The facility in Cottingham begins operating four months early to help ease UK winter power fears.

In tests on branded water drinks, nearly all are shown to contain tiny pieces of plastic.

Unusual diplomatic intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero

Five Conservative-led councils fail to overturn Sadiq Khan's decision to expand the scheme.

Plans could include delaying a ban on sales of new petrol cars and the phasing out of gas boilers.

The existing recommendations are based on out-of-date evidence, the Royal College of Nursing says.

Two friends growing coral and the country of Costa Rica are among five winners receiving £1m each.

BBC newsreader George Alagiah says his doctors want to hit a new tumour "hard and fast".

The US space agency's robot is the first mission aiming to study the Red Planet's deep interior.

In tests on branded water drinks, nearly all are shown to contain tiny pieces of plastic.

The 15 finalists of Prince William's inaugural Earthshot Prize are tackling the planet's problems.

Leading climate scientists say progress is way off track, so what needs to happen to speed things up?

Experts are increasingly worried that the virus can accumulate in stuffy rooms.

There’s growing concern that the oceans are heating up quickly – and scientists are unsure of the implications.

The number of wild tigers has gone up for the first time in a century, according to new figures released by the World Wildlife Fund.

Weather forecasters wrongly accused of using misleading data to "drive fear".

Germany called the climate change talks "very unsatisfactory", describing them as "six against one".

New study: Ingesting even a single piece of plastic exposes sea turtles to a 20% chance of death.

Climate plans of more than 100 countries show we're heading in the wrong direction, the UN says.

For the first time, scientists detect tiny, rhythmic distortions in space and time - gravitational waves - predicted by Einstein 100 years ago.

Scientists have discovered more evidence about a strange and worrying feature of the coronavirus.

A signal received from the New Horizons spacecraft shows that it survived its historic encounter with Pluto.

For the first time, scientists detect tiny, rhythmic distortions in space and time - gravitational waves - predicted by Einstein 100 years ago.

Over decades, correspondent David Shukman has seen climate change become our most important issue.

The US space agency's Juno probe puts itself in orbit around Jupiter after a five-year-journey.

Lewis Pugh finishes the 560km gruelling swim from Land's End to Dover in 49 days.

The group set up to drive home insulation and boiler upgrades is a casualty of the PM's green rethink.

Researchers uncover a little known source of climate warming gases coming from plastic waste.

The European Space Agency says its comet lander, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth, seven months after it lost power.

The supermarket chain says it will be the first to ban the controversial oil in own-brand products.

The driver of the 1,000mph supersonic vehicle says the car is available for the cost of a Ferrari.

Heating from humans has caused irreparable damage to the Earth that may get worse in coming decades.

The study will focus heavily on how warming hurts regions as well as cities and coastal communities.

The Environment Agency says hundreds could die in a flooding event at some point.

"If we don't act now, it'll be too late," warns Sir David Attenborough ahead of the COP26 climate summit.

The figures come after Brazil promised to end the practice by 2030 during the COP climate summit.

A network of wildlife traffickers selling baby chimpanzees is exposed by a year-long BBC News investigation.

The cost of heating is rising - experts say government help is needed to insulate millions of homes.

American astronomers say they have strong evidence that there is a ninth planet in our Solar System orbiting far beyond even the dwarf world Pluto.

Scientists suggest that at least two huge tsunamis once swept across the Red Planet, triggered by large impacts.