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Across the world, elderly people tend to be the most vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
The last time methane in the air rose so fast, Greenland warmed by 10°C within decades.
Here are a few ways you can benefit from nature in and around your home without stepping foot in a garden.
Less concrete, more wetlands, fewer wet wipes.
Plantations of exotic trees from the mid-19th century onwards devastated Indian ecosystems.
New research has found that bats avoid solar farms – but the findings should not hinder the transition to renewable energy.
Figuring out who is responsible for cutting a city’s emissions and how their efforts will be coordinated is complicated.
Climate change is causing increasingly severe weather – but it’s not just hazards at the Earth’s surface we should be concerned about.
Native common wildflowers provide large amounts of pollen and nectar for insects – but many are undervalued by the public.
Forest fragmentation is causing the deepest and darkest parts of the world’s forests to shrink.
Naming storms, streets or buildings is complicated because names are not just benign words. They are powerful cultural workhorses.
Parts of Argentina and the Chilean Andes experienced some of their highest temperatures on record.
Reneging on climate commitments indicates the UK government’s misreading of public attitudes.
Past prime ministers could afford to talk big on climate change – but now the impact of the environmental crisis is manifestly real, Sunak can’t afford to appease those who oppose green policies.
What do Rishi Sunak’s 100 new drilling licences mean for the UK’s net zero target?
More than a century of research shows that burning fossil fuels warms the climate – that’s exactly why granting new North Sea oil and gas licenses is a bad idea.
Research found people were not confident about the government’s leadership in meeting net zero.
Climate modelling in the 1980s offered the first glimpses of what might lie beyond a nuclear war.
Climate change board games can help players grasp the issues by experiencing them first-hand.
Sea ice extent in July 2023 has been around 10% below last year’s record low for the month.
Oil producers behave as if heatwaves, forest fires and rising sea levels were happening on another planet.
Studying a guillemot colony for 50 years has provided unique insights into how climate change and oil spills affect seabird populations.
Expect more extremes and a range of ‘surprises’ to exacerbate the climate emergency.
Climate change promotes ideal conditions for catastrophic fires, but the most drastic changes can still be avoided.