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Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heatingIt begins each day at nightfall. As the light disappears, billions of [...]

‘It looked like something out of Star Trek – I expected it to go at warp speed’: the incredible marine life of the Azores – in pictures

The mid-Atlantic archipelago of nine islands, the tips of drowned volcanoes, is a remarkable place for marine mammals. The clear, deep waters provide the perfect habitat for cetaceans, and 28 [...]

Europe’s medical schools to give more training on diseases linked to climate crisis

New climate network will teach trainee doctors more about heatstroke, dengue and malaria and role of global warming in healthMosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria will become a bigger [...]

Oysters are back on British menu – but will red tape stifle the shellfish boom?

Dispute over use of invasive species could hit production at seafood farmsYou can see them on the specials boards of new restaurants and on chalkboards propped outside bars and pubs. [...]

Brazil upgrades park to protect Amazon’s tallest tree, allows tourism

South America’s tallest tree, a 400-year-old red angelim in the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is the star of a newly created conservation area called the Giant Trees of [...]

Angkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally

Several Cambodian journalists contributed to this report, but have requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the story. STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rare timber species likely logged from Cambodia’s [...]

Countdown to mission hunting alien life on a distant moon

Nasa's spacecraft could change what we know about life in our solar system. [...]

‘The job starts straight away’: Adrian Ramsay on his first 100 days as Green MP

Co-leader has had to prioritise the most urgent constituency cases until finally assembling his full teamWhen Adrian Ramsay confounded more than a century of Conservative hegemony in rural East Anglia [...]

‘I felt like a bird god’: why comedian Geraldine Hickey is excited for this year’s Aussie Bird Count

The keen birdwatcher encourages others to take 20 minutes out of their day, describing the experience as ‘meditative’In early October the comedian Geraldine Hickey went looking for tawny frogmouths, a [...]

Will exploratory lithium mining in Arizona continue near a sacred hot spring?

A judge will decide the fate of Ha’Kamwe’ as the Hualapai Nation fights the drilling in court. [...]

Bolivia Has National Rights of Nature Laws. Why Haven’t They Been Enforced?

RURRENABAQUE, Bolivia—The day the fire came, Dario Mamio Serato remembers that he could not breathe. The Amazon rainforest, known as the lungs of the Earth, was an inferno.  Acrid smoke [...]

Climate Disasters Only Slightly Shift the Political Needle

Even amid what seems like a never-ending series of deadly and destructive climate extremes across the country, including heat waves in the Southwest, wildfires in California and hurricanes and flooding [...]

New Guidelines Center the Needs of People With Disabilities During Petrochemical Disasters

During disasters, the needs of people with disabilities are often overlooked. Authors of new guidelines hope to change that and to support people with disabilities during petrochemical disasters. Petrochemical disasters [...]

Top-rated UK water firms ‘dumped 1,374 illegal spills into rivers’

Exclusive: United Utilities and Severn Trent had four-star environment ranking but discharges breached permits, campaign group says• ‘Ankle deep in sewage’: English spring water village suffers supected unlawful spillsTwo of [...]

The big picture: Khashayar Javanmardi explores the decline of the Caspian Sea

The Iranian photographer reveals the dangers posed to fishermen and farmers by the polluted water in which he used to swimThe world’s largest enclosed body of water, the Caspian Sea, [...]

The Observer view on climate change: Hurricane Milton is a portent – but it’s not too late | Observer editorial

We are losing in the fight against global warming, it is time to put effort into controlling what we pump into the atmosphereThe havoc unleashed by Hurricane Milton provided unambiguous [...]

Deforestation remains low, but fires surge in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the number of fires burning in Earth’s largest rainforest, according to data [...]

They are relics of the Gondwana age but five years after Australia’s black summer these trees are dying a ‘long, slow death’

Rainforest trees at Nightcap national park have not evolved to deal with bushfires, leaving the landscape vulnerable for years after major burnsCounting the cost of Australia’s summer of dreadGet our [...]

What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket?

The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon [...]

How to spot 'comet of the century' in UK skies

Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could be spotted with the naked eye in the UK on Saturday night. [...]

Oceanographer Dawn Wright: ‘When we reached the bottom, we saw a beer bottle’

The US scientist on being the first Black woman to descend to Earth’s deepest point, ignoring career advice – and what really happened to the Titan submersibleThe American oceanographer Dawn [...]

Stop pushing heat pumps or face major backlash, green energy magnate tells Labour

Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than UlezThe government risks a huge political backlash if it keeps pushing the [...]

From the lab to the legislature: STEM professionals run for political office

More than 200 science, technology, engineering, and math professionals are candidates at the state and municipal level this year. [...]

A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

HOPE HULL, Ala.—Sherry Bradley beams with pride as a three-stage wastewater filtration system about two-thirds the length of a Volkswagen bus is lowered into the ground beside a mobile home [...]

Climate Change Made Hurricane Milton Stronger, With Heavier Rain, Scientists Conclude

A preliminary analysis from the team of scientists at World Weather Attribution indicates the rainfall from Hurricane Milton across Florida was 20 percent to 30 percent heavier and rainfall intensity [...]

Why Hurricanes Are Much—Much—Deadlier Than Official Death Counts Suggest

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Rachel Young, an environmental economist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of [...]

Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working To Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive their stories in your inbox every week. [...]

After Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Bacteria and Chemicals May Lurk in Flood Waters

Florida residents are returning to their homes to start picking up the pieces after Hurricane Milton carved a destructive path through the Gulf Coast.  The storm would have been far [...]

Climate change fueled Hurricane Milton’s rapid intensification

Within just over 24 hours of forming in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 6, Hurricane Milton grew from a Category 1 hurricane to a Category 5, the most powerful [...]

Polling Shows Pennsylvania Voters Are Divided on Fracking

Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president this summer, national attention on the issue of fracking in Pennsylvania—and what it means for the outcome of the [...]