Environment Agency workers strike over pay
"People are choosing not to put themselves forward for these shifts, people that are, are just doing it to supplement...
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Nasa’s JPL snake robot explores extreme terrain
Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is developing an exobiology extant life surveyor (EELS). It was conceived to explore diverse terrains and...
Digital map created of UK’s underground pipes and cables
Property consultant Fisher German pointed to an internet-based search system called LinesearchBeforeUDig or LSBUD, saying: "There is certainly potential for...
Plastic wet wipes ban planned in England to tackle pollution
The wet wipes ban is part of a broader strategy, called Plan for Water, which the Department for Environment, Food...
Plymouth scientist Imogen Napper: Why I joined battle to beat space junk
Increasing amounts of debris orbiting Earth have prompted a call by scientists for an international agreement to limit the growth...
Climate change: Push for decision at world’s top court
"If you ask, in good faith, 10 international environmental lawyers whether what's happening with emissions in many states is unlawful...
Climate change: trees grow for extra month as planet warms – study
"When we're thinking about a relatively low-cost mitigation strategy, planting a whole bunch of trees that suck CO2 out of...
Have we found the ‘animal origin’ of Covid?
Having found and downloaded the codes on a genetic database called GISAID, where scientists share this kind of information, she...
World’s first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists
To supply "premium international markets" including the US, South Korea and Japan, Nueva Pescanova wants to produce 3,000 tonnes of...
How to Create Your Optimal Bedtime Routine
Routines, even when not fully followed, provide a guiding structure to the chaos of human life. I shower in the...
How slimmed-down websites can cut their carbon emissions
"It's easy to calculate emissions based on data transfer," he says. "It's less easy to calculate emissions based on things...
Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks
He said: "If you imagine a big, high-definition, widescreen TV, and if only like three or four of the pixels...
Green flights not in easy reach, warn scientists
Regarding the Royal Society's assertion that sufficiently supplying the UK aviation industry with sustainable fuels would put pressure on food...
Carbon capture: What is it and how does it fight climate change?
Published12 hours agoclose panelRelated TopicsImage source, InphoBy Jonah FisherBBC Environment CorrespondentThe UK government is set to announce where a ground-breaking...
Dark Skies: Welsh island is first sanctuary in Europe
But dark sky advocates say it doesn't need to be this way. Even in urban areas, more carefully directed lighting...
Heat pumps: Lords slam ‘failing’ green heating scheme
But Rebecca Dibb-Simkin, Chief Product and Marketing Officer at Octopus Energy, which was praised by the Committee for its investment...
Treasury takes back £1.6bn promised for science
The government negotiated associate membership of the programme in the withdrawal agreement following Brexit, because it felt it was important...
Clock ticking on UK food-security action, NFU warns
"There are three cornerstones on which a prosperous farming sector must be built and which any government should use to...
