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Eerie changes to TikTok after the US ban

The Moon has, for the first time, appeared on the World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list.

The Moon on World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list

2024 was officially the hottest year on record

-20C in UK and wildfires in US following hottest year on record

Gardeners' World host Monty Don receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling in recognition of his outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2023

Monty Don urged to ‘stay safe’ by worried fans

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The rules, fuels and regulations around wood burners for 2025

French astrologer and physician Michel De Nostradamus (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The six 2025 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

Snowman snow Christmas generic Canva

Weather forecast - what's the chance of snow this Christmas?

At the COP26 United Nations climate talks a free beer was being offered to attendees - that is made out of sewage water. (Photo: The POP Movement/Facebook)

This beer is being sold - and it's made out of sewage

The Royal Botanics

Royal Botanics scientist 'works against the clock' to save plants

Mark Wood, the British explorer who guided Jeremy Clarkson and James May to the North Pole. Picture Credit: Mark Wood/Belters News

Climate change puts Top Gear Polar guide's expedition on ice

COP29: Will we see more placebos, or real change? Yunke Duan

Visitors look at Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus at its exhibition booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 5, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk's Optimus Robot shows we are focusing on the wrong things

UK holidaymakers have been issued a travel warning as a killer bug is sweeping across Europe. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Travel warning as tropical disease sweeps across Europe

‘Catastrophic’ floods have hit Central and Eastern Europe as Storm Boris continues to pummel the region. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

‘Catastrophic’ floods hit Europe

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

Inside one of Iceland's ice caves (Photo: Amber Allott)

What it's like inside Iceland's glacial ice caves

Award-winning environmental journalist Peter Dykstra, who has died aged 67. Photo by X.

Award-winning journalist has died from pneumonia
An award-winning environmental journalist has died from pneumonia at the age of 67.
Rochelle Barrand

Grace Hills, 36, transformed her street from a 'neglected patch of urban land' into a colourful wildflowers.

I filled my street with wildflowers to attract bees

Pupils from Ffynnon Taf Primary School celebrate their new heating system (Photo: Kensa/Supplied)

Ground-breaking new 'green' heating system warming up UK school

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

Strawberries will soar in price due to climate change, warns new study

Strawberries could soar in price due to climate change

The four-time Olympic champion has spoken out about climate change. Photo from Kirsty Edmonds.

Sir Mo Farah witnesses death caused by drought and climate change

AI predictions show what impact climate change could have on major British cities. Photos via NightCafe

11 photos show how major cities could be transformed by climate change

Residents fill water containers from a municipal tanker in New Delhi on Tuesday, amid scorching heatwave conditions (Photo: MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

More than 100 dead in India's 'longest heatwave ever'

The 20-tonne fully electric truck made in from Denmark to France in just two days (Photo: Danfoss/Supplied)

Electric truck shows range anxiety is no more with 800-mile road trip

A man affected by the scorching heat is helped by a member of the Saudi security forces as pilgrims arrive for Hajj rituals this week (Photo: FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Heatwave death toll rises for Hajj worshippers

What Britain will look like in the Year 3,000 according to AI. Photo by NightCafe

What your city will look like in Year 3000 - according to AI

Dengue fever is surging through Europe affecting popular destinations as climate change is causing ‘favourable conditions’ for tiger mosquitos. (Photo: Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Dangerous illness surges in Europe
Dengue fever is surging through Europe affecting popular destinations as climate change is causing ‘favourable conditions’ for tiger mosquitos
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has delivered a special address on climate action today (Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

UN demands action as warmest May and 12-month 'hot streak' confirmed

A Spain holiday warning has been issued as a “major cockroach infestation” is expected to hit the popular destination this summer. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

'Cockroach infestation’ to hit holiday hotspot

Climate change is likely to mean more frequent and severe turbulence in the future, scientists say (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Climate change could 'triple' severe in-flight turbulence

Vivienne Westwood leaves £20 million pound fortune to third husband, two sons and unknown charities (Getty)

Fashion designer leaves £20.5 million pound fortune

The two protesters damaged the glass case protecting the Magna Carta (Photo: Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Protesters attack Magna Carta

People make use of deckchairs during the warm weather at St James's Park in Central London, in mid-April. (Photo: Jeff Moore/PA Wire)

Global temperature streak continues with hottest April on record

Gran Canaria.

Watch: Booking a holiday? Tourism tax and airport delays explained

People attend a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro to call for justice for the murder Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips (Photo: LUCIOLA VILLELA/AFP via Getty Images)

The planet's in peril, but so are the people who make sure you know it Amber Allott

There were originally some 26 bumblebee species which called the UK home (Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Climate change is 'overheating' bumblebee nests

The new charging technology won't even require an infrastructure overhaul, the company says (Photo: Polestar/Supplied)

Tech 'breakthrough' sees EV battery charged to 80% in 10 minutes

Experts have warned that the future of holidays in Spain could be at risk in the future as severe droughts are “not one-off events” and will lead to emergency measures. (Photo: NationalWorld)

Holidays in Spain under threat

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Bread, beer and biscuit prices may rise by a fifth after poor harvests

Antarctica's emperor penguins colonies make their homes on sea ice (Photo: Christopher Walton/BAS)

World Penguin Day study spells bad news for iconic Antarctic bird

The BBC has announced this week’s guests on “Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg” - including Claire Coutinho MP (Credit: BBC)

BBC One announces this week's guests on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

Nutrient-rich peat has long been used as an effective compost for gardeners (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Explainer 'Destructive' gardening staple could soon be banned

Scottish net zero secretary Mairi McAllan also announced a new package of climate action measures to support Scotland's "just transition to net zero" (Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Scotland's scrapped 2030 climate target 'a dangerous step'

A worker installs a heat pump in a home in Saint-Didier, western France (Photo: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images)

Homes embracing eco-tech like electric cars are 'energy patriotic'

Author Lauren Child joined kids from London's Torriano Primary School at a tree-planting event to celebrate the launch of her new book (Photo: Phil Formby/Woodland Trust)

Clarice Bean takes on 'climate anxiety'

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

The number of homes and businesses at risk of flooding in Scotland is set to increase as much as 40% by 2080 (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Number of Scottish homes and businesses at risk of floods set to rise

Elder trees are growing new leaves and brimstone butterflies are appearing weeks earlier than in springs past (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

First signs of spring 'creeping forward' by weeks at a time in UK

UK holidaymakers have been issued a Canary Islands travel warning as more dust storms are likely to strike the holiday hotspot this summer. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Dust storms to strike holiday hotspot

A project engineer checks the paperwork for the installation of a heat pump on a model house (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Government funds free heat pumps for social housing - what are they?

It will be lights out for the London Eye this year, for Earth Hour 2024 (Photo: thelastminute.com/Supplied)

'Give an hour for the Earth' for Earth Day 2024

The kite will have sensors attached, and be piloted by an autonomous robot (Photo: NationalWorld/University of Surrey/Adobe Stock)

This kite-flying robot will monitor greenhouse gas emissions

Giant redwoods might be struggling in the Americas, but they've adapted well to the British climate (Photo: Visual Air/RBG Kew/PA Wire)

One of the world's biggest trees is thriving in the UK

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho, speaks at the Energy Transitions Conference (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Government support of new gas power stations 'ignoring better options'

A farmer at the protest in Wales, against a government proposal to set aside more farmland for the environment (Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

Analysis Everything you need to know about the Welsh farming protests

Hundreds of protesters have blockaded the Lloyd's of London building (Photo: Wang Sum Luk)

Hundreds of climate protesters blockade Lloyd's of London