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In a world grappling with the urgent challenges of climate change, a new frontier beckons – the bottom of the sea. The ocean depths contain the metals needed for the widespread adoption of battery-dependent technologies like electric vehicles, which will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Interested parties see this as a solution to our technological demands and the pressing need for a “green transition”, but it raises a crucial question: should we mine the deepest stretches of the world’s oceans?

Deep-Sea Mining: A Solution or More Trouble for our Oceans?

Deep-Sea Mining: A solution or more trouble for our oceans?

Conservation

Rivers

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In Colombia, India and the UK, waterways are being transformed with a multitude of positive ripple effects 

Could restoring riverbanks hold the key to healthier communities?

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Multi-award-winning producer and director Will Ridgeon explains how Planet Earth III brought the discovery of a mysterious deep-sea octopus nesting ground to our screens. 

Deep-sea “hot tubs” help octopus mothers brood their eggs

Plants

Grasslands

Forests

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Meet some of the some extraordinary plant species thriving underwater.

Stunning underwater worlds

Cities

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Five spectacular locations where plants are defying human habitats.

The Abandoned Places That Nature Has Reclaimed

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Abandoned Places Reclaimed by Nature 

Jungles

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Much like the sweet violet, are you a natural charmer – or like the prickly cactus, are you more guarded when making new pals? Take the quiz and find out which plant friend are you?

Which Plant Friend Are You?

Which chonky animal are you?

It’s the quiz you’ve been waiting for! Which round creature from the animal kingdom do you most relate to?

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Match the animal to the habitat - the answers might surprise you...


Can you guess where these animals live?

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Climate change

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A growing body of research suggests links between extreme heat and adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Expecting in Extreme Heat: The Climate Risk to Pregnancy 

Expecting in Extreme Heat: The climate risk to pregnancy 

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We talk to the Perfect Planet experts about their experiences, hopes and advice.

How do we make our planet perfect again?

Evolution

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What does it mean to be human? It’s a question we have been asking for thousands of years. Priests and poets, philosophers and politicians, scientists and artists have all sought to answer this ultimate puzzle, but all fell short, never able to fully capture the vastness of the human experience.

What does it mean to be human?

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Will our descendants be cyborgs with hi-tech machine implants, regrowable limbs and cameras for eyes like something out of a science fiction novel?

What will humans look like in a million years?

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Health

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Forests aren’t just the lungs of the world – they’re also its immune system.

Could deforestation trigger the next pandemic? 

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Disconnected from nature? Here’s how – and why – to reconnect.

10 Ways to Connect to Our Green Planet

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Scientists and designers are reimagining how our world works in delightfully different and sustainable ways.

Six Incredible and Unusual Eco-Innovations

Deserts

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Plants are building our best defence against the greatest desert on Earth.

Five Ways the Great Green Wall is Helping to Reforest the Sahel Region

Africa

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Nature is brimming with ideas. But can it help to solve human problems? 

Plants: Nature’s original innovators

Sustainability

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Planet Earth III

Our Home. Our Future

Astrophysics

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Scientists have chased a theory for decades…but is it a ghost, a black hole, or a newfound planet?  

Is Planet Nine an undiscovered world? 

Uncovering the mystery of Planet Nine

Space concepts

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The big bang is where you may think it all began... but what if it wasn't?

What happened before the big bang?

What came before the big bang? 

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They aren't black, and they aren't holes... 

What does a black hole look like?

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The black hole; fascinating, mysterious, deadly. But what would happen if you fell into one? 

What would happen if you fell into a black hole? 

The Big Moon Quiz

Our Moon is far more than just a rock floating around in space. How much do you actually know about Earth's Moon?

The big moon quiz

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Do you have the grit, courage and brainpower to be blasted into space?

Do have what it takes to be an astronaut?

On Saturn it occasionally rains diamonds.

On saturn, it literally rains diamonds

Space

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Astronomy

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Mesozoic

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There was once a time when the great southern landmass of Antarctica was covered in forests and dinosaurs roamed free. How could such an icy wilderness once have been so warm that it could support Earth’s most gigantic creatures?

When dinosaurs roamed Antarctica

Adaptations

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Mark Witton is a paleobiologist on a mission. He says more people should know about one spectacular flying animal that lived more than 65 million years ago: Arambourgiania philadelphiae.

The winged giant that was bigger than T. Rex

Animals

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Humans roam alongside animals with ancestors dating back millions of years. 

10 animals with pre-historic roots 

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The question of dinosaur sex has perplexed palaeontologists for generations. But what possible theories have experts put forwards? 

How did dinosaurs have sex? 

Dinosaurs

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BBC Earth x Teemill. Discover the BBC Earth x Teemill circular collection. Teemill’s products, which are made from recycled organic cotton tees, have been designed to be sent back to Teemill once they are worn out.

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You can now enjoy the official A Perfect Planet soundtrack, with music by composer Ilan Eshkeri.

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A Perfect Planet Soundtrack

BBC Earth x Teemill. All of the BBC Earth Teemill products are made with 100% organic cotton in renewable energy factories and are designed to be recycled.

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BBC Earth x Teemill. All awesome animal-inspired designs are printed on super soft organic cotton. Made in renewable energy powered factories. 

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