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Artificial lightning combats farm pollution

Fri, 2021-10-08 09:46
Tests in the UK have shown that artificial lightning can strip pollutants from animal manure.
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Climate change: Tracking China's steel addiction in one city

Fri, 2021-10-08 09:33
The BBC travels to Wuzhou to see how cities are grappling with climate targets and a "build" mantra.
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UK public now eating significantly less meat

Fri, 2021-10-08 09:25
Britons are cutting their meat consumption, but not quickly enough, according to scientists.
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Greenpeace loses North Sea Vorlich field legal challenge

Thu, 2021-10-07 20:55
The environmental group had argued permission should not have been granted by the UK government for the Vorlich oil field.
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How the semiconductor shortage could be a problem for you

Thu, 2021-10-07 09:38
Intel is making an effort to combat the global semiconductor shortage at their new site in Arizona.
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Stink bug discovery raises fears of threat to crops

Thu, 2021-10-07 09:31
The lone insect found in Surrey may be a stowaway or part of an undiscovered population.
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Ros Atkins On... China's climate change promises

Thu, 2021-10-07 09:00
Ahead of COP26, Ros Atkins looks at what the world's biggest emitters are doing to tackle climate change.
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Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid miracle drug

Thu, 2021-10-07 08:59
Thousands worldwide have taken ivermectin to fight Covid. But what's the evidence?
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Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children

Thu, 2021-10-07 02:47
After years of trials, the vaccine has shown potential to save tens of thousands of children's lives.
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Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirror-image molecules

Wed, 2021-10-06 20:07
A Briton and a German have been awarded the chemistry Nobel for their work to build new molecules.
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Climate change: Voices from global south muted by climate science

Wed, 2021-10-06 16:20
Climate academics from some of the regions worst hit by warming are struggling to be published.
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Russian film team boldly shoot towards space station

Tue, 2021-10-05 23:14
An actress and film director dock with the International Space Station in a first for Russia.
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Nobel in physics: Climate science breakthroughs earn prize

Tue, 2021-10-05 19:56
The physics Nobel has been given for work to understand complex systems such as the Earth's climate.
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COP26: The sculpture created from 1765 Antarctic air

Tue, 2021-10-05 10:06
Antarctic snowfall two-and-half centuries old forms the basis of a new artwork by Wayne Binitie.
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The flood that drowned American dreams

Tue, 2021-10-05 09:58
Immigrant deaths in New York's floods lay bare the 'climate apartheid' wrought by extreme weather.
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Captain Kirk: Bezos' Blue Origin to send William Shatner into space

Tue, 2021-10-05 01:50
William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk, is set to become the oldest person to fly to space.
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All UK's electricity will come from clean sources by 2035, says PM

Tue, 2021-10-05 00:53
Boris Johnson says the UK can get all its electricity supply to "complete clean energy production" by 2035.
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Huntington Beach: California oil spill sparks concern for wildlife

Tue, 2021-10-05 00:10
The spill has been described by one official as a potential ecological disaster.
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The classic cars being converted to electric vehicles

Mon, 2021-10-04 09:02
Historic cars are being retrofitted with recycled electric motors and batteries.
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Living on a ship next to 174 North Sea wind turbines

Mon, 2021-10-04 09:01
Fancy a job with great sea views? Meet the engineers who maintain turbines off Yorkshire's coast.
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