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Heat pump costs, poor insulation and lack of workers hinder scheme but industry remains positive.

Astronomers may have picked up the first signals from giant black holes spiralling in on each other.

A boom in wind and solar energy in China may curb emissions faster than expected, a report says.

Medical experts will analyse the presumed remains, the US Coast Guard said.

A planet that should have been eaten by a huge star has baffled scientists until now.

The UK's statutory climate body criticises the government for backing new oil and gas projects.

Data shows that cutting down tropical forests increased by 10% in 2022, despite promises made at COP26.

Wastewater regulations are stalling new homes development in parts of England, says Baroness Scott.

Researchers say that monarchs with more white spots on their wings migrate more successfully.

Warnings over the sub's safety were dismissed by OceanGate's CEO, emails seen by the BBC show.

The focus will now be turned towards understanding what caused the submersible's dive to go wrong.

A Surrey woman challenges the decision to allow four new oil wells on climate change grounds.

At a climate summit in Paris, Barbados's prime minister wants to raise billions for poor nations.

Following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, BBC analysis reveals the changes in the surrounding area.

A former employee warned of potential safety problems with the OceanGate vessel in 2018.

A year-long investigation uncovers a sadistic abuse network stretching from Indonesia to the US.

Scientists say water temperatures are as much as 3 to 4C above the average for this time of year in some areas.

A new law will require less dependence on imported oil and gas and more use of renewable sources.

The winning images from the Royal Entomological Society Insect Week photographic competition.

Filipinos tell the BBC what it's like being routinely displaced for weeks or months on end.

The UN takes steps to ensure that oil and gas industry delegates declare their affiliations at COP28.

The giant armoured creature, named Vectipelta barretti, dates back between 66 and 145 million years.

A project in England uses sensors, satellites and past spill data to predict future pollution.

Researchers' discoveries include a rowan found growing more than 3,700ft up a Highland mountain.

Officials say a substance used to mark them might be to blame for the deaths at Philadelphia Zoo.

Researchers found that severe turbulence had increased 55% between 1979 and 2020 on a typically busy North Atlantic route.

HotSat-1 will sense heat loss through roofs and walls to help direct insulation improvements.

Fire chiefs are set to increase the number of specialist teams trained in 'fighting fire with fire'.

Storms, droughts and record high temperatures lie ahead as US scientists confirm El Niño has arrived.

Smoke from wildfires has enveloped Toronto and New York. We look at the role of a changing climate.

Researchers have found the first case of a crocodile who made herself pregnant.

Panorama investigates the links between UK's food safety advisors and the ultra-processed food industry.

The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner - a keen naturalist - has been on their trail.

A French factory is pioneering recycling of solar units as experts warn of a waste mountain by 2050.

A £6.5m scheme to help prevent the extinction of priority species in Scotland has been launched.

They are largely unpredictable and unforeseeable but are twisters becoming a more serious threat?

A former prisoner held for years in the same jail as the group tells the BBC of their plight.

UK researchers are developing peas that don't taste like peas as an environmentally friendly alternative to soya.

Animal by-products being used for aviation fuel could increase demand for palm oil, experts fear.

Workers at Taste by Spellbound in Connecticut were shocked when they spotted the uninvited customer.

China has sent three astronauts to its Tiangong Space Station, putting a civilian into orbit for the first time.

The careful operation required a long piece of rope to open the car door from a distance.

The 51-year-old has a narrow escape from the animal while snorkelling off a luxury island.

Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps.

The cubs were the first to be born in the country 70 years after the animals were declared extinct here

Thousands of 'otherworldly' animals live beneath the ocean in an area that may be mined for metals.

Government minister pushes back against EU and US calls for removal of Sultan al-Jaber as head of COP28.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is celebrating the birth of meerkat pups for the first time in 16 years.

A high court judge dismisses a legal challenge over the welfare of fast-growing chickens on farms.

A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants