Rebecca Morelle Science editor Reporting fromAlberta, Canada Alison Francis Senior science journalist A tour of the bones being unearthed at Pipestone Creek Hidden beneath the slopes of a lush forest in Alberta, Canada, is a mass grave on a monumental scale. Thousands of dinosaurs were buried here, killed in an instant on a day of…
Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Stockton Rush’s wife Wendy asks “what’s that bang?” in footage that appears in new BBC documentary The moment that Oceangate’s Titan submersible was lost has been revealed in footage recorded on the sub’s support ship. Titan imploded about 90 minutes into a descent to see the wreck of the Titanic…
BBC Listen to this article. I step into the booth with some trepidation. I am about to be subjected to strobe lighting while music plays – as part of a research project trying to understand what makes us truly human. It’s an experience that brings to mind the test in the science fiction film Bladerunner,…
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News WWF Saltmarshes are buffer zones between the land and the sea and act as natural flood defences The UK’s saltmarshes are vital “sinks” that lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, according to a new report from WWF. Much of the UK’s saltmarshes have been lost to…
Leila Nathoo Political correspondent Christina McSorley Political producer Ed Miliband: Solar panels on new homes is just common sense Builders will be required to fit solar panels to the “vast majority” of new build homes in England under changes to be published this year, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said. The regulations will require developers…
Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent Watch: Prince William speaks French during address ahead of Oceans summit The Prince of Wales has described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans as “like none that we have ever faced before.” In a speech delivered to the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco, Prince William said life…
A ban on a “destructive” type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said. The proposal would expand the ban on bottom trawling from 18,000km2 to 48,000km2 (around 18,500 sq miles) of the UK’s offshore areas that are already designated as protected. The plan…
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France Getty Images Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nations has warned. “The deep sea cannot become the Wild West,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said at the opening of the UN…
Jonah Fisher Environment correspondent Getty Images About 3.5 million tonnes of sewage sludge, that’s enough to fill nearly 900 Olympic sized swimming pools are spread of farmers fields in England and Wales each year. Successive governments have failed to deal with the threat posed by spreading sewage sludge containing toxic chemicals on farmers’ fields, a…
A chemical that scientists worry might have an impact on human reproduction has been found in rivers across the UK. Researchers from York University analysed samples from 32 rivers in all the UK’s 4 nations and found traces of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) at 98% of the test locations. TFA is what’s known as a “forever…
