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Climate change has shifted the timing of European floods

Aug 11 2017

In different parts of Europe, rivers are flooding earlier or later because of rising temperatures, say scientists.

US report confirms 2016 as warmest year on record

Aug 11 2017

Long-term global warming and a strong El Niño effect combined to set a new record for the planet.

Giant dinosaur slims down... a bit

Aug 10 2017

Scientists revise their estimate of the bulk of a colossal titanosaur, but not by much.

Al Gore on the Paris agreement, Trump and climate change

Aug 10 2017

The former US vice president says the US will meet its targets "in spite of Donald Trump."

Cannibals engraved bones of the dead

Aug 10 2017

The prehistoric cannibals of southern England marked up the bones of the people they ate.

Seals given iron oxide orange 'makeover' in Essex coastal mud

Aug 10 2017

The animals were filmed by the Essex Wildlife Trust which says the rust is harmless to them.

First 'winged' mammals flew over dinosaurs

Aug 10 2017

Fossils of the first "winged" mammals, from 160 million years ago, are discovered in China.

Exposure to oil sends birds off course

Aug 10 2017

Even light exposure to oil from disasters like the Deep Water Horizon oil spill makes flying more difficult for birds.

Electrofishing: Saviour of the sea or fracking of the oceans?

Aug 10 2017

A controversial new fishing technique is being tested in the Netherlands using electric pulses.

Pioneering type 1 diabetes therapy safe

Aug 9 2017

One day, the immunotherapy could free patients from daily insulin injections.

James Webb: Telescope's giant origami shield takes shape

Aug 9 2017

The size of a tennis court, it will shield the vision of the biggest space telescope ever built.

A year in ozone over the South Pole

Aug 9 2017

A video tracks the behaviour of the protective atmospheric layer over Antarctica across all of 2016.

'Unusual' Greenland wildfires linked to peat

Aug 9 2017

New images have been released of wildfires that continue to burn close to the Greenland ice sheet.

Penguin feathers record migration route

Aug 9 2017

Scientists study the chemistry of penguin plumage to track the birds' movements.

Foxes spotted in a Foxes fan's garden

Aug 8 2017

The eight foxes have started "training" in the back garden of a family in Leicester.