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Britain's Prince William appears to have taken the baton from his father and become a more vocal advocate about pollution and climate change.

The Prince and Princess of Wales got a first-hand look at some groundbreaking innovations at a green technology startup incubator in suburban Boston, then followed with a visit to an organization that works to raise up young people struggling through poverty and violence.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are making their first overseas trip since the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September.

Prince William and the Princess of Wales will make their first trip to the U.S. in eight years this week, hoping to focus attention on their Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators.

Britain’s polar research ship is preparing for its second voyage to Antarctica to investigate sea level rises and threats to marine biodiversity

LONDON — (AP) — Britain's polar research ship is preparing for its second voyage to Antarctica to investigate sea level rises and threats to marine biodiversity. It is scheduled to set sail again on Sunday, from Harwich port, in eastern England, carrying around 45 crew members and scientists. Plans call for the ship to reach Rothera Research Station, on the Antarctic Peninsula, by Christmas and to spend about six months in Antarctica. “To do that, we need to measure lots of different parts of the system to get the big picture. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Britain’s polar research ship is preparing for its second voyage to Antarctica to investigate sea level rises and threats to marine biodiversity.

In a story published September 3, 2022, about former President Barack Obama winning an Emmy Award, The Associated Press erroneously reported that one of his two earlier Grammy Awards was for his audiobook reading of “A Promised Land.”.

Scientists said Monday they believe the specimen, named Auroralumina attenboroughii, is the earliest creature known to have a skeleton.

A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough

LONDON — (AP) — A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough. Scientists said Monday they believe the specimen, named Auroralumina attenboroughii, is the earliest creature known to have a skeleton. It is related to the group that includes corals, jellyfish and anemones, they say. “It’s generally held that modern animal groups like jellyfish appeared 540 million years ago in the Cambrian explosion," said Phil Wilby, a palaeontologist at the British Geological Survey. “But this predator predates that by 20 million years."

A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.

How can scientists peek into the minds of creatures dead for millions of years? A TV show presented by Sir David Attenborough attempts to do it.

A luxury icebreaker just made its first voyage to the North Pole. The potential for harm should be weighed against the value of creating a constituency for preserving wild places.

These books from a variety of perspectives can help travelers understand what constitutes green travel — and why it matters.

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This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Def Leppard, a five-part Apple+ series on dinosaurs and a documentary about the late composer Stephen Sondheim and his musical “Company.”.

'Dinosaur Apocalypse,' a PBS NOVA special narrated by Sir David Attenborough, attempts to reconstruct the day Earth was hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago.

The Thescelosaurus moved stealthily along the seashore. Stretching about 12 feet long and weighing about 500 pounds, the thickly muscled dinosaur was probably looking for food - or trying to avoid becoming a meal. Featuring prominent bony eyebrows and a pointy beak, Thescelosaurus plodded along on two feet with the bulk of its body leaning forward while a long tail stretched backward for balance. Suddenly, the dinosaur lifted its head and looked around, alarmed as the calm was broken by a series

Bourne and Carpenter, who have been together for 20 years, got married aboard the ship with 30 crew members. They had the coordinates engraved into their wedding rings.

Saturday, Feb. 12 & Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022 I "Puppy Bowl XVIII" airs on Animal Planet.

Elton John has formally received one of the highest awards that can be bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II.

World leaders are promising to protect Earth's forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit.

Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. “As we open this much anticipated climate conference, we are still heading for climate disaster,” he said. But he added that Putin will record a video address to be delivered to a forest and land use conference which is part of the U.N. climate conference. Peskov told reporters Monday that Russia fully shares global climate efforts and will stick to its goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. It is time to act to ensure a greener future,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a statement Monday.

The ship will set out to research how the Earth's atmosphere and oceans are warming.

The ship will set out to research how the Earth's atmosphere and oceans are warming.

The ship will set out to research how the Earth's atmosphere and oceans are warming.

Celebrities have joined Prince William in London for the inaugural awards ceremony of his Earthshot Prize.

Prince William has criticized some of the world’s richest men for using their wealth to fund a new space race and space tourism, and called on the world's great minds to fix the planet first.

This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from Brandi Carlile and the Doobie Brothers, as well as the return of Jon Stewart to prime time and a prequel film to “The Sopranos” called “The Many Saints of Newark.”.

Prince William has announced 15 inaugural finalists for the Earthshot Prize, his ambitious global environmental award that aims to find new ideas and technologies to tackle climate change, air pollution and the Earth’s most pressing challenges.

The Duke of Cambridge has penned the introduction to a new book described as an “authoritative guide” to his Earthshot Prize. The book, Earthshot: How To Save Our Planet, highlights the urgency of the environmental challenge facing the world, while also showcasing some of the solutions underway. It features contributions from Sir David Attenborough, the naturalist and broadcaster, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, an environmental activist, singer Shakira, and Naoko Yamazaki, a former astronaut - all memb

We need a complete picture of Planet Earth and that means finally acquiring a definitive seabed map.

Leaders of the G7 gather for a second day of meetings on Saturday, in which they will discuss COVID-19, climate, foreign policy and the economy. The G-7 nations are the U.K., the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan. ___BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Joe Biden have met on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in England. “At noontime on the second day of the G7 summit the chancellor talked to U.S. President Biden in between the work meetings," read the caption accompanying the photos. Earlier, activists from Oxfam assembled on Falmouth beach to protest climate change and put on masks depicting the leaders attending the G-7 summit.

President Joe Biden has arrived in the Belgian capital for the upcoming NATO summit, wearing a mask because of the coronavirus as an honor guard and trumpeters greeted him.

Group of Seven leaders are talking about climate change on the final day of their summit in England, with naturalist David Attenborough warning they must take urgent action to avoid human-based environmental catastrophe. Attenborough, who is due to address the leaders on Sunday by video, said global warning and loss of biodiversity are “beyond doubt,” as is the fact that “our societies and nations are unequal.” “If that is so, then the decisions we make this decade — in particular the decisions made by the most economically advanced nations — are the most important in human history,” Attenborough said in comments released by summit organizers.

The legendary wildlife filmmaker tells Anderson Cooper why urgent action on climate change is crucial and why we need to save nature in order to save ourselves.

Nearly two decades after declining to take a hard stance in his first profile on 60 Minutes, Sir David Attenborough warns about the dangers of climate change.

The British government says three-quarters of the adult U.K. population has received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine.

Britain Climate Conference FILE - In this Thursday, Nov 8, 2018 file photo, Sir David Attenborough poses for photographers at Westminster Central Hall, London. Veteran British broadcaster David Attenborough has been appointed “People’s Advocate” at the COP26 global climate summit later this year, where he is expected to address political leaders about the need for urgent action to tackle the “crippling” threat of climate change, it was announced Monday, May 10, 2021. “There is no better person to build momentum for further change” ahead of the climate summit," Johnson said. As part of his role, Attenborough is also expected to speak at the G-7 leaders’ summit in Cornwall, southwestern England, next month. ___Follow all AP stories on climate change at https://apnews.com/hub/climate.

Veteran British broadcaster David Attenborough has been appointed the “people’s advocate” at the U.N. global climate summit this year, where he is expected to address political leaders about the need for urgent action to tackle the “crippling” threat of climate change.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.

How the team behind David Attenborough’s new Netflix series captured a fight sequence between two poison dart frogs

An eclectic group of people — including LeBron James, James Corden, Jennifer Garner and Sir David Attenborough — have nabbed nominations for this year’s Webby Awards, recognizing the best internet content and creators.

A new Apple TV+ documentary narrated by the legendary broadcaster Sir David Attenborough is exploring how nature rebounded during COVID-19 lockdowns. Attenborough and "The Year Earth Changed" Executive Producer Mike Gunton join "CBS This Morning" to discuss how species from penguins to humpback whales thrived when humans stayed indoors.

Climate change represents the "gravest threats" to global peace and security, the UN Security Council will hear on Tuesday. The U.K. currently has a one-month presidency of the Council, which is charged with ensuring international peace and security. He said the upcoming UN climate change meeting, known as COP26, that will take place in Glasgow in November, could be the "last opportunity to make the necessary step-change." "If we objectively view climate change and the loss of nature as world-wide security threats – as indeed, they are – then we may yet act proportionately and in time," he said. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Sudanese climate activist Nisreen Elsaim will also brief the Security Council live on Tuesday.

The review of the economics of biodiversity by Professor Partha Dasgupta concludes that nature needs to become as valued as traditional gauges of economic wealth such as profits in the future. Responding to the report, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the coming year is “critical” in efforts to stop and reverse declining biodiversity. He said that the U.K., which is this year president of the Group of Seven leading economies and hosting the 26th global U.N. “We are destroying biodiversity, the very characteristic that until recently enabled the natural world to flourish so abundantly,” he said. He said the report “shows us how, by bringing economics and ecology together, we can help save the natural world at what may be the last minute — and in doing so, save ourselves.”

According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, intensive care units in several parts of Texas were full or nearly full. India and Brazil trail behind the U.S. in coronavirus cases at over 10 million and 7 million, respectively. ___MILAN, Italy — Italy added another 462 virus deaths on Friday for a known pandemic death toll of 74,621, the highest in Europe. ___BANGKOK — The Thai capital is shutting down venues including schools and entertainment parks as coronavirus cases continue to spread. China on Friday reported a total of 19 new virus cases, including 10 that were brought from outside the country.

FILE - "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl poses for a photo in her office at the "60 Minutes" offices, in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. It's not the first time that's been said about “60 Minutes” since its 1968 debut. After executive producer Bill Owens turned the show primarily over to COVID-19 coverage last spring, “60 Minutes” has returned to its traditional format while being focused on being timely. “60 Minutes” this fall has featured interviews with fired government cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs, former President Barack Obama and poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Original executive producer Don Hewitt often ran “60 Minutes” as an island unto itself.

In this undated handout photo issued by WWF on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, British Naturalist Sir David Attenborough, sits with Prince William for a private outdoor screening of his upcoming film, David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet, at Kensington Palace, London. William, who has been immersed in environmental issues all his life, said the same resources used to tackle the coronavirus pandemic should be devoted to saving the natural world. “According to the experts, it really is the point of no return," he told Sky News. “It’s a matter of great urgency now.”William also spoke about how his seven-year-old son, Prince George, is getting concerned about what's going on in the world. He said his son was left so saddened by an Attenborough documentary about extinction that he told his father “I don’t want to watch this anymore."

60 Seconds with Sir David Attenborough on literature, optimism and death Sir David Attenborough tells Anderson Cooper about the last book he read, who’s influenced him the most, and whether or not he’s afraid of death.

(Kensington Palace via AP)VALLETTA – Malta says it will seek to retrieve a shark tooth that was presented to Britain’s Prince George by veteran broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, who found the fossil during a holiday on the Mediterranean island in the 1960s. Culture Minister Jose Herrera said he will “get the ball rolling” to bring back the tooth to be exhibited in a Maltese museum. Attenborough, 94, presented the fossil to Prince George during a private viewing of his new documentary at Kensington Palace. Photos released by the palace over the weekend showed the 7-year-old prince looking intrigued as he looked at the tooth. Kensington Palace declined to comment.

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Where Sir David Attenborough draws his optimism Sir David Attenborough tells 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper he looks to the young for hope on a declining planet.

Sir David AttenboroughSir David Attenborough: And so it isn't that I enjoy saying, "Doom, doom, doom." Sir David Attenborough: I know it sounds like a publicist slogan, but it is the greatest story ever told. Sir David Attenborough: Repopulation of the oceans can happen like that, in a decade. Sir David Attenborough: That's what's gonna sink us in the end. We've allowed this to happen, Sir David Attenborough says, despite being the smartest creatures that have ever lived.

"I want [people] to know…not the human story particularly, but the story of life on this earth, how it how it developed," Attenborough told 60 Minutes. Attenborough with Orangutans Getty ImagesNow 94, Attenborough has witnessed the evolution of the natural world more closely than most. In 2002, the naturalist told 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley in an interview that his role was to show an "objective depiction of the natural world." He calls this latest project his "witness statement," and on 60 Minutes told correspondent Anderson Cooper "a crime has been committed" against the planet. Attenborough during the shoot for this week's 60 Minutes storyAttenborough no longer minces words nor leaves his viewers wondering where he stands on the issue of climate change.

The world's foremost wildlife filmmaker tells Anderson Cooper humanity has committed a crime against his beloved natural world. BBC legend Sir David Attenborough, who at one time had been skeptical about climate change, now says scientists are right about the harm to the planet humans are causing and considers it a crime. Attenborough calls his latest film and book "A Life on Our Planet," a "witness statement." He's convinced what's happening now to the natural world because of climate change is far worse than what humans have done over the ages. "People who have never listened to a birdsong are suddenly thrilled, excited, supported, inspired by the natural world.

The world's foremost wildlife filmmaker tells Anderson Cooper humanity has committed a crime against his beloved natural world. BBC legend Sir David Attenborough, who at one time had been skeptical about climate change, now says scientists are right about the harm to the planet humans are causing and considers it a crime. Attenborough calls his latest film and book "A Life on Our Planet," a "witness statement." He's convinced what's happening now to the natural world because of climate change is far worse than what humans have done over the ages. "People who have never listened to a birdsong are suddenly thrilled, excited, supported, inspired by the natural world.

This image released by BBC America shows Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in a scene from "Planet Earth: A Celebration." The special debuts at 8 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, on BBC America, AMC, SundanceTV and IFC. (BBC Studios/BBC America via AP)

This image released by BBC America shows Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in a scene from "Planet Earth: A Celebration." The special debuts at 8 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, on BBC America, AMC, SundanceTV and IFC. — AP Music Editor Mesfin FekaduTELEVISIONWhether the new season of CBS’ “Love Island” includes any version of love remains to be seen, but it’s definitely not on an island. The special, debuting 8 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, on BBC America, AMC, SundanceTV and IFC, includes new narration from Attenborough. Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King”) and Jacob Shea, an Emmy nominee for the “Planet Earth II” score, created new music.