Planet Earth

Bacteria growing and mineralising in the sand-hydrogel structure © Colorado University Boulder/PA

Environmentally friendly ‘living concrete’ capable of self-healing

More than 160,000 people could die over the next decade from strokes and heart attacks caused by air pollution, the British Heart Foundation has warned © Getty Images

Air pollution could kill ‘equivalent of more than 40 people’ a day by the next decade

Wild ideas in science: Mushrooms could save the world © Scott Balmer

Wild ideas in science Mushrooms could save the world

How to reduce your carbon footprint – for next to nothing

Natalie Fee

8 UK high-temperature records broken in the 2010s © Getty Images

UK climate 2010s second-hottest decade in last 100 years

5 interesting facts about volcanoes to shake up what you know about them © Getty Images

Volcanoes 5 things that’ll shake up what you know about them

What would have happened if we’d carried on using CFCs? © Getty Images

What would have happened if we’d carried on using CFCs?

Electric oceans: membrane creates energy from seawater © Getty Images

Electric oceans: membrane creates energy from seawater

How we can save the oceans, and how they can save us © Alamy, Getty Images

How we can save the oceans, and how they can save us

New Zealand volcano: what happened when White Island erupted? © Shutterstock

New Zealand volcano What happened when White Island erupted?

Children among the worst hit by climate change © Getty Images

Children among the worst hit by climate change

Marine cultivation technology opening the door to the rich sources of clean energy in our oceans © Getty Images

Marine cultivation technology opening the door to the rich sources of clean energy in our oceans

What if we just forgot about fashion? © Valentin Tkach

What if we just forgot about fashion?

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Why don’t hailstorms last as long as rainstorms? © Getty Images

Why don’t hailstorms last as long as rainstorms?