Though a global deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change has reduced the threat of warming slightly, the world is still heading for dangerously high temperatures, scientists have warned.
News by Catherine Early
Researchers at the University of Hawaii have revealed the extent to which deep sea mining waste disrupts ocean food webs—with the tiniest animals in the ocean directly impacted, creating a ripple effect.
The planet’s natural carbon sinks - the ocean, forests and soils - are reaching their limits, absorbing less carbon than expected and risking a major setback to global climate targets.
Ambitious UK wildlife project will pioneer nature recovery alongside farming, recreation, education and tourism, according to the Wildlife Trusts.
Electronic waste is surging globally, but recycling it could reap huge economic benefits.
First large-scale, building-by-building assessment of long-term sea level rise on coastal infrastructure in global south published.
Innovators collaborate to catalyse the use of hemp as an alternative to cotton in denim clothing.
Experts urge global dietary shift to reduce serious health issues such as heart disease and diabetes, while also tackling climate and biodiversity crises.
The Finnish city of Helsinki has been testing how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve green spaces. Here’s how.
The 2023 Canadian wildfires burned a record area of forest, but how many people suffered health problems or premature death caused by the air pollution?
The chances of wildfire, and their strength, have been boosted by climate change caused by human activities.
A theory that has influenced evolutionary biology for more than four decades turns out to have been wrong, new research has shown.
The remains of an Antarctic researcher lost in 1959 have been discovered by a Polish team among rocks exposed by a receding glacier in Antarctica.
Two powerful radars will transform how the earth is monitored from space by detecting movement down to the nearest centimetre, even through clouds and in the dark.
Satellite technology developers hope the images will be powerful aid to communities and firefighters.
Scientists from a London university have raised a fresh alarm about the speed of global warming underway in the Arctic after a field trip earlier this year.
Scientists will use the simulator to study plant diseases, investigating how weather conditions affect plants, and their pollinators, pests and disease-causing microbes.
New projection takes into account level of warming and adaptation, aging populations, regional climatic differences and the potential impact of power outages on air conditioning.
As temperatures rise due to climate change, so will the number of people in ‘cooling poverty’, according to the first global study of the costs of air conditioning.
Experts in the most devastating impacts of climate change urge governments to prevent them.