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New money for climate damage, but little progress on emissions. A round up of what was agreed in Egypt.

Industry watchdog Ofwat, has said that poor performance has become the norm in the water industry.

The UN's biodiversity chief says talks under way in Montreal are the last chance to save nature.

Genetic material extracted from soil has revealed the ancient plants and animals of North Greenland.

Countries are meeting in Montreal for a once-a-decade opportunity to put nature on the path to recovery.

The government says it will rewrite a planning rule restricting new turbines in England.

Household goods such as coffee and chocolate will have to pass strict checks before they are sold in the EU.

The ship fires its main engine near the Moon, committing itself to a return to Earth on Sunday.

The pelt and skull of the last known thylacine are identified in Hobart, solving an 85-year mystery.

The seals were found on the Caspian Sea coast, but officials do not believe they died violently.

The astronauts installed new solar panels to give the International Space Station more power.

Friends from Oman who turn CO2 into rock and a UK firm making packaging from seaweed are among the winners.

A London firm which develops nature-friendly packaging is among five climate prize winners.

This year’s winners of the British Ecological Society competition "celebrate the diversity" of ecology.

A scientist says the fossil is "one of the most important found in the last few decades".

A post-Brexit green subsidy scheme is going ahead - but there is no clarity on what farmers will be paid.

Batteries thrown into household rubbish bins cause about 700 fires a year in waste facilities, a survey suggests.

Why is bird flu so bad this year and why are scientists so concerned?

The mission will see the first in-orbit crew handover on the new Tiangong space station.

About 600,000 birds have been culled or have died in the UK's worst avian flu outbreak.

Elaliite and elkinstantonite are the new names but the Saar people in Somalia call it Nightfall.

The spacecraft travels further from Earth than any previous vehicle built for astronauts.

Green Alliance says the high price of gas means fossil fuel companies should be capturing more of their methane emissions

Scientists are searching through a museum's wheat collection to find the crop of the future.

Flowers are experiencing a second bloom this year due to the unseasonable temperatures, experts say.

Egyptologists are still learning about his life and treasures a century after his tomb was opened.

Nearly 100 species of sharks and rays were added to an international treaty which experts say will help control trade of their meat and fins.

The "bin chicken" has figured out how to eat one of the few animals locals hate more - cane toads.

The coin bearing the name of Sponsian was considered apocryphal and had been locked away in a museum cupboard.

A British man is one of 17 new recruits to Europe's space agency's astronaut training programme

In December nearly 200 countries will meet in Montreal, Canada to agree a landmark deal to save nature.

A large Adélie penguin population off Antarctica has fallen by 43% over the past decade.

Campaigners say they have found superbugs in rivers and waterways near farms and in livestock waste.

The European Space Agency considers a plan to collect solar energy in orbit and beam it to Earth.

Nasa's Orion capsule sweeps past the Moon before entering into a larger orbit.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has crystallised the need for clean, renewable energy in Germany.

Rich nations will pay climate damages, but the final deal does not cut fossil fuels further.

The biggest win on climate since the Paris Agreement in 2015... or the biggest loss?

Clashes over cash for poor countries are dominating as talks at COP27 run into the weekend.

There are signs that a breakthrough on a potentially historic deal at a summit in Egypt is within reach.

Nasa research engineer Berhanu Bulcha is working on locating the vital liquid under the lunar surface.

A senior official tells the BBC the Artemis missions will lead to astronauts living on the Moon.

Countries are struggling to agree on how to compensate poorer nations badly affected by climate change.

More sharks are to be given protection from over-exploitation in what's seen as a conservation milestone.

Scientists say capturing footage of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon was "a moment you dream about".

A tide of plastic debris from all over the world has washed up on Ascension Island, say researchers.

Nasa launches the most powerful rocket in its history as it kick-starts efforts to get humans back to the Moon.

A lack of government investment in an animal disease lab is a threat to safety, a report says.

Women barely feature in negotiations in Egypt despite bearing the brunt of climate change.

A climate-change resistant Red Sea reef is being flooded with toxic wastewater, leaked documents show.