Number of English bathing sites rated ‘poor’ doubles
The number of monitored bathing waters in England rated as poor and unfit for swimming has more than doubled, from 18 to 37. More than 400 sites were regularly monitored…
Row at climate talks over ‘backsliding’ on fossil fuels
A row has broken out at COP29 climate talks as leading countries said a draft deal risked going back on a historic agreement to reduce the use of planet-warming fossil…
‘The sixth great extinction is happening’, warns climate expert
Getty Images Dr. Jane Goodall with her toy monkey, Mr. H, a decades-long travel companion With her signature shawl draped over her shoulders and silver hair pulled back from her…
Moon’s far side once had erupting volcanoes, scientists find
Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago, US and Chinese researchers have found. Analysis of samples collected by a Chinese mission found…
Human rights groups raise alarm on crackdown by COP29 hosts
The Azerbaijani government is using COP29 to crack down on environmental activists and other political opponents, according to human rights groups. This is the third year in a row a…
New research prompts rethink on chances of life on Uranus moons
SPL Artwork: Uranus and its five largest moons had been thought to be inactive and sterile. The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile…
How to see the Taurid Meteor Shower
Viewing the Taurids may be affected by the illumination of the Moon, which could obscure some of the fainter meteors. The Moon will be in a waxing gibbous phase –…
Why did the UK’s first satellite end up thousands of miles from where it should have been?
BBC/Gerry Fletcher Artwork: The half-tonne Skynet-1A satellite was launched in November 1969 Someone moved the UK’s oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or…
2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be world’s warmest year on record
EPA It is now “virtually certain” that 2024 – a year punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms – will be the world’s warmest on record, according to projections by…
Prince William announces winners in Cape Town
PA Actor Billy Porter and Earthshot ambassadors Robert Irwin and Nomzamo Mbatha joined the Prince of Wales on stage The Prince of Wales has said he wants his environmental Earthshot…