Science & Environment

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: Killer whales use kelp to ‘massage’ each other Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen “massaging” each other – rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, researchers filmed the animals selecting and biting off the kelp, then placing the tube-shaped piece of seaweed onto the back of another whale. The …

Ione Wells South America correspondent Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory The first image revealed by the Vera Rubin telescope shows the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae in stunning detail A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of the universe. In one picture, …

Annabelle Liang & Nick Marsh Business reporter & Transport correspondent Getty Images Almost half of all cars sold in China last year were electric “I drive an electric vehicle because I am poor,” says Lu Yunfeng, a private hire driver, who is at a charging station on the outskirts of Guangzhou in the south of China. Standing nearby, Sun Jingguo …

Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent BBC The King with his script for the BBC broadcast to Antarctic researchers King Charles has recorded a warm personal message to researchers in Antarctica celebrating a frozen Midwinter’s Day, with the monarch praising their work in understanding climate change. This marks the 70th anniversary of the BBC’s Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast, which sends a morale-raising message …

Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter EPA Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country’s litter suggests. Data from thousands of cleanups showed that areas which tried to reduce bag use saw them fall by at least 25% as a percentage of total litter collected, compared to areas …

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Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria Gill BBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel’s airstrikes The IAEA has described the attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities as “deeply concerning”. On Monday, its Director General Rafael Grossi said that military escalation “increases the chance of a radiological release with serious …

Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The Roman frescoes reveal stunning details like this daisy Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa. The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in Central London that’s being redeveloped, but it’s taken until now to …

Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News EPA The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s the stark warning from more than 60 of the world’s leading climate scientists in the most up-to-date assessment of the state of global warming. Nearly 200 countries …

Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Getty Images Basking shark is one of the species that could find a home in new parts of the UK The UK could see a boom in endangered sharks, rays and native oysters as species move habitats to respond to rising ocean temperatures, according to scientists. But some, including a clam that is the …