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Climate protest student: 'I'm here to step up and say no more'

Fri, 2019-09-20 19:53
Student Gina Hale is one of the protesters taking part in the day of climate action.
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SLS: Nasa's giant 'Moon rocket' takes shape

Fri, 2019-09-20 18:23
Nasa finishes assembling the main structural components for its largest rocket since the Apollo-era Saturn V.
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Award for man who stopped a mega-dam and saved Borneo's rainforest

Fri, 2019-09-20 13:45
Peter Kallang has been awarded a top environmental prize for a successful campaign to stop a mega-dam being built in Borneo.
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Cut air pollution to fight climate change - UN

Fri, 2019-09-20 10:28
The global effort to tackle emissions will be debated at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York.
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Climate change: Arctic expedition to drift in sea-ice for a year

Fri, 2019-09-20 10:24
Germany will embed its Polarstern research ship in sea-ice for a year-long study of the climate.
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Bird populations 'in global crisis'

Fri, 2019-09-20 04:06
Bird populations in the US and Asia are "in crisis", according to two major studies.
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Denisovans: Face of long-lost human relative unveiled

Fri, 2019-09-20 02:13
The reconstructions offer the first glimpse of what the Denisovan looked like.
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Fish waste-based alternative to plastic wins Dyson Award

Fri, 2019-09-20 01:51
MarinaTex is an alternative to the single-use plastics such as those used in sandwich packets.
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Climate change: Rugby World Cup highlights injustice

Thu, 2019-09-19 10:08
Pacific nations bearing brunt of climate inaction by Australia, US and hosts Japan says Christian Aid study.
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Indonesia haze: What it's like breathing in Asia's hazardous smoke

Thu, 2019-09-19 09:09
Authorities have tried to clamp down on the fires causing the annual haze - so why is it still happening?
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Giving birth two million years ago was 'relatively easy'

Thu, 2019-09-19 05:07
Why is human childbirth so long and difficult? Scientists may have the answer from studying fossils.
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Climate change: Warming to drive 'robust increase' in UK flooding

Thu, 2019-09-19 05:00
A new study shows that there's a higher probability for extreme flooding on UK coasts as global temperatures rise.
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Greta Thunberg to US politicians: 'Sorry, you're not trying hard enough'

Wed, 2019-09-18 16:55
The climate activist says more needs to be done ahead of a Congress hearing
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The surprising truth about UK energy use

Wed, 2019-09-18 10:35
What can we do to meet the demands of our increasingly technology-dependent lives?
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BBC Briefing on energy: how do I use it?

Wed, 2019-09-18 07:10
Your downloadable guide to the UK's energy system and why it must change to meet climate pledges.
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Are cities as bad for the environment as we think?

Wed, 2019-09-18 07:10
Cities have a bad reputation for pollution but - in terms of climate change - that might be unfair.
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First measurements of 'interstellar comet'

Wed, 2019-09-18 02:25
Astronomers report measurements from a presumed interstellar comet, providing clues about its chemical composition.
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Wild wheat genetics offer climate hope for food crops

Wed, 2019-09-18 01:55
Wild relatives of food crops, such as wheat, host an abundant array of genetic material to help the plants cope with a changing climate.
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Novosibirsk: 'No risk' after blast and fire at Russian lethal virus lab

Tue, 2019-09-17 21:15
A major research centre says no biological agents have been released from a blast and fire at a lab.
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Families fight against toxic dust from Italy's Ilva steelworks

Tue, 2019-09-17 17:54
A steel plant in Taranto moves to tackle pollution, but locals say it is too little, too late.
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