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A journey underground into one of Poland's working mines

Tue, 2018-12-04 10:21
As Poland hosts COP24 in nearby Katowice, David Shukman journeys into the depths of a working mine.
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House in a lab

Tue, 2018-12-04 10:02
Scientists have rebuilt a terraced house inside a laboratory to help make UK homes energy-efficient.
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Bacton Gas Terminal to be protected by sandscaping plan

Tue, 2018-12-04 03:59
A nationally important terminal on the Norfolk coast is to be protected by a new "sandscape".
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Osiris-Rex: Nasa probe arrives at Asteroid Bennu

Tue, 2018-12-04 03:32
Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft moves alongside the 500m-wide rock from which it hopes to grab a sample.
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Gravitational waves: Monster black hole merger detected

Mon, 2018-12-03 22:13
Laser labs sense gravitational waves from a black hole collision at least five billion light-years away.
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Soyuz rocket: First astronauts launch into space since failure

Mon, 2018-12-03 21:47
Three astronauts from Russia, Canada and the US left from Kazakhstan on Monday morning.
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Climate change: 'Trump effect' threatens Paris pact

Mon, 2018-12-03 18:01
President Trump's actions are restricting global efforts to cut carbon, a study suggests.
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Sacked man claims discrimination against his 'ethical veganism'

Mon, 2018-12-03 15:04
Jordi Casamitjana wants to have ethical veganism recognised as a philosophical belief, in a landmark legal action.
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Climate activist: 'It's high time that Poland phased out coal'

Mon, 2018-12-03 10:06
Almost 80% of Poland's electricity is generated by coal. Patryk Bialas says it's time that changed.
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Climate change: Urgency the main theme as COP24 opens

Sun, 2018-12-02 23:14
The most significant conference on climate change since the 2015 Paris agreement opens in Poland.
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Why some see Chile's plastic bag ban as a rubbish proposal

Sun, 2018-12-02 12:56
Chile has banned stores from handing out free plastic bags to shoppers and it is a headache for some.
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Woman takes in grey squirrel found injured in Somerset

Sun, 2018-12-02 11:08
The squirrel, named Horatio, was acting "really confused" when found by the side of the road.
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Climate change: Where we are in seven charts and what you can do to help

Sun, 2018-12-02 10:14
As representatives gather in Poland for talks on climate change, we look at how hot the world has got and what can we can all do to tackle global warming.
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Nation's botanical treasure troves 'under huge threat'

Sat, 2018-12-01 12:31
The UK's herbaria are great scientific collections that must be safeguarded for the future, say scientists.
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TEDWomen: Vibrations offer new way to track elephants

Sat, 2018-12-01 11:24
A technique used to study earthquakes have been adapted to track elephants in the wild.
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Climate change: How slag can remove CO2 from the air

Sat, 2018-12-01 10:02
Scientists in Wales are looking at how slag heaps can be used to remove CO2 from the air in the fight against climate change.
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Brexit: Minister resigns over Theresa May's 'naive' deal

Sat, 2018-12-01 09:48
Sam Gyimah says a row about the EU's Galileo sat-nav system shows any deal will be "EU first".
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New Zealand beached whales: Why are so many getting stranded?

Sat, 2018-12-01 01:31
Illness, warmer waters and the fact that pilot whales travel in sociable groups could all play a role.
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Whale stranding: Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ

Fri, 2018-11-30 16:18
The mass stranding on Chatham Island means more than 200 whales have died off NZ in the past week.
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Australian students in mass climate protest

Fri, 2018-11-30 12:49
Thousands skip school to urge action on climate change, despite criticism from Australia's PM.
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