Acidic runoff from abandoned Urals mine puts spotlight on hazardous industrial waste.
Russian prosecutors are inspecting a facility supposed to treat acid runoff from an abandoned Urals mine after…
New research explores how lower-latitude oceans drive complex changes in the Arctic Ocean, pushing the region into a new reality distinct from the 20th-century norm.
The University of Alaska…
Lockdowns, travel bans and factory closures drive reduction
Dramatic decline falls short of necessary global heating cuts
The coronavirus pandemic has led to the largest drop in heat-trapping…
Mayors from some of the world's major cities have unveiled their vision for how the world can recover from the coronavirus pandemic while encouraging environmental justice and fighting the climate…
Tourism, transport and the climate crisis found to be major drivers of rise in alien plants and animals, which can decimate ecosystems.
An increase in the spread of non-native plant and animals…
Oxfam International warned Thursday that up to 12,000 people could die each day by the end of the year as a result of hunger linked to the coronavirus pandemic—a daily death toll surpassing the daily…
Study on impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on temperature suggests next generation may benefit.
It seems logical that if we dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions the global temperature will go down,…
What was the climate and sea level like at times in Earth’s history when carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was at 400ppm?
The last time global carbon dioxide levels were consistently at or above 400…
New simulations visualized the field's shifting flows over 100,000 years.
Our planet's dynamic magnetic field can change direction far more quickly than scientists suspected.
The 18-year-old birder and environmentalist on improving diversity in her field and how the pandemic has affected the natural world .
The young birder and environmental campaigner Mya-Rose Craig…
Scientists claim widespread conservation can bring rewards if right policies are followed.
Nearly a third of the world’s oceans and land area could be placed under environmental protections without…
Today marks the 25th anniversary of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCD). Under its theme ‘Let’s grow the future together,’ the initiative celebrates the 25 years of progress made…
A plan to create the first universally recognised list of species on Earth has prompted hopes of an end to centuries of disagreement and confusion over how to classify the world’s library of life.…
It may be best near-term way to remove CO2, say scientists, but cutting fossil fuel use remains critical.
Spreading rock dust on farmland could suck billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air…
Update to IUCN red list warns of hamster’s falling birth rate and high demand for fungus.
Hamsters and fungi may not be poster species among those threatened with extinction but are no less…
When 323 reindeer were killed by lightning on a remote Norwegian plateau, their bodies were left for nature to take its course.
In August 2016, a park ranger stumbled upon 323 dead wild tundra…
Pandemic prompted states to temporarily ban reusable grocery bags and stalled legislation aimed at reducing plastic packaging.
Consumers were refusing straws and toting their own coffee mugs.…
Noctilucent clouds, on the edge of the atmosphere, are increasingly seen outside of polar regions.
Something magical appeared at night over London and other parts of Britain on 21 June: ripples of…
It's still debated exactly how the Namibian desert became home to a herd of wild horses.
One theory is that diamond prospectors brought horses more than a century ago to since-abandoned mining…
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