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Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction

Mon, 10/28/2024 - 18:02
Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.
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World way off target in tackling climate change - UN

Mon, 10/28/2024 - 12:00
The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever
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Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic

Thu, 10/24/2024 - 02:05
Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.
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Mega meteorite tore up seabed and boiled Earth's oceans

Tue, 10/22/2024 - 02:02
It was 200 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs nearly three billion years later.
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What is biodiversity and how can we protect it?

Fri, 10/18/2024 - 18:56
Colombia is hosting talks to assess global progress in protecting 30% of all land and water by 2030.
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Burning rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power

Tue, 10/15/2024 - 07:45
Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal.
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What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket?

Sat, 10/12/2024 - 20:40
The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon
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How unusual has this hurricane season been?

Fri, 10/11/2024 - 17:42
Hurricanes Helene and Milton have bookended a particularly stormy period. What's behind it?
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Explorer Shackleton’s lost ship as never seen before

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 04:50
A new 3D scan shows Endurance exactly as it is 3,000m down in Antarctica’s icy waters.
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Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds

Thu, 10/10/2024 - 03:26
Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years, data shows.
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Mama bear beats rival who killed her cub to win Fat Bear Week

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 18:43
The brown bear, named 128 Grazer, also defeated her rival, Chunk, last year to win the title.
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Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 12:50
Three scientists share the prize for their revolutionary work on proteins, the buildings blocks of life.
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'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 12:52
Two scientists share the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on machine learning.
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Water firms told to cut customer bills over poor performance

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 09:02
Water companies must reduce customers' bills over poor performance but it will have a small impact.
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My pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch

Tue, 10/08/2024 - 08:16
The Sphinx, a patch of snow thought to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year.
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Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa

Mon, 10/07/2024 - 17:19
The mission aims to re-visit the asteroid Nasa diverted when it crashed a probe into it.
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Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 21:00
A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.
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UK to finish with coal power after 142 years

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 13:02
The UK's last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is due to end operations on Monday.
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SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts

Mon, 09/30/2024 - 04:43
The craft will return Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - stranded since June - to Earth.
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An 'abomination' of a sub – and the boss convinced Titan was safe

Sat, 09/28/2024 - 19:39
A damning picture emerges from a public hearing into the failure of Oceangate’s Titan submersible.
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