Workers sorting electronic waste at a factory in India. Photograph: Elke Scholiers/Getty Images
Scientists have formed an unusual new alliance in their fight against climate change. They are using…
Scientists are to pick a location that sums up the current epoch when Homo sapiens made its mark
In a few weeks, geologists will select a site that demonstrates most vividly how humans have changed…
In 201o, politicians pledged to halt devastation of Earth’s wildlife. Since then, no progress has been made. And despite glimmers of hope, prospects look grim for next month’s top-level meeting in…
This month’s environmental summit opened as our planet wilts under the impact of climate crisis. Here we examine five key areas and assess what success – if any – was achieved in Egypt
Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist
The publication of Bill McGuire’s latest…
Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist.
Our planet’s geology shaped life on Earth. But now scientists reveal it worked the other way around too
The mighty forces that created our planet’s mountains in ancient days got some unexpected…
The IPCC is unequivocal: we must take urgent action to curb global heating and prevent catastrophe. Will our policymakers and the Cop26 conference be up to the task?
At the end of the 60s sci-fi…
Met Office warning over impact of global heating prompts calls for action to protect elderly and vulnerable.
Britain is failing to protect its vulnerable citizens from the threat of intensifying…
The giant land is the only place on Earth not touched by Covid. A British team is on a mission to protect it while also doing vital research
Rothera on Adelaide Island, the British Antarctic Survey…
Researchers to tell UN that loss of biodiversity enables rapid spread of new diseases from animals to humans.
Scientists are to warn world leaders that increasing numbers of deadly new pandemics…
As the black stuff burnt in the UK plummets to a level not seen since the early steam age, we trace its long, deep history and the problems left in its wake.
Britain achieved an unlikely status as a…
The 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine in California is a vivid example of how resourceful and resilient life can be.
As old-timers go, the Methuselah tree in California’s White Mountains takes some…
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