The Guardian
Honeybee's stinger continues to pump venom once detached from body, new footage shows – video
High-speed video captures a previously unknown process that lets a honeybee’s two-millimetre stinger pump venom even after detaching from the insect’s body. Using a clear gel that mimics human skin as a target, researchers from Macquarie University detached the stingers and then filmed them in action pumping venom
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Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:10:38 GMT
Country diary: The story of birds starts with their feathers
River Lagan, Belfast: Right now you can see winter in the black-headed gull plumage, and spring in the mallards’. Yet feathers are also vital to how birds even came to exist
On my walk along the towpath, I pick up a small grey feather. It’s a flight feather, probably from the wing of a feral pigeon. I stroke it absently as I watch the birds that are swimming on the river’s surface. Steeped in autumn sunshine, the different species are also feathered with other seasons. Summer is in the fuzzy down of a late-hatched moorhen chick. Winter gleams in the white heads of the “black-headed” gulls. And, while a mallard’s emerald-green head is, as yet, tatty as old velvet, his crisply curled drake’s tails herald the coming spring.
If the story of birds is told in their plumage, then moult – the shedding and regrowth of feathers – is the turn of a page. The moorhen chick reminds me that the first chapter is about keeping warm. I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, almost tucking the pigeon feather in as well. While our hair and birds’ feathers are both made of keratin, they differ in how they grow. In essence, hair extends as a single linear thread, whereas down feathers emerge frothing in all directions. As a fledgling matures, its outer feathers then lengthen, with a central shaft supporting branches that can flatten out and zip together to make a smooth surface.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/13/country-diary-the-story-of-birds-starts-with-their-feathers
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:30:14 GMT
Scientists deploy a 24-armed secret weapon to save California’s kelp forests
Team works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific coast in past decade
Off the coast of Monterey, California, a team of researchers is gearing up for its first dive of the day into the cold and choppy waters of the Pacific Ocean.
On the back deck of the boat, Ashley Kidd, a co-founder of the non-profit Sunflower Star Laboratory, gave the divers their final command: “Dive No 1 … stars in the water.”
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/13/sunflower-sea-star-california-kelp-forests
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:01 GMT
EU to limit Chinese hybrid vehicle imports to 350,000 a year
Brussels uses WTO rules to quickly impose quota, which will halve Chinese market share to 3%
The EU is to limit the number of hybrid electric vehicles imported from China to 350,000 cars a year, the European Commission has confirmed.
Imports have been soaring in the past two years; about 800,000 battery and plug-in hybrids are likely to be sold this year.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/12/eu-deal-china-limit-imports-hybrid-electric-vehicles
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:23:55 GMT
Balkan temperatures swing as heavy rain heads for Greece
Clear skies bring warm days and cold nights to Montenegro, while a low-pressure system moves towards Aegean Sea
Temperatures fluctuated dramatically in the Balkans last week, with unusually large differences between daytime highs and overnight lows – known as the diurnal range.
An area of high pressure over the region brought prolonged sunshine during the day, while clear skies at night allowed temperatures to drop rapidly as heat escaped into the atmosphere without cloud cover to slow the cooling.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/12/balkan-temperatures-montenegro-rain-greece
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:48:26 GMT
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
Ministers are preparing to slash the amount of money available to subsidise heat pumps as they look for ways to fund higher defence spending, sources have told the Guardian.
Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, has been tasked with finding more than £2bn in savings from her budget to help pay for defence investment under a plan drawn up by the previous government.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/12/ministers-plan-slash-heat-pump-subsidies-fund-defence-spending
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:00:47 GMT
‘Some aren’t going to make it’: how pressure on farmers threatens UK food security
Food producers are adding their voices to the chorus of warnings about the vulnerability of British supply chains
“There are so many decent, capable, productive, efficient arable farmers out there, asking how they are supposed to finance the crop they are meant to be putting in the ground,” Jamie Burrows says.
Sitting in his tractor at his arable farm in Norfolk, Burrows is listing the multiple challenges facing him and other food producers.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/11/farmers-uk-food-security-producers-supply-chains
Published: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:00:24 GMT
Check the waistband – and beware sneaky jargon: the expert guide to buying clothes that last
Should you look for French seams or overlocking? Is dry-clean only a red flag? And how do you spot quality when shopping online? We asked the pros
• How to make your leather last a lifetime
Take a look at the outfit you’re wearing now: how many times have you worn each item? And how long have you had them? Just over 10 years ago, Eco-Age founder Livia Firth and journalist Lucy Siegle launched the 30 wears challenge to encourage people to buy clothes they would wear at least 30 times.
The 30 wears challenge is a great concept. As a journalist interested in sustainable fashion, I’ve enjoyed applying this rule for years and found the goal can often be surpassed, but with one proviso: clothing must be chosen carefully. The goal is only realistic if garments are of good enough quality to stand up to repeated wear. So, how do you know if your clothes really are well made? Does it mean you have to spend a fortune on them? Do you need to know the difference between a French seam and an overlock seam? And how can we judge clothing quality before buying if we are, like 37% of Britons, getting most of our clothes online? I spoke to experts to find out.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/oct/13/expert-guide-buying-clothes-that-last
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:00:05 GMT
‘It’s not glamorous’: the volunteers counting flushed wet wipes on the banks of the Thames
A Thames21 charity citizen science project helps track plastic pollution in the capital’s river
On a pale-blue Sunday morning on the foreshore of the River Thames, 40 people are searching for what others have tried to lose. Dotted across a 250-metre stretch under Hammersmith Bridge, they are combing through layers of silt, seashells and dirty driftwood to find one of the river’s most stubborn problems: wet wipes.
“People come and walk here and it looks just like mud, at a distance,” says the organiser, Dr Felicity Rhodes. “And then you get closer in and see.”
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/13/volunteers-flushed-plastic-wet-wipes-river-thames
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:05 GMT
Trill seekers: can scientists use AI and tutors to help birds remember lost songs?
When populations fall, fledglings can struggle to learn the right notes to attract mates. But research on how birds communicate offers hope for species’ survival
Listening to birdsong is one of life’s great joys, but when researchers heard a particular tune emerging from a tree in a Buenos Aires park, they were especially jubilant. This arrangement was among those chirped by the local rufous-collared sparrows in the 1960s, but had since disappeared from the area.
That was until scientists created a computer-generated rendition, curious to find out if birds might consider it realistic enough to imitate. Less than three months later, a local avian resident began to copy parts of the song.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/13/ornithology-trill-why-birds-sing-birdsong-dialects-tutors-ai-aoe
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:19 GMT
A super el Niño threatens our food system. Here’s how farms can prepare | Liz Carlisle
Planting cover crops or perennial plants can protect soil amid potential flooding. Congress must act to protect these practices
As forecasters warn that this year’s El Niño could become the strongest on record, concerns are growing about its effect on agriculture and food security.
The United States will not be hit nearly as hard as Central and South America, the Caribbean and southern Africa, but severe weather could cause significant crop loss in some parts of the country.
Liz Carlisle is associate professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Barbara. She is the author of Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming and co-editor of Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/12/super-el-nino-farms-prepare
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:00:55 GMT
AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them | Robert Reich
Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threat
The most basic function of government is to protect people from harm. Two growing phenomena – the climate crisis and AI – pose escalating risks of extraordinary harm.
The climate crisis is already causing floods, wildfires, drought and record heat. AI agents are already escaping super-secure environments to hack into systems they’re supposed to avoid.
Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now in the US and in the UK
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Published: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:26 GMT
Can hope save the planet? An endangered parrot that is beating the odds can help us find out | Helen Pilcher
A new global biodiversity report strikes an encouraging note. But we cannot rest on our laurels – and resilience is key
The new Living Planet Report is out. Published every two years, it assesses the health of the natural world and, historically, it’s made for gloomy reading.
Take 2024’s report, which showed global wildlife populations had plummeted by 73% in 50 years and that ecosystems were being pushed toward collapse.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/08/hope-save-planet-endangered-parrot-global-biodiversity-report
Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:05:53 GMT
Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis
Would you mind fixing the NHS? And while you’re at it, could you please build an anti-missile system in your garden? Then regulate the banks, replace the water mains, tax the very rich and use the proceeds to rebuild our schools. Well, come on people: what are you waiting for?
I exaggerate, but this isn’t very far from the approach taken by the government’s Prepare campaign. Crucial functions, way beyond the scope of individual action, are dumped on our doorsteps while those in power fail to act. As a result, our national resilience is arguably lower than at any time since the second world war. At the Labour conference last week, Andy Burnham promised “a Britain where people feel the country has got their back again”. To make good on that pledge, he will have to change almost everything.
George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/08/stockpile-food-wash-hands-how-to-prepare-environmental-catastrophe
Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:00:10 GMT
Tents, night-vision goggles and bear tracking kits: America’s first nature library opens
As well as books, the new facility in Colorado offers equipment to help connect people with the natural world. We asked five of the first visitors what they thought of it
Mark Fink knows exactly why he opened the first public nature library in the US. “There are a lot of barriers for people to access nature here. We want people to learn about the birds and the plants in their own back yard and to appreciate that you don’t need a three-day camping trip in the mountains to experience nature.”
The library offers people in Colorado’s Adams county the opportunity to borrow books and equipment to help them to engage with the natural world – for free.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/07/nature-library-colorado-us-wilderness-stargazing-camping-outdoors-aoe
Published: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:07 GMT
‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population
The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknown
The mother’s hands were peeling from walking on the torched ground. Her eight-month-old baby, which clung to her side, was dehydrated and thin. The pair, named Mama Abu and Abu (“ash” in Indonesian), were found in an oil palm subsidiary estate, rescuers say.
The orangutan pair were saved last month from wildfires that are devouring Indonesia’s forests and peatland, unleashing thick smog, and destroying the habitat of some of the planet’s most vulnerable species.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/01/el-nino-orangutans-indonesia-wildlife-destruction-aoe
Published: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:00:25 GMT
Saving the Siamese crocodile: Cambodia moves to protect one of the world’s last wild populations
Indigenous communities play crucial role, as ‘genetic bank’ area of wetland offers hope for critically endangered reptile
In the 1990s, conservationists in Cambodia feared the Siamese crocodile had disappeared for good. Fishing and hunting had devastated the species throughout the 20th century, leaving populations across its native south-east Asia on the brink of extinction.
But in villages dotted among the wetlands of the remote Cardamom mountains, Indigenous Chorng communities still reported seeing them. Passing this knowledge to researchers surveying the area in 2000 led to an official recording of the species – and bolstered the mission to revive the population.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/29/cambodia-chorng-indigenous-communities-siamese-crocodile-endangered-conservation-aoe
Published: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:00:54 GMT
‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys
Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer
Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into repeated conflict with residents. The animals will be sterilised and permanently moved to a newly constructed sanctuary. The plan has been fiercely criticised by animal rights activists, who say the monkeys should remain roaming freely, and that less destructive options have not been properly considered.
Cape Town’s baboon problem has been brewing since the 2000s, after the city stopped culling troops in the late 1990s after pressure from the public. But in the past two years it has reached boiling point. A 2025 census found that the population had grown by a third since 2000, from 360 baboons to 493, (including a peak of 519 in 2023), now living in 12 managed troops.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/27/baboons-cape-town-divided-over-plan-to-remove-its-monkeys-aoe
Published: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:00:03 GMT
This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it
Shortly after the Norwegian stock market closed on 17 June 2026, a few dozen local people from the small west coast town of Vevring crowded around a laptop in a school. Surrounded by children’s drawings and windows looking out over Førde fjord, they listened as news arrived from Oslo. Norway’s supreme court had ruled against its government: a permit to release mining waste directly into the fjord two miles upstream was illegal, the court said.
The moment marked the end of a 17-year fight, one of Norway’s most protracted environmental battles in living memory. In Oslo, Ingvild Fonn Asmervik, the project leader for Naturvernforbundet (Friends of the Earth Norway), compared the joy she felt to giving birth to her child. For Anne-Line Thingnes Førsund, a third-generation fisher living on the banks of the fjord in Vevring and a volunteer for the charity’s local branch, it was more of a relief. Like a mountain lifting off her shoulders, she said.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/08/norway-environment-nordic-mining-waste-pollution-fjord-dumping-salmon
Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:00:09 GMT
To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species
‘When I accidentally catch a shark, I bring it to my dogs,” Henrik Jensen, a 27-year-old from Greenland’s west coast, says casually. “I don’t let it back down because [the sharks] bully me and cut my lines.”
Jensen has fished for halibut in Ilulissat, Greenland’s third largest town, for a decade. He works an hour north of the town’s main iceberg-laden fishery, which sustains the livelihood of nearly 400 fishers. There, the halibut are bigger and more plentiful, but so are the Greenland sharks.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/05/to-cull-or-not-to-cull-greenland-debates-fate-of-worlds-slowest-shark
Published: Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:00:47 GMT
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline
Inside a bothy overlooking the Summer Isles, in the north-west of Scotland, the lilting tones of a traditional Gaelic duo fill a room full of musicians, storytellers, artists, local people and revellers, hung with fish-shaped lanterns and “Happy Birthday” signs.
It’s no ordinary birthday. The people in the small cabin have come together, on a windy night in Achiltibuie, a string of coastal hamlets and villages north of Ullapool, to celebrate an important milestone in the community’s history: a hard-won battle to protect their waters from the ravages of scallop dredging.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/beyond-priceless-how-a-halt-to-dredging-saved-the-seas-of-scotlands-summer-isles
Published: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:22 GMT
Mass sardine die-off pits survival of South Africa’s penguins against fishers’ livelihoods
Known as the ‘energy bars of the sea’ the fish are a key food source for many species, but closing fisheries to allow numbers to recover would cost millions
It began on 28 July, when fishers near Saldanha Bay on the west coast of South Africa reported seeing dead sardines (also known as pilchards) floating at sea. Then, in early August, more dead sardines began washing up on beaches near Cape Town.
In the weeks that followed, similar reports came in from places across a vast area spanning 2,600km (1,600 miles) of coastline, such as Henties Bay in Namibia and Mbotyi in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/24/mass-sardine-die-off-pits-survival-of-south-africas-penguins-against-fishers-livelihoods
Published: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:11 GMT
Blooming beautiful! The Tesselaar tulip festival – in pictures
The annual month-long festival takes place at a flower farm in the Victorian town of Silvan when tulips and other springs flowers are at their most vibrant
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/oct/11/tesselaar-tulip-festival-silvan-victoria-in-pictures
Published: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:00:10 GMT
Week in wildlife: a friendly seal, a furious goldcrest and ‘the swanfather’
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/oct/09/week-in-wildlife-a-friendly-seal-a-furious-goldcrest-and-the-swanfather
Published: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:00:41 GMT
From urban rooftops to working cattle farms: Australia’s best home gardens – in pictures
The 20 best residential gardens have been revealed in the first-ever Landscape Australia awards shortlist. Jury chair Emily Wong said each project was a response to urgent issues such as the climate crisis, fire and flood resilience, and the loss of biodiversity. They saw gardens as ‘part of a larger living commons that supports different ecologies and also … the future of Australian cities’. Wong also noted that private gardens take up a large quantity of space in Australian cities. ‘So really, these gardens are about seeing the design as a contribution to shared infrastructure’
Continue reading...https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2026/oct/04/landscape-australia-residential-garden-award-finalists-in-pictures
Published: Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:00:08 GMT
BBC Science and Environment
More tea? How Scotland's crops of the future could be set to change
Experts are examining the ways Scotland's farmers might diversify and adapt to a changing climate.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxdd80z9yjpqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:57:25 GMT
Super El Niño sets another record as it strengthens to 'unprecedented levels'
El Niño has continued to strengthen, with several key measures now in record territory. Simon King explores how it compares to previous events.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cmlye0d7q7zno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:18:44 GMT
Crew searching for Amelia Earhart arrives at crab-infested island
Researchers will sleep on their ship to avoid giant crabs that can lift heavy weights, split open coconuts, and may have played a role in Earhart's demise.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6pvgryp8yv0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:01:43 GMT
Storm Rachel batters Southern California, brings flooding to Las Vegas
Large waves from the post-tropical cyclone battered homes in Long Beach, and brought flooding to parts of Las Vegas near the famed Strip.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cmj47n488v47o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:12:57 GMT
'Prepare for the unthinkable' warning over autumn flooding
Those living in flood-hit areas say they are worried, and have started preparing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g1pqyqzqwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:24:10 GMT
Watch: Endangered orangutans released back into the wild after Borneo fires
The critically endangered apes were rescued from intense wildfires that destroyed their habitat in August and September.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c6073z5rvrk3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:48:25 GMT
American ranchers wrestle with soaring costs - and their loyalty to Trump
Many farmers in states that backed the president say they are being hit from all sides, with the crucial midterm elections just weeks away.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6d7q5z17gp5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:13:51 GMT
Orangutans released back into Borneo forest after devastating fires
Rescuers moved the apes after their habitats were threatened by intense wildfires over the summer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwvgde0m2d73o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 19:08:04 GMT
Owners fear 'healthy' dog died due to orange substance exposure on contaminated land
Donna and Pete O'Brien say Misty's health declined after a walk.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx2z2xx0k2lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:48:51 GMT
Four dead and thousands without power after Hurricane Isaias lashes US
Roofs were ripped off buildings after Isaias barrelled into the US on Friday evening, before it weakened to a post-tropical cyclone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmje5x80yg70o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:19:55 GMT
Hundreds protest over data centre plans
Placard-waving opponents highlight concerns about a data centre development on the local landscape.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm78pwq47vp1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 13:40:03 GMT
Hurricane Isaias downgraded after making landfall in Florida
Hundreds of thousands of households are without power in Florida and Alabama as Isaias continues its path across south-eastern US.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vgx4450v2lo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:55:12 GMT
Owls ringed to measure benefits of wildlife farming
A barn owl and 15 chicks are ringed to see if conservation-focused farming is working.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck1wvd3xyyjpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:22:00 GMT
Children asked to name Ealing's new beavers
Londoners aged four to 18 can suggest names for the kits, born at Paradise Fields, until 7 December.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c81dwrxkl0vyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:59:38 GMT
Can a video game really help zoos?
The second instalment of Planet Zoo champions raising animals to be released into wildlife reserves.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwg7x2jj4050o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:40:13 GMT
Fly-tippers face £5k fine in new crackdown
Cornwall Council introduces new penalties after recording 17,500 incidents in five years.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqn064027d2xo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:23:07 GMT
Red squirrel project opens £250k community grant
Groups from around northern England and southern Scotland can bid for funding to help the creatures.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr86zp8qn0w5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:08:27 GMT
'Jellyfish' effect lights up US sky after SpaceX launch
A 'Jellyfish' effect lit up the sky in US after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cr86zjv5plp5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:35:34 GMT
'I watched Apollo 17 launch with Neil Armstrong'
Dermot Gethings was 16 when Nasa picked him to watch the Apollo 17 launch alongside Neil Armstrong.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckdd86nglrggo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:32:51 GMT
Why Elon Musk is taking on India's richest man over Starlink
Musk has taken pot-shots at Reliance owner Mukesh Ambani as Starlink struggles to launch in India.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglw9ryjrylo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:42:37 GMT
Moment Nasa scientist Margaret Hamilton receives presidential medal of honour
Barack Obama awarded the Apollo 11 software engineer with the America's highest civilian honour in 2016.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8p3gzenvylyo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:08:03 GMT
How a scientist used Britpop to reach Mars
Colin Pillinger died believing that Beagle 2 had not landed, and now his work is being celebrated around the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckzd65665q1yo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:39:30 GMT
More tea? How Scotland's crops of the future could be set to change
Experts are examining the ways Scotland's farmers might diversify and adapt to a changing climate.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxdd80z9yjpqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:57:25 GMT
'Prepare for the unthinkable' warning over autumn flooding
Those living in flood-hit areas say they are worried, and have started preparing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm4g1pqyqzqwo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:24:10 GMT
World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers
Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr9dzy24g2l7o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:00:35 GMT
Rainmakers: The drones used to seed clouds
Cloud seeding is gaining attention as countries look to boost rainfall - will drones help?
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Published: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:09:32 GMT
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6n9w0ypjwl9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:08:23 GMT
BBC Inside Science
What next for the world of maths after a major intrusion by AI?
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Published: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT
BBC Inside Science
What are the next steps for the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator?
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Published: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT
BBC Inside Science
How do we measure time accurately and why is the rotation of the Earth causing problems?
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Published: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT
BBC Inside Science
Might the UK and US joining their AI forces help solve nuclear fusion?
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Published: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:00:00 GMT
How to move 1,300 plants for Kew's Palm House mega makeover
The world-famous Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in London is about to undergo a massive makeover.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c914d43gg2zdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:53:30 GMT
First dinosaur bone from Antarctica found in a drawer
The fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdep67jnn9zo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:10:46 GMT
Fossil identified as first dinosaur ever found in Antarctica
Argentinian geologist Eduardo Olivero became the first scientist to find the remains of a dinosaur in Antarctica in 1986.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8r2074l0rmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:58:10 GMT
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyxw8550y8o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:11:29 GMT
From blast off to splashdown: My days following Nasa's historic mission to the Moon
BBC Science Editor Rebecca Morelle reflects on how it felt to watch history being made.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrdkxvmmpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:17:07 GMT
How cleaning up the air is speeding up global warming - and revealing a bigger problem
A curious online row over this summer's heatwaves points to a wider - and worrying - shift in climate science.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20917w25n4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:11:52 GMT
How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con
Should we embrace air conditioning despite its costs and consequences?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5dw4plzvlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:33:01 GMT
The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off
More than three million people in the UK work night shifts, which can greatly impact their health. What can be done to help them?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9errxl97go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:01:55 GMT
After record heat, could the Atlantic make Britain's weather even more extreme?
As temperatures rise, scientists are investigating whether a changing Atlantic could bring more volatile weather to the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c992e8g10nmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:08:13 GMT
Why cheap power could matter more than clean power in the push for net zero
The question of how important making our electricity clean is to going green is coming under increasing scrutiny
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c86ey5n9vx9o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Published: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:20:22 GMT
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