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2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record

Tue, 2024-01-09 22:00
Climate records tumbled "like dominoes" in 2023, with temperatures far above any recorded level.
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2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record

Tue, 2024-01-09 22:00
Climate records tumbled "like dominoes" in 2023, with temperatures far above any recorded level.
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Norway to approve controversial deep-sea mining

Tue, 2024-01-09 13:48
Environmental scientists have warned the practice could be devastating for marine life.
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Where will all the electric cars be charged?

Tue, 2024-01-09 10:07
Lamposts and mobile charging machines are being touted as the answer to charging electric cars.
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Oil and gas legislation is total distraction, senior Tory says

Tue, 2024-01-09 07:55
Former minister Sir Alok Sharma says he will not vote for plans to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing rounds.
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Peregrine lander: Technical hitch threatens US Moon mission

Tue, 2024-01-09 02:27
An American spacecraft launched from Florida to land on the lunar surface encounters problems.
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The last of the Moon men: the stories of the surviving Apollo astronauts

Sun, 2024-01-07 10:24
Who are the eight surviving members of humanity's greatest feat of exploration?
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Earning the trust of a 40-stone silverback gorilla

Sun, 2024-01-07 10:04
A wildlife cameraman's close encounter with a silverback as he filmed a process designed to save the species.
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The woman who spent Christmas in search of a rare plant

Sat, 2024-01-06 11:29
'Nature hero' Rosemary Parslow is still helping the wildlife of the Scilly Isles even in her late 80s.
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Climate change: Former oil executive Mukhtar Babayev to lead COP29 talks in Azerbaijan

Sat, 2024-01-06 02:01
For the second year in a row, a man with vast experience of the oil industry will head COP negotiations.
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Hundreds turn out for Northern Waterthrush in Heybridge

Sat, 2024-01-06 00:07
Simon Wood says he nearly fell of his chair when the transatlantic visitor landed in his garden.
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Neptune and Uranus seen in true colours for first time

Fri, 2024-01-05 22:46
Analysis shows that our ideas of the colours of the planets Neptune and Uranus have been wrong.
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Storm Henk-hit farmers call for stronger river defences

Thu, 2024-01-04 12:51
Thousands of acres of crops and productive farmland are under water thanks to Storm Henk's flooding.
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Mysterious medieval cemetery unearthed in Wales

Wed, 2024-01-03 11:02
About 70 graves thought to date to the 6th or 7th Century have been discovered in Wales.
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UK weather: 2023 was second warmest year on record, says Met Office

Wed, 2024-01-03 02:16
The 10 warmest years in the UK have all occurred since 2003 according to provisional Met Office data.
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How Japan’s powerful earthquakes have shifted the land

Wed, 2024-01-03 00:06
The country has shifted more than a metre to the west following the earthquake this week.
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Colossal pliosaur sea monster skull on display in Dorset

Tue, 2024-01-02 10:43
Members of the public get a chance to see the 2m-long pliosaur fossil at a museum in Dorset.
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Wolves win against farmers as Swiss cull put on hold

Sat, 2023-12-30 11:32
Farmers in Switzerland want the predators to be reduced in number to protect livestock.
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Sewage spill monitors extend reach to cover all England

Sat, 2023-12-30 10:31
Overflows are only meant to spill sewage after heavy rain, but last year saw 1.75 million hours of discharges
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Chandrayaan, Aditya-L1, Gaganyaan: The year India reached the Moon - and aimed for the Sun

Fri, 2023-12-29 08:11
With Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1 and Gaganyaan, India's space agency Isro has had a spectacular year.
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