Science & Environment

The 8.8 magnitude quake sent tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast. Source link

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: some of the strange, extreme life filmed at the depths of the ocean Beds of clams, mats of bacteria that look like ice and fields of tube worms – these are just some examples of the strange, extreme life that an expedition to the deepest parts of the ocean has observed, filmed and …

Georgina Rannard Science correspondent G Caspari and M Vavulin Scans of the ice mummy’s skin revealed details of animals and birds on her arms and hands High-resolution imaging of tattoos found on a 2,500 year old Siberian “ice mummy” have revealed decorations that a modern tattooist would find challenging to produce, according to researchers. The intricate tattoos of leopards, a …

The first orbital rocket made and designed in Australia crashed 14 seconds after lift-off during its first test launch. Videos show the Eris rocket, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, lifting off the ground before losing momentum and crashing. Plumes of white smoke then start to rise at Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland. Gilmour Space Technologies described the test of …

Esme Stallard and Mark Poynting BBC News Climate and Science S. Lakamov/Anadolu/Getty Images Debris in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula after a 8.8 magnitude earthquake It has been one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded – but so far has not brought the catastrophic tsunami that many feared. When the 8.8-magnitude quake struck eastern Russia at 11:25 local time on Wednesday (00:25 …

Gwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer Amanda Clark/Cabinet Office Prof Michele Docherty showed courage and talent to become Astronomer Royal Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn more about space after using her father’s telescope. Now she is the first woman to be appointed the UK’s Astronomer Royal in the post’s …

BBC Andrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager. The first leg of his flight from London to Singapore was fairly smooth. Then suddenly the plane hit severe turbulence. “Being on a rollercoaster is the only way I can describe it,” he recalls. “After being pushed …

A new law in Brazil could cause “significant environmental harm and human rights violations”, and represents a “rollback for decades” of protections in Brazil, including for the Amazon, a UN expert has told BBC News. Plans to speed up approvals for development projects were criticised by Astrid Puentes Riaño, a UN special rapporteur, as the country prepares to host the …

The Trump administration has announced a plan to scrap a landmark finding that greenhouse gases are harmful to the environment, severely curbing the federal government’s ability to combat climate change. Known as the “Endangerment Finding”, the 2009 order from then-President Barack Obama allowed the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create rules to limit pollution by setting emissions standards. The …

Greece continued to battle major wildfires across the country amid a severe heatwave, but firefighters have brought many outbreaks under control. Extreme heat persisted, with temperatures reaching 42.4C (108.32F) in central Greece on Sunday. Firefighters were working on five major fire fronts late on Sunday in the Peloponnese area west of Athens, as well as on the islands of Evia, …