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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.

"If you are black or a woman, you don't see yourself fitting in," a leading female physicist says.

A UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.

Massive tractors and combine harvesters could be having a lasting impact on soil, a study suggests.

Its hue was created by sunlight being projected through the Earth's atmosphere onto the Moon.

The Moon will slowly darken and turn red as it falls into Earth's shadow.

The research is an important step towards making long-terms stays on the moon possible.

Participants will be given their personal plastic footprint at the end of the week.

Heatwaves, wildfires, floods and droughts highlight how extreme weather is linked to climate change.

The mammals are moving further north into the Arctic and having an impact on landscape and people.

A new report says the government must do more to protect the land, the air and waters.

The number of big firms setting climate targets reaches a 'critical mass' say UN-backed researchers.

The final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.

Theoretical physicists develop a mathematical model to explain how birds dip and dive in whirling flocks.

Campaigners say the aviation industry cannot be relied on to tackle their role in climate change.

Scientists say there's now a strong chance that the world will warm by more than 1.5C by 2026.

The tooth of the world's largest-ever shark could be up to 20 million years old, an expert says.

"Historic" extreme weather likely to stoke New Mexico fire, which is already the size of Chicago.

Scientists call for electronic waste to be mined for precious metals as supplies of new materials become ‘unsustainable’.

Efforts to protect these beautiful insects include driving electric tractors and hand-rearing them in a lab.

Only 10 of the small silver porpoises are left on the planet, but genetic studies offer new hope.

A 75-year woodland study shows a marked seasonal shift in the timing of egg-laying in spring.

The US-New Zealand Rocket Lab firm takes a big step forward in its quest to re-use launch vehicles.