Deep-sea mining may push hundreds of species to extinction, researchers warn
New research sees two-thirds of mollusc types only found living by hydrothermal vents added to IUCN’s red list of endangered species
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Listen to the fish sing: scientists record ‘mind-blowing’ noises of restored coral reef
Vibrant soundscape shows Indonesian reef devastated by blast fishing is returning to health
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World’s largest lab-grown steak unveiled by Israeli firm
MeaTech 3D created the 4oz steak using 3D printing with real bovine cells that mature into muscle and fat
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Batman loach returns: fish feared extinct found in Turkey
Scientists working on the Search For The Lost Fishes project have spotted the freshwater Batman River loach, which has not been seen since 1974
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Hold the beef: McDonald’s avoids the bold step it must take to cut emissions
The company has announced big sustainability initiatives – but absent are the menu changes needed to significantly reduce beef production
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‘Gushing oil and roaring fires’: 30 years on Kuwait is still scarred by catastrophic pollution
Oilwells set alight by Iraqi forces in 1991 were put out within months, but insidious pollution still mars the desert
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‘We can’t save everybody’: could biobanking offer Australian animals a last hope against extinction?
As Australia faces an extinction crisis, some conservationists say that, to save some endangered species, we must have a national plan to freeze them
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Hot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains
Our planet’s geology shaped life on Earth. But now scientists reveal it worked the other way around too
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UK universities took £89m from oil firms in last four years
Anger after investigation finds Imperial College London, Cambridge and Oxford among institutions to have accepted funding
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Guardian and Observer charity appeal 2021: support the fight for climate justice
Four charities selected this year all help protect the rights of marginalised people most affected by the climate crisis
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California tackles food waste with largest recycling program in US
Residents will be required to use green waste bins to dispose of food which municipalities will turn into compost or biogas
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Concern over impact of Norfolk Boreas offshore windfarm on seabirds
Project backed by Boris Johnson likely to get go-ahead but is on site that rare birds travel though, campaigners say
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How Durham University turned itself green
Institution jumps 66 places on People and Planet’s annual university sustainability league
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Labor calls for ‘grassroots mobilisation’ of religious Australians to tackle climate crisis
Care for creation unites every person in this room, Anthony Albanese tells faith summit
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UK ‘embarrassed’ into funding Mozambique gas project, court hears
The UK was “embarrassed” into funding a huge gas project in
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Help us support those on the frontline of the climate emergency
As poorer nations pay the price for wealthy countries’ pollution, fighting climate injustice is a moral obligation
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How will humanity endure the climate crisis? I asked an acclaimed sci-fi writer
In Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel The Ministry for the Future, climate disasters kill tens of millions of people – and that’s a scenario he portrays as relatively optimistic
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Editorial: The Guardian view on green finance: doing business as if the planet mattered
Climate change is happening, and businesses know it. So why don’t company reports show it?
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The richest 10% produce about half of greenhouse gas emissions. They should pay to fix the climate
This is not simply a rich versus poor countries divide: there are huge emitters in poor countries, and low emitters in rich countries
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‘We have to use a boat to commute’: coastal Ghana hit by climate crisis
As the sea claims more of the west African shoreline, those left homeless by floods are losing hope that the government will act
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