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Meet the Arctic farmer hoping to make his town more sustainable

Wed, 2019-05-15 09:17
This man is growing vegetables in the most northerly major human settlement on Earth.
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Construction industry 'not reporting full carbon impact'

Wed, 2019-05-15 02:51
The boss of Skanska tells 5 Live that companies only calculate carbon emissions.
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Jakobshavn Isbrae: Mighty Greenland glacier slams on brakes

Tue, 2019-05-14 20:10
Jakobshavn Isbrae - the likely originator of the Titanic iceberg - goes into an unexpected quiet mode.
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Butterfly temperature research 'could boost survival chances'

Tue, 2019-05-14 17:23
Conservationists hope the results will help them understand how butterflies survive in a warming climate.
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We cannot evict birds with netting, say MPs

Tue, 2019-05-14 02:49
A petition signed by 350,000 people calls for "netting" of trees and hedges to be a criminal offence.
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Aeolus: Wind-mapping space laser is losing power

Tue, 2019-05-14 01:16
Europe's Aeolus spacecraft is gathering fantastic new data on global winds - but it's also got a problem.
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Mariana Trench: Record-breaking journey to the bottom of the ocean

Tue, 2019-05-14 00:24
Victor Vescovo descended almost 11km in a submersible to the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean.
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Mariana Trench: Deepest-ever sub dive finds plastic bag

Tue, 2019-05-14 00:00
An American explorer finds plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive.
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Faroe Islands 'close down' as tourists fly in to repair them

Mon, 2019-05-13 09:06
The Faroe Islands declared themselves shut down as foreign volunteers came to take part in sustainable tourism.
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Apollo Moon landing: The 13 minutes that defined a century

Mon, 2019-05-13 08:35
The Apollo 11 landing: What did it take to pull off one of the greatest achievements in human history?
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Political will to fight climate change is fading, warns UN chief

Sun, 2019-05-12 20:55
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges world leaders to follow science advice on climate change.
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Stranded baby elephant rescued from lake

Sun, 2019-05-12 09:32
Officials in north-east India guided an elephant calf to safety, after it became separated from its mother.
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Climate change 'may curb growth in UK flying'

Sat, 2019-05-11 09:40
The UK may need to review expansion of aviation to meet CO2 targets, the government admits.
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How do you learn to drive on Mars?

Sat, 2019-05-11 07:56
Engineers are making sure their joint European-Russian rover will perform as expected on the Red Planet.
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Israel probes Golan Heights mass vulture poisoning

Sat, 2019-05-11 00:55
The killings wipe out half the vulture population in the Israeli-occupied territory.
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Endangered kakapo parrot gets pioneering brain surgery

Fri, 2019-05-10 23:09
The procedure is a world-first amid efforts to save the species, native to New Zealand.
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Europe 'takes too much of Earth resources'

Fri, 2019-05-10 21:12
Europeans are emitting too much carbon and using too much food and timber, a report says.
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Climate change: How frogs could vanish from ponds

Fri, 2019-05-10 15:13
Climate change is having an impact on British wildlife, say scientists mapping a deadly frog disease.
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Climate change: Scientists test radical ways to fix Earth's climate

Fri, 2019-05-10 15:00
Researchers plans for new centre to explore refreezing the poles, sucking out CO2 and ocean greening.
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Jeff Bezos unveils Moon lander concept

Fri, 2019-05-10 10:42
Blue Origins claims that the lunar lander will be able to take humans to the Moon's south pole by 2024.
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