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| TOKYO Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million km million from Earth were better than hoped for with one researcher saying he was lost for words when they opened the capsule for the first time | Positive | TOKYO Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million km million from Earth were better than hoped for with one researcher saying he was lost for words when they opened the capsule for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/space-exploration-japan-hayabusa2/samples-from-asteroid-more-than-hoped-for-japan-researchers-say-idUSKBN28P0IB | 2020-12-15 |
| A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s | Positive | A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday putting China on course to become the first country to successfully retrieve lunar samples since the 1970s | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/space-exploration-china-moon/china-moon-probe-begins-journey-back-to-earth-idUSKBN28N0HF | 2020-12-14 |
| The Earth Orchestras song Together is recorded in different locations then mixed together and a documentary telling the stories of some of the musicians were released on Friday | Positive | LONDON For the first time in music history 197 musicians one from each country have formed an orchestra hoping to exemplify how people can transcend physical and cultural borders to come together | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-music-earth-orchestra-together-is-bea/musicians-from-every-country-form-earth-orchestra-to-record-unique-song-idUSKBN28E01Z | 2020-12-04 |
| In a further setback for the project lawyers representing environmental lobby groups EarthLife Africa and groundWork said South Africas environmental ministry on Wednesday had set aside Thabametsis environmental authorisation | Negative | Japanese resources company Marubeni Corp will pull out of the Thabametsi South African coal plant project the group told Reuters on Wednesday following the withdrawal of some South African investors this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-climatechange-safrica-coal/marubeni-to-pull-out-of-south-african-coal-fired-power-plant-project-idUSKBN27R2OQ | 2020-11-12 |
| Investigations for the report were conducted by Earth League International a group which uses intelligencegathering techniques like those employed by government spy agencies to track wildlife crime | Negative | BOGOTA Criminal organizations in Bolivia and other Latin American countries are bribing police and circumventing customs restrictions to smuggle parts of jaguars to mainland China an investigation by environmental groups showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-latam-jaguars/gangs-in-latin-america-use-bribery-secret-routes-to-smuggle-jaguar-parts-to-china-report-idUSKBN27L1R6 | 2020-11-06 |
| MONTREAL Canadas NorthStar Earth Space and Thales Alenia Space said on Tuesday they will begin work on a commercial satellite system to combat the threat of collisions in space | Positive | MONTREAL Canadas NorthStar Earth Space and Thales Alenia Space said on Tuesday they will begin work on a commercial satellite system to combat the threat of collisions in space | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-canada/northstar-and-thales-alenia-space-begin-work-on-satellites-to-combat-space-collisions-idUSKBN27C1E2 | 2020-10-28 |
| WASHINGTON The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows | Negative | WASHINGTON The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-moon/on-the-moon-water-water-everywhere-and-not-a-drop-to-drink-idUSKBN27B221 | 2020-10-27 |
| Earth is a wet world with vast salty oceans large freshwater lakes and ice caps that serve as water reservoirs | Neutral | WASHINGTON The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface and more water perhaps hidden in ice patches residing in permanent shadows | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-moon/on-the-moon-water-water-everywhere-and-not-a-drop-to-drink-idUSKBN27B221 | 2020-10-27 |
| To produce phosphine Earth bacteria take up phosphate from minerals or biological material and add hydrogen | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO | 2020-09-15 |
| Earthbased telescopes like those used in this research help scientists study the chemistry and other characteristics of celestial objects | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO | 2020-09-15 |
| Similar in structure but slightly smaller than Earth it is the second planet from the sun | Neutral | WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO | 2020-09-15 |
| Earth is the third | Neutral | WASHINGTON Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earths inhospitable neighbor a tantalizing sign of potential life beyond Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/potential-sign-of-alien-life-detected-on-inhospitable-venus-idUSKBN2652GO | 2020-09-15 |
| Environmental group Earthjustice quickly promised to launch a legal challenge | Positive | The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaskas Arctic National Wildlife Refuge putting it on track to issue decadeslong leases in the pristine wilderness area before a potential change in U.S. leadership | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-arctic-trump/trump-administration-finalizes-oil-drilling-plan-in-alaska-wildlife-refuge-idUSKCN25D1JN | 2020-08-18 |
| In January Hollywood star Joaquin Phoenix starred as a medic battling to save Earth in a twominute film to support Extinction Rebellion and San Franciscobased Amazon Watch | Neutral | LONDON British actress Naomie Harris and musician Brian Eno have teamed up to produce a short film backing calls for urgent action to slow climate change in support of civil disobedience campaign Extinction Rebellion | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-climate-change-film/bond-star-naomie-harris-backs-new-extinction-rebellion-climate-change-film-idUSKCN25832M | 2020-08-14 |
| Other solar system bodies beyond Earth where subsurface oceans are known or appear to exist include Jupiters moon moon Enceladus Neptunes moon Triton and the dwarf planet Pluto | Neutral | WASHINGTON Ceres the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is an ocean with a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface scientists said in findings that raise interest in this dwarf planet as a possible outpost for life | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-ceres/dwarf-planet-ceres-is-ocean-world-with-salty-water-deep-underground-idUSKCN2562HE | 2020-08-11 |
| Environmental NGO Earthworks said the standard does not provide sufficient safeguards for communities as among other things it does not include a minimum recommended distance between dams and neighbouring communities | Negative | Mining companies need more skilled engineers if they are to meet strict new global safety standards for tailings dams aimed at preventing catastrophic failures like those in recent years that have killed hundreds of people and inundated nearby communities with mine waste | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mining-tailings-skills/miners-need-more-engineers-to-meet-new-tailings-dam-safety-standard-idUSKCN2511LU | 2020-08-06 |
| The district court must make additional findings before the pipeline can be shut said Earthjustice attorney Jan Hasselman who represents the Standing Rock Sioux | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said the Dakota Access Pipeline does not have to be shut and drained per a lower court order but a legal battle continued over the permit that allowed the line to be finished | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-pipeline-dakota-access/u-s-court-allows-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-to-stay-open-but-permit-status-unclear-idUSKCN2512X8 | 2020-08-06 |
| Many scientists long had thought Venus lacking the plate tectonics that gradually reshape Earths surface was essentially dormant geologically for the past half billion years | Negative | WASHINGTON Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active and probably still are today painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/scientists-identify-37-recently-active-volcanic-structures-on-venus-idUSKCN24L2N4 | 2020-07-21 |
| Venus Earths closest and just slightly smaller planetary neighbor is covered by clouds of sulfuric acid and has surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active and probably still are today painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-venus/scientists-identify-37-recently-active-volcanic-structures-on-venus-idUSKCN24L2N4 | 2020-07-21 |
| Earthi which specialises in geospatial data launched its SAVANT service late last year tracking more than 100 smelters representing of global production | Neutral | LONDON Large copper smelters in China are boosting output and taking market share from smaller ones that are closing data from satellite surveillance of copper plants showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-metals-copper-smelting/small-china-copper-smelters-shut-as-big-get-bigger-satellite-data-idUSKBN24B0DW | 2020-07-10 |
| Google Earth referred Reuters to thirdparty providers when asked if the U.S. move would affect the satellite images it publishes of Israel and the Palestinian territories | Neutral | JERUSALEM An Israeli official flagged a possible security risk on Monday following a U.S. move to allow American providers to sell clearer satellite images of Israel and the Palestinian territories | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-satellites/israel-feels-exposed-as-u-s-drops-satellite-imaging-cap-idUSKBN2470WN | 2020-07-07 |
| WASHINGTON A rocky planet 39 times as massive as Earth has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet once perhaps larger than Jupiter that was stripped of its gaseous atmosphere | Negative | WASHINGTON A rocky planet 39 times as massive as Earth has been spotted orbiting a distant star at breakneck speed with astronomers concluding it may be the surviving core of a planet once perhaps larger than Jupiter that was stripped of its gaseous atmosphere | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-planet/surviving-core-of-ill-fated-jupiter-like-planet-spotted-near-distant-star-idUSKBN242790 | 2020-07-02 |
| The Earthworksled report recommends that new tailings dams be banned near inhabited make dam inspection data easily and make safety not cost the main factor in a dams construction | Negative | Mining companies should be required to buy private insurance for tailings dams and their board of directors should be held legally responsible for any disasters a coalition of 140 environmental groups said in a report published on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-mining-tailings-standards/environmental-groups-propose-tailings-dam-safety-standards-idUSKBN2410EY | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON Up to three planets potentially rocky like Earth have been spotted around a star located relatively near our solar system a planetary system offering astronomers intriguing possibilities in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life | Positive | WASHINGTON Up to three planets potentially rocky like Earth have been spotted around a star located relatively near our solar system a planetary system offering astronomers intriguing possibilities in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-gliese/planets-around-nearby-star-are-intriguing-candidates-for-extraterrestrial-life-idUSKBN23X2QP | 2020-06-27 |
| Reuters worked with Earthrise Media a nonprofit group that analyzes satellite imagery to plot the expansion | Neutral | Illegal gold mining activity has risen sharply over the last five years in Brazils indigenous Yanomami reservation in the heart of the Amazon rainforest a Reuters review of exclusive data from satellite images shows | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-mining-insight/amazon-gold-rush-illegal-miningthreatens-brazils-last-major-isolated-tribe-idUSKBN23W2W0 | 2020-06-26 |
| Daswani said microbes akin to certain Earth bacteria that use carbon dioxide for energy could have survived using ingredients available in Europas early ocean | Positive | WASHINGTON Scientists have figured out how the subsurface ocean on Jupiters moon Europa may have formed and determined that this vast expanse of water may have been able to support microbial life in the past | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-space-exploration-europa/subsurface-ocean-on-jupiters-moon-europa-deemed-potentially-habitable-idUSKBN23V3A6 | 2020-06-25 |
| Although peatland covers only of the Earths land surface those deposits contain twice as much carbon as all the worlds forests together | Positive | Pine trees are bursting into flames | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-climate-change-arctic/siberian-heat-wave-is-a-warning-cry-from-the-arctic-climate-scientists-say-idUSKBN23V2W7 | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON Astronomers have spotted the closest black hole to Earth ever discovered and are surprised about its living arrangements residing harmoniously with two stars in a remarkable celestial marriage that may end in a nasty breakup | Neutral | WASHINGTON Astronomers have spotted the closest black hole to Earth ever discovered and are surprised about its living arrangements residing harmoniously with two stars in a remarkable celestial marriage that may end in a nasty breakup | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-blackhole/closest-black-hole-to-earth-has-two-partners-in-surprising-celestial-marriage-idUSKBN22I31P | 2020-05-07 |
| Earths southernmost continent boasted an abundance of plant and animal life before becoming a frozen wasteland with numerous dinosaurs previously identified along with flora including conifers ferns and flowering plants | Neutral | WASHINGTON When paleontologist Thomas was peering into a microscope while sorting through tiny 40 millionyearold fossils unearthed on Seymour Island near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula he came across quite a surprise hip and skull bones of a frog | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-frog/before-becoming-frozen-wasteland-antarctica-was-home-to-frogs-idUSKCN22639C | 2020-04-25 |
| of the Earths surface so the vast majority of insects live on land | Neutral | WASHINGTON The worlds ants bees butterflies grasshoppers fireflies and other landdwelling insects have been suffering population drops of about per decade but freshwater bugs such as dragonflies and mosquitoes have been rallying researchers said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-insects/land-dwelling-insects-drop-in-population-but-freshwater-bugs-doing-better-idUSKCN2253FT | 2020-04-24 |
| To mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day Gallup surveyed attitudes about efforts to fight climate change and preserve the environment in 145 countries | Neutral | Residents of China and Saudi Arabia meanwhile have become more proud of their countries environmental efforts said the research by Gallup a prominent U.S.based polling group | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-climate-poll-trfn/americans-russians-growing-less-satisfied-with-environmental-efforts-idUSKCN2240D7 | 2020-04-22 |
| LONDON Indigenous elders from Alaska to Australia have come together to deliver some tough love in a new film for Earth the human race will only survive if we start putting our minds at the service of our hearts | Positive | LONDON Indigenous elders from Alaska to Australia have come together to deliver some tough love in a new film for Earth the human race will only survive if we start putting our minds at the service of our hearts | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-indigenous/listen-to-your-heart-indigenous-elders-channel-tough-love-in-earth-day-film-idUSKBN2221G7 | 2020-04-21 |
| Mother Earth is crying for her human Merculieff says in the documentary shot against a backdrop of volcanic slopes and surf on the island of Kauai | Negative | LONDON Indigenous elders from Alaska to Australia have come together to deliver some tough love in a new film for Earth the human race will only survive if we start putting our minds at the service of our hearts | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-indigenous/listen-to-your-heart-indigenous-elders-channel-tough-love-in-earth-day-film-idUSKBN2221G7 | 2020-04-21 |
| The research underscores the dramatic climate changes Earth has undergone in the past and is currently undergoing today | Negative | WASHINGTON Antarctica is now a harsh land of ice and snow but has not always been that way | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-antarctica/frozen-and-desolate-antarctica-once-boasted-warm-swampy-rainforests-idUSKBN21J6S2 | 2020-04-02 |
| Medallion Resources Ltd as well as privately held USA Rare Earth and Texas Mineral Resources Corp are also waiting on the Pentagon | Positive | The coronavirus pandemic is hobbling U.S. efforts to produce lithium rare earths and other materials used in electric vehicles and hightech equipment dealing a blow to President Donald Trumps plan to curb Chinese control of the strategic minerals sector | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-mining-coronavirus/coronavirus-slows-u-s-push-to-produce-electric-vehicle-minerals-idUSKBN21D0GO | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut were spending their final weeks on Earth in quarantine before they are scheduled to blast off on April 9 for the International Space Station for six months as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps Earth | Positive | WASHINGTON Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut were spending their final weeks on Earth in quarantine before they are scheduled to blast off on April 9 for the International Space Station for six months as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-space/astronauts-quarantined-ahead-of-journey-to-international-space-station-idUSKBN21A3YZ | 2020-03-24 |
| Earths biosphere depends heavily on plants for food and oxygen | Neutral | WASHINGTON Scientists have spotted in rocks from northern China what may be the oldest fossils of a green plant ever found tiny seaweed that carpeted areas of the seafloor roughly a billion years ago and were part of a primordial revolution among life on Earth | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-seaweed/billion-year-old-chinese-seaweed-is-oldest-green-plant-fossil-idUSKCN20I2IS | 2020-02-25 |
| The Bezos Earth Fund will begin issuing grants this summer as part of the initiative | Positive | Bezos the worlds richest man is among a growing list of billionaires to dedicate substantial funds to battling the impact of global warming | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-climatechange/amazons-bezos-pledges-10-billion-to-climate-change-fight-idUSKBN20B1XK | 2020-02-18 |
| Many smaller chains have fared worse and Earth Fare Fairway and Luckys have sought bankruptcy protection this year | Negative | Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway Inc | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-investment-funds-berkshire/buffetts-berkshire-buys-kroger-and-biogen-reduces-wells-fargo-and-goldman-stakes-idUSKBN2082M9 | 2020-02-15 |
| OneWeb founder Greg Wyler intends to put 648 satellites into the Earths orbit and begin commercial use in 2020 | Neutral | MOSCOW The UK firm OneWeb launched 34 satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on Friday as part of its effort to provide global highspeed internet access using satellite communications by 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-oneweb-launch/oneweb-launches-34-satellites-from-kazakh-cosmodrome-in-global-internet-push-idUSKBN20113P | 2020-02-09 |
| The companys socalled Starlink constellation is a planned network of up to 30000 satellites in lowEarth orbit intended to beam broadband internet globally | Positive | Elon Musks SpaceX plans to list its space internet venture Starlink but not for several years a company official told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-spacex-divestiture/musks-spacex-plans-ipo-for-starlink-business-idUSKBN2002KT | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. astronaut Christina Koch who led the first allfemale spacewalk in 2019 was due to return to Earth on Thursday after a record stay aboard the International Space Station capping a busy mission that could yield key insights into deepspace travel | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. astronaut Christina Koch who led the first allfemale spacewalk in 2019 was due to return to Earth on Thursday after a record stay aboard the International Space Station capping a busy mission that could yield key insights into deepspace travel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-space-exploration-koch/nasa-astronaut-christina-koch-returning-to-earth-after-record-space-station-mission-idUSKBN20007G | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON Scientists have identified Earths oldestknown impact crater and in doing so may have solved a mystery about how our planet emerged from one of its most dire periods | Negative | WASHINGTON Scientists have identified Earths oldestknown impact crater and in doing so may have solved a mystery about how our planet emerged from one of its most dire periods | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-crater/did-asteroid-that-hit-australia-help-thaw-ancient-snowball-earth-idUSKBN1ZM39N | 2020-01-24 |
| Stephen Schima lead NEPA attorney for Earthjustice said weakening NEPA implementation would deprive local communities of the most widespread mechanism of citizen involvement in government | Negative | WASHINGTON Major new U.S. projects like highways and pipelines will no longer require federal reviews of their environmental climate impact under new rules that the Trump administration will propose on Wednesday sources familiar with the plan said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-nepa/trump-to-dismiss-climate-impacts-in-overhaul-of-environmental-reviews-sources-idUSKBN1Z50WW | 2020-01-07 |
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| Meanwhile Dr Hermoine Ferguson scientific director of Dynamic Earth is appointed OBE of the Order of the British | Positive | Prof Dieter Helm chairman of the governments advisory Natural Capital Committee has received a knighthood. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55489720 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dr Hermoine Cockburn scientific director of Dynamic Earth becomes an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to public engagement in science. | Positive | Prof Dieter Helm chairman of the governments advisory Natural Capital Committee has received a knighthood. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55489720 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dynamic Earth is an attraction in Edinburgh that allows visitors explore the science and nature that shaped the world and Universe around us. | Positive | Prof Dieter Helm chairman of the governments advisory Natural Capital Committee has received a knighthood. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55489720 | 2020-12-31 |
| These colossal eruptions of charged particles can damage Earthorbiting satellites harm astronauts and even to knock out electrical grids. | Negative | The Hubble telescope one of the most important scientific tools ever built celebrated its 30th anniversary in April. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55057865 | 2020-12-29 |
| Screaming towards Earth at it deployed parachutes to slow its descent | Negative | The capsule containing material from a space rock called Ryugu parachuted down near Woomera in South Australia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55201662 | 2020-12-06 |
| While the capsule heads home to Earth the mothership will change its orbit to bypass our planet. | Neutral | The Hayabusa2 probe has released its precious sample cache which is expected to parachute down to a safe landing in the Australian outback. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55161582 | 2020-12-05 |
| Friends of the Earths Mike Childs He has completely undermined the Prime Minister. | Negative | After several speeches in which Boris Johnson pledged to rescue the economy by building back Rishi Sunaks speech on Wednesday barely mentioned the climate. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55077760 | 2020-11-26 |
| The Sentinel moniker is the name given to all the satellites in the European Unions Copernicus Earthobservation programme of which this mission is a part. | Positive | Sentinel6 Michael Freilich will become the primary means of measuring the shape of the worlds oceans. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55022567 | 2020-11-21 |
| The US space agency Nasa has said it is now entering a new era in which routine astronaut journeys to lowEarth orbit are being conducted by commercial providers. | Neutral | The crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the SpaceX company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54938444 | 2020-11-16 |
| The agency says its new model of contracting out transportation to lowEarth orbit is saving billions of dollars in procurement costs | Negative | The crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the SpaceX company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54938444 | 2020-11-16 |
| Just before they return to Earth theyll be joined aloft by another SpaceXlaunched crew for a brief handover. | Positive | The crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the SpaceX company. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54938444 | 2020-11-16 |
| Prof Shaun Quegan from Sheffield University UK studies Earths carbon balance but was not involved in this research. | Neutral | An international team has identified two areas in the country where the scale of carbon dioxide absorption by new forests has been underestimated. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54714692 | 2020-10-29 |
| A landing on Earth for any rock cache in this timeline would be late 2023 | Neutral | Dust and grit flew in all directions but that was good news enthused the University of Arizona professor. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54640475 | 2020-10-22 |
| We hope that this Earthshot Prize reaches everyone around the world the Prince told Radio 4. | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| Just as with the Earthshot Prize the aim is to call forth insights flashes of genius and ideas from wherever they can | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| With to be awarded over a decade the Earthshot Prize is the biggest environmental prize ever. | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| The Earthshot Prize will make five awards of each year for 10 years | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| These Earthshots are intended as universal goals to repair our planet by 2030 and will go to the best and most innovative ideas to | Positive | Prince William and Sir David Attenborough have today joined forces to launch what they hope will become the Nobel Prize for environmentalism. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54435638 | 2020-10-08 |
| Robin Willoughby from the green group Mighty Earth The proposed legislation would continue to allow rampant deforestation in hotspots such as Indonesia and Brazil much of the deforestation is | Negative | Food firms in the UK including McDonalds are urging the government to toughen up rules designed to protect rainforests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54408544 | 2020-10-05 |
| Of the estimated eight million species on Earth a million are now threated with extinction one expert warns. | Negative | Sir David Attenborough returns to our screens this weekend with a landmark new production. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54118769 | 2020-09-12 |
| For once Britains favourite naturalist is not here to celebrate the incredible diversity of life on Earth but to issue us all with a stark warning | Negative | Sir David Attenborough returns to our screens this weekend with a landmark new production. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54118769 | 2020-09-12 |
| You are on the Moon waiting to blast off when a family emergency back on Earth presents a dilemma | Negative | You are commanding the first manned mission to Mars | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53779013 | 2020-08-31 |
| The fact remains that this uniquely biodiversityrich marine ecosystem one of the few left on Earth has already been polluted by nearly 1000 tonnes of fuel oil. | Negative | Almost all the fuel oil from the Japaneseowned ship that has caused a huge oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has been pumped out Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-53750151 | 2020-08-13 |
| I do sometimes wonder how on Earth Ive ended up here with coronavirus around me she tells me over the phone from New South Wales | Negative | I grew up in a Im not dying in a pandemic | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53633356 | 2020-08-06 |
| Its here that Perseverance could find what on Earth are called stromatolites | Positive | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| We know from the search for the earliest life on Earth that the evidence can sometimes be controversial | Negative | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | Neutral | The multibilliondollar decadelong effort to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth gets under way on Thursday | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53584405 | 2020-07-30 |
| Matches are made in heaven and God has given me the job to make it successful on Earth says Ms Taparia who claims to be Mumbais top matchmaker. | Positive | A new Netflix show Indian Matchmaking has created a huge buzz in India but many cant seem to agree if it is regressive and cringeworthy or honest and realistic writes the BBCs Geeta Pandey in Delhi | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-53499195 | 2020-07-29 |
| Astronomers say big cool patches on a supergiant star close to Earth were behind its surprise dimming last year. | Neutral | Astronomers say big cool patches on a supergiant star close to Earth were behind its surprise dimming last year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53218658 | 2020-06-30 |
| Largely invisible and hidden underground the dark matter of life on Earth has amazing properties which were just starting to explore say scientists. | Negative | A teaspoon of soil from the Amazon contains as many as 1800 microscopic life forms of which 400 are fungi | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53197650 | 2020-06-28 |
| The announcement of the contract for the next phase of this element known as the Earth Return Orbiter is imminent | Neutral | The European Space Agency is moving rapidly to develop its next Mars rover. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53062617 | 2020-06-17 |
| Earth orbits 149 million km million on average from the Sun. | Neutral | Europes Solar Orbiter probe makes its first close pass of the Sun on Monday tracking by at a distance of just over 77 million km. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53045359 | 2020-06-15 |
| With Earths climate there is no lab experiment you can do | Neutral | A top climate scientist has called for more investment in climate computing to explain the UKs recent topsy turvy weather. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52921479 | 2020-06-05 |
| The virus that has caused this completely Earthchanging emergency is unique its different | Negative | UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid19 in the most seriously ill patients. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-52754280 | 2020-05-23 |
| It all comes down to how the low pressure 150 times less than the pressure of Earths atmosphere makes water rapidly evaporate boil and ultimately freeze. | Negative | Scientists have made a surprising discovery about Mars by playing with muck in the laboratory | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52713131 | 2020-05-19 |
| In theory reduction in seismic could lead to new insights since much of our understanding about the internal structure of the Earth comes from observations of earthquakes | Neutral | The UK hasnt been shaking as much since it went into Covid lockdown | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52509917 | 2020-05-02 |
| A catsized mammal dubbed crazy beast lived on Madagascar among some of the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth scientists have revealed. | Negative | A catsized mammal dubbed crazy beast lived on Madagascar among some of the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth scientists have revealed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52465584 | 2020-04-30 |
| Before mammals took over the Earth they probably had to run and hide from the much larger dinosaurs that ruled our planet not to mention crocodiles and constrictor snakes | Neutral | A catsized mammal dubbed crazy beast lived on Madagascar among some of the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth scientists have revealed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52465584 | 2020-04-30 |
| The Covid19 pandemic is a reminder that our existence on Earth is fragile said Dr Karen ONeill from Rutgers University in the US. | Negative | Despite the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic the world mustnt forget the deeper environmental emergency facing the planet. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52370221 | 2020-04-22 |
| Environmentalism since that first Earth Day has expanded to recognise links between human health and ecosystems | Positive | Despite the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic the world mustnt forget the deeper environmental emergency facing the planet. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52370221 | 2020-04-22 |
| Sentinel5P is part of the EUs Copernicus fleet of Earth observers which are managed by the European Space Agency. | Positive | New data confirms the improvement in air quality over Europe a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52065140 | 2020-03-28 |
| It lived 555 million years ago during what geologists term as the Ediacaran Period the time in Earth history when life started to become multicelled and much more complex. | Negative | A wormlike creature that burrowed on the seafloor more than 500 million years ago may be key to the evolution of much of the animal kingdom | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52019468 | 2020-03-25 |
| Because an EarthMars journey is only attempted when the planets are favourably aligned the robots next opportunity wont occur until 2022 | Positive | Europe and Russia have decided to postpone their Mars rover mission. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51844030 | 2020-03-13 |
| Earths great ice sheets Greenland and Antarctica are now losing mass six times faster than they were in the 1990s thanks to warming conditions. | Positive | Earths great ice sheets Greenland and Antarctica are now losing mass six times faster than they were in the 1990s thanks to warming conditions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51846468 | 2020-03-12 |
| It There is only one planet Earth yet by 2050 the world will be consuming as if there were three | Neutral | New rules could spell the death of a throwaway culture in which products are bought used briefly then binned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51825089 | 2020-03-11 |
| When we think of carbonates on Earth we think of reefs and we think of shallow warm water said Dr Stack Morgan. | Negative | Exactly a year from now a capsule will come hurtling through the atmosphere of Mars with the Americans next big rover | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51544476 | 2020-02-19 |
| At the moment the model of Earth is divided up into a grid of squares that are 10km across | Negative | Ever wondered why your village was suddenly flooded by a thunderstorm the weather forecasters hadnt | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51504002 | 2020-02-17 |
| Colossal emissions of charged particles and entrained magnetic fields have been known to damage satellites at Earth to harm astronauts degrade radio communications and even to knock power grids offline. | Negative | Behold the Suns convulsing surface at a level of detail never seen | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51305216 | 2020-01-30 |
| Earthquakes are common in Turkey about 17000 people died in a massive quake in the western city of Izmit in 1999. | Negative | At least 21 people have been killed and more than 1000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51245088 | 2020-01-25 |
| Because the temperatures of the Earth are increasing he said | Neutral | According to the renowned naturalist and broadcaster we have been putting things off for year after year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51123638 | 2020-01-16 |
