A first-of-its-kind study has examined the satellite record to see how the climate crisis is impacting all of the planet's ice.
The answer? Quite a lot. The rate of worldwide ice loss has increased…
The first global ice-loss survey using satellite data showed ice is disappearing faster in Antarctica and Greenland.
Melting on the ice sheets has accelerated so much over the past three decades…
Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation.
The planet is hotter now than it has been for at least 12,000 years, a period spanning the entire development…
Drax is the UK’s first energy company to make a pledge to boost social mobility for one million people by 2025.
Drax has announced the target as part of its Opportunity Action Plan developed in…
Millions of birds travel between their breeding and wintering grounds during spring and autumn migration, creating one of the greatest spectacles of the natural world. These journeys often span…
Electric vehicles are better for the climate than gas-powered cars, but many Americans are still reluctant to buy them. One reason: The larger upfront cost.
New data published Thursday shows that…
After studying how microplastics damage the oceans, schoolgirl Lizzie wants the government to stop sending waste to developing countries.
A petition by a nine-year-old schoolgirl calling on Boris…
Restoring the UK’s seas could put billions of pounds into the economy by 2050 and bring thousands of new jobs, according to a new report by Sky Ocean Rescue and WWF.
The Value of Restored UK Seas’…
It has everything to do with optics.
Imagine waking up after a night of heavy snowfall — you look out the window and see a world of white. But if you turn on a faucet or open the freezer, you'll…
Photojournalists capture the often unseen side of the meat, fur and entertainment industries, in a collection co-edited by Guardian collaborator Jo-Anne McArthur
Will climate change seal the end of the Mediterranean diet?
We often read about how climate change will impact the way we live as if it was something yet to come, a threat still far away from us.…
International mining conference among forums involving oil, coal and gas industries approved for subsidies in program touted as boosting events sector.
The Morrison government is offering fossil…
‘I work for the people of Pueblo, not the people of Paris,’ Rep Boebert tweeted. The climate agreement was so named because it was signed in the French capital - and not because it solely benefits…
Efforts to map the Earth’s trees are growing – and could change our understanding of the planet’s health.
When a team of international scientists set out to count every tree in a large swathe of…
The New Climate War: the fight to take back our planet is the latest must-read book by leading climate change scientist and communicator Michael Mann of Penn State University.
In his final months in office, Donald Trump has ramped up construction on his promised physical border between the US and Mexico – devastating wildlife habitats and increasing the migrant death toll
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Joe Biden’s new climate envoy says: ‘All nations must raise ambition together – or we will all fail, together’
The world is lagging behind the pace of change needed to avert catastrophic impacts…