If there was ever a moment for Australia’s shift to renewables and EVs, this is it: Yes, Australia needs fuel. But the Middle East war also shows the necessity of setting ourselves up for the future Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia new...
‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds: Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions Climate breakdown is shrinking the amount of time that people can safely go about ...
‘Everyone feels like they are being scammed’: can Central America’s small coffee growers survive as global prices fall?: Family-run farms in El Salvador and Honduras face mounting losses, rising costs – and the need to adapt or be left behind Read more of our Coffee crisis series here O...
Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating?: To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis For four days last August, a thick slick of ...
How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits: Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox By rolling back a bedrock climat...
Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap: It’s a grim time to be in your 20s, no doubt, but don’t blame it all on older people: being chopped up into ever smaller rivalries only serves the market Intergenerational relations, or lack of them,...
UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns: Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, ...
Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds: Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño Humanity is heating the planet faster than ever before, a study has found. Climate breakdown is occurring more ra...
How UK cuts to climate finance could bankrupt ecosystems at home – and abroad: In this week’s newsletter: From nature projects to biodiversity funds, key programmes will suffer as the UK aims to lower its international climate finance commitments by billions The UK’s spy chiefs are accust...
Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition: Pacific island says the US weakened its proposal to advance a key climate ruling but vows to hold major polluters accountable The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on th...
A Europe of clean, green cities and resurgent industry is a fantasy – unless we get really creative | Hans Larsson: If we want things to be ‘Made in Europe’ again, we need to be realistic about how grimy and grey our centres of commerce once were “Bitterfeld, Bitterfeld, where dirt falls ...
Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback?: Climate deniers expected more resistance to the fossil fuel blitz. But Democrats, billionaires and activists have gone silent This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigati...
Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests: Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific Sea levels around the world have been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling, with resea...
‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade: Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food The two puffins washed up among seaweed ...
Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years: Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns After a diplomatic c...
Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities: Instead of removing plant-munching caterpillars, gardeners asked to take relaxed attitude to support the moths many of them grow into As spring unfolds and plants come to life, gardeners often fight a losing battle aga...
Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert: Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse The global economy must be reordered to ensure it serves ordinary people around the wo...
Historic harvests and sky-high prices – so why can’t Colombia’s coffee-growers hire pickers?: Though coffee is one of the world’s most important commodities, little of the profit trickles down to the farmers, while workers are abandoning the countryside in search of more lucrative jobs in...
Australia just experienced its wettest summer in nearly a decade – and the eighth-hottest on record: South Australia saw most of the season’s wildest swings with January heatwaves followed by February floods Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news em...
UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries: Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced UK programmes to protect nature and the climate in developing countries are suffering swingeing budget ...
The greenest flags: virtue signals that help you find love – from patchwork clothes to car sharing: A new survey shows 80% of gen Zs believe strong environmental values are as important as physical attraction when it comes to finding a partner (so you might want to start reusing your coff...
‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?: Insect taxonomist Art Borkent has described and named more than 300 species of midges but fears his field of science is dying out, despite millions of insects, fungi and other ...
A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood: Unsettling predictions are now our catastrophic reality, but a brighter future is still within reach if our political leaders change course Soaring, scorching...
‘I live in constant fear’: surge in giant sinkholes threatens Turkey’s farmers: Falling groundwater, extreme heat and water-intensive farming are accelerating land collapse, forcing a rethink in agricultural practices Fatih Sik was drinking tea with friends at home when he heard a rumblin...
Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows: Researchers find that across 195 US cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997 For the millions of people across the United States who have spent the last month digging themselves out of ab...
Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters: EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the...
‘The river won’: how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway: Local river defenders force U-turn by occupying grain terminal operated by one of US powerhouses of world trade “A victory for life.” That was the triumphal message from Indigenous campaigners in the B...
Frozen in time: Antarctic ice cave to be used to save melting glacier samples: Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history Last month the Ice Memory Foundation opened the first ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores i...
US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts: Panama joins smaller nations in dropping support for policy aimed at cutting maritime emissions US ‘bullying’ over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have warned, after Panama reversed its...
Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water: Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be available A loud cheer and sounds of clapping reverberated around Bansilalpet, a neighbo...
