NBCUniversal's Peacock, for instance, gained 4 million subscribers in the past quarter, bringing the total base to 28 million subscribers, an 80% year-over-year increase. The subscriber growth came even as the company began charging for the (formerly free) ad-supported tier, and raised prices on ad-free options.
Streaming consumers will be back to square one – stuck with the commercial breaks they were eager to jettison, and likely subscribed to multiple streaming outlets at collective prices that rival cable TV packages.
"You've bought it because you like it and you want to keep it on your wall. And usually, it will stay there for the rest of your life. It's only really then, at the end of your life, that it's likely to reappear on the market."
Used by museums, auction houses, insurers, law firms and the police, the ALR describes itself as the world's largest private database of stolen art, antiques and collectables.
But warmer spring seasons - a result of global warming - lengthen the blooming period and cause oak trees to flower in a less synchronised manner. That can reduce acorn harvests in autumn by about 20%, according to Tim Sparks, a professor at Coventry University and one of the authors of the study.
Bear habitat has expanded from the mountains into the flatlands closer to human populations
Over the past six decades, there have been more than 150 bear attacks in Hokkaido. At least four people were killed and 10 were injured in 2021 - one of the deadliest years on record.
But according to UN predictions, the impact will be felt long before then in places like Bangladesh, where 3.5 million people are thought to be at risk from flooding. It says that the current rate of global warming means 17% of the population will need to be relocated in the next decade.
Contrary to the impression the ‘Doomsday’ name gives, sea level rise is a gradual process, occurring over centuries rather than in a day. It will also not be felt equally around the globe. “Large ice sheets exert a gravitational attraction on the ocean, similar to the gravitational attraction of the Moon and Sun that causes tides,” explains Larter. This means the sea level will rise more in places further from the ice sheets.
Tina van de Flierdt, from Imperial College London, is one of many scientists who battle harsh conditions to understand this enigmatic continent. “Antarctica is the largest potential source and most uncertain contributor to sea level rise,” she says. In fact, the Antarctic Ice Sheet holds more than 90% of all surface freshwater. If it all melted, the global sea level would rise by 57m,1 drowning the world’s coasts.