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Why glaciers are threatening to wipe out more mountain villages

Why glaciers are threatening to wipe out more mountain villages

Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent BBC In a small village in Switzerland’s beautiful Loetschental valley, Matthias Bellwald walks down the main
Synthetic Human Genome Project gets go ahead

Synthetic Human Genome Project gets go ahead

Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer How the researchers hope to create human DNA Work has begun on a controversial project to
Recent droughts are ‘slow-moving global catastrophe’

Recent droughts are ‘slow-moving global catastrophe’

Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Getty Images Record low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for
Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by a DNA bone test

Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by a DNA bone

Liverpool John Moores University. Nature Tests on the skull could give new insights into ancient history A DNA bone test
Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming carbon

Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming carbon

Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Prof Daniel J Mayor @oceanplankton A tiny, obscure animal often sold as aquarium food
The Sycamore Gap case has shed light on a deeper issue with trees

The Sycamore Gap case has shed light on a deeper

BBC James Canton spent two years sitting beneath an 800-year-old oak tree near his home in Essex, watching acorns fatten
Drought declared in Midlands after hot, dry weather takes its toll

Drought declared in Midlands after hot, dry weather takes its

Mark Poynting and Justin Rowlatt BBC News Climate & Science Getty Images Reservoirs in the Midlands are showing lower levels
Palm House set for major renovation

Palm House set for major renovation

Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Watch: BBC goes behind the scenes at Kew Gardens ahead of major Palm House renovation
Will there be a drought where I live?

Will there be a drought where I live?

Mark Poynting, Jess Carr and Phil Leake BBC Climate and Verify data journalism teams Getty Images Many reservoirs in northern
Unique ice, 1.5m years old, to be melted to unlock mystery

Unique ice, 1.5m years old, to be melted to unlock

Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromBritish Antarctic Survey, Cambridge PNRA/IPEV The end of the ice cores are a