Climate change: Marine heatwaves kill coral instantly
Image copyright University of New South Wales Image caption Scientists studied corals in the Great Barrier Reef Increasingly frequent marine...
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Plant-based diet can fight climate change – UN
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Vegan burgers are now a fixture on many restaurant menus Switching to a plant-based...
Chernobyl vodka: First consumer product made in exclusion zone
Image caption The team named their grain spirit Atomik "It's the only bottle in existence - I tremble when I...
Ancient parrot in New Zealand was 1m tall, study says
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Palaeontologists found fossils of the parrot in southern New Zealand A giant parrot that...
Europe launches second EDRS space laser satellite
Image copyright ESA Image caption The system will now comprise two nodes in the sky - with a third to...
Climate change: Hungry nations add the least to global CO2
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Burundi has contributed little to rising temperatures, but will be hit hard by some...
July confirmed as hottest month on record
Image copyright AFP July this year was the warmest month ever recorded worldwide, satellite data has confirmed.The assessment was carried...
Stop abusing land, scientists warn
Image copyright EPA Image caption Indonesian forest being cleared for palm oil plantations Scientists are to deliver a stark condemnation...
Whale washes up in Donegal estuary
Image copyright Danny McLaughlin A dead whale, thought to be a minke whale, has washed up in an estuary in...
Climate change: Heatwave made up to 3C hotter by warming
Image copyright Getty Images The searing July heatwave that hit Europe last week was made both more likely and more...
Could e-taxis help clean up London’s air?
There are about 2,500 electric cabs in London.They are emission-free, but the body which represents the industry says there are...
Bid to better protect Scotland’s ‘Dinosaur Isle’
Image copyright Jon Hoad Image caption Dinosaur footprints are among Skye's important fossils from the Middle Jurassic Dinosaur and other...
Climate change: July ‘marginally’ warmest month on record
Image copyright Getty Images A preliminary analysis of global temperature data for July suggests it may have "marginally" become the...
Milky Way galaxy is warped and twisted, not flat
Image copyright OGLE/Warsaw UNiversity Image caption A new view of the Milky Way: Warped and twisted Our galaxy, the Milky...
AI system ‘should be recognised as inventor’
Image copyright Getty Images An artificial intelligence system should be recognised as the inventor of two ideas in patents filed...
Climate change: UK’s 10 warmest years all occurred since 2002
Image copyright PA Media Image caption The recent very hot spell led to speed restrictions on Britain's railways The top...
Whale ‘swallows’ sea lion: ‘It was a once-in-a-lifetime event’
Image copyright Chase Dekker Chase Dekker believes the photo he took of a humpback whale "swallowing" a sea lion is...
Ghana ‘exports rosewood timber illegally to China’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Rosewood trees grow across West Africa About six million rosewood trees have been cut down...
