BBC News - Science & Environment
The latest stories from the Science & Environment section of the BBC News web site.
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Path of tsunami debris mapped out
February 22, 2012
A year on, modellers continue to provide daily forecasts of the likely spread of floating debris washed out into the Pacific by the Japanese Tohoku megatsunami.
Met Office 'needs supercomputers'
February 21, 2012
The Met Office needs new supercomputers to make confident extreme weather warnings and more accurate long-term forecasts, a group of MPs says.
VIDEO: Breakthrough in radio wave energy
February 22, 2012
Researchers at the University of Bedfordshire believe they have found a way of harvesting power from radio waves.
VIDEO: Met office 'needs supercomputers'
February 21, 2012
The Met Office needs new supercomputers to issue confident extreme weather warnings and more accurate long-term forecasts, a group of MPs says.
Confessions of a climate gate-opener
February 22, 2012
What do documents from climate sceptic group really tell us?
Airlines and tar sands proxy for bigger climate battles
February 21, 2012
The EU and its critics fly in opposite directions on climate
