40 years since we discovered a hole in the Ozone layer, we ask what threatens it today Source link

Malcolm Prior, Georgina Rannard, Jenny KumahBBC Rural Affairs and Climate and Science teamsGetty ImagesMany of the UK's rivers have hit exceptionally low levels and that could worsen in the...

Steffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC Wales NewsPABoth blast furnaces were closed at the UK's largest steelworks in Port Talbot in 2024The UK's climate change advisors have criticised the handling of...

Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World ServiceBBCTrekking in Nepal's Annapurna region, where haze obscures visibility of the epic mountains even at close rangeI grew up in Nepal's capital watching...

Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year.He believes his new, cinema-length film...

A new study says 99.999% of the world’s deep seafloor is still unseen by humans. Source link

Georgina RannardClimate and science reporterKate Stephens and Tony JolliffeBBC climate and science teamTony Jolliffe/BBC NewsThe specks of dust must be kept free from contamination on EarthThe first samples of...

Steffan MessengerEnvironment correspondent, BBC Wales NewsBBCLitter is a particular problem in towns and cities, campaigners have warnedLittering has reached a "crisis point," campaigners have said, after surveys of street...

Maddie MolloyClimate & Science reporterGetty ImagesThe Soviet Union launched a number of missions to explore Venus – this probe was from an earlier flightPart of a Soviet-era spacecraft is...

EPA/OrstedIn a significant blow to the government's clean energy ambitions, the Danish energy company Orsted has cancelled plans for a huge windfarm off the coast of Yorkshire.The Hornsea 4...

Helen CattPolitical correspondentGetty ImagesWhen the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, there was so...

Paul MurphyEnvironment CorrespondentGetty ImagesSandeels are an important source of food for many seabirdsA challenge to Britain's ban on commercial fishing for sandeels in the North Sea has been dismissed...