An analysis of billionaires’ space ventures misquoted calculations by Eloise Marais when it said that “on every space flight up to 300 tonnes of carbon dioxide [emissions] are split between four or so passengers”. Prof Marais’s calculations relate only to space flights that use carbon-based rocket fuels (Business leader, 25 July, page 52).
We misspelled the surname of Eamonn McCabe, the former Observer photographer and Guardian picture editor, who was quoted in the “Lunch with Maggi Hambling” interview in Observer Food Monthly (15 August, page 9)
It was the sighting of a bearded vulture, rather than a griffon vulture, that attracted birdwatchers to Derbyshire last year (Guess who’s coming to dinner? Roadkill used to lure rare birds of prey, 15 August, page 18).
Other recently amended articles include:
Three hours wait for an ambulance? Cumbrian town fights to keep its service
It’s now or never: Scientists warn time of reckoning has come for the planet
Phil Wang: ‘It was a shock to find out how Asian I was’
10 of Britain’s best islands for a holiday getaway
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