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Climate protest student: 'I'm here to step up and say no more'
Student Gina Hale is one of the protesters taking part in the day of climate action.
SLS: Nasa's giant 'Moon rocket' takes shape
Nasa finishes assembling the main structural components for its largest rocket since the Apollo-era Saturn V.
Award for man who stopped a mega-dam and saved Borneo's rainforest
Peter Kallang has been awarded a top environmental prize for a successful campaign to stop a mega-dam being built in Borneo.
Cut air pollution to fight climate change - UN
The global effort to tackle emissions will be debated at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York.
Bird populations in US and Canada down 3bn in 50 years
Scientists conclude the major factor is habitat loss driven by human activity.
Denisovans: Face of long-lost human relative unveiled
The reconstructions offer the first glimpse of what the Denisovan looked like.
Fish waste-based alternative to plastic wins Dyson Award
MarinaTex is an alternative to the single-use plastics such as those used in sandwich packets.
BBC Briefing on energy: how do I use it?
Your downloadable guide to the UK's energy system and why it must change to meet climate pledges.
Climate change: Rugby World Cup highlights injustice
Pacific nations bear brunt of climate inaction by Australia, US and hosts Japan, says Christian Aid study.
Indonesia haze: What it's like breathing in Asia's hazardous smoke
Authorities have tried to clamp down on the fires causing the annual haze - so why is it still happening?
Giving birth two million years ago was 'relatively easy'
Why is human childbirth so long and difficult? Scientists may have the answer from studying fossils.
Climate change: Warming to drive 'robust increase' in UK flooding
A new study shows that there's a higher probability for extreme flooding on UK coasts as global temperatures rise.
The surprising truth about UK energy use
What can we do to meet the demands of our increasingly technology-dependent lives?
First measurements of 'interstellar comet'
Astronomers report measurements from a presumed interstellar comet, providing clues about its chemical composition.
Wild wheat genetics offer climate hope for food crops
Wild relatives of food crops, such as wheat, host an abundant array of genetic material to help the plants cope with a changing climate.
Novosibirsk: 'No risk' after blast and fire at Russian lethal virus lab
A major research centre says no biological agents have been released from a blast and fire at a lab.
Families fight against toxic dust from Italy's Ilva steelworks
A steel plant in Taranto moves to tackle pollution, but locals say it is too little, too late.
World's biggest amphibian 'discovered' in museum
DNA from historical museum specimens may help save the giant salamander from extinction in the wild.
Universities 'failing' victims of sexual misconduct
Dozens of students say they were "traumatised" by investigations that left them feeling unsafe on campus.
Helium shortage: 'Prices just keep going up and up'
Why is there a shortage of the precious gas and how is it affecting firms?
2019 ozone hole could be smallest in three decades
The deep thinning in Earth's protective atmospheric layer is not as extensive as it normally is.
Indonesia haze: Why do forests keep burning?
A smoky haze has blanketed the region, an annual phenomenon that affects millions of people.
Faster pace of climate change is 'scary', former chief scientist says
The UK should advance its climate targets by 10 years, says the UK’s former chief scientist.
Is Jordan running out of water?
Jordan is one of the countries most affected by rising temperatures – and it’s predicted to get worse.
Wasps: If you can't love them, at least admire them
They get a bad press compared with bees and beetles, but wasps are truly remarkable creatures.
Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming
It's the most powerful greenhouse gas you've never heard of, and levels in the atmosphere are soaring.
Research on postmen's testicle warmth wins Ig Nobel
Fertility experts find that the left testicle is warmer, but only when a man has his clothes on.
Plastic packaging: How are supermarkets doing?
The UK needs to move away from all single-use packaging, say MPs. But have supermarkets got the message?
Big Butterfly Count: Fine weather boosts species in UK
Survey finds many common species of butterfly enjoyed a good summer this year.
'Cocktail of pollutants' found in dolphins in English Channel
One of Europe's largest dolphin populations needs special protection from marine pollution, say scientists.
Protesters suspended from a bridge in Houston
The group staged a protest from a bridge in Texas ahead of the Democratic debate.
Heathrow drone protest: Five arrested over planned disruption
The co-founder of activist group Extinction Rebellion is among those held in "pre-emptive" raids.
World 'losing battle against deforestation'
A historic global agreement aimed at halting deforestation and curbing dangerous carbon dioxide emissions has failed, according to a report.
Has another interstellar visitor been found?
An amateur astronomer has discovered a comet that could have come from a distant star.
Water found for first time on 'potentially habitable' planet
Astronomers discover water in the atmosphere of a "habitable" planet orbiting a distant star.
Lovers of Modena skeletons holding hands were both men
The male skeletons, buried in Roman times, have been holding hands for around 1,500 years.
Farmers 'misunderstand' Wales rewilding project
Plans to restore ecosystems in the countryside will support landowners, its director says.
Australia bushfires are now 'hotter and more intense'
Scores of fires are raging across Australia's east coast, and the fire season has only just begun.
Deep sea habitats survey spots shipwreck off Orkney
The ship is believed to be a cargo vessel sunk by a submarine during World War Two.
Bloodhound Diary: Do the maths
The approaching high-speed trials will help validate the assumptions that went into building the world's fastest car.
Project Oberon: UK eyes cluster of military radar satellites
Defence chiefs want a batch of small spacecraft able to see the Earth's surface in all weathers.
Can solar power shake up the energy market?
The falling cost of solar power is helping it to disrupt the global energy market.
COP26: Glasgow to host UN climate change summit in 2020
Up to 200 world leaders are expected to attend the COP26 at the Scottish Event Campus in 2020.
Earliest direct evidence of milk consumption
Scientists discover the earliest direct evidence of milk consumption by humans.
The day the dinosaurs' world fell apart
Scientists reconstruct the seconds, minutes and hours following the dino-killing asteroid impact.
UK farms plan for going 'carbon neutral'
Farm union unveils plan to slash emissions and combat CO2 - but critics ask why no mention of meat?
Climate change: 'Invest $1.8 trillion to adapt'
Global Commission calls for trillions of dollars to help the world adapt to climate change.
Climate change: Five ways to be resilient
The Global Commission on Adaptation - a group of 34 leaders in politics, business and science say the world urgently needs to be made more "climate change resilient".
Victor Vescovo: Adventurer reaches deepest ocean locations
Financier Victor Vescovo completes his quest to visit the deepest parts of Earth's five oceans.
Chandrayaan 2: What may have gone wrong with India's Moon mission?
The BBC asks former members of India's space agency what went wrong with its most complex mission.
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