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A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia
If the world's biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife.
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The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him
Somali environmentalist Ahmed Ibrahim Awale hopes it will inspire African researchers.
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Oxford: The soggy view from UK's oldest rain record
Like the country as a whole, Oxford's Radcliffe weather station recorded an extremely wet October.
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Durham University Prof Carlos Frenk's prize a 'huge honour'
Prof Carlos Frenk is one of the originators of a theory on dark matter and galaxies.
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Could Scotland ever be 'the Saudi Arabia of renewables'?
Not for the first time, politicians highlight Scotland's potential to generate renewable energy.
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Rare 'blue moon' to enchant Halloween stargazers
A full moon at Halloween is a rare event but this year it is a blue moon which is even more unusual.
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Great Fox-Spider rediscovered on MoD land in Surrey
The Great Fox-Spider had not been seen since the early 1990s and was feared extinct in the UK.
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Climate change: You've got cheap data, how about cheap power too?
The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?
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UK fusion experiment used in hunt for clean energy
A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time.
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Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid probe ready to return to Earth after leak
The Osiris-Rex probe is now safely carrying rock from an asteroid several million kilometres from Earth.
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Dogs are humans' oldest companions, DNA shows
A study of dog DNA patterns shows that our "best friend" among animals is also our oldest one.
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Cheaper to prevent pandemics than 'cure' them
Preventing pandemics could be more than 100 times cheaper than tackling their deadly effects.
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'Moderate to strong' La Niña weather event develops in the Pacific
The phenomenon results in the large scale cooling of ocean surface temperature.
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Light pollution's wasted energy seen from space
Entire city dims its streetlights, enabling scientists to measure light pollution from space.
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Climate change: China's forest carbon uptake 'underestimated'
Scientists put new numbers of Chinese trees' ability to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Great Barrier Reef: Scientists find reef taller than Empire State Building
Standing 500m (1,640ft) tall, the "blade-like" reef was found off Australia's far north.
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Fears over 'weakening' of UK green watchdog
Campaigners fear that a body designed to protect the environment is being undermined.
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Deep-diving whale dies after swimming up river
Rescuers made a "sterling effort" to save the 21ft-long animal found in a tributary of the River Clyde near Glasgow Airport.
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Viral photo sparks concerns about Indonesia's 'Jurassic Park'
The viral image has raised questions about the conservation impact on the animal native to Indonesia.
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Beached: Can rescuers save this dolphin in time?
Hundreds of dolphins beach each year, but this US team has dramatically improved survival rates
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