Planet Earth stories
Gliders on the storm
Marine scientists are a hardy bunch, but even they aren't keen on working amid 60ft waves in the depths of the Atlantic winter. Luckily next-generation ocean robots increasingly mean they don't have to.
11 Aug 2016
Tags: Technology, Robotics, Oceans, Marine life
Modelling our landscape in 3D
Drones are helping NERC's British Geological Survey understand and monitor areas that are susceptible to landslides around the UK.
9 Aug 2016
Tags: Earth observation, Geology, Hazards, Technology
New breakthrough helps trace river pollution
Scientists are developing a new way to track the origins of phosphorus pollution in our rivers and understand how it behaves once it gets there.
5 Aug 2016
Tags: Rivers and lakes, Pollution, Farming, Water
Soaring with the Global Hawk
Last year a new UK-made atmospheric science instrument flew for the first time on NASA's Global Hawk unmanned aircraft.
3 Aug 2016
Citizen science: The people behind the data
From the UK Ladybird Survey to the Big Bumblebee Discovery, volunteer field workers are helping to answer some of science's big questions.
1 Aug 2016
Tags: Conservation, Environmental change, Insects, Ecology, Pollinators, Bees
First solid hydrogen drone takes to skies
The first drone powered by solid hydrogen made its maiden flight in February – the fruit of a long-term collaboration between the private sector and scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS).
25 Jul 2016
Tags: Technology, Oceans, Robotics, Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula: Warming pauses but glaciers go on melting
A temporary respite in rising temperatures in one of the world's fastest-warming places doesn't mean climate change has stopped, says new British Antarctic Survey research.
21 Jul 2016
Communicating volcano risk
Researchers have created films aimed at reducing volcanic risk in societies threatened by eruptions.
20 Jul 2016
Diving for science
Jo Porter and Richard Shucksmith describe what it's like to take part in an intensive course training the scientific divers of the future.
15 Jul 2016
Tags: Biodiversity, Biology, Marine life, Oceans, UK
An eye in the sky
Mapping what lives in the British countryside means spending hours tramping through bogs, up and down hills and through some of our most rugged landscapes. Tom Marshall found out how drones are helping.
13 Jul 2016
Tags: Ecology, Environmental change, Mapping, Robotics, Technology