Nuclear weapons and hurricanes don’t mix, NOAA advises
Image copyright NOAA Image caption Hurricane Florence battered the US East Coast last year Using nuclear weapons to destroy hurricanes...
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Vast ‘pumice raft’ found drifting through Pacific Ocean
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSailors Tom Whitehead and Shannon Lenz said the floating rocks left "no...
Sharks and rays to be given new international protections
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Guitarfish are one of the newly protected species Countries have agreed to strengthen protections...
Nasa said to be investigating first allegation of a crime in space
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anne McClain is helped from a space capsule after returning from the ISS in June...
Extinction: Last chance to save ‘rhinos of the oceans’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Seized elephant ivory tusks, pangolin scales and shark fins Conservationists say a key wildlife...
Kenya northern white rhinos: Vets harvest eggs from last two females
Image copyright Ami Vitale Image caption There are only two northern white rhinos left in the world - both of...
The Amazon in Brazil is on fire – how bad is it?
Image copyright Planet Labs Inc Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes...
Giraffes given greater protection from unregulated trade as numbers fall
Image copyright EPA Image caption Giraffes are targeted for bushmeat, but body parts are also used for jewellery and bracelets...
Fake news is ‘reinforced by false memories’
Image copyright Gillian Murphy Image caption Volunteers were told a made-up story about campaign posters being destroyed after having been...
Rivers used as ‘open sewers’, says WWF charity
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMelissa Compton became seriously ill while swimming the length of the River...
Ditch cars to meet climate change targets, say MPs
Image copyright Getty Images People will have to get out of their cars if the UK is to meet its...
Titanic sub dive reveals parts are being lost to sea
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFootage from the murky depths shows the deteriorating ship.The first people to...
Fracking: UK shale reserves may be smaller than previously estimated
Image copyright Cuadrilla Image caption Cuardrilla have recently resumed fracking for shale gas in Lancashire Previous projections of the potential...
Nasa confirms ocean moon mission
Image copyright NASA Image caption Artwork: Europa Clipper will try to determine whether the moon can support biology Scientists working...
Elton John defends Harry and Meghan’s use of private jets
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Pop star Sir Elton John is friends with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex...
Five ways UK farmers are tackling climate change
Farmers are on the front line of climate change - vulnerable to changes in temperature and rainfall, as well as...
Nasa picks headquarters for Moon lander
Image copyright NASA A Nasa facility in Alabama that developed the giant rocket for the Apollo programme in the 1960s...
Elephant protection debate to dominate conservation meeting
Image copyright Getty Images Different approaches to protecting elephants are set to dominate the debate at a key conservation conference...
