- BBC Science/Nature
- 21/1/30 16:34
The government's climate change advisors say it will compromise the UK’s legally binding carbon budgets.
The government's climate change advisors say it will compromise the UK’s legally binding carbon budgets.
Covid-19 has intensified the debate among environmental groups about the benefits of the project.
THURSDAY 28. JANUARY 2021
The drive to eradicate bovine TB will focus on vaccinating cattle and badgers.
The new US climate envoy says time is running out for the world to address the climate crisis.
WEDNESDAY 27. JANUARY 2021
Oil and gas extraction will be paused and wind energy will expand under Joe Biden's climate plan.
The government faces legal action over its decision to allow the use of a pesticide that harms bees.
Scientists say sharks and rays are disappearing from the world's oceans at an "alarming" rate.
More than a million people in 50 countries take part in the biggest poll to date on climate change.
President Biden has cancelled the permit for the controversial US-Canada project.
Francisco Vera, 11, was threatened after calling for better access to education during the pandemic.
TUESDAY 26. JANUARY 2021
The government gives its support to a project to use oral contraceptives to control grey squirrels.
The Environment Bill has been postponed again because of a lack of time for scrutiny, the government says.
Elephant tusks and rhino horns "hidden inside African masks" were exported, US prosecutors say.
Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control - but the virus had spread inside and outside the city.
Scientists propose 10 golden rules for restoring forests to maximise benefits for the planet.
MONDAY 25. JANUARY 2021
Google's Loon bows out - but thousands of satellites are taking to the skies to beam down the internet.
Scans of fossilised dinosaur remains reveal they were about 3ft long when they took their first steps.
MPs criticise the Bank of England for providing financial help without attaching environmental strings.
SATURDAY 23. JANUARY 2021
Green groups are calling on the PM to cancel the project - but how was the decision reached?
Historical documents are uncovered that provide clues to a puzzle that haunted Charles Darwin.
THURSDAY 21. JANUARY 2021
US Special Envoy on climate John Kerry says President Trump's Paris pull-out endangered lives.
Satellite imagery is being used to count elephants in a breakthrough that could aid conservation.
WEDNESDAY 20. JANUARY 2021
Re-joining the Paris climate pact is a symbolic and practical first step for the Biden White House.
An issue with hydraulic systems led to the early shutdown of a test for Nasa's new "megarocket".
The cupped clap of a butterfly's wings may be the key to their flying abilities and their survival.