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People cannot easily find out how dirty the air is where they live, the National Audit Office says.

Nepal is preparing to move its Everest base camp as the glacier it stands on becomes less stable.

Carbon-rich peatlands are under threat from development, posing a risk for future climate change.

Key talks end with rich and poor countries at loggerheads on the divisive issue of loss and damage.

Nearly 140 graves, a skeleton with a spear point embedded in it, jewellery and weapons are among the finds.

The UK's ability to tackle the likes of bird flu could be undermined by poor lab facilities, a report warns.

A new report says that increased demand for energy is being met mainly by coal, oil and gas.

A study finds the English bulldog has double the health risks of other dogs.

A report indicates that lots of houses in England could be lost to flooding in the coming decades.

An animal rights group was seeking legal means to have the elephant moved from a zoo to a sanctuary.

UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that the rush to find new sources of coal, oil and gas is a major mistake.

Archaeologists and veterans survey the remains of the Falklands War's decisive final battle.

Scientists are planning to sequence the genomes of all species, including plants, animals, fungi, found in Britain and Ireland.

More than 8,000 frog and toad bones found in a single ditch is "extraordinary", baffled experts say.

England's future food strategy is released amid criticism from campaigners that it lacks ambition.

The food should not be "forced" on Scottish markets by a new UK bill, a government minister says.

As Love Island contestants get dressed in second-hand clothes, can fashion ever be eco-friendly?

Sellers simply call ivory by other names including 'bovine bone', investigation shows.

University of Southampton palaeontologists identify the remains of a dinosaur measuring 32ft.

Nasa says the incident is not expected to limit the mission's overall performance.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and soaring gas prices have led to new greenhouse gas emitting projects, researchers say.

A new map traces the shape of the remote ocean bed surrounding Antarctica.

US climate envoy John Kerry says the war in Ukraine is no excuse to prolong global reliance on coal.

China plans to put astronauts on the Moon and send probes to Mars and Jupiter. Why the grand plans?

Shell says the field east of Aberdeen has the potential to produce 6.5% of Britain's gas output.

The seagrass is roughly 4,500 years old and three times the size of Manhattan, researchers say.

Vice-chancellors ask both sides to work together to save the UK's role in a multi-billion-pound scheme.

The great white shark could have helped push the megalodon to extinction through a battle for food.

Researchers say bacteria such as E. coli stays attached to plastic longer than natural material.

Deep peat moorlands store huge amounts of carbon and are a buffer against climate change

Those viral moments of unusual animal behaviour provide valuable insight for researchers as well.

It is an almost complete set of "genetic instructions" from people who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

MPs say the amount of demolition and rebuilding must be reduced as it adds to the emissions driving climate change.

Scientists warn that 24 of Britain's butterfly species are in danger of dying out.

Researchers at Northwestern University in the United States have created robots less than 1mm big.

The legislation will allow the commercial development of genetically-edited plants and animals in England.

The mood is shifting in an industry destabilised by economic shocks and post-Brexit reforms.

A second consecutive winter heavily influenced by La Niña weather patterns threatens violent storms.

Why hydrogen might be one route for Germany to move away from dependence on Russian imports.

The birds take to the skies en masse after calling out their 'vote', scientists have discovered.

A bill is to be introduced in Parliament in two days' time to allow the commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.

The banking giant has reportedly suspended its responsible investing leader Stuart Kirk.

Climate "doomers" believe it’s far too late to do anything about climate change - but they're wrong.

Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants.

The artwork stands in her hometown of Lyme Regis thanks to a teenager's four-year campaign.

The aerospace company sends up its Starliner vehicle on a mission to prove its capabilities in orbit.

The planet is experiencing its sixth mass extinction event, but it is hoped action can be agreed.

The growth of "smart" farm machinery is increasing the risk of hacking of food and farming systems.

Conservation scientists hope that preserving genetic material offers future insurance against extinction

It will invest in pipelines in other countries but will speed up a shift to green energy.