Solar eclipse: Shetland ‘will be best place in UK for view’
Steve Mathieson, the VisitScotland development manager in Shetland, said that before Covid-19 there had been an increase in the popularity...
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Scientists say new dinosaur species is largest found in Australia
"It's amazing to think from the first bones discovered by our son, the first digs with the Queensland Museum, through...
Bus depot bid to be UK’s largest electric vehicle charging hub
"We've set out a target to make sure that we decarbonise as many of the bus fleets across Scotland as...
Optical illusion of orangutan wins award
A mind-bending photograph of an orangutan with the sky reflected in water has won first prize in the Nature TTL...
Farmers opposition to UK-Australia trade deal grows
They use no chemicals, antibiotics, or hormone growth promoters. Their 500 cattle graze outside all year round, on 2,500 hectares...
Then and now: Pandemic clears the air
In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against...
Mud cylinders reveal humans’ impact on Earth began earlier than we thought
"The last 10,000 years was - climate-wise - relatively stable, so we're able to pick up the influence of humans,"...
Stephen Hawking’s papers to be saved for the nation
The contents of Prof Hawking's office, including his custom-built wheelchairs, communications equipment, and office furniture, will be transferred to the...
Shell: Netherlands court orders oil giant to cut emissions
"Urgent action is needed on climate change, which is why we have accelerated our efforts to become a net-zero emissions...
Tasmanian devils born on Australian mainland after 3,000 years
Tasmanian devils have been born on the Australian mainland for the first time in thousands of years.Conservationists introduced the species...
Global heating: Study shows impact of ‘climate racism’ in US
"We can trace many of these present-day environmental, socioeconomic, and health inequities to explicit decisions and urban planning policies in...
Coronavirus: Training dogs to identify the scent of Covid-19
Researchers have found that the coronavirus has a particular scent and believe that training dogs to identify the virus could...
Former miner: Why I’m giving up my coal fire
Stan Renton and his wife Audrey, have been heating their home with coal for their entire married lives.New rules, in...
How schools are turning the tide on nature deprivation
Kim is now outdoor education lead at the primary school, which became a Nature Friendly School two years ago. The...
‘Science should be at the centre of all policy making’
These issues rarely have simple, single-discipline solutions that can be identified in one-off events or meetings. They need collective, multidisciplinary,...
Climate change: Ban new gas boilers from 2025 to reach net-zero
"Sadly, the IEA has bought into it by proposing wholly unrealistic levels of bioenergy, which will damage forests the world...
Wastewater is ‘polluting rivers with microplastic’
While the water company, United Utilities, declined to be interviewed, Jo Harrison, the company's director of environment said in a...
‘Cocaine of the sea’ threatens critically endangered vaquita
"They were going to burn our boat," says Ms Towns who was at sea at the time, testing vaquita-friendly nets....
