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The four amateur astronauts landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean after three days orbiting Earth.

Seaweed production has been affected by warming seas – this is how farmers are adapting.

UK activists have protested on the M25, but should they instead be picketing China's embassy?

The president asks leaders to commit to cutting emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.

Climate plans of more than 100 countries show we're heading in the wrong direction, the UN says.

It's 100 years since the great Antarctic explorer set out on his last voyage to the White Continent.

The 15 finalists of Prince William's inaugural Earthshot Prize are tackling the planet's problems.

Fire-resistant blankets protect General Sherman and other sequoias as a California blaze closes in.

In a study of more than 100 company accounts, 80% of audits didn't assess climate risk.

The first pictures have been released showing the Inspiration4 crew looking down on the planet.

The three astronauts spent 90 days at China's space station, some 380km above Earth.

The inventor, entrepreneur and ZX Spectrum creator died at his London home following a long illness.

The prolific innovator invented the pocket calculator and the ill-fated Sinclair C5 electric car.

An image of a green sea turtle surrounded by glass fish wins photo award.

Established in 1759, the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew has 16,900 unique plant species.

The Mangrove Photography Award winners show unique ecosystems above and below the waterline.

Amid a severe drought in the Prairies, some ranchers are trying to find ways to work with nature.

A village in western Canada recorded the country's highest-ever temperature. The next day it was gone.

The small furry Eastern Barred Bandicoot is bumped off an Australian "extinct in the wild" list.

A start-up company has been given £380,000 to develop the hydrogen-powered concept.

In Karachi, Pakistan, one entrepreneur is on a mission to plant urban forests to cope with rising temperatures.

Snakes owe their success in part to the asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Over half of respondents in a survey believe humanity is doomed and governments are failing to act.

Science editor David Shukman on three jobs in growing green industries, and what it's like to do them

Joy and her family are among 2m Nigerians living within 4km of a gas flare in Nigeria's oil-rich south.

More than 100 humpback whales have been filmed feeding off Australia's New South Wales coast.

BBC research finds the number of days passing 50C has doubled in the past 40 years.

More than 220 environment and land rights activists were murdered last year, according to a report.

UK policies will deliver a quarter of emissions cuts needed, say campaigners ahead of the COP26 summit.

Trade bodies and unions say the UK is slipping behind other nations on green investment.

Twenty of the world's poorest countries face hotel quarantine before the event in Glasgow.

The alarm went off as the space station's batteries were being charged, Russia's space agency says.

Scotland's thriving space sector is trying to have a reduced impact on the planet.

Government ministers agreed to cut climate commitments to clinch the deal it has emerged.

Almost 60% of oil and gas and 90% of coal must stay in the ground to keep global warming below 1.5C.

The countries at greatest risk say all nations must take bigger steps to avoid climate catastrophe.

The expansion of dragonflies across Britain and Ireland is an indicator of climate change, say experts.

Vaccine inequality and travel challenges risk excluding many delegates from poorer nations.

They're not coming through the windows - they were already inside.

Scientists fear four species are already extinct but say urgent action can save others.

Artists should swap private jets for trains among recommendations from climate scientists.

Extinction list update reveals mixed news for marine life, as world conservation summit open in France.

Trees are part of the solution for climate change, but are we felling more than we are planting?

A new study by NatureScot looked at 11 species of breeding birds in Scotland over the last 35 years.

A drone filmed what the paddle boarder, out on the water on her birthday, calls a "magical moment".

A new study connects the heating of the Arctic region to extreme winter weather in the US.

Envoy John Kerry's 'it's more important than politics' appeal falls on deaf ears.

An angry starling and a lounging bear were also among the competition finalists.

Aerial photographs reveal damage and flooding in parts of Louisiana following Hurricane Ida.

The majority of in-flight systems on the ISS have passed their expiry date, an official warns.