Planet Earth

Mother Earth, Gaia, the third rock from the Sun - whatever you call it, this 4.5 billion-year-old planet is the one that we and all known living creatures call home.

Antarctica once basked in 19°C summer temperatures (An artist’s impression of what the Antarctic rainforest would have looked like 90 million years ago (James McKay:Alfred Wegener Institute)

Antarctica rainforest once basked in 19°C summer temperatures

Saving ocean life within a human generation is

Saving ocean life within a human generation is ‘largely achievable’ say scientists

Soy protein 'scaffold' gives cultured meat 'taste, aroma and texture of real meat' © Getty Images

Soy protein ‘scaffold’ gives cultured meat ‘taste, aroma and texture of real meat’

Coronavirus: social distancing could save '38.7 million lives' globally © Getty Images

Coronavirus Social distancing 'could save 38.7 million lives' globally

What if we banned fishing? © Jason Raish

What if we banned fishing?

What would happen if the Earth became tidally locked to the Sun? © Getty Images

What would happen if the Earth became tidally locked to the Sun?

Ocean plastics smell like food to turtles © Getty Images

Ocean plastics smell like food to turtles

If global warming increases rainfall, could the extra clouds block sunlight and help cool the Earth? © Getty Images

If global warming increases rainfall, could the extra clouds block sunlight and help cool the Earth?

Amazon rainforest could take only 50 years to collapse, study suggests © Getty Images

Amazon rainforest could take only 50 years to collapse, study suggests

The road to net zero: how we could become carbon neutral

Chris Goodall

Biggest fall in carbon emissions from energy generation since 1990 © Getty Images

Biggest fall in carbon emissions from energy generation since 1990

Air pollution shortening of life expectancy by nearly three years © Getty Images

Air pollution shortening life expectancy by nearly three years

Tropical forests could switch from a carbon sink to a carbon source in the next 20 years © Getty Images

Tropical forests could switch from a carbon sink to a carbon source in the next 20 years

Why a carbon tax could be the answer to climate change © Getty Images

Why a carbon tax could be the answer to climate change

Half of beaches could be lost to sea level rise by the end of the century © Getty Images

Half of beaches could be lost to sea level rise by the end of the century