Martin Stew
Health and Science Correspondent at ITV News
Science Correspondent, ITV News. Dad of 2 girls.
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2 weeks ago |
itv.com | Martin Stew
Words by ITV News Health and Science Producer Rhiannon HopleyBeneath the mountains at the Swiss-French border, as deep as 175 metres below ground, lies the Large Hadron Collider – the world’s biggest and most powerful particle accelerator. It’s a 27-kilometre ring where beams of particles are fired at each other at nearly the speed of the light.
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3 weeks ago |
itv.com | Martin Stew
From Antarctic ice to the air we breathe, and from our furniture to the fish we eat - microplastics are everywhere. It’s no surprise then that the small particles of plastic are in us too. A recent dissection of a human brain found seven grams of microplastics, the equivalent of a plastic spoon. It’s not fully known what, if any, impact these particles are having on our bodies but the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for further research.
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1 month ago |
itv.com | Martin Stew
Thousands of flights around the world have been disrupted after a fire at an electrical substation forced Heathrow Airport to close. The fire has affected more than 1,300 flights, a complete shutdown of the UK's busiest airport and left thousands of homes without electricity. More than 200,000 passengers have had their flights to or from the airport cancelled and more than 100 people in the fire's immediate vicinity needed to be evacuated.
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1 month ago |
itv.com | Martin Stew
Many of the world's most populous cities are increasingly seeing their weather flip flop from extreme drought to heavy rainfall - a phenomenon that has been dubbed 'climate whiplash' by the charity WaterAid.For the first time, a new report by the charity gives us a worldwide, city by city breakdown of how our changing climate is affecting water.Too much water and you get flooding, too little and you have drought.
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1 month ago |
itv.com | Martin Stew
Monday's collision between an oil tanker and a cargo ship in the North Sea immediately sparked environmental concerns. It has now been confirmed the tanker - the Stena Immaculate - was carrying Jet A-1 fuel. It's far more flammable than diesel but what about it's impact if spilled into the sea?
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