[ad_1] Anna MeiselBBC File on 4 InvestigatesGetty ImagesThe UK generates about 50 million waste tyres every yearThe Environment Agency said it is introducing enhanced checks on the export of tyres from the UK after the BBC revealed millions were being sent to furnaces instead of being recycled in India.A report by the EA acknowledged it is "highly likely" that a proportion of exported tyres were diverted to illegal furnaces.These makeshift
[ad_1] Rebecca MorelleScience Editor andAlison FrancisSenior Science JournalistDavid LochridgeDavid Lochridge was sacked after raising safety concernsWhen the Titan submersible went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic in 2023, David Lochridge hoped the five people on board – including his former boss - could be rescued."I always hoped that what happened wouldn't happen. But I just knew if they kept carrying on the way they were going
[ad_1] Georgina RannardScience correspondentNASAA concept image of NASA's Fission Surface Power ProjectUS space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media.It is part of US ambitions to build a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface.According to Politico, the acting head of Nasa referred to similar plans by China and Russia and said those two countries
[ad_1] Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsBernardo Reyes-TurA Polymita snail in its native forest habitat in Eastern Cuba 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 snails, which are disappearing from their native forest habitats in Eastern Cuba, have vibrant, colourful and extravagantly patterned shells.Unfortunately, those shells are desirable for collectors, and conservation
[ad_1] A volcano in far eastern Russia has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years, which experts say may be linked to last week's massive earthquake.The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka threw up an ash plume up to six kilometres (3.7 miles) high overnight. There are no threats to populated areas, Russia's emergency ministry said.Hours later, another large earthquake in Russia led to tsunami warnings in three areas
[ad_1] Imogen FoulkesGeneva correspondentBBCIn 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 or friendly word.Mr Bellwald is a mayor, but this isn't his village. Two months ago his home, three miles away in Blatten, was wiped off the map when part of the mountain and glacier collapsed into the
[ad_1] Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsWatch: some of the strange, extreme life filmed at the depths of the oceanBeds 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 to the deepest parts of the ocean has observed, filmed and photographed.Diving in a human-occupied submersible to ocean trenches in the northwest Pacific
[ad_1] Esme Stallard and Mark PoyntingBBC News Climate and ScienceIt has been one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded – but so far has not brought the catastrophic tsunami that many feared.When the 8.8-magnitude quake struck eastern Russia at 11:25 local time on Wednesday (00:25 BST), it raised concerns for coastal populations across the Pacific.Millions of people were evacuated, as minds cast back to the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day
[ad_1] Simon KingLead Weather PresenterBBCListen to this article being readAndrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager. The first leg of his flight from London to Singapore was fairly smooth. Then suddenly the plane hit severe turbulence."Being on a rollercoaster is the only way I can describe it," he recalls. "After being pushed into my seat
[ad_1] Jonah FisherBBC environment correspondentJonah Fisher/BBCBetween May and July 2025 10,000 tests for water pollution at the Environment Agency's Starcross laboratory in Devon were cancelledThousands of water tests to identify potential harmful pollution in rivers, lakes and estuaries in England have been cancelled in the last three months due to staff shortages, the BBC has learned.The Environment Agency confirmed the cancellations after campaigners showed us internal emails and documents with
