quality strategy, according to lawyers.
In a letter to ministers, the lawyers argue that refusing to order...
Governments should act with the same urgency on climate as on the coronavirus, leading campaigners say, as evidence mounts that the health crisis is reducing carbon...
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Boris Johnson and his cabinet are coming under increasing pressure to ensure the economic stimulus helps to shift the UK to a low-carbon future, as green...
About 12,000 years ago, human domestication of the natural world began in earnest with the intentional cultivation of wild plants and animals. Fast forward...
Dear clients,Due to Australia following daylight savings time on the 6 April, 2020, trading hours for the ASX200 stock index will to be changed.
Starting...
Nearly a third of the world's oceans and land area could be placed under environmental protections without harming the global economy, and even produce bumper economic benefits if the right policies were followed, according to...
Franco Comes last caught sharks more than six months ago, while longline fishing for swordfish in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Monopoli, Italy. He hauled in an accidental handful of blue sharks. They...
There is an impressive array of pine species at the Nature Conservancy's Plum Creek preserve in Maryland - loblolly, Virginia, shortleaf - creating a landscape that emits the smell of Christmas well into the summer....
In August 2016, a park ranger stumbled upon 323 dead wild tundra reindeer in Norway's remote Hardangervidda plateau. They had been killed in a freak lightning event. But instead of removing the carcasses, the park...
For those who watch the waves, rocks and beaches for the distinctive silhouettes and dorsal fins, there is still hope. If the great white sharks are gone for now, they will return, one day soon.
Not...
The use of pesticides in the UK must be at least halved to reverse steep losses in insect abundance and boost the natural world that depends on them, according to a report.
It warns that insects...
A new White-Label partner of Dukascopy Bank has started its operation in Ukraine. The bank PJSC "Bank SICH" has extended its product range with a Forex/CFD trading solution powered by Dukascopy Bank. It will operate...
On July 9, people of Sao Paulo in Brazil celebrate the anniversary of the Constitutional Revolution of 1932, which affects the financial market schedule:The other instruments will be available.
Plan your trading sessions accordingly, and don't...
US markets snapped a five-day winning streak overnight amid a warning from a senior Federal Reserve official that the surge in coronavirus cases in many states poses a threat to the US economic recovery. Raphael...
Please beware of CFD Monthly Adjustment procedure update.
In order to reduce trading breaks and standardize CFD Monthly adjustments procedure across all the instruments following...
The US government is accelerating controversial regulatory rollbacks to speed up production at meat plants, as companies express growing alarm at the impact of...
Plastic straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers look set to be banned in Wales under proposals from the Welsh government.
It said the...
Last Wednesday was my 71st birthday, a low-key celebration in these Covid-19 times. Then I heard the news that the pharmaceutical conglomerate Bayer has...