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Claire O'Neill condemns what she calls broken promises and backsliding on climate commitments.

AstraZeneca describes the pause in its keenly-awaited final clinical trials as routine.

Very little is known about the Chinese vehicle that has been compared to the US's X-37 space plane.

Global lockdowns disrupted CO2 emissions temporarily say scientists but they didn't stop climate change.

People living in the Brazilian Amazon are facing the twin dangers of the coronavirus and forest fires.

Sea and airborne surveys show how Antarctica's mighty Thwaites ice stream can be melted from below.

The camera detector for the Vera Rubin Observatory takes its first test images in the laboratory.

The bloc's environment agency says pollution contributes to hundreds of thousands of deaths each year.

The German government considers creating an offshore launchpad for satellites.

The record-breaking Nile level could inundate precious relics as the country is hit by heavy rains.

Pine martens prefer feasting on grey squirrels, which is helping to save reds, say conservationists.

The fires have burned through more than two million acres in California so far this year, fire officials say.

Australian species roam over massive distances and help the land recover from fire, research finds.

Scientists are stunned that bacteria attached to the outside of the International Space Station survived for three years.

The highway code is being revised - how well do you know the changes?

Hundreds of mammals will go extinct if we do not act now to address biodiversity loss, say scientists.

Sixteen thousand academics urge EU leaders to increase investment over the next seven years.

Mature male elephants play a crucial role in passing on their knowledge to younger males, a study suggests.

A study reveals true scale of the prehistoric mega-shark made famous in Jason Statham's The Meg.

This summer’s carbon emissions from Arctic wildfires were a third higher than last year’s levels.

The advance could help protect amphibians from extinction by protecting their breeding grounds.

After a flight failure in 2019, the Vega rocket executes a flawless deployment of 53 satellites.

Engineers in Utah fire up a booster rocket that will help send astronauts back to the Moon.

Gravitational waves arrive from a black hole collision that occurred half-way across the Universe.

Five baby gorillas are born in six weeks in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Tests show promising results against two cancer types but more research is needed, scientists say.

Five curlew fledglings are released near Lough Neagh after they were saved as eggs in late spring.

Protesters block a road near Parliament and are planning a "walk of shame" near the Bank of England.

New research suggests utilities are dragging their feet when it comes to embracing wind and solar.

Gharial crocodiles may number less than 1,000 individuals in the wild - but there is always hope.

The US, China and Russia are pouring money into aircraft that can fly at five times the speed of sound.

Experts say the tradition of commemorating the dead is "inconceivably macabre" by today's standards.

The fee for single-use bags will rise to 10p and be extended to all shops from April 2021.

Charity Surfers Against Sewage says it has seen a wave of discarded masks and plastics on beaches.

Hilary Swank talks about her role for Netflix as the commander on the first manned mission to Mars.

Young locals are helping to prevent environmental damage after an oil leak from a ship that ran aground.

Christian Kroll is the boss of Ecosia, which donates 80% of its profits to tree-planting projects.

Cambridge University Library adds high-resolution images of its collection to a free culture site.

Many pets ran away after a massive explosion in Beirut, leaving Leila Molana-Allen pining for a missing puppy.

Massive amounts of oil spilled into a wildlife sanctuary, and 39 dead dolphins have been discovered.

Gertrude the pig is a prototype of a brain-to-machine interface.

Remote streaming services may be the future but could cause a sharp rise in emissions, a study shows.

Blazes are continuing to rage in the Amazon rainforest, despite the Brazilian president's fire ban.

There's to be a new effort to understand how the immune system responds to Covid-19.

Neuralink is working on ways to connect the human brain to machines.

The farming of seaweed is accelerating as firms exploit its fast growth and green credentials.

President Emmanuel Macron orders an end to the much-criticised method for catching songbirds.

There are just 53 members of the Greater Andamanese tribe left- 10 have contracted the virus.

Good ventilation could be key to avoiding coronavirus this autumn as people spend more time indoors.

When coral bleaching was suspected in a pristine reef, scientists turned to some unlikely surveyors.