Hot, dry summers bring new 'firewave' risk to UK cities, scientists warn
Rising temperatures are increasing the chances of multiple wildfires at the same time, researchers say.
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Evacuations in Alaska after glacial melt raises fears of record flooding
Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.
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Inside Australia's billion-dollar bid to take on China's rare earth dominance
Recent moves by Beijing have got businesses worried - and Australia is looking to offer an alternative.
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Worst bleaching on record for Western Australian coral reefs
Scientists say the damage was caused by the "longest, largest and most intense" marine heatwave on record.
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Perseid meteor shower: When, where and how to catch a glimpse
The Perseids are considered the best meteor shower of the year
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British man who perished in Antarctic glacier found 65 years later
His brother tells BBC News that he had lost hope he would ever be found.
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Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters
The UK's seas have had their warmest first seven months of the year on average since records began.
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Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters
The UK's seas have had their warmest first seven months of the year on average since records began.
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Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say
Scientists who analysed fragments that crashed into a roof in Georgia, US, say it likely formed 4.56 billion years ago.
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Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut, dies aged 97
The commander of Apollo 13 famously rescued his men from near certain death in space.
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Nasa Apollo missions: Stories of the last Moon men
Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just five remain.
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New signs found of giant gas planet in 'Earth's neighbourhood'
The possible planet is just four-and-a-half light years away and may have moons that sustain life.
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Southern European butterfly spotted in UK for first time
Experts have tracked the Southern Small White's expansion northwards through Europe over decades.
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Southern European butterfly spotted in UK for first time
Experts have tracked the Southern Small White's expansion northwards through Europe over decades.
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BBC Inside Science
Cuts of $500 million to vaccines research have been announced by the US government.
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New checks to stop waste tyres being sent to furnaces
Campaigners warn the move will not close all the recycling loopholes being exploited by criminals.
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Oceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie'
A former Oceangate employee says he told US authorities about safety concerns with the sub before it imploded.
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Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media
The reactor would provide power for humans on the Moon but there are questions about feasibility.
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Countries gather to thrash out deal on 'plastic crisis'
The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.
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Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty
Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.
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