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Fire chiefs are set to increase the number of specialist teams trained in 'fighting fire with fire'.
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Storms, droughts and record high temperatures lie ahead as US scientists confirm El Niño has arrived.
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Smoke from wildfires has enveloped Toronto and New York. We look at the role of a changing climate.
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Researchers have found the first case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant.
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A French factory is pioneering recycling of solar units as experts warn of a waste mountain by 2050.
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A £6.5m scheme to help prevent the extinction of priority species in Scotland has been launched.
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They are largely unpredictable and unforeseeable but are twisters becoming a more serious threat?
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A former prisoner held for years in the same jail as the group tells the BBC of their plight.
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UK researchers are developing peas that don't taste like peas as an environmentally friendly alternative to soya.
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Animal by-products being used for aviation fuel could increase demand for palm oil, experts fear.
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Workers at Taste by Spellbound in Connecticut were shocked when they spotted the uninvited customer.
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China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time.
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The 51-year-old has a narrow escape from the animal while snorkelling off a luxury island.
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Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps.
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The cubs were the first to be born in the country 70 years after the animals were declared extinct here
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Thousands of 'otherworldly' animals live beneath the ocean in an area that may be mined for metals.
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Government minister pushes back against EU and US calls for removal of Sultan al-Jaber as head of COP28.
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The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is celebrating the birth of meerkat pups for the first time in 16 years.
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A high court judge dismisses a legal challenge over the welfare of fast-growing chickens on farms.
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A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants
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The British billionaire's bankrupt satellite launch firm had been looking to boost its finances.
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A study led by Queen's University Belfast finds 48% of species are undergoing population declines.
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The government plans to extend a ban on dealing ivory to five endangered species.
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Water companies apologise for sewage spills in England, but critics say customers should not foot the bill.
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Farmers and vets traumatised by mass culls do not get enough mental health support, a report finds.
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The firms aiming to help eradicate invasive species by making commercial use of them.
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Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected.
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A robot camera, looking for anomalies under the road in the US, came across the wandering beast.
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Wind power overtakes gas for the first time in the UK during first three months of year.
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Major UK renewable energy projects being delayed by more than 10 years as grid reaches capacity.
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The High court dismisses case brought by animal activists against a government change in policy.
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Researchers produce a new version of the human genome that could improve medical treatments.
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