A huge plunge in oxygen levels will wipe out most life on Earth in around a billion years' time, scientists warn. It means the planet would return to an inhospitable methane-rich environment comparable to that of the early Earth. US and Japanese researchers predicted how our planet's atmosphere will change in light of several processes related to biology, geology and climate. They found rising solar brightness will affect surface temperatures and photosynthesis and cause rapid atmospheric deoxygenation. In their paper, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the researchers wrote: " We find that future deoxygenation is an inevitable consequence of increasing solar fluxes." As the sun brightens, surface temperatures will rise and photosynthesis will fall, the scientists say. This will happen before so-called moist greenhouse conditions appear, where water will irreversibly leak from the Earth's atmosphere, the research shows. In addition, the findings suggest that … [Read more...] about Most life on Earth will be ‘gone in a billion years after oxygen levels plummet’
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Germany’s domestic intelligence agency ‘suspects Alternative for Germany party of far-right sympathies’
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has put the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party under observation on suspicion of extreme far-right sympathies, according to local media. The action by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) comes more than two years after it announced it was examining public comments by party members and links to extremist groups more closely. In January 2019, the agency put the youth wing of AfD as well as the party faction linked to a prominent leader in eastern Germany , Bjoern Hoecke, under covert surveillance over extremism allegations. At the time, the BfV cited the youth organisation's stated goal of creating an ethnically pure country and efforts by Hoecke's faction - known as "The Wing" - to downplay Germany's Nazi history. The Wing has also suggested it might pursue "revolutionary" means to achieve its political aims, warranting scrutiny from the BfV, which is tasked with monitoring all extremist … [Read more...] about Germany’s domestic intelligence agency ‘suspects Alternative for Germany party of far-right sympathies’
I wouldn’t be caught dead in Primark & Michael Kors is for those wishing to be rich, my designer wardrobe is over £1M
HORDES of young women can’t wait for Primark to throw open its doors once lockdown eases, but Saffron Drewitt-Barlow is most definitely not among them. She’s branded the budget retailer one of several “sh*t shops” she’d never dream of splashing her, considerable, cash in. The 21-year-old daughter of Britain’s first gay dads , ex-couple and multi-millionaires Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, thinks nothing of buying up $50,000 trainers, Chanel dresses or Louis Vuitton bags on a whim. Worn just once, they sit in one of her several multi-million pound wardrobes, with anything that doesn’t fit given to a mate because who can be bothered with returns? It’s all part of Saffron’s Absolutely Fabulous life , which she’s detailing in her new Fabulous column. She’s already touched on the unusual family dynamic which sees her living with her dads AND their new partners (with Barrie, 50, now dating her ex Scott, 27) and her surgery plans. This week it’s all about fashion… and … [Read more...] about I wouldn’t be caught dead in Primark & Michael Kors is for those wishing to be rich, my designer wardrobe is over £1M
I spend $200k a year on beauty – I never wash my own hair, jet my facialist in from UK & spend 4 hours a day on make-up
WHEN Saffron Drewitt-Barlow feels her skin is lacking a bit of glow, she knows exactly what to do – get online and book a first-class plane ticket for her favourite beauty therapist. Money is no object for the 21-year-old, which is why she’s able to splash $10,000 a time arranging for her number one facialist to fly from her home in Brighton to Saffron’s family mansion in Florida. Far from being a rarity, it’s something Saffron does every month or so (Covid permitting)… and it’s just the beginning of her mammoth beauty spend. The daughter of Britain’s first gay dads, ex-couple and multi-millionaires Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, also forks out over $12,000 a year to keep her hair extensions looking good, has a make-up artist on her books for whenever she needs him and gets her lashes and nails down every couple of weeks. It’s all part of Saffron’s Absolutely Fabulous life , which she’s detailing in her new Fabulous column. She’s already touched on the unusual family … [Read more...] about I spend $200k a year on beauty – I never wash my own hair, jet my facialist in from UK & spend 4 hours a day on make-up
Budget 2021: Cautious Rishi Sunak offers short-term relief to UK businesses but hints at payback to come
Businesses large and small broadly got what they wanted from Rishi Sunak in the short-term. Whether corporation or corner shop, what matters at the moment is how companies get through the next week, not next year, and that means support to retain jobs and offset the cost of enforced closure. Employers and employees had to endure an unnecessary 10-day wait for confirmation that Boris Johnson's COVID roadmap will be backed by an extension of furlough, the business rate holiday and a fresh round of cash grants, but it was welcome nonetheless. Budget calculator: Find out if you are better or worse off If and when the employment support scheme finally ends in September the state will have been paying the wages of millions of workers for 18 months, a remarkable intervention to which millions will literally owe their jobs. The extension runs beyond the provisional 21 June date set by the prime minister for full reopening of the economy offers both a cushion and a … [Read more...] about Budget 2021: Cautious Rishi Sunak offers short-term relief to UK businesses but hints at payback to come