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Incredible rare footage reveals the underwater world where creatures live beneath the Antarctic sea ice
A robotic vehicle filmed some of the world's toughest animals and plants beneath the ice sheet.
Will 2017 be the year for climate deniers?
2017 will not be as hot as 2016, and some may interpret this as a sign that climate change is not real.
First live golden jackal seen in the countryside near Prague - and it looks like it's there to stay
A golden jackal has never been pictured alive before and living wild in the Czech Republic.
Obama joins Trudeau in joint ban on oil drilling in swathes of Atlantic and Arctic seaboard
Outgoing US president hopes to make ban permanent to prevent Trump from reversing policy.
163 elusive species have just been discovered, including a rainbow-headed snake and a very rare banana
A snake with an iridescent head – likened to Ziggy Stardust – is among one of many newly discovered species.
Trump accused of McCarthyism over demanding names of climate change advisers
During the interview, Anthony Scaramucci said the Earth is 5,500 years old.
It's up to scientists to call Trump out if he tramples on evidence, Obama official says
As Nasa's Earth science programmes are in the firing line, scientists protest against burying evidence.
Trump's transition team disowns contentious questionnaire sent to US Energy Department after uproar
The team had demanded the names of employees who assisted President Barack Obama in his climate policy efforts.
Trump nominates Rick Perry to head Department of Energy
Climate change denier who sits on board of controversial Dakota oil pipeline will form US energy policy.
What caused the 2011 mass oyster die-off in California?
The consequences of atmospheric rivers may be dramatic for wild oyster populations.
Five ways the Arctic has been transformed this year
The Arctic Report Card 2016 shows that this year has set a slew of records in the Arctic.
An acid rainstorm lasting 100,000 years melted snowball Earth to let life emerge
The Marinoan glaciation lasted for millions of years and covered the Earth in ice from pole to pole.
Palaeoclimatologist: Earth has experienced its last ice age for a very, very long time
Ice ages have been linked to the Earth's wobbly orbit - but our activities may have delayed the next one considerably.
Former Texas governor Rick Perry to be Trump's pick for Energy Secretary
Perry would be heading up a department that he famously forgot during a primary debate.
Drastic and risky plan to cool the planet may have just got a much safer alternative
Geoengineering scientists say calcite could curb global warming without destroying the ozone layer.
Origin of a massive, mystery crater in East Antarctic discovered - and it's not a meteorite
If Antarctica melted entirely, the sea level would be about 58 metres higher than it is today.
A dangerous climate wildcard: Surge in methane placing the planet in uncharted territory
Upward trend of methane concentrations in the atmosphere is bad news - but it also presents an opportunity.
Trump says 'nobody really knows' if climate change is real
President-elect hints at approving Keystone XL pipeline and speeding up energy projects.
Christmas Day could be the UK's warmest ever with temperatures hitting 15C
Hedgehogs are being born early, thinking that the hibernation period is over.
Planet Earth II gets climate change message across successfully - by not mentioning climate change
Final episode of series will focus on cities and how animals adapt to these artificial habitats.
Avalanche in Tibet that killed 9 yak herders traced back to climate change
Historically stable parts of the Tibetan plateau are now starting to collapse.
Greenland's ice sheet once did a vanishing trick that lasted 280,000 years
In the Pleistocene period, small ice caps at the easternmost edges of the country were the only ones to survive.
A 500,000-year history of climate change in the US shows animals react in unpredictable ways
Some animals were vulnerable to historic climate change, while other populations actually increased.
The world's polar bear population is on a knife edge – and set to fall by a third by 2050
As sea ice is lost due to climate change, polar bears will have nowhere to hunt and live.
Are the headlines true, that a chunk of polar ice the size of India just melted into the sea?
No, it's not true. But there are plenty of unusual things happening at the poles at the moment.
Antarctica is still reeling from rapid melting in the last ice age
Ice deep in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet records how quickly the continent warmed from 20,000 years ago.
Climate change activist Al Gore holds 'extremely interesting' meeting with Trump on climate change
The former US vice president met Ivanka Trump ahead of meeting her father to discuss climate change.
Ivanka Trump to meet former vice president Al Gore to discuss 'climate issues'
Previous reports suggested that Ivanka Trump wanted to make climate change one of her signature issues.
Landslide tsunamis becoming 'more frequent' amid fears of significant threat to UK
Nuclear plants need to be protected against natural disasters occurring once every 10,000 years.
UAE teen Kehkashan Basu wins International Children's Peace Prize for environmental activism
The 16-year-old is leading a global fight against climate degradation.