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Global warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years

The speed and extent of global warming exceeds any similar event in the past two millennia, researchers say.

Satellites on Mauna Kea

The volcano that could help prove alien life exists

Plans for a powerful new telescope on a sacred site in Hawaii have created rifts among islanders.

drought

Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...

There's a growing consensus that the next year-and-a-half are key in the battle against rising temperatures.

Greta Thunberg addresses the National Assembly in Paris

French MPs boycott ‘apocalypse guru’ Thunberg

The teen activist is ridiculed by some French MPs ahead of her speech to parliament.

Lander concept

Nasa Moon lander vision takes shape

Nasa has outlined more details of its plans for a landing craft that will take humans to the Moon's surface in the 2020s.

Chris Kraft at work at Nasa

Nasa Mission Control creator Chris Kraft dies

Nasa's first flight director played a critical role in the first Moon landing 50 years ago.

Peat moor, Yorkshire

'Restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change

Restoring peat moors degraded by farming may prove a relatively inexpensive way of tackling climate change.

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glacier melting

Global warming 'unparalleled' in 2,000 years

The speed and extent of global warming exceeds any similar event in the past two millennia, researchers say.

Satellites on Mauna Kea

The volcano that could help prove alien life exists

Plans for a powerful new telescope on a sacred site in Hawaii have created rifts among islanders.

drought

Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...

There's a growing consensus that the next year-and-a-half are key in the battle against rising temperatures.

Greta Thunberg addresses the National Assembly in Paris

French MPs boycott ‘apocalypse guru’ Thunberg

The teen activist is ridiculed by some French MPs ahead of her speech to parliament.

Lander concept

Nasa Moon lander vision takes shape

Nasa has outlined more details of its plans for a landing craft that will take humans to the Moon's surface in the 2020s.

Chris Kraft at work at Nasa

Nasa Mission Control creator Chris Kraft dies

Nasa's first flight director played a critical role in the first Moon landing 50 years ago.

Peat moor, Yorkshire

'Restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change

Restoring peat moors degraded by farming may prove a relatively inexpensive way of tackling climate change.

Satellites on Mauna Kea

The volcano that could help prove alien life exists

Plans for a powerful new telescope on a sacred site in Hawaii have created rifts among islanders.

drought

Twelve years to save Earth? Make that 18 months...

There's a growing consensus that the next year-and-a-half are key in the battle against rising temperatures.

Greta Thunberg addresses the National Assembly in Paris

French MPs boycott ‘apocalypse guru’ Thunberg

The teen activist is ridiculed by some French MPs ahead of her speech to parliament.

Moon Landing: 50 years on

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