On a broad expanse of beach overlooked by towering cliffs on the UK’s south coast, a ghost forest can be glimpsed at low tide. Easily missed among the boulders and rock pools, a landscape of gnarled…
Flooding is among ‘most extreme disasters in Australian history’, says major environmental assessment.
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has defended his government’s record on the climate…
Scientists remap global farmland to reveal ‘optimal scenario’ for reducing impacts on climate.
The carbon impact of the world's crops could theoretically be cut by 71 per cent by relocating farms,…
Scientists warn of greater likelihood of extreme weather, heightened risks posed by sea level rise and lower carbon absorption by oceans after sixth straight year of record breaking temperatures
The…
People’s detachment in the face of annihilation feels terrifyingly authentic
There is a good reason why people wearing signs in the street saying “The End is Nigh” are ignored: even if their message…
From almost zero presence in the mid-20th century, beavers are rapidly colonising Arctic areas in Western Alaska
While the return of beavers in the UK has been a major success story in recent years…
Ending fossil fuel dependency and restoring forests is vital, but what new developments has 2021 seen?
The best way to tackle the worsening climate crisis is to slash emissions of greenhouse gases,…
Air bubbles in Antarctic ice reveal cause of fall in atmospheric oxygen over last 800,000 years
Over the last 800,000 years, the level of oxygen in the atmosphere has been slowly declining, and new…
Acceleration of ice loss due to climate crisis could threaten water supplies for ‘hundreds of millions’ of people
Glaciers in the Himalayas are shrinking far more rapidly than glaciers in other…
‘Toothless’ policy and lack of expertise among long list of failures identified in existing efforts to reverse catastrophic impacts on natural world
A damning report by MPs has described government…
Extraction will lead to emissions of billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases, threatening right to live in a healthy environment, court case argues
At the end of April, oil giant ExxonMobil announced…
Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil were all brought to task over mounting climate concerns. This is just the beginning, writes Harry Cockburn
The moment Royal Dutch Shell lost its court case in the Hague…
Impact on environment will be ‘national disgrace’, says co-founder of Greenpeace UK.
More than 500 million fish could be sucked out of the sea and into the vast cooling system of the proposed …
Live in a climate of confusion no longer. Here’s our handy guide to the essential words and terms required to understand the biggest issue facing our planet
Bad things are happening and we need to…
In future decades large wildfires could pose similar level of threat to Britain as they currently do in the south of France or parts of Australia, say researchers.
Wildfires which ordinarily only…
Exclusive: Naturalist and TV presenter’s latest programme Animal Einsteins explores species’ intelligence and holds a critical mirror up to our own kind at a crucial moment in time, writes Harry…
Why did it take sauropods 15 million years to cross the supercontinent of pangea?
Why did it take sauropods - the family of dinosaurs which includes the very biggest creatures ever to have walked…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has previously said he won’t be dictated to by other countries on climate policy.
The combined pressure of Joe Biden’s new environmentally-focused administration in the…
Analysts urge action to put pledges into practice to avoid catastrophic warming.
The core objective of the 2015 Paris climate agreement — to limit the rise in the average global temperature to “well…
The Arctic’s record-breaking year is continuing as temperatures in late November are reaching up to 12C higher than averages in the 1990s.
The latest figures, from the University of Maine's Climate…
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