Nasa carbon space observatory ‘watches Earth breathe’

A US space agency satellite provides new insights on how CO2 is moved through Earth's atmosphere.

Penguins die in ‘catastrophic’ Antarctic breeding season

Only two chicks survived in a colony of 36,000 in a "catastrophic" breeding season in east…

Scraping out the London sewers by hand

Fitted with a body camera, a sewer engineer tries to remove a blockage.

UK-Dutch-built Sentinel launches to track air quality

Sentinel 5P lifts off from Russia to make 20 million daily observations of pollution across the…

How do you build the next-generation internet?

What will it take to build the ultra-fast internet of the future?

Ozone layer recovery could be delayed by 30 years

Rising global emissions of some chemicals could slow the progress made in healing the ozone layer.

Clean Growth Plan could see stamp duty incentive for homeowners

The changes are part of the Clean Growth Plan to reduce the UK's greenhouse emissions.

Asteroid close approach to test warning systems

A house-sized asteroid passes close to Earth, allowing scientists to rehearse future strike threats.

Satellites spy Antarctic ‘upside-down ice canyon’

An Antarctic ice shelf is shown to have a deep gorge cut in its underside by…

Mass extinctions ‘offer cautionary tale’

Past mass extinctions have the potential to guide modern conservation efforts, say scientists.