Government green heating scheme off to slow start
A spokesperson for the UK's Climate Change Committee, the government's advisory group on climate, told the BBC that although the...
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UK museums ask for children to inspire action through art
Dr Philip Wheeler, senior lecturer in ecology at The Open University, and co-producer for the series, which launches later this...
Clouds part to reveal colossal Antarctic iceberg
The calving of large bergs from a shelf structure can lead to a speed-up in the flow of the ice....
Webb telescope hunts life’s icy chemical origins
In addition to simple ices such as water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ammonia, and methane, Webb sees several other compounds,...
Egypt zoo overhaul plan raises animal welfare fears
The factory worker, who is paid just under $100 (£82) a month, has little money to spare for leisure activities...
Britain’s Tim Peake retires from European astronaut corps
Hailing from Chichester, Tim Peake was the UK's first "official" astronaut, going into orbit on a government ticket. But he...
Glass bottles excluded from deposit return plans
Many countries have much higher rates of recycling than the UK and have been operating similar schemes for years. Daniel...
The race to make diesel engines run on hydrogen
"Australia is one of the world's largest coal exporters and the largest liquefied gas exporter," the Council wrote in a...
The man who first discovered plastic in the ocean
In 1971, marine biologist Edward Carpenter made a shocking discovery, finding small bits of plastics floating thousands of miles off...
ExxonMobil: Oil giant predicted climate change in 1970s – scientists
"It really underscores the stark hypocrisy of ExxonMobil leadership, who knew that their own scientists were doing this very high...
Dolphins ‘shout’ to get heard over noise pollution
"If groups of animals in the wild are less efficient at foraging cooperatively, then this will negatively impact individual health,...
UK rocket failure is a setback, not roadblock
"Any kind of failure, it's how you react to it, so for us it's to get right back up again,"...
Climate change: Europe and polar regions bear brunt of warming in 2022
"The heatwaves that we saw in Europe over the summer, but also the spring, and also the autumn ... many...
Lützerath: German coal mine stand off amid Ukraine war energy crunch
As we speak, more supporters arrive, bearing backpacks, to join the activists, some of whom have lived on the site...
Sierra Madre: The deadly battle to save a rainforest in the Philippines
The Sierra Madre, Filipinos will tell you, is the backbone of Luzon, the main island of the country. Some even...
Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90
"We would like to express our immense pride in the life that he lived, and our deep gratitude for the...
Elephants: Covid and ethics reshape Thailand’s tourism industry
Elephants are native to Thailand, but the wild population has shrunk from around 100,000 a century ago, to perhaps only...
Citizen scientists join fight to clean up rivers
Earthwatch, which trains citizen scientists, says the number of community groups carrying out monitoring for chemical pollutants has doubled in...
