[ad_1] Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsElisenda BallesteThe researchers worked from a vessel at a number of locations around the Antarctic PeninsulaKate Stephens and Gwyndaf HughesBBC News science teamWhy would anyone brave hand-numbing cold, icy winds and rough seas - sometimes working through the night - to dig up mud from the Antarctic seabed?That is what an international team of particularly adventurous researchers did earlier this year in the remote Antarctic
[ad_1] Esme Stallard and Mark PoyntingBBC News Climate and ScienceJames Wakibia/Getty ImagesGlobal talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed.The UN negotiations, the sixth round of talks in just under three years, were due to end on Thursday but countries continued to negotiate into the night in the hopes of breaking a deadlock.There remained a split between a group of about 100 nations calling
[ad_1] Justin RowlattClimate EditorPAFires at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh on Sunday Cities across the UK are facing a growing threat from an emerging phenomenon called "firewaves" as temperatures rise due to climate change, scientists have warned.The term, coined by researchers at Imperial College London, describes multiple urban wildfires triggered by extended periods of hot, dry weather.The warning comes as firefighters battled three separate heath fires in London and a dramatic
[ad_1] Watch: Moment Jim Lovell told earth "Houston, we've had a problem" as Apollo 13 suffered a faultAstronaut Jim Lovell, who guided the Apollo 13 mission safely back to Earth in 1970, has died aged 97.Nasa said he had "turned a potential tragedy into a success" after an attempt to land on the Moon was aborted because of an explosion onboard the spacecraft while it was hundreds of thousands of
[ad_1] NASAWho will be the next human to leave their footprint on the surface of the Moon?They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s.The death of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who guided the stricken mission safely back to Earth in 1970, means there are now just five people remaining who have
[ad_1] Tim DoddClimate and science reporterAdam Gor/Butterfly ConservationThe Southern Small White has been gradually making its way across EuropeA species of butterfly previously only found in Southern Europe has been seen in the UK for the first time, according to charity Butterfly Conservation.Experts have tracked the Southern Small White butterfly's rapid expansion northwards through Europe over recent decades.The first UK sighting was confirmed at Landguard Bird Observatory in Suffolk, after
[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
