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Gif showing Dogtooth robot picking strawberries

How robot farmers are working night and day to pick 250,000 berries a week

Tech December 27, 2024 By Jen Mills

This handout picture taken and released by the North-Eastern Federal University on December 23, 2024, shows the carcass of a baby mammoth, which is estimated to be over 50,000 years old, during its presentation in Yakutsk. Russian scientists on December 23, 2024 showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia. The 50,000-year-old female mammoth has been nicknamed "Yana" after the river in whose basin it was discovered this summer. The remains weigh 180 kilograms (397 pounds) and are 120 centimetres (four feet) tall and 200 centimetres long. The carcass was dug up near the Batagaika research station where the remains of other prehistoric animals -- a horse, a bison and a lemming -- have also been found. (Photo by Michil Yakovlev / North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk / Michil Yakovlev" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by MICHIL YAKOVLEV/North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk/AFP via Getty Images)

Baby mammoth 'frozen in time' for 50,000 years is unveiled in Siberia

World December 25, 2024 By Danny Rigg

HSINCHU, TAIWAN - DECEMBER 20: An excavator operates on a pile of trash at Xinfeng landfill site on December 20, 2024 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan is grappling with a significant waste management crisis, highlighted by the alarming increase in garbage accumulation despite decades of environmental policies aimed at waste reduction. According to Greenpeace, over 100 temporary waste storage sites have emerged since 2018, transforming into "garbage mountains" that pose serious public health risks, particularly near schools and water sources13. The volume of household waste processed has also surged, with Taiwan's recycling rates stagnating and the proportion of plastic waste in household trash rising from 17% in 2018 to 28% in 2022. To address waste disposal issues, the Ministry of Environment has been actively promoting various measures, including continuous efforts to reduce waste at the source, assistance to local governments in increasing waste processing capacity, and coordination with other government agencies to establish more facilities for industrial waste processing. Taiwan's waste incineration facilities process 6.5 million metric tons a year, with household waste making up 4.7 million metric tons and industrial waste 1.8 million metric tons. (Photo by Annabelle Chih/Getty Images)

Food bills about to get a lot more expensive with new 'plastic tax'

UK December 23, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

'I've devoted my life to protecting one of the world's most dangerous animals'

World December 20, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson

Hampshire water.

Water supply restored to 73,000 homes in Hampshire after outage

UK December 20, 2024 By Gethin Hicks

Russian oil tanker ‘splits in two’ sparking desperate hunt for missing crew

World December 16, 2024 By Lucia Botfield

11/07/2024. Kent, United Kingdom. Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband visits Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm. Picture by Zara Farrar / No 10 Downing Street

Bills will be cut for people living near green power sites under new plans

Politics December 13, 2024 By Craig Munro

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Urgent warning over 'dangerous' wood burning stoves

UK December 6, 2024 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Canada, Nunavut Territory, Repulse Bay, Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) swimming beside melting iceberg near Arctic Circle on Hudson Bay

Ominous milestone in the Arctic which could happen by 2027

World December 4, 2024 By Jen Mills

Water collection station after a petrol station has caused a leak.

Village told they'll have to put up with contaminated water for years

UK December 4, 2024 By Jasper King

The VISSR instrument onboard the JMA GMS-1 satellite captured this visible image of Super Typhoon Tip on October 12, 1979, at 05:33 UTC (14:33 JST). At the time this image was captured, Tip had maximum 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 190 mph (305 km/h), and its minimum central pressure was 870 mb.

Inside the world's biggest storm that measured a staggering 1,380 miles

Tech November 30, 2024 By Jen Mills

Polluted Waters Report - AI images used to predict the future of a selection of famous UK rivers as a result of water pollution!

Rotting fish bob in UK rivers in disturbing AI images warning of sewage crisis

UK November 28, 2024 By Jen Mills

LOOK BACK FEATURE: The Great Stink of 1858 Getty Images

The summer London smelled so strongly of poo people thought they would die

UK November 18, 2024 By Jen Mills

Ben Morris, wearing rubber gloves and a hi-vis jacket, holding up wet wipes flushed into the River Brent from a misconnected block of flats in west London

Return of the Great Stink: Scale of raw sewage in London rivers is worse than we thought

UK November 18, 2024 By Jen Mills

This image provided by The Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows a team of researchers and science-minded snorkelers working together to recover a dead oarfish from La Jolla Cove, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (Michael Wang/The Scripps Institution of Oceanography via AP)

Mysterious 'doomsday fish' washes ashore for second time this year

US November 18, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

Mysterious black balls found on beach were foul-smelling mini 'fatbergs'

World November 7, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

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What does Donald Trump's election victory mean for climate change?

US November 6, 2024 By Jen Mills

How the victims of a deadly dam collapse are still fighting for justice nine years on

World November 7, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

King Charles seen for the first time after bombshell revelations over royal finances

UK November 3, 2024 By Sam Corbishley

A cottage, sitting 10-metres from a cliff edge with a 400ft drop, following a small rockfall directly below and a significantly large cliff colapse a few hundred meters away, on a cliff top area between Sidmouth and Ladram Bay. Picture date: Saturday November 2, 2024. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Cottage left teetering on edge of 400ft cliff after massive landslide

UK November 2, 2024 By Danny Rigg