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Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world

Wed, 2024-12-18 10:36
Climate change makes it trickier for Churchill's residents to co-exist with increasingly hungry predators
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Could this be what our home on Moon or Mars might look like?

Wed, 2024-12-18 09:42
India tested its first analog space mission in the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh.
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Major report joins dots between world's nature challenges

Tue, 2024-12-17 23:00
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
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Major report joins dots between world's nature challenges

Tue, 2024-12-17 23:00
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
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One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 - report

Tue, 2024-12-17 13:20
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.
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One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 - report

Tue, 2024-12-17 13:20
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.
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Government has broken the law on sewage - watchdog

Tue, 2024-12-17 10:44
The OEP has ruled that it allowed excessive sewage into England's rivers and seas.
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Bronze Age massacre victims likely cannibalised

Mon, 2024-12-16 10:02
At least 37 people appear to have been butchered and likely eaten in a Bronze Age massacre in Somerset.
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World's biggest iceberg heads north after escaping vortex

Sun, 2024-12-15 01:43
The world's biggest iceberg is drifting towards the Atlantic Ocean after being stuck near Antarctica.
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Highland beaver release planned for Glen Affric

Sat, 2024-12-14 19:22
Forestry and Land Scotland has applied for a licence to release the animals on a loch.
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A life-changing device for diabetics

Sat, 2024-12-14 18:02
Read the winning essay from the Young Science Writer of the Year 2024 award
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Government unveils new powers to approve onshore wind farms

Sat, 2024-12-14 01:38
The change is part of the government's new action plan for meeting its 2030 clean power target.
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Miliband unveils new powers to approve large wind farms

Fri, 2024-12-13 12:43
The change is part of the government's new action plan for meeting its 2030 clean power target.
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Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals

Fri, 2024-12-13 05:14
A new DNA analysis has shown that the arrival of modern humans from Africa was far from smooth.
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Rare dinosaur trio fetches £12.4m at auction

Fri, 2024-12-13 03:30
The skeletons - two Allosaurus and one Stegosaurus - date back approximately 150 million years.
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'Christmas lights' galaxy reveals how Universe formed

Thu, 2024-12-12 02:00
The galaxy resembling Christmas lights hanging in the cosmos has space scientists feeling festive
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'Christmas lights' galaxy reveals how Universe formed

Thu, 2024-12-12 02:00
The galaxy resembling Christmas lights hanging in the cosmos has space scientists feeling festive
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Seal colony thriving 'thanks to secluded site'

Wed, 2024-12-11 11:49
The National Trust hopes the colony will continue to grow and rival others along the coast.
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Seal colony thriving 'thanks to secluded site'

Wed, 2024-12-11 11:49
The National Trust hopes the colony will continue to grow and rival others along the coast.
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Whale makes epic migration, astonishing scientists

Wed, 2024-12-11 10:02
A humpback whale makes one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, raising alarm.
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