It’s been a really varied day for the team here at BBC Verify. Here’s a quick recap of some stories we’ve been covering. In Russia, we verified footage showing an explosion at a munitions factory that ...
Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.
A new study from the University of Portsmouth has uncovered a dramatic collapse in traditional meadowland across the lower ...
The Euston Tunnel represents a critical link in HS2’s London section, extending the high-speed line directly into central London. Once complete, the route will bring passengers closer to the city ...
A slow-moving nor’easter will continue to bring steady rain and high wind gusts across Southern New England through Tuesday morning, but the worst of the storm is over. Southeast New England could see ...
In 1677, John Adams advertised his 'new large Map of England' wherein distances could be read 'without Scale and Compass'. A little later, in 1680, somewhat as a by-product, he produced, to supplement ...
A nor'easter, a powerful coastal storm, is forming off the Southeast US and is expected to bring treacherous seas, torrential rain, and tropical hurricane-force wind gusts to most of the East Coast ...
After the gloomiest October in 60 years and a mild and wet start to November, the UK looks set to see a sharp drop in ...
SEASON, WE’VE BEEN KEEPING YOU UPDATED ON WHAT THE FOLIAGE CONDITIONS ARE LIKE. BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST AREAS ARE PAST PEAK. THE AREAS THAT ARE STILL HOLDING ON TO A BIT OF COLOR RIGHT ALONG THE ...
A new study from the University of Portsmouth has uncovered a dramatic collapse in traditional meadowland across the lower Rother catchment in the South Downs, West Sussex, with losses of up to ...
We’re wrapping up the first full week of October, and peak foliage color this season is spreading widely across Northern New England and spilling into the higher elevations of Massachusetts. Up until ...
High-resolution satellite maps of the contiguous USA spanning 35 years reveal a fundamental shift in land disturbances: the area affected by human-directed disturbances is decreasing, whereas land ...