Helfin Owen
Because chocolate gifts need their glasnost too.
Tidal Lagoon, Swansea Bay, as envisaged by LDA Design.
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Celebrate the shift to renewable energy with bold designs that add to the landscape.
Capturing our attention … but at what cost?
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We need to spend more time investigating nature’s ‘ordinary Joe’s’.
An Amphipod at 8,000 metres.
Alan Jamieson
From time-shifting earthquakes to bizarre creatures, the crushing depths of the hadal zone are another world.
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Large ocean liners with several thousand passengers can overwhelm small towns and vulnerable coastlines.
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The odds of being hit again by a large flood are higher for cities that have already been flooded before. Here’s why we still don’t move away.
Mumbai is one of many large cities threatened by climate change, but not adapting fast enough.
EPA
Poorer cities are spending less on dealing with the consequences of global warming, even relative to their wealth.
A world first.
Mark Linfield/Walt Disney Pictures
Groundbreaking video footage could change the way we look at chimpanzees.
Prison to prosecco: the Heathrow 13 celebrate after avoiding jail time.
Stefan Rousseau / PA
Protesters could be tempted to add ‘criminal damage’ to trespass, thereby ensuring a more sympathetic trial by jury.
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Self-driving cars are way more energy efficient than your average vehicle – but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll reduce carbon emissions.
Steve Parsons/PA
It’s a dangerous job and sometimes things don’t go to plan.
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Poor indoor air quality is responsible for thousands of deaths – here’s how to keep yourself healthy.
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French farms have seen a major outbreak of bluetongue virus, which can be fatal for sheep.
Are you a beaver believer?
Sokolov Alexey
The case for why this dog-sized rather laid-back herbivore should be reintroduced to the UK.
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Enough hand-wringing over children not getting out more.
Tumbleweeds take over small town Colorado back in 2012.
Rick Wilking / Reuters
The weedy plant has thrived in hot, dry conditions.
Drax, the UK’s largest power station, burns coal and wood.
Jonathan Kershaw
It’s not the ideal renewable energy but biomass is a better bet than coal.
The mussel hustle.
Joy Prescott
Shellfish will have more brittle shells as oceans get more acidic – making them more vulnerable to predators. New research gives a fascinating glimpse into how they will adapt.
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The answer lies in the history we share with our canine companions.
A portion of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, called Wilkes Land, flowing into the ocean.
Michael Hambrey/Glaciers online net
The way ice sheets respond to global warming may be more predictable than previously thought
Wood mice are well placed to take advantage of warmer weather.
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Speedy movement to newly warm areas isn’t everything, says new study.
Jenny Mealing
We can tweak levels of a special vitamin that acts as an appetite control system.
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Humans are programmed to chose colourful, symmetrical food. But ugly alternatives are cheap and cut waste.
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Bike sharing has huge potential benefits - even for people who don’t use them.
Zoubeir Souissi / Reuters
You know that greenhouse gases are changing the climate. But when did you last worry about phosphorus?