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| February 5th, 2026 07:00:58 EST -0500 UK's £8bn research fund faces 'hard decisions' as it pauses new grants UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to "focus and do fewer things better". |
| February 5th, 2026 08:22:13 EST -0500 What are critical minerals and why do countries need them? Countries are racing to secure the critical minerals and rare earths needed to make vital products. |
| February 2nd, 2026 19:06:49 EST -0500 UK launches plan to tackle 'forever chemicals' amid growing concerns Increasing testing for PFAS is part of the UK's first ever national plan for tackling the substances. |
| February 3rd, 2026 09:19:47 EST -0500 The blight of sewage pollution tackled in water shake-up A major review called for oversight of water companies in Wales and England to be overhauled. |
| February 2nd, 2026 09:24:59 EST -0500 Street where residents are terrified of flooding to be bulldozed Homes on a street at severe risk of flooding will be bought by a local council. |
| January 30th, 2026 01:00:18 EST -0500 Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC. |
| January 29th, 2026 11:00:09 EST -0500 Polar bears on Norwegian islands fatter and healthier despite ice loss, scientists say Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey. |
| January 28th, 2026 02:02:44 EST -0500 Sunken Thames barges create new island for birds The National Trust describes the Northey Island project as "a bold marine engineering feat". |
| January 21st, 2026 04:00:06 EST -0500 UK homes to get £15bn for solar and green tech to cut energy bills The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills. |
| January 13th, 2026 22:44:07 EST -0500 Global temperatures dipped in 2025 but more heat records on way, scientists warn The last three years were Earth's hottest on record, as humanity's carbon emissions continue to heat the planet. |
| January 7th, 2026 01:02:51 EST -0500 Rare Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard found The discoveries are "extraordinarily rare", say the archaeologists who helped find them. |
| January 6th, 2026 01:04:24 EST -0500 How Christmas trees are getting a new lease of life Some businesses are helping to recycle and reuse trees in a bid to reduce landfill and emissions. |
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| February 6th, 2026 08:53:00 EST -0500 Seas to Rise Around the World — but Not in Greenland As the planet warms, seas will rise around the world — but not in Greenland, where they are projected to fall by several feet, according to a new study. |
| February 4th, 2026 13:37:00 EST -0500 U.S. Push for Greenland’s Minerals Faces Harsh Arctic Realities President Trump has made access to Greenland’s vast reserves of critical minerals a focus of ongoing negotiations. But experts say the U.S. is underestimating the difficulties of mining in a rapidly changing Arctic region that is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. |
| February 4th, 2026 09:23:00 EST -0500 As the Arctic Gets Louder, Narwhals Are Going Quiet In a warming Arctic, noise from growing shipping traffic is interfering with the ability of narwhals to hunt and communicate. |
| February 3rd, 2026 07:07:00 EST -0500 China to See Solar Capacity Outstrip Coal Capacity This Year This year China will see its solar capacity outstrip its coal capacity for the first time, according to an industry group. |
| February 2nd, 2026 10:16:00 EST -0500 India Says Its Grasslands Are 'Wastelands.' Medieval Folklore Suggests Otherwise The sprawling grasslands of western India are, in the popular imagination, the remains of woodlands that were leveled under British rule — areas to be reforested, rather than conserved. But a recent analysis of stories, songs, and poems from centuries past reveals that western grasslands predate British colonization. |
| January 30th, 2026 06:20:00 EST -0500 Mojave Solar Farm a Haven for Rare Desert Plant A rare desert plant is flourishing at a solar farm near Las Vegas, new research finds. The study is the latest to show how, under the right circumstances, solar arrays can be a boon to nature. |
| January 29th, 2026 11:00:00 EST -0500 Polar Bears Are Thriving on This Arctic Island, Even as Sea Ice Dwindles In parts of the Arctic, polar bears are in decline as sea ice, which they depend on to hunt, disappears. That is not the case, however, on the Norwegian island of Svalbard, where bears have actually managed to grow more plump even as ice melts away. |
| January 28th, 2026 06:38:00 EST -0500 Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences — from the melting of ice sheets to the death of the Amazon rainforest — that could not be reversed. |
| January 27th, 2026 05:34:00 EST -0500 Europe to Ramp Up Offshore Wind in Push for Energy Independence A group of European leaders pledged Monday to build 100 gigawatts of offshore wind, enough to power more than 50 million homes. As Europe faces a hostile Russia and an increasingly bellicose U.S., experts see deepening risks in its reliance on imported fossil fuels. |
| January 26th, 2026 09:24:00 EST -0500 Global Investment in Clean Tech Hit a New High Last Year Global investment in clean tech reached a record-high $2.3 trillion last year, according to an analysis. Investment grew even in the U.S., despite a sweeping rollback of government support for clean energy. |
| January 23rd, 2026 11:00:00 EST -0500 As L.A. Fires Receded, Indoor Air Pollution Grew, Study Finds Even after the disastrous L.A. wildfires abated last year, the danger from smoke persisted for many people living nearby. A new study finds that, by some measures, indoor air pollution actually worsened after the fires. |
| January 22nd, 2026 08:50:00 EST -0500 Europe Now Generates More Power from Wind and Solar Than From Fossil Fuels Last year, for the first time, wind and solar supplied more power than fossil fuels to the E.U., according to a new analysis. |







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