Environment

The Japanese government has warned of a slightly heightened risk of a megaquake in the next week after…

Wildlife and humans are thriving within sites recognised by Unesco, research has found, allowing for the recovery of…

Photo: 123RF New Zealand’s annual greenhouse gas emissions have slightly fallen, the latest data shows. Numbers from the…

The global wind industry installed a record 165 ‌gigawatts (GW) of new capacity last year, up 40% from…

Aussie councils are pushing back on a state government’s controversial mandate for a fourth household bin — arguing…

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort…

All of last year’s growth in global electricity demand was met from renewable sources, while fossil fuel power…

Environmental groups have sued the Trump administration over its approval of BP’s huge new ultra-deep oil drilling project…

Opinion: There are some things I thought I knew about the complex crises afflicting this earth. I thought…

Deep inside Darwin’s maximum-security prison, Indonesian fisherman Dora Hamidung recounts the horrors of fatal crocodile attacks and tropical…

The bill set to replace the Resource Management Act opens the door to repeats of the Waikato Regional…

At their most intense, the downpours that drove widespread flash flooding across Wellington early on Monday morning would…

Japan earthquake: Tsunami advisory lifted after Japan earthquake but warnings for potential stronger quake issued