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Climate crusader Gore takes up arms again

Fri, 2017-08-11 21:11
BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin reviews Al Gore's climate movie sequel.
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Anger over 'untrue' climate change claims

Fri, 2017-08-11 20:55
Scientists respond furiously to claims about climate change made in a BBC radio interview.
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GM pigs take step to being organ donors

Fri, 2017-08-11 11:01
Pigs have been freed of viruses that stop them being viable organ donors.
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Climate change has shifted the timing of European floods

Fri, 2017-08-11 08:58
In different parts of Europe, rivers are flooding earlier or later because of rising temperatures, say scientists.
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US report confirms 2016 as warmest year on record

Fri, 2017-08-11 08:11
Long-term global warming and a strong El Niño effect combined to set a new record for the planet.
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Giant dinosaur slims down... a bit

Thu, 2017-08-10 22:11
Scientists revise their estimate of the bulk of a colossal titanosaur, but not by much.
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Al Gore on the Paris agreement, Trump and climate change

Thu, 2017-08-10 22:01
The former US vice president says the US will meet its targets "in spite of Donald Trump."
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Cannibals engraved bones of the dead

Thu, 2017-08-10 19:25
The prehistoric cannibals of southern England marked up the bones of the people they ate.
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Seals given iron oxide orange 'makeover' in Essex coastal mud

Thu, 2017-08-10 19:12
The animals were filmed by the Essex Wildlife Trust which says the rust is harmless to them.
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First 'winged' mammals flew over dinosaurs

Thu, 2017-08-10 17:49
Fossils of the first "winged" mammals, from 160 million years ago, are discovered in China.
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Exposure to oil sends birds off course

Thu, 2017-08-10 17:47
Even light exposure to oil from disasters like the Deep Water Horizon oil spill makes flying more difficult for birds.
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Electrofishing: Saviour of the sea or fracking of the oceans?

Thu, 2017-08-10 09:11
A controversial new fishing technique is being tested in the Netherlands using electric pulses.
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Pioneering type 1 diabetes therapy safe

Thu, 2017-08-10 04:00
One day, the immunotherapy could free patients from daily insulin injections.
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James Webb: Telescope's giant origami shield takes shape

Thu, 2017-08-10 02:53
The size of a tennis court, it will shield the vision of the biggest space telescope ever built.
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A year in ozone over the South Pole

Thu, 2017-08-10 02:22
A video tracks the behaviour of the protective atmospheric layer over Antarctica across all of 2016.
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'Unusual' Greenland wildfires linked to peat

Thu, 2017-08-10 02:21
New images have been released of wildfires that continue to burn close to the Greenland ice sheet.
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Penguin feathers record migration route

Wed, 2017-08-09 09:11
Scientists study the chemistry of penguin plumage to track the birds' movements.
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Foxes spotted in a Foxes fan's garden

Wed, 2017-08-09 03:44
The eight foxes have started "training" in the back garden of a family in Leicester.
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Chantek, the orangutan who used sign language, dies at 39

Tue, 2017-08-08 13:23
Chantek could also clean his room, make and use tools and learn the route to a restaurant.
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'Dodgy' greenhouse gas data threatens Paris accord

Tue, 2017-08-08 09:22
There are huge uncertainties in greenhouse gas totals due to inaccurate data, the BBC finds.
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