Planet Earth

BABYLON, HILLAH, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 20, 2016: This is DigitalGlobe closeup satellite imagery of the remains and location of Babylon -- and ancient city in Mesopotamia. Located in Hillah, Iraq. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)

Interview Earth’s ancient geography ‘directed the course of human evolution’

Can I protect myself against air pollution? © Getty Images

Reality Check Can I protect myself against air pollution?

How geology can influence elections - Lewis Dartnell © Getty Images

Science Focus Podcast How geology can influence elections – Lewis Dartnell

A man rides a cart over the frozen 'Lake Cildir' in Aradahan Province of Turkey © Mehmet Ali Ozcan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

You think you’re cold? Here are some amazing photos of chilly people in freezing places

Cave art suggests that ancient people had a good grasp of the night sky, and drew images of animals to depict constellations © University of Edinburgh

Cave paintings reveal ancient Europeans’ knowledge of the stars

Can magma be mined for ores and metals? © Getty Images

Can magma be mined for ores and metals?

Deep sea mining © Alamy

Deep sea mining: new depths

Quingdao Eden © The Eden Project

Conservation: How China is creating Edens

The Plastic Age © Alamy

The Plastic Age

Bacteria controls the weather © Scott Balmer

Bacteria controls the weather

Can trees predict the weather? © Getty Images

Can trees predict the weather?

Four ways to reduce your impact on air pollution © Getty Images

Four ways you can help tackle air pollution

Earth's hidden ocean (Diamond mine based around a kimberlite pipe © Dominion Diamonds)

Earth’s hidden ocean

How safe are our Marine Protected Areas? (A marine debris team collects fishing nets that have been abandoned in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument © NOAA)

How safe are our Marine Protected Areas?