climate crisis

Models suggest that distortions in polar-vortex winds can send chilly air hurtling southwards. But some climate scientists remain unconvinced. Recent spells of unusually cold winter weather in the…

Park officials say that Pretty Rocks Landslide has made remote road too dangerous for use A landslide caused by melting permafrost has closed the only road in Alaska’s Denali National Park.

Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental…

Coastal areas in lower latitudes likely to be worst affected Extreme sea level events will become 100 times more frequent by 2100 across many parts of the world as a result of rising global…

Graphics from a new book show causes and consequences that are hard to detect with the naked eye. In a new book, Atlas of the Invisible, the geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti…

Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security Wild relatives of some of the world’s most important crops,…

The climate crisis and warming waters may cause tuna to redistribute, threatening tuna-dependent economies in the Pacific, a new study concludes.

Warming sea and shifting food sources drive whales into areas where they risk ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. Climate change-induced warming in the Gulf of Maine has resulted in the…

In a landmark ruling and a win for a bushfire survivors group, the Land and Environment Court has ordered the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to take steps to safeguard…

"The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5C and to restore nature," says the editorial backed by hundreds of…

Kate Ng meets the people who have become increasingly aware of the impact of climate change following extreme weather events and rising pollution levels

Nearly a third of Britons now see environmental issues as a big worry for the country. Concern over the climate crisis is at a 30-year high in the UK, a poll finds. Nearly a third (32 per cent) of…

The average global citizen loses 2.2 years of life with the current levels of air pollution, with residents in the most polluted cities lose up to five years of their lives, according to a new study…

Many European countries reported their highest annual average temperatures last year Europe experienced its hottest year on record by a wide margin last year, data shows. Temperatures across the…

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…

A Met Office scientist warns that parts of Europe could see 50C heat in the future. Daisy Dunne explores whether countries are prepared

Global survey finds 74% also want climate crises and protecting nature prioritised over jobs and profit Three-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the…

Report is the first comprehensive analysis of climate risk from a child’s perspective Close to a billion children live in one of the 33 countries most at risk of the impacts of the climate crisis,…

Blazes are destroying whole communities. The Canadian government must act now to tackle this existential threat

It's our last chance to transform the economy and prevent catastrophic climate damage. Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system,…