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Numbers of people exposed to flooding globally have risen by almost a quarter in two decades.

The Labour leader says there is a "chasm between soundbites and action" on climate-friendly employment.

Welsh ministers announce plans to tackle a housing shortage and the problem of climate change.

Prices are rising sharply as climate change and post-lockdown DIY and building projects hit supplies.

The Asian Development Bank aims to have the plan ready for the COP26 climate conference in November.

Starliner is one of two vehicles designed to transport astronauts to and from the space station.

The main architect of Paris Agreement says the summit will need to be a mix of virtual and in-person meetings.

Scientists are racing to come up with technologies that can solve the world's clean water shortage.

Scientists are increasingly concerned climate change is making fires more frequent and more intense.

Iranian officials have warned of historic drought while experts blame years of poor water management.

The new operations centre will help the UK maintain a "battle-winning advantage", ministers say.

The ISS was pushed out of position after engines on a new Russian module unexpectedly fired up.

Bacteria, fungus and enzymes can all digest plastic, but can they work at a useful commercial scale?

It was scheduled to launch in 2007, but the 13m-long, 20-tonne laboratory is finally in position.

Last year was the third warmest, fifth wettest and eighth sunniest on record in the UK, scientists warn.

The Orbital O2, which is anchored off Orkney, has the capacity to meet the annual power demand of 2,000 homes.

Consumers should not have to pay excessive prices to use public car charging, MPs say.

As lion populations decline across much of Africa, could community-led conservation help reverse this trend?

The billionaire offers to cover $2bn in Nasa costs to be reconsidered for a Moon lander contract.

The first in-person climate meeting in 18 months sees some tentative progress, but no breakthroughs.

Cities across the world are at risk of extreme rainfall overwhelming their streets

New research indicates that stained glass windows from Canterbury Cathedral may be among the oldest in the world.

A two-week virtual negotiation begins on the most critical climate change report since 2013.

The device avoids clogging by using friction instead of suction, similar to the way a parasitoid wasp lays its eggs.

PM Naftali Bennett says the decision will help the country gradually shift to a low-carbon economy.

The meteor is believed to have landed in a forest after flashes of light were seen across Norway.

The US government has tightened rules on which space-goers can claim their astronaut wings.

Government guidelines mean road planners can effectively ignore climate change, campaigners say.

A program has been used to predict the structures of nearly every protein in the human body.

The firm had said in May it would no longer accept the cryptocurrency over environmental concerns.

The 13m-long, 20-tonne Nauka laboratory is finally going into orbit after a delay of 14 years.

Scientists are excavating one of the most important Jurassic sites ever discovered in the UK.

The nation's largest active wildfire forces thousands to evacuate in the state of Oregon.

The world's richest man and three other passengers return safely just over 10 minutes after launch.

Wally Funk was overlooked for space flight in the 60s but got a second chance with Jeff Bezos.

US climate envoy John Kerry says help from China is needed to avoid a dangerous rise in heat.

Dennis Tito paid $20 million to travel to the International Space Station in 2001.

It covers south-west England and large parts of Wales as the UK experiences a prolonged hot spell.

Engineers restore the Hubble Space Telescope to full operations, after a computer glitch in June.

With construction sand in short supply crushed plastic is being used as an alternative.

Ministers say elephants are not the only animals at risk from hunters, as they launch consultation.

Pressed flowers and a poem found inside a centuries-old botany book sparked a quest to find the owner.

Ros Atkins explains the link between climate change and recent heat waves in the US and Canada.

It comes amid growing concern about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.

Scientists want a super-computer powerful enough to accurately project the most damaging extremes.

Hydrogen-powered cars could be the future of Formula 1 according to Ross Brawn, the F1 managing director for motorsports.

Oliver Daemen, 18, will become the youngest person to fly to space with the Blue Origin venture.

Boris Johnson says he will consider the proposal, but finds the idea of extra taxes on people unattractive.

More than 100 developing countries set out key demands ahead of the climate summit in Glasgow.

A possible cause is identified for the Hubble telescope's worst glitch in years.