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Landowners and farmers in England are told exactly what environmental work they will be paid for.

Viral videos of minerals with apparent electrical properties are not what they seem.

Researchers believe that gestures used by great apes were an evolutionary "starting point" for our language.

Major artists including FKA Twigs will work with children across 500 museums to create wildlife artworks.

The EU's Sentinel-2 satellite obtains a crystal clear image of Antarctica's new monster iceberg.

The new super space telescope has been studying some of the darkest, coldest regions of space.

Permission to treat sugar beet seeds with a pesticide that can harm bees is given by the government.

Seaweed, including that from unwanted outbreaks, is increasingly being turned into useful products.

Activists say not enough has been made public about controversial plans for the outdated attraction.

The UK's two biggest steelmakers are expected to get support to move away from old-fashioned coal.

Motion capture suits used to create alien characters can track the onset of diseases of movement, researchers say.

Restaurants in New Orleans are recycling their oyster shells in an effort to protect the Louisiana coastline.

The meteorite crashed in England in 2021, containing water that was a near-perfect match for that on Earth.

Environmental activists, families and scout groups protest against the loss of camping rights.

The report from 12 independent experts found toxic chemicals and dredging were very unlikely causes.

The British astronaut who inspired millions with his passion for space will concentrate on educational outreach.

In England and Northern Ireland the deposit return scheme will be limited to plastic and metal containers.

Our view of the stars has been reduced every year over the last decade by artificial light pollution.

Ordinary diesel trucks could be converted to a hydrogen-diesel mix, according to researchers in Australia.

Dartmoor landowners to be paid by national park in return for letting people wild camp on their land.

An independent watchdog warns that England is facing a 'deeply concerning decline in biodiversity'.

Emission cuts must be accompanied by greater efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere a new report says.

Humanity is set for its next big leap into space with nations and private companies racing to build outposts on other worlds

One scientist on why we should all pay more attention to the hidden world beneath our feet.

In 1971 Edward Carpenter discovered plastic floating about in the Atlantic Ocean.

More details emerge of a ban that businesses say could make takeaways more costly.

PFAS substances linked with cancer discovered in UK cosmetics on day EU sets out to ban them.

Wild camping on Dartmoor without permission has been ruled unlawful by the High Court.

The government is urged to take 25 actions by 2025 and phase out gas boilers within a decade.

Researchers claim to put a number on what Exxon knew about temperature rise as early as the 1970s.

New research reveals dolphins struggle to communicate and work together as noise pollution increases.

The new super space observatory probes a dynamic star factory 200,000 light years from Earth.

The CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has been chosen as president-designate of key climate meeting.

Global temperatures and rain patterns are affected by climate phenomena known as El Niño/La Niña.

The island will take millions of years to recover from a wave of extinctions, scientists say.

Plans for the UK to become a satellite-launching state are already well advanced.

Last year was the world's fifth warmest year with Europe enduring its hottest summer on record

The first ever satellite mission launched from UK soil has a technical problem on its climb to space.

Engineers are working on building solar farms robust enough to survive in the open ocean.

A global agreement in 1987 to ban chemicals harming the ozone layer is working, scientists say.

A modified jumbo jet will fly out of Cornwall on a mission to send nine satellites to orbit.

Figures suggest more than four billion pieces of single-use cutlery are used in England each year.

The first orbital space launch from the UK is set to take off from Cornwall.

Activists and police are facing off in Lützerath, where diggers plan to expand a giant coal mine.

The first orbital rocket launch from Britain is about to blast off - but it's just the start for the UK's race to space.

More electricity in Great Britain last year came from renewable sources than from fossil fuels.

Around 90% of the Sierra Madre, which protects the Philippines from the worst of climate change, is gone.

The vaccine targets a disease known to weaken colonies by attacking bee larvae.

The average annual temperature last year was more than 10C for the first time, the Met Office says.