Gulls and crows are known to lurk at landfill sites where antimicrobial-resistant bacteria can thrive. Photograph: Nature Picture Library/Alamy
Urban ducks and crows might offer us a connection to…
A man fishes off a jetty in Alameda, California, as the sun sets over the San Francisco Bay on 1 July. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
California experienced its hottest month on record in July as…
People cool off at a fountain during a heat wave in Madrid, Spain, on 13 July. Photograph: Óscar del Pozo/AFP via Getty Images
The world just had its hottest July ever recorded, elongating a string…
A protest in Barcelona in June against overtourism. At one demonstration locals squirted tourists with water pistols. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
In July, protesters took to the streets of Palma…
KENITRA, Morocco — Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco. A six-year drought has imperiled the country's entire agriculture sector, including farmers who grow…
In 1990, Freetown was home to 529,000 people but its population has since swelled to about 1.3 million.
Photograph: Misper Apawu/AP
Mohamed Koroma has lived in the Kroo Bay waterfront community…
Banners at Euston station in London during a protest against HS2 in 2021. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
Britain’s biggest law firm has sought more than £1m from climate protesters to cover the…
Kenyan appeals court rules 2023 taxes unconstitutional, jeopardizing government revenue.
This decision comes after the government withdrew this year's finance bill following deadly protests.
The…
“It was like hell. It was like a war,” says George, a 36-year-old volunteer firefighter who helped battle this week’s mega-blaze which burnt its way to the outskirts of Athens.
“We don’t have the…
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A record 15 national heat records have been broken since the start of this year, an influential climate historian has told the Guardian, as weather extremes grow more…
A new evacuation alert for the Greek seaside town of Nea Makri has been ordered on Tuesday, as fierce wildfires continue to affect the suburbs of Athens.
One person has died, with a body, believed…
Dimitris Petrou and his dog Mallou on the veranda of his burned-out home in Nea Penteli, Athens. Photograph: Helena Smith/The Guardian
“I used to talk to them every day.” Dimitris Petrou takes in…
In Togo, the government is launching hydrogeological studies to assess groundwater resources in Greater Lomé, ahead of the launch of the Urban Water Security Project in Togo (PaSH-MUT). The work has…
When Roberto Macri built his luxury hotel in the Kenyan coastal village of Kipini, it was about 100m (330ft) away from the beautiful waters of the Indian Ocean.
For nearly two decades his business…
Despite their country's agricultural potential, 7 million South Sudanese are food insecure. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is trying to turn this situation around over the next six years by…
A girl in Mali, one of the countries worst affected by the rise of extreme heat. Photograph: Feije Riemersma/Alamy
Almost half a billion children are growing up in parts of the world where there are…
An activists holds a placard during a climate strike in September 2023, in Edmonton, Canada. Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto
As diplomats get ready to restart talks next month over the new UN climate…
Greece has brought in the army to help extinguish fires raging out of control in eastern Attica.
A fire brigade spokesman told the Guardian 88 soldiers had been seconded in the battle to contain…
California recently hit a new renewable energy milestone: 100 days of 100% renewable energy powering the state’s electricity grid, run by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), for at…