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Climate change: Road plans will scupper CO2 targets, report says

Fri, 2020-07-10 09:47
The majority of emissions cuts from electric cars will be wiped out by new road-building.
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Coronavirus: Dirty air 'on the rise again' in UK cities

Fri, 2020-07-10 02:23
As Britain eases out of its Covid-19 lockdown, nitrogen vehicle emissions look to be going back up.
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Clean energy future 'is vital' - UN chief

Fri, 2020-07-10 01:44
The UN Secretary-General tells a meeting that it is "vital" the world moves towards clean energy.
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JCB electric digger wins top MacRobert engineering prize

Thu, 2020-07-09 23:36
An all-electric construction vehicle from the Staffordshire firm wins this year's MacRobert Award.
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Elon Musk says full self-driving Tesla tech 'very close'

Thu, 2020-07-09 22:59
A future software update could activate full "level-five" autonomy in cars, the Tesla founder says.
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Extinction: One third of all lemurs 'on the brink'

Thu, 2020-07-09 22:37
A third of all the lemur species on Earth are "one step from extinction".
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Gorillas in Nigeria: World's rarest great ape pictured with babies

Thu, 2020-07-09 21:30
The sighting of young Cross River gorillas in Nigeria eases fears they will soon die out.
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Climate change: 'Rising chance' of exceeding 1.5C global target

Thu, 2020-07-09 11:54
The chance of breaching one of the Paris accord goals in the next five years has doubled, a study says.
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Coronavirus: Is India the next global hotspot?

Thu, 2020-07-09 10:34
India's confirmed cases are going up rapidly, but it's not all bad news.
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The tech behind Virgin Orbit's mission to space

Thu, 2020-07-09 09:14
Marc Cieslak looks at how Virgin Orbit plans to launch its rockets from a plane.
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Ancient Americans made epic Pacific voyages

Thu, 2020-07-09 03:15
New evidence has been found for epic prehistoric voyages between the Americas and eastern Polynesia.
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Why are we 'milking' crabs for a coronavirus vaccine?

Thu, 2020-07-09 00:09
Horseshoe crab blood is used to help develop medicine, but some people want the practice stopped.
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Rosewood smuggling in The Gambia: Shipping firm halts timber exports

Wed, 2020-07-08 22:02
A BBC investigation found vast quantities of protected rosewood were being trafficked from The Gambia.
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Coronavirus: WHO rethinking how Covid-19 spreads in air

Wed, 2020-07-08 16:33
The WHO has acknowledged there is evidence that Covid-19 can be spread by airborne particles.
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New government unit to take over Covid response

Wed, 2020-07-08 10:37
There are questions over whether the Joint Biosecurity Centre has the expertise needed for the job.
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Coronavirus: 'The masks you throw away could end up killing a whale'

Wed, 2020-07-08 09:00
As the world battles the Covid-19 pandemic, more and more protective equipment is ending up in the sea.
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Esa and Nasa line up satellites to measure Antarctic sea-ice

Wed, 2020-07-08 02:53
Aligning polar satellites will enable the first ever reliable maps of Antarctic sea-ice thickness.
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Dinosaur ancestors 'may have been tiny'

Tue, 2020-07-07 20:31
Dinosaurs are thought of as giant creatures, but new work adds to evidence they started out small.
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Dakota Access Pipeline: Judge suspends use of key oil link

Tue, 2020-07-07 20:10
The pipeline, which protesters fought against, is ordered to conduct a fresh environmental review.
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Siberian Arctic sees record average temperatures

Tue, 2020-07-07 19:42
The heat in June helped fan wildfires and released 59m tonnes of carbon dioxide, scientists say.
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