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Dr Robert Mulvaney from BAS

Why climate scientists are analysing the world's oldest ice core

30 July 2025

Antarctica's oldest ice arrives for analysis at British Antarctic Survey, but will it be able to solve the mystery of our planet's climate cycle shift?


Kew's Fungarium collection manager Lee Davies

Unlocking genetic secrets of the world's most vital fungi collection

11 June 2025

An inside look at the extensive, weird and wonderful fungi collection at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the ongoing projects hoping to make this menagerie the most valuable in the world


Aerial view of Amsterdam in the Netherlands

How will Amsterdam become a fully circular economy by 2050?

29 May 2025

Amsterdam aims to become a  fully circular city by 2050, with a plan to halve new raw material use by 2030. ×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ explored projects leading this green shift.


Tara Polar Station

How Tara Polar Station will push the limits of Arctic research

6 May 2025

Onboard the Tara Polar Station, a drifting laboratory helping scientists uncover the secrets of the Arctic Ocean's ecosystems


Images from Mandy Barker's new book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype imperfections

Visualising Britain's fashion waste problem with cyanotype photography

6 April 2025

Mandy Barker uses the same cyanotype technique as the botanist and pioneering photographer Anna Atkins to draw attention to the ongoing pollution crisis facing our oceans


Climate experiment predicts how trees may respond to future CO2 levels

Climate experiment predicts how trees may respond to future CO2 levels

13 March 2025

Climate experiment in a forest in Staffordshire, UK, is testing how trees respond to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air


On Wilbourne Farm in Virginia, a carbon-removal experiment is underway

Basalt, biochar and compost, this farm is a carbon-capture testbed

23 February 2025

On Wilbourne Farm in Virginia, a carbon-removal experiment is underway to reveal whether different ways of removing carbon can be even more effective in combination


A mushroom growing in a forest

Fungi transplant aims to restore soil species for healthy tree growth

7 December 2024

Fungi transplant aims to restore soil species crucial for healthy tree growth


×îÐÂÂé¶¹ÊÓÆµ environment reporter James Dinneen joined researchers on a descent into a cave in Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, part of their efforts to identify palaeofire signals in the fire-prone forests of the Pacific Northwest

Searching for the future of wildfires in 2-million-year-old caves

6 December 2024

Stalagmites formed in caves hundreds of thousands of years ago preserve a record of how fires behaved the last time Earth’s temperatures were as high as today


Diver underwater with camera filming fish

Gorringe seamount expedition reveals threats facing ocean biodiversity

24 October 2024

Ahead of COP16, an expedition to the Gorringe seamount, western Europe's largest underwater mountain, reveals threats facing ocean biodiversity


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