Vancouver, Canada. What grows on the land surrounding the city makes a difference to the temperature in the centre, the study says. Photograph: All Canada Photos/Alamy
A reduction in temperature…
A total of 22 people have been arrested in connection with a planned "climate camp" near a power station in North Yorkshire, police have said.
The arrests were for public order offences, including…
Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world's biggest iceberg.
For months now it has been spinning on the spot just north of Antarctica when really it should be racing along with Earth's…
The Iter tokamak was supposed to be producing energy by 2020. Photograph: US Iter
It was a project that promised the sun. Researchers would use the world’s most advanced technology to design a…
Martin Pugh at Middlewick Ranges, where he was apparently assaulted trying to protect skylarks. Photograph: Teri Pengilley/The Observer
The song of the skylark has filled poets’ hearts for centuries…
A coastal erosion warning sign at Montrose links in 2021. A report that year predicted 120 metres of coast would be lost over 40 years – but that is now accelerating. Photograph: Andy Thompson/Alamy…
A plenary meeting at the 61st session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo: IISD/ENB | Anastasia Rodopoulou
Dr Youba Sokona is an energy and sustainable…
At a high-level forum in New York, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) published the…
Less than half of stunned or injured birds survive a collision with a window, research has found, pushing up estimates that more than 1 billion birds may die each year from flying into buildings in…
The huge passenger vessels sometimes known as “cruisezillas” are getting bigger than ever, according to new research which has found that the world’s biggest cruise ships have doubled in size since…
Consequences of climate inaction are being felt in rich countries as well as poor, the UN climate adviser said. Photograph: Steven Saphore/AAP
Fossil fuel companies are running “a massive mis- and…
Pacific governments say an official UN report shows their push for a levy on all shipping emissions – with the revenues redistributed to poorer nations – is fairer, cheaper and more effective than…
This story includes details on the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to cope…
At a ceremony yesterday in Athens, Professor Arthouros Zervos was laid to rest. No other person in the world had a greater impact on the early deployment of renewable energy.
Kenya faces difficult times ahead because of pressure to pay debts, create jobs for the youth, offer improved services to citizens and uproot entrenched corruption.
LAGOS — Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote is battling to get his $20 billion refinery in Nigeria fully functional and begin recouping returns on his investment as clashes with local regulators and…
Hello and welcome back to Energy Source, coming to you today from London and Johannesburg. Brett Christophers, the author of The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet, had a hot take…
Coming to Grips With A Crash
Prices for batteries in China are plummeting, and the implications are just starting to ripple outward for the global automotive market.
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