Environmental activists in the UK painted Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey on Monday with the words “1.5 is dead,” referencing the critical climate threshold that the world temporarily passed in 2024.

The two protesters hoped to draw attention to reports that global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin's grave in Westminster Abbey was daubed with orange paint. Climate protest group Just Stop Oil (JSO) said two activists used chalk paint on the ledger stone of the naturalist,

LONDON (Reuters) -Climate activists from Just Stop Oil painted over the grave of British naturalist Charles Darwin at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday. Two activists entered Westminster Abbey - Britain's site for royal weddings,

The activists claimed famous evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin would support their cause if he were alive today, citing the ongoing sixth mass extinction. View on euronews

The activists said the 19th-Century biologist "would be turning in that grave" over climate change Two women have been arrested after climate protesters spray-painted over the grave of Charles Darwin inside Westminster Abbey.

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after Charles Darwin’s grave was defaced at Westminster Abbey.