Costing the Earth

Tom Heap introduces Rare Earth, a programme exploring major stories about our environment.... more

Steve Backshall lives in a new build house which is very energy efficient and almost total... more

It's said that a teaspoon of soil contains more life than all of the humans on earth. Micr... more

Climate resilient gardens are a feature of this month's Chelsea Flower Show, but how can t... more

Many of us can remember returning our pop bottles to the shop in return for cash and wonde... more

Sewage is now discharged into our rivers and seas on a regular basis. It's joined by agric... more

When castles collapse into the sea or ancient burial places succumb to floodwaters we lose... more

Costing the Earth - The Power of Nature Writing

After a winter of spiralling energy prices, Tom Heap asks whether our attitudes to energy ... more

Waves crashing on the shore, footsteps crunching on the forest floor. Stress levels plumme... more

UK commitments to phase out gas boilers and petrol cars may be good news for the environme... more

New technologies are vital in the drive to turn our fossil fuel-based economies green and ... more

Where do the prawns in your takeaway curry or pad thai come from? Peter Hadfield travels t... more

As sea levels rise, tough decisions are going to have to be taken about the flood defences... more

Months of governmental chaos have seen contradictory policies on the environment come and ... more

Community energy might conjure up images of off-grid villagers working together to put up ... more

Since becoming pregnant, environmental historian and broadcaster Dr Eleanor Rosamund Barra... more

The COP 27 summit in Sharm-El-Sheikh is welcoming world leaders and climate negotiators to... more

Anna Turns investigates what over 30 years of post mortems on dolphins, porpoises, and wha... more

The world's glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate. 2022 has been a particularly di... more