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Anna Meisel BBC File on 4 Investigates Getty Images The UK generates about 50 million waste tyres every year The Environment Agency said it is introducing enhanced checks on the export of tyres from the UK after the BBC revealed millions were being sent to furnaces instead of being recycled in India. A report by the EA acknowledged it is …

Rebecca Morelle Science Editor Alison Francis Senior Science Journalist David Lochridge David Lochridge was sacked after raising safety concerns When the Titan submersible went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic in 2023, David Lochridge hoped the five people on board – including his former boss – could be rescued. “I always hoped that what happened wouldn’t …

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Female gorillas appear to maintain their social relationships for many years The relationships built up between female mountain gorillas are more important than previously understood, new research from Rwanda suggests. It shows that when one of these social great apes moves into a new group, she will seek out and …

Getty Images Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago, according to a new report. Northern and southern branches of the sprawling Australian reef both suffered their most widespread coral bleaching, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) found. Reefs have been …

Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NASA A concept image of NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project US space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media. It is part of US ambitions to build a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface. According to Politico, the acting head …

Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News Nipah Dennis/Bloomberg/Getty Images Plastic production has exploded in the last century – to some it has been a miracle product while to others it is a pollution nightmare. Scientists have estimated that there are nearly 200 trillion pieces floating in the world’s oceans, and this could triple if no action is taken. …

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Bernardo Reyes-Tur A Polymita snail in its native forest habitat in Eastern Cuba Researchers have embarked on a mission to save what some consider to be the world’s most beautiful snails, and also unlock their biological secrets. Endangered Polymita tree snails, which are disappearing from their native forest habitats in Eastern Cuba, have vibrant, …

A volcano in far eastern Russia has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years, which experts say may be linked to last week’s massive earthquake. The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka threw up an ash plume up to six kilometres (3.7 miles) high overnight. There are no threats to populated areas, Russia’s emergency ministry said. Hours later, another …

Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent BBC In a small village in Switzerland’s beautiful Loetschental valley, Matthias Bellwald walks down the main street and is greeted every few steps by locals who smile or offer a handshake or friendly word. Mr Bellwald is a mayor, but this isn’t his village. Two months ago his home, three miles away in Blatten, was wiped …