The region’s air typically doesn’t suit strikes – so they have become an important climate crisis indicator
The high Arctic saw a dramatic rise in lightning in 2021 in what could be one of the most…
The global top three programmes on Netflix currently include the heroic quest of a monster hunter; the escapades of an American woman in Paris; and, at number one, a dark comedy about climate change…
Environmentalists say ministers are living in a ‘fantasy’ by giving new fossil fuel production the green light
Oil and gas companies have been invited by the government to help write the rules on…
Port of Newcastle says move is part of plan to decarbonise the business by 2040 and ‘we don’t really have a choice’
The world’s largest coal port has announced it will now be powered entirely by…
1. What is the greenhouse effect?
In a greenhouse, sunlight enters, and heat is retained. The greenhouse effect describes a similar phenomenon on a planetary scale but, instead of the glass of a…
One in five ads served on search results for 78 climate-related terms placed by firms with interests in fossil fuels, research finds
Fossil fuel companies and firms that work closely with them are…
Nearly half of the world’s fossil fuel reserves are vulnerable to extreme weather brought on by climate change, according to an assessment published last month by risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft…
Is the progress that was made at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit already in jeopardy because of challenges in the year ahead?
2021 was a momentous year for climate change.
For climate change in Australia, 2021 was the year of the bullshit absolution narrative. The wide grin of a promise of good, with a bag of sinister held behind the back. This was 2021’s grubby…
Misinformation about the Covid pandemic and climate change is slowing an effective collective response to these emergencies.
BBC Monitoring’s experts Shayan Sardarizadeh and Kayleen Devlin explain…
Everyday foods such as coffee, meat and spices could become luxury items due to global climate impacts and changing tastes.
As we head towards the end of another extraordinary year, BBC Future is…
How the next generation of solar, wind and EV companies will fare in the coming year is one of the most exciting parlour games in the City, on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley this holiday season…
People’s detachment in the face of annihilation feels terrifyingly authentic
There is a good reason why people wearing signs in the street saying “The End is Nigh” are ignored: even if their message…
To survive this post-Cambridge Analytica world you must treat everything you encounter as if it might be a #sponsoredpost,
You may have seen last week that Shell abandoned its proposed
Bread is a staple food and variations of the popular food item have appeared everywhere in the world, from Middle Eastern pita to Central American tortillas and Ethiopian injera. In the UK alone an…