The need to respond to climate change is triggering perhaps the largest and fastest economic transition since the Industrial Revolution.
The need to respond to climate change is triggering perhaps…
The Tongass spans more than 25,000 square miles (64,750 sq km) in southeast Alaska and is one of the largest intact temperate rain forests in the world.
A century ago Virginia’s coastal lagoons were a natural paradise. Fishing boats bobbed on the waves as geese flocked overhead. Beneath the surface, miles of seagrass gently swayed in the surf, making…
Leaders of climate and conservation groups on Tuesday welcomed House Democrats' introduction of landmark legislation that aims to address the ocean impacts of human-caused global heating and reform…
Donald Trump’s reelection could have a lasting impact on the fight against the climate crisis, scientists say.
A second Trump term would end mid-way through the 2020s, a decade in which scientists…
The mass death of sea creatures off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia's far east was most likely caused by toxic algae and not man-made factors, Russian officials have said.
The find weeks ago raised…
African nations are spending between 2% and 9% of their gross domestic product on climate adaptation and mitigation measures, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
The African…
Hinkley Point C building site waste due to be dumped in sea near Cardiff.
The builders of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station must be completely open about the potential environmental impact…
Digital technology could transform the environmental agenda, says new report published by Green Alliance.
The fourth and final report from the Tech Task Force programme, argues greater…
The famed deer that roam the city of Nara, in Japan, no longer face discomfort – or far worse – after local companies developed a safe alternative to the plastic packaging discarded by tourists that…
A group of Indigenous women and their allies on Monday urged the heads of major global financial institutions to stop propping up the tar sands industry and sever all ties with the sector's "climate-…
The £200m research vessel was named in honour of the veteran BBC broadcaster after the government ditched the title picked in a 2016 public poll.
The Sir David Attenborough, the UK’s new polar ship…
In its latest quarterly market outlook, WoodMac forecasts that total solar installs will increase by 5% year-on-year to reach 115GWdc, driven primarily by a surge in activity within the Chinese…
Halting destruction of wild places could slow frequency of deadly outbreaks, say scientists.
The world is in an “era of pandemics” and unless the destruction of the natural world is halted they will…
Climate crisis exacerbates extreme weather during natural events, say experts.
La Niña climate event is under way, heralding a colder and stormier winter than usual across the northern hemisphere,…
Lack of policies regulating impact on natural world means finance industry effectively bankrolling biodiversity loss, analysis finds.
The world’s largest investment banks provided more than $2.6tn…
Report estimates there is already 100 million tonnes of plastic in the sea, with rate of pollution set to rise.
Over 200,000 tonnes of plastic are being released into the Mediterranean Sea every…
The grid-connected 2.2 gigawatt PV plant is located in Qinghai Province/China at an average altitude of over 3000 m. Huawei provided 1.6 GW of inverters with high voltage ride-through capability.
Multi-agency report highlights the current and future state of the climate in Africa
Geneva/Addis Ababa, 26 October 2020 – Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns…
Fikile Ntshangase was involved in legal dispute over extension of coalmine in KwaZulu-Natal.
A South African environmental activist who opposed the extension of a coalmine near her home has been…