Morocco now gets almost a quarter of its electricity from renewables, but still relies heavily on coal
Many cities across East Asia and Latin America have grown quickly over the last few decades. Since 1950,…
Britain’s green pastures and parks turn brown as drought grips country
Britain is known for its grey skies and miserable weather. But as a devastating drought grips more than…
Canada tries to adapt to a future of wildfires
Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have…
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Europe is burning. This summer, an unprecedented series of heatwaves has swept through the continent and across many…
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke | Wildfires
A thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario’s boreal forests, Erin O’Connor watched the sky above…
China planted trees the Taklamakan Desert for nearly 50 years. Satellites now show the landscape is capturing more carbon than it releases | World News
China’s shelterbelt initiative has made remarkable strides, turning arid desert borders into thriving carbon sinks. Through strategic vegetation…
Italy, France, Germany battle extreme heat as Europe faces record temperatures
Mist fans at Rome’s Colosseum as Italy issues highest heat alert Italy placed all its major cities under…
After 30 years, a Dutch river plain has become 5,500 hectares of new nature, and scientists say the Gelderse Poort links flood safety with biodiversity recovery | World News
A representation of the transformation of the Gelderse Poort floodplain in the Netherlands, showing its evolution from an…
Hydraulic traits govern opposing range shifts of montane trees under warming
Sayre, R. et al. A new high-resolution map of world mountains and an online tool for visualizing and…
AI analysis reveals dramatic rise in global ocean algae blooms
An analysis of 1.2 million satellite images powered by artificial intelligence has uncovered a massive expansion of floating…
How would NZ’s vital freight system handle a big earthquake? Our study sounds a warning
When we think of a major earthquake striking Aotearoa New Zealand, our minds first turn to collapsed buildings…
Underground counters lose track of who’s visiting nature
The Department of Conservation’s (DOC) systems for counting visitors and activities at 700 sites on public conservation land…