2019 might well be remembered as the year the world caught fire. Some 2.9 million hectares of eastern Australia have…

The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and economic toll, but also…

Mayors Bill de Blasio of New York and Sadiq Khan of London on Tuesday urged every major city in the world to divest…

For over a quarter of a century, United Nations climate negotiations have failed to reach a legally binding treaty.

Have you ever wondered how our native wildlife manage to stay alive when an inferno is ripping through their homes, and…

This analysis shows that we're heading in the wrong direction and really need to slow emissions growth from the oil,…

The amount of ice in the Earth’s rivers has declined rapidly over the past three decades, and the trend is likely to…

Far from tackling climate change, nuclear power is an expensive distraction whose safety is threatened by wildfires and…

The amount of ice in the Earth’s rivers has declined rapidly over the past three decades, and the trend is likely to…

This analysis shows that we're heading in the wrong direction and really need to slow emissions growth from the oil,…

Climate researchers can now detect the fingerprint of global warming in daily weather observations at the global scale.

After a quarter of a century of nations from around the world coming together to discuss progress in dealing with…

Greenland is shrinking, losing ice seven times faster than a generation ago. Scientists have taken a new and ominous…

The world is often better and getting better than people think. Murder rates, deaths from terrorism and extreme poverty…

The United Nations is beginning its climate summit in Madrid.

Failure to heed these warnings and take drastic action to reverse emissions means we will continue to witness deadly…

Solar power is on the rise. You can see the evidence on rooftops and in the desert, where utility-scale solar plants…

The vast majority of our grid-scale storage of electricity uses this clever method.

Have you ever watched a space shuttle launch? The fuel used to thrust these enormous structures away from Earth’s…

The United Nations is beginning its climate summit in Madrid.

A new study concludes that rail is the industry that's injected the most money into climate change denial propaganda…

Interview with Prof Tim Palmer from the University of Oxford.

Spring brought a deluge of rain in southern Minnesota and it never seemed to stop.

An international report from researchers at 35 institutions says climate change will threaten the health and quality of…

Solar power is on the rise. You can see the evidence on rooftops and in the desert, where utility-scale solar plants…

The vast majority of our grid-scale storage of electricity uses this clever method.

Catastrophic fires across the globe are increasing in both frequency and magnitude. The bushfires in Australia, fuelled…

While many climate solutions require leadership from governments, we also need changes within regular households, which…

There is still no certainty that geo-engineering could save the world. But, paradoxically, if it did work it might…

A common guillemot colony on the Farallon Islands, California. Duncan Wright/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA The common guillemot…

Far from tackling climate change, nuclear power is an expensive distraction whose safety is threatened by wildfires and…

When it comes to finding a sustainable diet, there are many contradictions. A concept such as food miles can be helpful…