- BBC Science/Nature
- 12/11/5 12:50
Laos gives the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists.
Laos gives the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists.
Thousands of trees to be planted in Hampshire as part of a £25,000 three-year project.
The time when it was easy to buy tigers in UK
South Korea is set for "unprecedented" power shortages because it has had to shut down two nuclear reactors where uncertified parts have been used.
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says there have now been 52 confirmed cases of ash dieback disease.
Campaigners accuse the government of creating a developers' charter with its Growth and Infrastructure Bill being debated in the Commons later.
SATURDAY 3. NOVEMBER 2012
Work is underway to gather information about the spread of the fungal disease which is killing ash trees in the UK.
Experts in the Netherlands have pioneered techniques which could be used to save Britain's 80m ash trees, at risk from a deadly fungus.
About 30 modern cars representing the latest in automotive technology are lined up ready to go head-to-head in an eco-car race from Brighton to London.
Young blackbirds found dead near a primary school in Cumbria may have suffered from alcohol poisoning, according to an investigation.
What sort of mark will humankind leave on Earth's geology
FRIDAY 2. NOVEMBER 2012
After the UK's wettest summer in a century and many heavy downpours , the Environment Agency is warning of a heightened risk of flooding in some parts in the months ahead.
Will climate change result in more extreme weather?
The aftermath of Storm Sandy puts climate change on the US election agenda
Jeremy Cooke visits the Food and Environment Research Agency laboratory leading the investigation into the UK's outbreak of ash dieback disease.
Controversial plans to merge the British Antarctic Survey and the National Oceanography Centre have been ruled out, the UK science minister announces.
Writer Ben Goldacre said he was shocked that politicians were "reluctant to put their great ideas to the test".
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has reflected on his record-breaking jump from the edge of space, ahead of a documentary on the project.
Can the controversial project help ecosystems and the economy?
Drying laundry in the home poses a health risk to those prone to asthma, hay fever and other allergies, according to new research.
The Environment Agency said the wettest April-to-June period on record has soaked the UK to capacity, causing a flooding risk even after modest rain.
The government's emergency committee Cobra is meeting to discuss the fungal threat to the nation's ash trees, which has already devastated trees in Denmark.
Why the space dive almost didn't happen
Astronauts preparing for a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk to perform maintenance on the International Space Station warmed up for the task by dancing to Madonna's Vogue.
THURSDAY 1. NOVEMBER 2012
Governments fail to reach agreement on how to protect Antarctica