Environment & Sustainability

From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers…

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Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.

Anti fossil-fuel groups are urging Andy Burnham to rule out new drilling, which they say will not shave a penny off bills More people can fit on to the top deck of a standard London bus than will be directly…

Simon King looks at the threats posed to airline operations by hotter weather and rising sea levels.

The Mangalitsa-cross pigs on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour will eventually grow to about 180kg.

CANANEA, Sonora — The day was windless. Long brown grasses speckled the landscape, and a stray tree erupted from the earth. The river channel was rusty, bone-dry. A pond that swells with summer rain glimmered on the horizon, but local…

Young great white sharks are returning in large numbers, but researchers say humans are not on the menu Surfers, swimmers and fishermen across California will be sharing the waves with an influx of visitors this summer: young great white sharks.…

Over the last month, states across the country have experienced record rainfall and flash flooding Climate change is driving increasingly common bouts of heavy rain in the US that cause deadly and damaging flash floods that will only become more…

West Cumbria Rivers Trust says eel numbers have fallen by 90% in the last 30 years.