How is soil pollution caused? How do soil contaminants get into the ground? This article will cover all of these questions in order to show you how dangerous it can be when water, food, plants and animals in your surrounding area are contaminated with heavy metals. Image credit In general, if a water or liquid goes down through the earth's soil and reaches the surface of the water then it has been contaminated by the earth's soil. Heavy metals are one of the primary forms of contamination and the main way they do so is through precipitation. The heavy metals are deposited onto the ground as rain and are picked up from the ground as it flows down. If they have accumulated for some time in the ground, they are often released when the ground dries and the rainwater falls to the surf...

Although the weather is turning colder, that’s no reason not to be out and about in the great outdoors! Wrap up warm in aran sweaters from shamrock gift and head out to the woods to see the beauty of the trees at this time of the year. In the UK we have many famous trees – if you want to visit any of them on your walks here are just a few of them… Sycamore Gap – This handsome tree is the most photographed tree in the country – it sits alone in a dip in the path alongside Hadrian’s wall in Northumberland. It makes a striking image and is also referred to as the Robin Hood Tree since it appeared in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Image Credit The Horror Tree – The grounds of an elderly care home unwittingly became a bit of a tourist attraction as people came to see th...