Securing a swift return: how a simple brick can help migratory birds

Many swifts flying back to Britain will find their summer nests lost to building renovations. But…

Weatherwatch: how Rwanda’s climate differs from rest of east Africa

The whole country lies at a higher altitude than virtually anywhere in England Rwanda is a…

Sales of peat compost to gardeners to be banned from 2024

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No new oil, gas or coal development if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says world energy body

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Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals

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Republicans not sold on bipartisan Jan. 6 commission

After months of negotiations in the House culminated in a bipartisan deal on a Jan. 6…

Senate advances a rare bipartisan deal on countering China

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the bill a “once-in-a-generation investment in American science and American…

A dream of belonging: for Indigenous Australians the fabled ‘outback’ is home | Alexis Wright

My childhood was spent in Cloncurry, a small town in north-western Queensland once known and locally…

Greenland ice sheet on brink of major tipping point, says study

Scientists say ice equivalent to 1-2 metres of sea level rise is probably already doomed to…

Gaetz associate pleads guilty to 6 federal crimes, including sex trafficking a teen

Joel Greenberg, a former Seminole County, Fla., tax collector, pleaded guilty to six criminal counts in…