One of the largest icebergs ever recorded just broke away from Antarctica. Predictably – and understandably – many have blamed climate change. But it’s not that straightforward says Adrian Luckman, a glacier scientist who has spent years monitoring the “Larsen C” ice shelf which shed the huge iceberg. The crack had been growing for decades, long before warmer air would have reached deep into the ice. He sees this as a rare but natural occurrence.

In the the run-up to the start of the World Para Athletics Championships in London on Friday, Jessica Louise Macbeth looks at the complex world of classification in visually impaired sport. It’s a world where exploitation, gossip and rumour can rise to the surface as organisers desperately attempt to level the playing field.

Can foreign “conservation armies” save Africa’s elephants and rhinos? The British Army is currently fighting poachers in Gabon, while a group of US veterans is guarding rhinos in South Africa. Many other private security forces have been brought in to protect wildlife across the continent. While military tactics and personnel may deter a few poachers, argue Rosaleen Duffy, Hannah Dickinson and Laure Joanny, in the longer term they’ll do more harm than good.

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