Climate change: Met Office says warming trend will continue in 2020
Image copyright Getty Images Next year will continue the global warming trend with temperatures again likely to rise more than...
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Senegal’s plastic recycling ‘monster’ campaigns for a cleaner country
Modou Fall has been struggling for years to alert people to the problems caused by single-use plastics, especially plastic bags.To...
How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong
Image copyright Stephen Darby Image caption Desert sand is too smooth and fine to bind to make concrete, so sand...
$5bn fund unveiled for climate-friendly shipping
Image copyright Getty Images A group of ship owners have announced plans for a $5bn (£3.8bn) fund to design zero-emissions...
Climate watchdog urges PM to get back on track
Image copyright Reuters Boris Johnson has been urged to get the UK back on track with tackling the emissions heating...
DNA from Stone Age woman obtained 6,000 years on
Image copyright Tom Björklund Image caption An artist has made a reconstruction of the woman, who has been nicknamed "Lola"...
Giant prehistoric caiman had extra hip bone to carry its weight
Image copyright Torsten Scheyer/PA Wire Image caption Purussaurus mirandai's extra bone in the sacrum is marked in pink on this...
Europe’s Cheops telescope will profile distant planets
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKate Isaak: "We're a follow-up mission. We know when and where to...
Rwanda climate change: Kigali homes built near wetlands are destroyed
Image caption Officials say hundreds of houses on or near wetlands are being destroyed Authorities in Rwanda have begun demolishing...
Greta Thunberg apologises for ‘put leaders against the wall’ comment
Image copyright AFP Image caption In Swedish, the phrase means "to hold someone accountable" Greta Thunberg has apologised for saying...
How Africa will be affected by climate change
Image copyright Getty Images Africa is more vulnerable than any other region to the world's changing weather patterns, explains climate...
Climate change: UN talks in Madrid hit rough waters
Image copyright Getty Images UN climate talks appear to be in trouble as they head into extra time.Fault lines have...
Bloodhound car has 800mph target in its sights for 2021
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA taster from BBC correspondent Andrew Harding's Bloodhound film"We're 99% sure this...
Humans ‘sole culprits’ in US parrot extinction
Image copyright Marc Durà Image caption The genome comes from a specimen held in a private collection in Spain A...
Climate change: Stalemate at UN talks as splits re-appear
Image caption Delegates at the climate talks in Madrid are concerned that divisions between rich and poor are re-emerging UN...
The place where dead eagles are given a new life
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat happens to America's dead eagles?The eagle is America's national bird but...
DNA may hold clues to extinct animal lifespan
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A family of mammoths being sold at auction Scientists have calculated the lifespans of...
Denman Glacier: Deepest point on land found in Antarctica
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBedMachine Antarctic: Fly over the new mapThe deepest point on continental Earth...
