Climate policies ‘will transform UK landscape’
Britain's countryside will be transformed by policies to combat climate change, the government's former chief environment scientist says.Professor Sir Ian...
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Brazil wildfires: Blaze advances across Pantanal wetlands
Image copyright AFP / Mato Grosso do Sul State Government Image caption The wetlands are one of the most biodiverse...
Climate change: Spain offers to host COP25 in Madrid
Image copyright Getty Images Just a day after the President of Chile said his country could no longer hold the...
Bronze Age monument discovered in Forest of Dean
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBronze Age monument discovered in Forest of DeanA previously unknown Bronze Age...
Chile cancels climate and Apec summits amid mass protests
Image copyright EPA Image caption Sebastián Piñera, centre, said his government needed to concentrate on "re-establishing public order" Chile has...
‘Alarming’ loss of insects and spiders recorded
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Beetles are among many insects in retreat Insects and spiders are declining in forests...
DeepMind AI achieves Grandmaster status at Starcraft 2
Image copyright Blizzard Image caption DeepMind says that Starcraft 2 is a game that "stretches the limits of human intelligence"...
Climate change: Sea level rise to affect ‘three times more people’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Heavy rain on a high tide flooded Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok in 2011...
Quadruple rainbow photographed in Orkney
Image copyright Martin Gray A rare quadruple rainbow has been photographed in Orkney.A visible second rainbow is often seen, but...
Great Orme copper mine ‘traded widely in Bronze Age’
Image copyright Great Orme Mines Image caption Great Orme copper found in Bronze Age artefacts "stretching from Brittany to the...
Probing the Universe’s Dark Energy with a super-telescope
A super telescope is to undertake the most detailed observation of the Universe ever.The aim of the five-year programme is...
Origin of modern humans ‘traced to Botswana’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The landscape is much drier today Scientists have pinpointed the homeland of all humans...
‘Green gold’ tree offers Brazil deforestation hope
Image copyright Toby Pennington Image caption The inga tree's versatility means that it warrants its label as a "miracle tree"...
Telescope tracks 35 million galaxies in Dark Energy hunt
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe super telescope in Arizona could help to transform our understanding of...
HMS Beagle: Dock where Darwin’s ship ‘was dismantled’ revealed
Image copyright Historic England/PA Image caption Charles Darwin was aboard HMS Beagle when he made discoveries that led to his...
Seven Worlds, One Planet: ‘Gorgeous’ nature series gets five-star reviews
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sir David narrates the seven-part series, which airs on Sunday nights Sir David Attenborough's...
The underwater archaeologist unearthing Durham’s past
For hundreds of years a treasure trove has been gathering beneath the silt below Elvet Bridge in Durham.Everyday objects which...
Doubts grow over UK environment protection post-Brexit
Image caption The Environment Bill will be debated in Parliament on Monday Doubts are growing about the future protection of...
