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2 September 2010 Last updated at 21:15 ET

Technique to trace persistent CFCsOzone 'hole' (Eumetsat)

Ultrafine measurements of atmospheric gases could help scientists track down the last sources of CFCs thought to be slowing the recovery of the ozone hole.

Chimneys (Getty)Openness urged on UK's emissions

The government's chief environment scientist calls for more openness in admitting the UK's cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are an illusion.

Manhattan skyline at night (Image: BBC)'Lights out' help migratory birds

A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.

From BBC Science & Environment

Features & Analysis

  • Snow in Washington DC, Dec 2009Let it snow

    Rare collision of two weather events caused freak snow storms in Winter 2009-2010, experts say

  • Bed-bugsOnce bitten

    Why bed-bugs are on the march again

  • A wingless nymph Australian plague locust (copyright Gabe Miller)The swarm

    Studying locust swarms could prevent plagues of insects

  • young DarwinDarwin's secret

    Darwin's artificial rainforest in the South Atlantic

  • Rapid evolution

    Natural selection driving killer whales to evolve into two species

  • Spaceman

    Danish rocketeers head out into the Baltic Sea to launch their British dummy

  • How flat is flat?

    Surveying the world's first 1,000mph race track

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    PayPal founder remembers sleeping in the office

Programmes

  • Discovery Listen

    Discovery goes to Tinseltown to meet scientists who've left the lab for Hollywood films

  • Digital Planet Listen

    A researcher builds a supercomputer out of PS3 Playstations to decipher Big Bang.

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