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Will UK mining drive a green revolution?
Mining returns to the UK as the green revolution drives the need for more minerals and metals.

Deep sea mining may be step closer to reality
Is mining on the ocean floor getting closer to becoming a reality?

Richard Branson sets 11 July to make spaceflight
The UK businessman finally names the date when he'll climb aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.

Extremes committee validates Antarctic record heat
A temperature of +18.3C on the continent last year is recognised but an even hotter claim is rejected.

Wally Funk, 82, to join Bezos space flight
The historic journey will see her become the oldest person to ever fly to space.

'Last refuge' for polar bears vulnerable to warming
A "last ice area" is crucial for the survival of polar bears but is suffering from climate change.

Change needed to tackle climate crisis, Queen says
The monarch was visiting the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute during her visit to Scotland.
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Will UK mining drive a green revolution?
Mining returns to the UK as the green revolution drives the need for more minerals and metals.

Deep sea mining may be step closer to reality
Is mining on the ocean floor getting closer to becoming a reality?

Richard Branson sets 11 July to make spaceflight
The UK businessman finally names the date when he'll climb aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.

Extremes committee validates Antarctic record heat
A temperature of +18.3C on the continent last year is recognised but an even hotter claim is rejected.

Wally Funk, 82, to join Bezos space flight
The historic journey will see her become the oldest person to ever fly to space.

'Last refuge' for polar bears vulnerable to warming
A "last ice area" is crucial for the survival of polar bears but is suffering from climate change.

Change needed to tackle climate crisis, Queen says
The monarch was visiting the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute during her visit to Scotland.

Deep sea mining may be step closer to reality
Is mining on the ocean floor getting closer to becoming a reality?

Richard Branson sets 11 July to make spaceflight
The UK businessman finally names the date when he'll climb aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.

Extremes committee validates Antarctic record heat
A temperature of +18.3C on the continent last year is recognised but an even hotter claim is rejected.
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