Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decade
"We must cut with both hands of the scissors, addressing demand and supply of fossil fuels simultaneously. That is why,...
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Ros Atkins on… Europe’s climate challenge
Ros Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem.More on the climate summitThe COP26 global...
Heat pumps: How much do they cost and how do they work?
Published11 hours agoRelated TopicsImage source, AlamyThe government is to offer £5,000 to people in England and Wales to replace their...
The climate activists who want Norway to end oil and gas production
As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November, soaring gas prices in Europe have exposed...
The nightmare of India’s tallest rubbish mountain
The decomposing waste releases noxious gases such as methane, hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide. In 2016, it erupted in fires...
One third of UK farmers could be depressed – survey
"Mental health in agriculture is the elephant in the room. No-one really wants to talk about loneliness, anxiety or suicide...
Nuclear fusion: Five sites shortlisted for UK energy plant
Paul Methven, Step programme director at UKAEA, said: "Through the next phase of assessment, we look forward to working with...
Climate change: Carbon emissions from rich countries rose rapidly in 2021
"G20 governments need to come to the table with more ambitious national emission reductions targets. The numbers in this report...
Waste electronics will weigh more than the Great Wall of China
"Consumers want to do the right thing but need to be adequately informed and a convenient infrastructure should be easily...
Climate change: ‘Adapt or die’ warning from Environment Agency
"Some 200 people died in this summer's flooding in Germany. That will happen in this country sooner or later, however...
Nobel Prize: We will not have gender or ethnicity quotas – top scientist
Other notable women to have won the award include child education activist Malala Yousafzai, who was jointly awarded the Peace...
Black scientists say UK research is institutionally racist
"When you see that you don't act the same, you don't look the same, it becomes very hard to find...
The race to save California’s famous sequoia trees
Tourists flock to see California’s famous sequoia trees, but record-breaking wildfires, driven by higher temperatures and extreme drought, have threatened...
Ros Atkins On… China’s climate change promises
Ahead of the COP26 summit on climate change, the BBC's Ros Atkins looks at the world's biggest emitters of CO2...
Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid ‘miracle’ drug
These channels have co-ordinated harassment of doctors who fail to prescribe ivermectin and abuse has been aimed at scientists. Prof...
Climate change: Voices from global south muted by climate science
"If the vast majority of research around climate change is coming from a group of people with a very similar...
Nobel in physics: Climate science breakthroughs earn prize
Japan-born Syukuro Manabe, 90, who is senior meteorologist at Princeton University in New Jersey, demonstrated how increased levels of carbon...
COP26: The sculpture created from 1765 Antarctic air
"The other artistic challenge was to find a way to display the other column, which is simply ice. As an...
