Sperm whale dies with 100kg ‘litter ball’ in its stomach
Image copyright SMASS A sperm whale which died after stranding on the Isle of Harris had a 100kg "litter ball"...
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Climate change: Critical year for climate change starts in Madrid
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption An image showing carbon dioxide emissions over the Earth A critical 12 months in...
Climate defenders: Taking wind power to another level
Henrik Stiesdal has been thinking about wind turbines since he was a teenager and now he wants to take the...
Cosmic Crisp: New apple launched that ‘lasts for a year’
Image copyright PVM Image caption The apple's red, shiny appearance means it is likely to prove popular on Instagram A...
Teen engineer: ‘Let me introduce you to my laboratory’
Fifteen-year-old Cheikh Bamba Diaby is a self-taught robotic engineer.The Senegalese teen discovered his passion after he had to unblock his...
Battersea Bridge whale found motionless on shore
Image copyright Clio Georgiadis Image caption The mammal was found motionless on the river banks under Battersea Bridge A dead...
Can old fridges be recycled to make new ones?
A recycling plant believes it has found a more sustainable way to dispose of old fridges.The AO Recycling plant in...
Antarctica: Metal meteorite quest set to get under way
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKatie Joy and Geoff Evatt: "We could find up to four or...
Russia’s Taymyr plan: Arctic coal for India risks pollution
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption An icebreaker (red) escorts Russian cargo ships on the Northern Sea Route Natural riches...
Europe’s new space budget to enable CO2 mapping
Image copyright NASA/JPL-CALTECH Image caption The new Copernicus satellites would build more detailed maps of CO2 than is currently possible...
Amazon fires intensify Andes glacier melt
Image copyright Getty Images Smoke from burning forests in the Amazon can intensify glacier melt, researchers say, fuelling concern about...
Siberia: 18,000-year-old frozen ‘dog’ stumps scientists
Image copyright Love Dalen Image caption Researchers say the animal could be a dog, a wolf or something in between...
General election 2019: What parties’ environment promises really mean
Image copyright Getty Images It's been by far the greenest campaign in UK election history, with parties pledging tougher policies...
Climate Change: Plan to cut carbon emissions from concerts
Image copyright Getty/Mike Lewis Photography Image caption Massive Attack are donating four years of touring data for the report. Scientists...
Stars align for epic space missions
Image copyright ESA Image caption Artwork: Athena will be the most powerful X-ray space telescope ever built Two of the...
The Black Sea: Can Europe’s most polluted sea be saved?
The Black Sea is so contaminated, it has turned green in some parts. The sea was treated as Eastern Europe's...
Climate Change: Are we passing some key ‘tipping points’?
Image copyright Getty Images Critical elements in the Earth’s climate may be more likely to break down than previously thought,...
White squirrel ‘hotspots’ investigated in Sussex
Claire Brimacombe was walking through a park in East Sussex last February, when her eyes suddenly fell on a white...
