Call to ban marmot hunting in France as campaigners say they are ‘killed for fun’ | France
Animal rights campaigners are gearing up for protests and petitions aimed at persuading the French government to ban…
A Manhattan-sized ice island just broke free from Greenland
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has documented a major change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76…
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief
Speaking at the high-level opening of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Ms. Mohammed…
Scientists warn a catastrophic climate “extreme of extremes” is becoming more likely
In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave…
Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
When the sky becomes orange and hazy from wildfire smoke, modern humans are at greater risk than our…
We finally have some encouraging news on Great Barrier Reef water quality
Imagine a plume of brown sediment is washed off the land into Queensland rivers and carried out to…
Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic
Scientists have found a new explanation for why Antarctica became covered in ice millions of years before the…
Global ocean temperatures hit record high as El Nino intensifies | Climate Crisis News
Copernicus warns of ‘unprecedented strain’ on world’s oceans as El Nino and climate change drive up sea surface…
Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers say
Whenever there’s a series of destructive or notable earthquakes, scientists get asked the same question: are earthquakes becoming…
Time to take forestry out of the emissions trading scheme – environment watchdog
Forestry should be phased out of New Zealand’s “rudderless” emissions trading scheme because it is allowing climate pollution…
From nightlife to life at night: cities must stay open later to beat the rising heat
Summer in Europe is normally cause for celebration. Not this one, however, which will rank as one of…
PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño
Papua New Guinea’s Central Province is feeling the brunt of prolonged drought caused by the El Niño weather…