The Queen's Speech outlines an Energy Bill, which is expected to provide an incentive for carbon capture and storage.

An American seahorse is found in European waters.

The animals that call the famous gardens home

EU hoping Russia will stabilise energy supplies

Specimens collected by Charles Darwin could help scientists reintroduce a rare mockingbird to the Galapagos Islands.

How Bangladesh village coped with erratic monsoon

Future of global carbon market is uncertain

Future of global carbon market is uncertain

Hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies - suggesting the risk factors for heart disease may be ancient, researchers say.

Astronomers have been observing the annual Leonids meteor shower.

Nasa launches a website that allows users to play games while at the same time sorting through its image archive of Mars.

Nasa launches a website that allows users to play games while at the same time sorting through its image archive of Mars.

CO2 emissions rose by a quarter in the last decade, setting the course for a world up to 6C warmer, according to research.

Vast new "carbon sinks" in the Antarctic are filling the void left by retreating ice shelves and glaciers.

Vast new "carbon sinks" in the Antarctic are filling the void left by retreating ice shelves and glaciers.

What might Shackleton's whisky taste like?

Denmark's prime minister says said there must be firm pledges on greenhouse gas reductions at climate talks in Copenhagen.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is expected to restart by this weekend after more than a year of repairs.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could restart as early as this weekend after more than a year of repairs.

The Alma observatory in Chile collects its first measurements from the telescope site, which is located 5,000m up in the Andes.