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Science & Environment
Stay informed with the latest discoveries, innovations, and insights shaping our planet. From climate change and space exploration to wildlife and sustainable technologies, our Science & Environment section delivers trusted updates and expert analysis on the natural world and scientific progress.
Essex & Suffolk Water Monisha Gower, of Essex & Suffolk Water, said Suffolk’s long-term water security was...
Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent Watch: Octopuses filmed by divers off the coast of Cornwall this year A wildlife...
Mark PoyntingClimate researcher EPA This year is on course to be the UK’s hottest since records began,...
Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent ‘Blow’ samples, as well as skin biopsies, were collected and screened for infectious agents...
Available for 35 days This week President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget announced...
BBC/Passion Planet Sir David Attenborough says London is a “city full of hidden natural wonders” Lying on...
Farmers are “bewildered and frightened” with many questioning the future of their businesses because of the government’s...
Giancarlo RinaldiSouth Scotland reporter Guard Archaeology Tightly-packed urns containing human remains were found on the site Newly...
Paul MurphyEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire climate and environment correspondent BBC David Hoyles is growing a commercial olive...
Helen Briggs,Environment correspondentand Jonah Fisher,Climate correspondent Getty The policy aims to boost nature on development sites More...
Anna Meiseland Esme Stallard,BBC File on 4 Investigates Geograph/ Nigel Davies The 3M factory in Swansea was...
Maddie MolloyClimate & Science reporter Getty Images The Geminid meteor shower – one of the most spectacular...
Available for 34 days 400 thousand years ago our early human cousins dropped a lighter in a...
Scientists have captured rare footage of killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins hunting together near the coast...
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal...
Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Getty Meerkats are incredibly social animals and live in large groups known as ‘mobs’...
Available for over a year COP30, the big meeting where countries discuss climate change annually, has finished....
Indianapolis Zoo The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to pioneering elephant conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who died...
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images A key UN report on the state of the global environment has...
Joe WillisLocal Democracy Reporting Service Getty Images Hope Moor Wind Farm representatives say it would generate enough...
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent Natural History Museum/ University of Gothenburg A brittlestar found on the seafloor...
One of Britain’s most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is “shooting itself in...
The leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace agreement in Washington...
Available for 34 days Almost 40 years ago, the first treatment was approved for HIV, but it...
Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Getty Images The Black Death fundamentally altered medieval society A volcanic eruption around 1345...
Steffan Messenger,Wales environment correspondentand Gareth Bryer,BBC Wales Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine was allowed to go...
Kevin KeaneScotland environment, energy and rural affairs correspondent BBC GB Energy intends to invest billions in clean...
Oliver Edwards Photography Dr Mya-Rose Craig says Black2Nature has helped hundreds of children over the past decade...
Gemma Dillon,West Yorkshire political reporterand Rima Ahmed,BBC Radio Leeds BBC Tracy Brabin says the emphasis on mayors...
The North Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from 1 June to 30 November. However, the vast majority...
“That is so much higher than I expected” – watch the moment Catrin Nye is told about...
Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Getty Images All domestic cats (Felis catus) are descended from the African wild cat...
Available for 34 days This week, a world first gene therapy treats rare Hunter syndrome. Could these...
Available for over a year How can the world speed up its efforts to fight climate change?...
Internet Archaeology journal The pits were found with geophysics, then boreholes were made to test the sediment....
Mark Poynting,Climate and science reporterand Jonah Fisher,Environment correspondent PA Media The number of monitored bathing sites in...
Getty Images The yellow wagtail is one of 27 bird species identified as being “at peril” in...
Justin Rowlatt,Climate Editor and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent getty COP30 President President André Corrêa do Lago at a...
The COP30 climate summit fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels after running over time...
Mark Poynting and Georgina Rannard,climate and science reporters, in Belém, Brazil EPA The summit has had a...
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent, Belém, Brazil EPA Following bitter rows, the UN climate summit COP30 in...
The “swarm” of tens of thousands of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini earlier this year...
All mention of fossil fuels, by far the largest contributor to climate change, has been dropped from...
Hugh CasswellEast Midlands environment correspondent BBC Mohammed Siddiqui says “Mock COP” allows future leaders to put forward...
Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment Correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images India is the world’s third-largest carbon emitter At...
BBC at the scene of ‘intense’ fire at COP30 Source link
The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue...
Available for 34 days COP 30 delegates from around the globe are about to depart the Amazon...
The COP31 climate meeting is now expected to be held in Turkey after Australia dropped its bid...
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Getty The researchers found evidence of kissing in multiple species Humans do...
The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing...
The government of Brazil has created 10 new Indigenous territories, after protesters urged action at the COP30...
Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent Jonah Fisher/BBC Grant Mitchell from Severn Trent Water says every day 10 tonnes of...
Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent Getty Images A seal pup entangled in plastic on a beach Scientists have...
Justin Rowlatt,Climate editor and Jessica Cruz,South America producer BBC / Tony Jolliffe The Amazon rainforest could face...
Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil Getty Images Açaà is a popular health food sold around...
Demonstrators marched through the city centre on a day of global action to coincide with the COP30...
Reuters Demonstrators marched through Glasgow before a rally was held on Glasgow Green Thousands of people have...
Olivia CopelandBBC News NI BBC Lily-May wants young people like her to focus on small steps to...
The BBC’s Ione Wells asks two indigenous leaders what they want from the climate talks. Source link
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Victoria Gill/BBC News My own dog seems a long way from a...
Available for over a year This week the UK government set out its vision for a world...
Mark Poynting,Climate reporter and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images The world’s burning of fossil...
Georgina Rannard,Climate reporter, Belém, Brazil and Tabby Wilson Watch: Protesters clash with security at COP30 venue in...
Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent Getty Drug tests on rabbits could end by the end of the year The...
Georgina RannardClimate and science reporter, Belém, Brazil EPA Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during...
Justin RowlattClimate Editor BBC There is a photograph, taken ten years ago in Paris, that today seems...
Katharine Da CostaSouth of England More than 120 British-born red kite chicks have been released in south-west...
Getty Images In February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had...
Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent, BBC News Aaron Chown/Getty Images The...
Available for over a year Astronomers have new evidence, which could change what we understand about the...
Malcolm PriorBBC News rural affairs producer PA Media Bird flu outbreaks across UK farms has led to...
AFP via Getty Images Prince William with Kylie Minogue at the awards ceremony The Prince of Wales...
Reuters Jared Isaacman is reportedly friends with Elon Musk and has spent millions of dollars on SpaceX...
The Prince of Wales has followed in his mother’s footsteps with a visit to the Christ the...
Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent David Braun They look like simple stones, but they were state of the art...
Daniela Relph,Senior royal correspondent, Rio de Janeiro and John Hand PA Media Prince William found time to...
Mark PoyntingClimate and science reporter, BBC News Naomi Ochwat Hektoria Glacier in February 2024, flowing into the...
Kevin KeaneEnvironment, energy and rural affairs correspondent, BBC Scotland BBC Farmer Johnnie Balfour says there needs to...
Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Becky Dale and Wesley Stephenson,Senior data journalists, BBC Verify...
Available for over a year What’s been called the storm of the century – Hurricane Melissa –...
Rebecca Morelle,Science Editor and Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalist Chris Damant/Bernwood Ecology About half of all churches in...
Rachel Hagan and Mark Poynting,Climate Reporter Strong winds and wild waves in Kingston, Jamaica A very powerful...
Mark PoyntingClimate reporter, BBC News Getty Images World leaders will soon gather for their annual meeting on...
Jason Arunn MurugesuNorth East and Cumbria Teesworks BP and South Tees Group have competing plans for part...
PA Media Aulonia albimana was last recorded in the UK in 1985 A critically endangered spider not...
Justin RowlattEnvironment Editor BBC It is 1am on 3 June. A near gale force wind is blasting...
Mark PoyntingClimate reporter NOAA via Getty A satellite image of Hurricane Melissa moving over the Caribbean Sea...
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images The goal to keep the rise in temperatures under 1.5C are failing...
Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent BBC Listen to Pallab reading this article Hidden away in a lab in north-west...
A protection zone has been put in place following a case of bird flu at a commercial...
Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondent BBC/Hosu Lee Boat owner Hong Suk-hui says the seas are becoming more dangerous Hong...
Available for over a year The ‘bionic eye’ may make you think of Star Trek’s Geordi La...
Thames Water has been given a one star rating for its poor environmental performance by the Environment...
Rebecca MorelleScience Editor and Alison FrancisSenior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/ BBC News From a very young age,...
Rebecca MorelleScience Editor and Alison FrancisSenior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News Cate Blanchett has teamed up with...
Scientists say seven skeletons found in a mass grave in Croatia were most likely Roman soldiers who...
Mark Poynting and Matt McGrathBBC News Climate and Science Kevin Carter/Getty Images People head to the coast...
A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US...
