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Keeping soil in good condition is key to keeping carbon locked away, and it's possible cows can help.

There's three times more carbon in the soil than in the atmosphere - and deforestation is releasing it.

Natascha Engel says the government's approach to fracking has created a de facto ban on it.

Critical scientific assessment of humanity's impact on nature to be released after Paris negotiations.

The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viral populations, according to the latest count.

The London race aims to reduce waste with paper cups, fewer drinks and even edible seaweed energy capsules.

The different methods scientists use to measure cosmic expansion fundamentally disagree with each other.

The Hayabusa-2 spacecraft sends back images of the crater made when it detonated an explosive charge on the asteroid it is exploring.

Sir David Attenborough says the restoration of the wetlands is a "unique opportunity" for wildlife.

Teenager Greta Thunberg said the UK's carbon emissions reduction relied on "creative accounting".

600 scientists call on the EU to make trade with Brazil more sustainable to protect the planet.

Three noisy falcon chicks hungry for food reveal themselves in a cathedral spire nest.

After severe weather in 2016 a large penguin colony at the Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica never recovered.

Forests in tropical regions are disappearing at the rate of 30 football fields a minute, say researchers.

Global pork prices could rise sharply as African swine fever decimates China's pig population.

The second largest emperor penguin colony in Antarctica disappears, satellite images show.

The technology could eventually help those who have lost their voice to speak again.

Colliery tips are home to hundreds of rare species of bugs - including some unique finds - say scientists.

It is the first seismic signal ever detected on the surface of a body other than Earth and its Moon.

Teenage activist Greta Thunberg has an uncompromising message on climate change.