Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters.Thursday’s order is the latest issued by the US president to try
China will let scientists from six countries, including the US, examine the rocks it collected from the Moon – a scientific collaboration that comes as the two countries remain locked in
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has called for countries to cooperate to reduce the risk to global energy supplies.He was speaking at the opening of a two day summit on energy security
Icebergs as large as cities, potentially tens of kilometres wide, once roved the coasts of the UK, according to scientists.Researchers found distinctive scratch marks left by the drifting icebergs as they
Water companies should no longer be allowed to monitor their own levels of sewage pollution, the industry body has told the BBC exclusively.Instead they are proposing a new, third-party monitoring system
Published40 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Mark Poynting & Maddie MolloyBBC News Climate & ScienceEvery year, millions of people across the globe gather to mark Earth Day
America’s oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit has returned to Earth on his 70th birthday.The Soyuz MS-26 space capsule carrying Pettit and his Russian crewmates Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner made a
Glaciers worldwide are melting at an alarming rate due to climate change, threatening freshwater supplies and increasing global sea levels. Discover the urgent implications.
The significant case could clarify governments’ legal responsibilities in relation to climate change.