Bristol Airport’s expansion plans have been granted on appeal by the government after being refused permission by the local council.

It will see the airport increase its current capacity from 10 million to 12 million passengers per year, the BBC reports .

David Lees, the airport's chief executive, welcomed the decision by the Planning Inspectorate.

He said: "The...

The Met Office and the University of Exeter have signed a landmark collaboration agreement at COP26, formally committing to further grow the work of the Joint Centre for Excellence in Environmental Intelligence .

The agreement sees the continuation of the Joint Centre, created in Exeter in December 2020, which brings together world-leading researchers from the University of Exeter...

The UK Met Office , based in Exeter, is one of at least three organisations to downgrade their presence at next month’s COP26 climate talks due to higher than expected costs, according to Politico .

The Met Office are sharing a joint space and events programme with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The three...

These days it is all but impossible to avoid being bombarded with news related to climate change or the consequences of global warming. The debate as to the extent to which this has been caused by mankind has raged for decades, but the scientific community has coalesced around a clear consensus: It is happening and it is accelerating.

To slow down or even reverse climate change, it...