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David Attenborough climate change TV show a 'call to arms'

Fri, 2019-04-19 19:27
The BBC's Climate Change - The Facts, presented by Sir David Attenborough, is praised by TV critics.
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Norwich Cathedral peregrine falcons: A photographer's passion

Fri, 2019-04-19 09:28
Chris Skipper has been photographing urban peregrines nesting at Norwich Cathedral for nearly a decade.
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Climate change: Sir David Attenborough warns of 'catastrophe'

Thu, 2019-04-18 22:42
The veteran naturalist's BBC programme on climate change is his strongest warning yet on the threat of rising temperatures.
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'Giant lion' fossil found in Kenya museum drawer

Thu, 2019-04-18 19:42
The bones of the huge creature belong to a new species which roamed east Africa 20 million years ago.
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Extinction Rebellion: Charges over climate change train protest

Thu, 2019-04-18 19:34
A woman and two men are charged over the Extinction Rebellion protest at Canary Wharf in London.
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Once destroyed by the Taliban, the Buddha statues live again

Thu, 2019-04-18 09:18
A team of conservators are working to breathe new life into a collection of Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban.
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Evidence of rabbits in UK in Roman times, say academics

Thu, 2019-04-18 09:11
Tests on a rabbit bone, found in West Sussex, show for the first time the animal was alive in 1AD.
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Pig brains partially revived four hours after death

Thu, 2019-04-18 03:00
The study could aid medical research and fuel debate about the difference between life and death.
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Extinction Rebellion London activists glue themselves to DLR train

Wed, 2019-04-17 22:27
Three Extinction Rebellion campaigners glued themselves to a train at London's Canary Wharf.
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Rare kakapo parrots have best breeding season on record

Wed, 2019-04-17 22:00
Kakapos were one of New Zeland's most common birds, but they are now on the brink of extinction.
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Spikes on trees in Oxford to 'stop bird poo'

Wed, 2019-04-17 20:28
A wildlife campaigner says he believes the spikes are to stop birds from messing on cars.
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Worries about agrochemicals led to a new farming movement

Wed, 2019-04-17 10:57
Worries about soil quality led to the creation of a new farming movement in the UK in the 1940s
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Light pollution not improving, says CPRE

Wed, 2019-04-17 10:32
Just one in 50 people can see stars as Nature intended, survey suggest
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TED 2019: The $50 lab burger transforming food

Wed, 2019-04-17 09:07
TED fellow Bruce Friedrich tells the TED conference about his vision for the future of food.
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Extinction Rebellion: what do they want - and is it realistic?

Wed, 2019-04-17 02:58
The UK needs to move to net zero CO2 emissions by 2025 say protestors but how hard would that be to achieve?
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The history of plastic in the sea

Wed, 2019-04-17 02:12
A metal box which has been dragged around the ocean first discovered a plastic bag sixty years ago.
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Early ocean plastic litter traced to 1960s

Wed, 2019-04-17 01:48
Scientists "accidentally" record the history of ocean plastic, including what may have been the first plastic bag to be fished out of the ocean.
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Extinction Rebellion London protest: Arrests top 120

Tue, 2019-04-16 22:22
Extinction Rebellion campaigners enter their second day of blocking traffic in central London.
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Microplastics found in 'pristine' Pyrenees mountains

Tue, 2019-04-16 21:26
Scientists from Scotland and France spent five months monitoring the secluded site in the Pyrenees.
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Stonehenge: DNA reveals origin of builders

Tue, 2019-04-16 09:37
The ancestors of the people who built Stonehenge travelled west across the Mediterranean to get to Britain.
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