BBC
The foul-smelling fuel that could power big ships
Engineers think ammonia, if made sustainably, could be a greener fuel for shipping, but challenges remain.
Categories: Around The Web
Coronavirus: Denmark imposes lockdowns amid mink covid fears
Cases of a mutated strain of Covid-19 have been detected that may undermine future vaccines.
Categories: Around The Web
Gentoo penguins are four species, not one
Counting the birds as four species will help conservation efforts, and threats from climate change.
Categories: Around The Web
Extend scheme for cosy homes, green groups say
A coalition of environmentalists want a scheme offering home insulation grants extended to 2030.
Categories: Around The Web
Denmark to cull up to 17 million mink amid coronavirus fears
Cases of a mutated strain of Covid-19 have been detected that may undermine future vaccines.
Categories: Around The Web
Enigmatic fast radio burst pinned on magnetised dead star
For the first time, astronomers have managed to trace a so-called fast radio burst to a specific source.
Categories: Around The Web
Climate change: US formally withdraws from Paris agreement
After a three year wait, the US becomes the first nation to leave the Paris climate pact.
Categories: Around The Web
A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia
If the world's biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife.
Categories: Around The Web
The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him
Somali environmentalist Ahmed Ibrahim Awale hopes it will inspire African researchers.
Categories: Around The Web
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.
Categories: Around The Web
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.
Categories: Around The Web
Could Scotland ever be 'the Saudi Arabia of renewables'?
Not for the first time, politicians highlight Scotland's potential to generate renewable energy.
Categories: Around The Web
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.
Categories: Around The Web
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.
Categories: Around The Web
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?
Categories: Around The Web
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.
Categories: Around The Web
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.
Categories: Around The Web
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.
Categories: Around The Web
Cheaper to prevent pandemics than 'cure' them
Preventing pandemics could be more than 100 times cheaper than tackling their deadly effects.
Categories: Around The Web
'Moderate to strong' La Niña weather event develops in the Pacific
The phenomenon results in the large scale cooling of ocean surface temperature.
Categories: Around The Web