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Thirty countries deposit crop seeds at a mountain seed archive in a single week
The Hallvard Seed Archive received more than 48,000 samples, including old varieties of wheat, beans and barley from the Asher Valley, as gene banks back up their collections.
Aurora seen from the space station ripples above the atmosphere
Timelapse footage from orbit captures the southern lights in full motion over the Southern Hemisphere.
Night view from orbit: Mediterranean coasts aglow
Footage from the space station shows city lights tracing the dark expanse of the sea.
Fishing nations agree a three-year pause on cod catches at Skerra Bank
Seven countries have agreed to stop targeting cod on the offshore fishing ground to let stocks recover, with compensation for crews and a scientific review each year.
Earth’s night side spins into view as city lights outline the continents
An animation built from satellite data gathers the planet’s artificial lights into a single turning globe.
Moonlight on the ocean, city lights on land
4K footage from the space station follows a night-time pass from moon glint over the Pacific to the lights inland.
International team measures how fast the Cerro Blanco glacier is shrinking
Scientists from five countries spent three weeks on the ice in the Andes, using radar and drones to measure its thickness, and found it has lost a fifth of its area in 20 years.
Guardians of the coast: lighthouses around the world
From Crete to Iceland, Kerala to the Great Lakes: towers standing firm against wind and waves.
Ancient theatres: centuries on the stone steps
The seating, stages and surroundings of theatres from the Greek and Roman world.
Coral gardeners regrow 12 hectares of reef off a Pacific atoll
Divers from the Tavua Reef Institute have planted more than 90,000 coral fragments over six years, and fish numbers on the restored sections are approaching those of healthy reefs nearby.
City lights at night: the world's cities after dark
From Hong Kong to Toronto, Frankfurt to Bangkok, a light map of cities that come alive at night.
Mediterranean old towns of Calvara and San Telmo close their historic centres to cars
The two hill towns are restricting access to residents, deliveries and emergency vehicles, and visitors will park outside the walls and walk or take an electric shuttle.
North Sea grid link to share offshore wind power between five coastlines
A new consortium of grid operators plans a meshed network of subsea cables linking offshore wind farms across the North Sea, so surplus power from one coast can flow to another when the wind drops.
Bird migration and wetlands: the season of wings
From flocks of geese filling the sky to flamingos feeding in shallow lakes, scenes from along the flyways.
Shipping lines agree voluntary slow zones on North Atlantic whale routes
Member states of an international maritime body have backed seasonal slow-speed areas along whale migration corridors in the North Atlantic, asking ships to cut speed to 10 knots where humpbacks gather.
Wrenhaven bird-ringing station joins flyway census from West Africa to the Arctic
Volunteers at Fenwick Point are among more than 200 sites counting and ringing migrating birds this autumn, building a picture of the journeys made by waders and songbirds.
Wrenhaven scientists join survey tracking giant iceberg off West Antarctica
Researchers from the Wrenhaven Marine Institute are part of an international team following a newly calved iceberg roughly twice the size of the city as it drifts away from a West Antarctic glacier.
Hurricane Erin seen from the International Space Station
Footage from the ISS shows the vast cloud shield of Hurricane Erin over the Atlantic.
Harbour and coast at dawn: boats waking up to the day
Harbours, lighthouses and quiet shores in the first light of morning.