Ice on Everest's highest glacier, South Col, has reduced 80 times faster than than it formed in what scientists have described as a climate "wake-up call".
Ice that took around 2,000 years to…
European Environment Agency data shows worst-hit countries to be Germany, France and Italy
Severe floods and other extreme weather have cost Europe about half a trillion euros in the past four…
Researchers say cutting carbon footprint of world’s wealthiest may be fastest way to reach net zero
Wealthy people have disproportionately large carbon footprints and the percentage of the world’s…
The state pumps millions into methane produced by manure – but advocates argue it increases greenhouse gas emissions and encourages factory farming
A coalition of climate, environmental and animal…
But one coral reef expert says even reefs that bleach every five years could have corals that survive
Almost no corals on the planet will escape severe bleaching once global heating reaches 1.5C,…
The disruptions have sparked calls for greater strategic planning for major freight corridors in the face of climate change
Supply chains already stretched due to Covid-related staff shortages have…
Extreme heat in the world’s oceans passed the “point of no return” in 2014 and has become the new normal, according to research.
Scientists analysed sea surface temperatures over the last 150 years…
Lake Turkana’s shores have been home to the El Molo for millennia but as rising waters swallow homes and sacred sites they face losing everything
Mombasa Lenapir briefly strokes the waters of Kenya…
Months after world leaders gathered in Glasgow for what many experts billed as our last best chance to fend off the worst effects of a warming planet, the devastating reality of climate change is…
Jakarta. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday’s global economic forum asked developed nations to help their developing counterparts, including Indonesia, in the energy transition by providing…
To cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half within a decade, the Biden administration’s goal, the U.S. is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage.
London and Paris among cities with highest number of avoided deaths thanks to lower pollution in first lockdown
More than 800 lives may have been saved across Europe thanks to better air quality…
The ANU’s Dr Fiona Beck says turning fossil fuels into hydrogen is always going to be dirtier than using renewables
A world-first shipment of liquid hydrogen from Australia was declared momentous…
Phoenix’s new ‘heat tsar’ is betting on less asphalt, more green canopy and reflective surfaces to cool the sprawling heat island
A surge in heat-related deaths amid record-breaking summer…
North Yorkshire fishers found pots heavy not with brown crab but with prized invader
Invasive king crabs have made their way to British shores, sparking fears that local brown crab and scallop…
A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review
A…
Average February daytime temperature in host cities has jumped from 0.4C at events in the 1920s–1950s, to 6.3C this century
On a rapidly-heating planet is there a future for a global event whose…