Spotted lanternflies are all over. What should you do if you see one?
Spotted lanternflies are appearing all over the East Coast. The invasive insects damage plants and trees. What should you do when you spot them?
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Countries gather to thrash out deal on ‘plastic crisis’
14 hours ago ShareSave Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News ShareSave Nipah Dennis/Bloomberg/Getty Images Plastic production has exploded in the last century – to some it has been a miracle product while to others it is a pollution…
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
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Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty
1 hour ago ShareSave Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Bernardo Reyes-Tur Researchers have embarked on a mission to save what some consider to be the world’s most beautiful snails, and also unlock their biological secrets. Endangered Polymita tree…
Russian volcano erupts days after monster quake shakes region
The volcano may have been primed to erupt before the magnitude 8.8 quake pushed it over the edge. (Image credit: Artem Sheldr)
Russian volcano erupts for first time in more than 500 years
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Melting glaciers threaten to wipe out European villages – is the steep cost to protect them worth it?
1 hour ago ShareSave Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent ShareSave BBC In a small village in Switzerland’s beautiful Loetschental valley, Matthias Bellwald walks down the main street and is greeted every few steps by locals who smile or offer a handshake…
‘Communities’ of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean
13 hours ago ShareSave Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Beds of clams, mats of bacteria that look like ice and fields of tube worms – these are just some examples of the strange, extreme life that an expedition…
2,500-year-old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals
14 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Science correspondent ShareSave G Caspari and M Vavulin High-resolution imaging of tattoos found on a 2,500 year old Siberian “ice mummy” have revealed decorations that a modern tattooist would find challenging to produce, according…
Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?
21 hours ago ShareSave Esme Stallard and Mark Poynting BBC News Climate and Science ShareSave It has been one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded – but so far has not brought the catastrophic tsunami that many feared. When the…