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Video Science and Environment at BBC

Friday, Nov 30

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'Miss Environment': The 11-year-old girl 'saving Lagos'

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Misimi Isimi is an 11-year-old environmentalist on a mission to clean up Lagos.

Thursday, Nov 29

06

Climate change: 'It is a global issue we are all failing'

UN chief Antonio Guterres warns the rise of nationalism is hurting efforts to tackle global warming.

03

The Romanian forest that's disappearing

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Why one of Europe's last great beech forests is facing the chop.

Wednesday, Nov 28

11

Seal colony in Norfolk expects more than 2,700 pups

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England's largest grey seal colony, in Norfolk, could see record numbers this pupping season.

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From burping cows and food miles to greenhouse gasses

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Why gases produced by livestock, along with the carbon footprint of many of the foods we eat, are a major factor in global warming.

02

The two Swedish mums who want people to give up flying for a year

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Two climate-conscious Swedish mums have launched a campaign urging people not to fly in 2019.

Tuesday, Nov 27

03

'The day humans land on Mars is coming'

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The probe has already taken its first picture from the surface of the red planet.

Monday, Nov 26

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Mars InSight: The moment of touchdown

The touchdown confirmation came through shortly after 19:50 GMT.

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Huge sandstorm hits Chinese city of Zhangye

Strong winds and a towering ‘sand wall’ of almost 100 metres hit the city of Zhangye.

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Mars InSight: Inside Nasa's mission control

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As Nasa prepares to land on Mars, Victoria Gill has been to the centre of operations and found out about an unusual tradition.

02

'Virtual safari': Wildlife photos from around the world

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A new exhibition highlights the work of the 2018 Nature’s Best Photography award winners.

Sunday, Nov 25

Nasa Mars InSight lander mission to teach us more about Earth

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Nasa's Mars InSight lander is due to arrive on the Red Planet's surface on Monday night. It will study the planet's interior so we can learn more about how it formed.

Friday, Nov 23

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Astronaut on ISS captures spacecraft launch footage

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ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst captures the launch of the Russian Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft.

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Meet the woman combing abandoned office buildings for unwanted treasures.

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Self-styled 'Resource Goddess' Cat Fletcher is paid to comb abandoned office buildings for items that can be re-used rather than discarded.

02

Why use propellers when you have 'ionic wind'?

MIT scientists create the first plane to fly without moving parts.

Wednesday, Nov 21

19

Attenborough: Climate is planet's biggest threat

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The television presenter is to urge greater action in a major speech at UN climate talks next month.

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Tech that could make water use sustainable

Scientists in Finland and the UK have built a computer model that visualises groundwater levels in real time.

Monday, Nov 19

15

Attenborough agreed with decision to save penguins' lives

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The Dynasties crew took a rare decision to intervene when a group of stranded emperor penguins faced death.

Wednesday, Nov 7

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Oldest cave painting of an animal discovered in Borneo

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Scientists spent several days trekking through rural Borneo to find the 40,000-year-old artwork.

Monday, Nov 5

02

Morbid exhibits of UCL's Pathology Museum

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Christa Larwood visits the UCL Pathology Museum usually reserved for the eyes of medical students.

Saturday, Nov 3

19

How to save trees from extinction

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The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate with around one in five thought to be at risk of extinction. The race is on to store back-up copies in seed banks.

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The explosive science behind fireworks

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Fireworks: how do they work and the science that behind them

Tuesday, Oct 30

11

Global hunger for soybeans 'destroying Brazil's Cerrado savanna'

Brazil's highly biodiverse Cerrado is being destroyed for soybean production, conservationists say.

Monday, Oct 29

07

Are hydrogen trains the future of UK travel?

Trains that emit pure water could be in the UK by the "early 2020s", according to the government.