Space agencies are actively monitoring an asteroid measuring up to 100m after experts warned of a risk it could hit earth in eight years’ time.
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The LA fires demonstrate the devastation caused by rapid changes in the volatility of precipitation and evaporation, scientists say.
Climate change is expected to drive more frequent desert locust swarms, but researchers hope to have found a way to prevent them.
Ultra-wealthy people are increasing their use of private aviation, mostly to go on holiday, two new studies have revealed.
Though finance has increased slightly, it is still nowhere near enough, official analysis finds.
Under rocks and inside shells - more than 50 species of spider have been found living on a remote coastal nature reserve.
Scientists know that climate change is increasing deaths from wildfires in some areas but exactly where and by how much?
Ground-breaking project takes wasps on epic journey to the South Atlantic to control invasive species threatening bird species.
Scientists reveal the results of an ambitious international collaboration to study Antarctica’s most worrying glacier.
Deaths from heat could triple in Europe by 2100, mostly among people living in southern parts of the continent, according to new research.
Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco experienced extreme heat in July 2024, causing at least 23 fatalities, widespread wildfires and bringing public life to a hold. How has the heat affected the Olympics?
EU’s climate change monitoring service highlights ‘large and continuing shift’ in earth’s climate. The trend is ‘more than a statistical oddity’ it says.
The number of days with high temperatures have surged in the world’s most populous cities including Dhaka, London, Cairo, Manila, Kinshasa, Tokyo and Paris.
The EU has launched a ‘digital twin’ of the earth in order to boost predictions of extreme weather so that countries across Europe can better prepare.
Advertising for fossil fuels should be banned in the same way as it is for tobacco, according to the head of the United Nations (UN).
Pollution caused during the production, use and disposal of drugs is harming ecosystems around the world, posing a growing danger to wildlife and human health, researchers say.
A joint European-Japanese space mission aims to solve the puzzle, which scientists hope will aid climate predictions.
Sports body has launched a major investment in local sports infrastructure to support sustainability as survey finds extreme weather is affecting participation in sport.
Scientists have solved a centuries-old mystery concerning the sun's magnetic field, which could help forecast the solar storms behind auroral displays such as the northern lights.
Drought and high temperatures could threaten the supply of minerals needed for renewable energy and electric vehicles, analysis finds.