The government says it will dispose of its tonnes of radioactive plutonium currently stored at Sellafield.

   More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.

   The White House announces a national energy emergency to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.

   Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.

   A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for, years under volcanic rock and ash.

   Wild tigers killed nearly people in Nepal between and . Solutions are hard to come by.

   Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.

   The UK led the way in this field of science until recently but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered

   Pigs, donkeys and even a mini cow named Cuddles found a temporary home after the LA fires.

   Nine in new cars in the country are now battery powered, and it aims to hit later this year.

   Active worker bumblebees were spotted in Scotland over the Christmas break.

   After edging close to extinction, there are now some, Iberian lynxes in Spain and Portugal.

   The Northern Territory is home to over , saltwater crocodiles, but not everyone wants them there.

   Campaigners, politicians and zoo managers disagree on where Wikie and her son Keijo should be sent.

   Financial problems at battery maker Northvolt have shaken hopes for Sweden’s green industry sector.

   Climate change caused additional days of dangerous heat and extreme weather, say scientists.

   LA is trying to expand its cycling network ahead of the Olympics, but some are skeptical.

   A blurring of the distinctions between seasons is also a challenge for insects and their predators.

   A biodiversity hotspot has become the stomping ground of poachers.

   Staff working out in the wilds of Antarctica share their Christmas Day plans.

   A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

   Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.

   The change is part of the government’s new action plan for meeting its clean power target.

   Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.

   Officials at Elon Musk’s company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.

   Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.

   Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space and the risks and cost

   The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought.

   Britain’s oldest satellite is in the wrong part of the sky, but no one’s really sure who moved it.

   The world’s most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon

   A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.

   As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit.

   Studies of quakes detected from the planet’s surface found it in the planet’s rocky outer crust.

   After a successful launch, the upper stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.

   A race for the lunar surface’s resources is currently under way. What’s to stop a Wild West opening up