Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

As soaring rents and house prices across Europe​ feed into the political discourse, campaigners believe they have a rare opportunity to force housing to the top of the agenda

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

Through the Back-to-the-Land movement, communes sprung up around rural parts of the US. Decades later, their aging members have dwindled, and the homes are returning to nature.

Spread across thousands of ordinary homes, Vermont's virtual power plant has become its largest power source. It's protecting owners from outages and providing cheaper, cleaner energy.

Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

If more cities start regulating outdoor lighting, we humans could make the environment better for all living creatures

Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority

Utility disconnections were up 28% in 10 states in July 2026 – the hottest month ever recorded in the US – compared with July 2024, data shows

Port city of Busan inundated with tourists keen to see the 3.5-metre animal close up

John Yeley has spent the last 26 years working on his farm, which his family has owned since 1852.

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

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Locals say Google’s $15bn project in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in smallholdings being taken back off them by the government

At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal

A survivor of the shipwreck that inspired the novel Moby Dick had a theory about how a sperm whale could destroy a vessel many times its size – 200 years later, he's been proved right.

Thousands already without without power as New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware and New York brace for nor’easter

You can sleep over at this historic mountain refuge straddling the Italy-Switzerland border – but only if you're willing to undertake a days-long, high-altitude icy mountain trek.

Millions are in the path of a major nor'easter set to flood the US East Coast and potentially knock out power in several states.

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For centuries, this tiny Norwegian island sheltered fishermen from violent seas. Now one woman is using tourism to revive it – and offer travellers refuge from modern life.

Campaigners say plan marks notable shift away from oil and gas as previously pledges were only for carbon neutrality

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis

As the UN gathers, signatories from Bernie Sanders to Yeb Saño issue an open letter calling for clean power for all

As experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for poorest in society

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India has rapidly decarbonised electricity generation, but its gains are tempered by transmission shortages.

Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge

Scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achieved

Back for its third year, The Independent is proud to publish its list of the world’s leading environmentalists – marking the campaigners, change makers and innovators who are making a positive and sig...

Fondly known as the ‘goth’ of New Zealand’s bird world, the black robin now has a population of 350 adults thanks to a pioneering breeding programme

Canada’s citizens are finding unity again in the story of the man who ran cross-country on one leg to raise awareness for children’s cancer research

While the country’s ambition is to be the ‘Saudi Arabia of green energy’, communities in the north-east are bearing the cost in diminished health and livelihoods

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The United States hasn’t just ignored the threat of climate change at home; it has used its military and financial might to accelerate environmental destruction around the world. In an interview with Jacobin, geographer Matt Huber explains how US imperialism stokes the fires of a burning planet.

Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say

When people say they love the heat, I presume they either have air conditioning or are lying

An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal.

As Moby Dick turns 175, some of the last American scrimshanders grapple with the legacy of maintaining one of the US's oldest art forms.

Potentially historic rainfall threatens millions this week in a region of the US that often struggles to see any rain at all.

The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale explains what an arms race in space might look like - and what it could mean for us on the ground.

Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit

One of the biggest upheavals in a millennium is on its way, strengthened by the climate crisis. We need leaders who make things better not worse, says climate professor Bill McGuire

‘Devastating’ UK forest fires show urgent action is needed by 2030 to save the planet, he says