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The famous 'global warming hiatus' of the early 21st Century never existed, new data confirm

NOAA's scientists weren't cooking the books, the independent data suggests.

The Day After Tomorrow? Atlantic current that keeps Europe warm at risk of collapse

Faltering activity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current has been linked to colder winters.

Miniature wild cats get on well with their larger cousins in well protected forests

Adult oncillas can weigh as little as 1.5kg, and are sensitive to the nature conservancy status of their habitat.

Source of mystery space signals tracked to dwarf galaxy 3 billion light years away

Scientists pinpoint location of repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102 – but they still don't know what's producing it.

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World's oldest known killer whale dies at over a 100 years old

J2, or Granny, was thought to be between 75 and 105 years old at the time of her death.

Extremely rare galaxy with blue and red concentric rings of stars discovered

Scientists say they have never seen anything quite like it before.

Magnitude 3.8 earthquake strikes off Scarborough coast

Two smaller earthquakes have been felt in Cumbria and Worcestershire in the past few days.

Earthquake off the coast of Fiji triggers tsunami alert

The magnitude 6.9 quake struck just before 10pm GMT.

Introduce parking controls near London schools when pollution hits toxic levels, says peer

Labour peer Baroness Jones said that schools should be fitted with air monitors.

10 times Obama fought to preserve the natural world and save the environment

He didn't come into office as a climate crusader, but Obama has made strides in tackling climate change.

Photos of forest fire that burned hundreds of homes in Valparaiso, Chile

Authorities said the blaze in Valparaiso was fuelled by gusty winds, low humidity and high temperatures.

China issues highest alert for fog in northern and eastern provinces already choked by smog

The Met office also renewed an orange alert for smog over Tuesday and Wednesday.

Myth buster: Our big brains and small teeth did not evolve at the same time

Unlike what the classic theory suggests, brain and teeth evolved independently from each other in humans.

Why did dinosaurs go extinct but birds survived? Answer revealed - in eggs

Dinosaurs were lumbered with an evolutionary 'dead man's hand' that birds escaped.

From Yellowstone to Toba: Here are some of the world's biggest supervolcanoes

There's a one in 500 chance of a supervolcano erupting in the next 100 years.

Genetic researchers discover 'stop' button for CRISPR gene editing tool

This development may mark a major step forward for genetic engineering.

UK to see cold and wet start to 2017 as fog and ice poised to disrupt New Year celebrations

The Met office predicted fog and rain in parts of northern UK on New Year's Eve.

China announces ban on ivory trade by the end of 2017

The high demand for ivory in the country has led to an increase in poaching of elephants in Africa.

Walruses spotted frolicking and playing catch with dead seabirds

The dead birds were turned into balls and used as toys by walruses.

Ancestral Pueblo civilisation at Chaco Canyon imported maize to sustain its huge population

The trade and cultural hub that was Chaco Canyon might not have been a good place to grow crops.

Ancient aurochs species close to being brought back to life by European scientists

The ancient cattle, standing at 7ft and almost 1,000kg, would not go unnoticed on Europe's plains.

Rare high-quality footage shows newly discovered deep-sea black smokers in amazing detail

Scientists are poring over the videos of the hydrothermal vents to see how many new species they can spot.

The universe has lost up to 5% of its dark matter since the Big Bang

Scientists calculated how much dark matter was lost by combining observations with models.

Here's what made conspiracy theorists come up with that WWII UFO theory about Antarctica

The answer involves dinosaurs, not Nazi flying saucers.

Record seizure of pangolin scales in China confirms status as 'most trafficked mammal in the world'

China has seized 3,000kg of pangolin scales in what is possibly the largest smuggling case involving pangolins.

President Obama designates 2 new national monuments in Nevada and Utah before Trump takes charge

This is the 29th time when Barack Obama used his authority to designate a national monument.

Devastating Irish potato famine caused by deadly pathogen with South American origins

The famine, which began in 1845 in Ireland, caused around a million deaths.

Bogoslof erupts: Volcano in the US blows its top five times in a week, and it isn't done yet

Bogoslof volcano is about 1,800m high but only the top 150m protrudes above the surface of the Bering Sea.

The pollutant ammonia has been detected 15km up in the atmosphere, but it may not be all bad

Ammonia is released at ground level by fertilisers – what is it doing in the upper troposphere?

Best of the best in 2016: The year's biggest photography competition winners

Award-winning wildlife, landscape, travel and news photography from around the world.

The view from 2030: Many more mouths to feed but megacities will swallow the best farmland

Countries in Asia and Africa projected to be areas worst hit.

Cozy looking bat colonies are actually hotbeds of disputes about food and sex

Egyptian bats look cute but they never seem to stop squabbling over food, mating and who perches where.

From gravitational waves to Proxima b - the best space discoveries of the year

2016 was an exciting year for space and astronomy, and 2017 should be just as good.

China aiming for multiple unmanned exploration missions to Mars and Jupiter by 2030, official says

The first robotic Mars probe will be launched by 2020, Wu Yanhua of China National Space Administration said.

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