Environment

REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo Global temperatures will continue to warm over the next five years, and may even temporarily rise to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the World …

Matt Davey of the University of Cambridge’s Department of Plant Sciences samples green algae on Lagoon Island in Antarctica Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of …

A woman and her son rush to a safer place, following their evacuation from a slum area before Cyclone Amphan hits Kolkata, India, May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri A …

An environmental activist holds a banner as Greenpeace has called on Poland’s conservative government to focus on its citizens’ wellbeing and the environment rather than on the GDP growth as …

Greenland’s ice sheet shrank by more than at any time since record-taking began last year, according to a study published on Wednesday that showed the risk that climate change could …

Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill, according to the chair of …

The entrance of the international seed bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault A vault in the Arctic built to preserve seeds for rice, wheat and other food staples contains one million …

Students protest during a climate school strike in London Many wealthy nations are letting the world’s younger generations down by failing to curb planet-warming emissions, a UN-backed report said on …

Climate change could expand farmland globally by almost a third, a study by international researchers found this week Kenya’s livestock herders planting chilli peppers, Pakistan’s mountain farmers rearing fish and …

When scientist Peter Soroye first saw the figures showing estimated bumblebee populations in North America had fallen by nearly 50% in a single generation, he thought it must be a …