China’s summer this year has seen both extreme heat and devastating floods. And the flooding this time around has struck areas where such weather has...
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Scotland’s summer of 2023 was a tale of two extremes. It started on an uncomfortably familiar path – with climate records being smashed. But July...
A natural weather event known as El Niño has begun in the Pacific Ocean, likely adding heat to a planet already warming under climate change. US scientists...
The UK risks falling behind in its efforts to reach “net zero” by 2050 without much faster action, according to the government’s independent...
The Gulf Stream system of warm ocean currents could collapse as early as 2025, a scientific study has warned. The end of the system, which drives the...
Earlier this year, TikTok vowed to clamp down on climate change denial. But a BBC investigation tracked one video that has been viewed millions of times...
The prime minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to intensify attacks on green groups and exploit opposition to environmental protests could rebound badly for his...
These days, when I come back into the house after being out on the land, it’s dust that I drop, not the mud I carried in on my boots and clothes during the...
Japan has entered its annual holiday festival of Obon, or Bon, when millions of people normally travel across the country to see family. Bon, which runs until...
A leading climate crisis author has staged a walkout at the Edinburgh international book festival in protest at its sponsor’s links to fossil fuel companies...