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26 12 2021 | 11:54

The pandemic is a warning: we must take care of the earth, our only home

The climate crisis resembles a huge planetary lockdown, trapping humanity within an ever-deteriorating environment

26 12 2021 | 11:51

NSW approves Morrison government’s $600m Kurri Kurri gas-fired power plant

Critics say ‘polluting’ plant in the Hunter region – which will only operate 2% of the year – makes little commercial sense The NSW government has approved the construction of a $600m gas-fired…

26 12 2021 | 11:47

New head of Unesco world heritage centre wants to put Africa on the map

Lazare Eloundou Assomo wants to address imbalance that benefits rich nations and protect sites threatened by climate crisis and war It covers 9 million sq miles from the Atlantic to the Indian…

26 12 2021 | 11:26

End trade barriers to help tackle climate crisis, says WTO chief

Removing trade barriers around the world would help to tackle the climate crisis, enable a “just transition” away from fossil fuels and make developing countries more resilient to the impacts of…

21 12 2021 | 09:10

Deforestation making outdoor work unsafe for millions, says study

Rise in temperatures and humidity linked to forest loss has reduced safe hours for working in the tropics Deforestation has made outdoor work unsafe for millions of people in the tropics over the…

21 12 2021 | 08:51

How much indoor air pollution do we produce when we take a shower?

Chemicals that evaporate from personal care products are among pollutants that form ozone in summer smogs Many of us will find soaps, aftershave, perfumes and pampering products among our…

21 12 2021 | 08:48

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through ground, air and water, study finds

The Stockholm University study highlights the chemicals’ mobility, which has been found in penguin eggs and polar bears Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in the ocean are transported from seawater to…

21 12 2021 | 08:43

Wood burners cause nearly half of urban air pollution cancer risk – study

Exclusive: Wood smoke is a more important carcinogen than vehicle fumes, finds Athens analysis Wood burning stoves in urban areas are responsible for almost half of people’s exposure to cancer-…

21 12 2021 | 08:26

‘This new snow has no name’: Sami reindeer herders face climate disaster

The only indigenous people left in Europe are struggling to keep their way of life as the Arctic warms up

20 12 2021 | 08:19

Warmer winters can wreak as much havoc as hotter summers, say scientists

Warmer winters are happening across the globe, and can be drivers of catastrophic weather events and profound changes As climate scientist Kai Kornhuber walks around New York City this winter, an…

20 12 2021 | 08:07

Scientists watch giant ‘doomsday’ glacier in Antarctica with concern

Twenty years ago, an area of ice thought to weigh almost 500bn tonnes dramatically broke off the Antarctic continent and shattered into thousands of icebergs into the Weddell Sea.

20 12 2021 | 08:02

Great Barrier Reef could face another mass bleaching by end of January, forecast says

Scientists are hoping La Niña conditions might yet stave off threat from predicted heat accumulation in northern and central reef Corals across large parts of the Great Barrier Reef could be hit by…

19 12 2021 | 13:30

‘All I can think about is the children’s future’: drought devastates Kenya

Dahabley smells of rotting flesh. Bodies of starved cows lie in various stages of decomposition, after being dragged to the outskirts of the village in Wajir county, north-east Kenya. They are added…

19 12 2021 | 13:24

‘Really abnormal’ storms and tornadoes tear through Great Plains and midwest

At least five people died as a powerful and extremely unusual storm system swept across the Great Plains and midwest amid unseasonably warm temperatures, spawning hurricane-force winds and possible…

19 12 2021 | 13:17

Environmental activists ‘spat at by drivers’ at Rome protest

Protesters say they were slapped, kicked and spat at by angry drivers during roadblock in Italian capital Italian activists have blocked a major road in Rome as part of a series of protests aimed…

19 12 2021 | 10:34

Κλιματική κρίση, κρίση δημοκρατίας.

Ας ξεκινήσουμε με μερικά βασικά δεδομένα. Το 85% του παγκόσμιου πληθυσμού έχει ήδη επηρεαστεί από τις κλιματικές αλλαγές, έχοντας βιώσει καιρικά φαινόμενα που επιδεινώθηκαν από τις επιπτώσεις της…

17 12 2021 | 08:59

Sampdoria’s Morten Thorsby: ‘They call me football’s Greta Thunberg’

Norway midfielder on how the Guardian inspired him to become a climate activist and what players can do to save the planet

17 12 2021 | 08:59

A ‘false solution’? How crypto mining became the oil industry’s new hope

Climate experts warn that plans to repurpose waste gas is not a solution, but more like placing a Band-Aid over a gaping wound

17 12 2021 | 08:59

‘It could feed the world’: amaranth, a health trend 8,000 years old that survived colonization

Indigenous women in North and Central America are coming together to share ancestral knowledge of amaranth, a plant booming in popularity as a health food

17 12 2021 | 08:10

The teenagers and the nun trying to stop an Australian coal mine

When eight teenagers and an elderly nun in Australia teamed up for a climate case, they won, in a historic judgement. Their case has now been appealed by the country's government. If the final…