BBC Science and Environment

Sir David Attenborough says people's response to plastic pollution has been encouraging

"I think we're all shifting our behaviour," the BBC broadcaster says as he wins a prestigious award.

A leading London scientist quits the Geological Society over its ties with fossil fuel companies.

Rising winds could increase energy production from turbines by a third over the next decade.

A study identifies the genetics in ash trees that confers resistance to a deadly disease.

Sharan Burrow wants to find alternative livelihoods for coal miners and therefore help protect our climate.

Trees are the latest green battleground in the election campaign, writes BBC Science editor David Shukman.

The British jet-powered car goes faster still during trials on a dried-out lakebed in South Africa.

The satellite that will maintain the "gold standard" measurement of ocean height is nearly complete.

The Environment Agency is worried about further flooding this winter after near-record rainfall.

The government says leaf blowers are "fatal to insects", which are in dramatic decline in Germany.

Scientists say rising temperatures are having a big influence on the scale and frequency of extreme weather events.

After some frustrating technical glitches, the land speed racer is upping its pace again.

What happened after a data hack suggested that climate change caused by humans is a hoax?

More than 300 fashion brands pledge to not participate in Black Friday because it's not good for the planet.

Almost 10,000 new homes are planned for some of the most flood-prone areas of England.

Sir Ed Davey will promise to "jump-start" efforts to tackle the "climate emergency" in a speech on Friday.

The oxygen in Martian air is changing in a way that can't currently be explained by known chemical processes.

Chicken eggs were found to contain 70 times the level allowed under European safety standards.

A pilot is in progress to see if invisible barcodes on packaging can improve recycling rates.