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Australia’s natural environment is changing rapidly as the world warms, and many species are struggling to keep up. The pace of change is staggering, with 2024 declared Earth’s hottest year, shattering the previous record set in 2023.

The UK government’s goal to increase public-controlled artificial intelligence computing power twentyfold by 2030 would significantly raise electricity demand. Can renewable energy supply meet it – and still have enough left over to electrify sectors like heating and transport, which must be fully decarbonised by 2050?

Consumer appetite for sustainable wine has prompted Australia's largest family-owned winery to bolster its environmental credentials.

The fires have been devastating for humans and taken a toll on nature, but many of California’s ecosystems will be able to regenerate

British director of Human Rights Watch attacks ‘dangerous hypocrisy’ of government

The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in an instant. They can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.

Telecoms company hoped to convert roadside cabinets into charge points but will now shut down its sole installation

Jessica Witzel’s autopsy report raises an important question: How many other heat-related deaths among unhoused residents are being erased by the failure to collect and report accurate data on climate-related mortality?

Six people huddle around a table, their brows furrowed in concentration as they piece together the puzzle of the changing climate. The task before them is deceptively simple yet profoundly complex: tracing the cascading impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on everything from biodiversity loss and ocean acidification to famine and…

The fires that have engulfed Los Angeles cap the hottest decade in history.

Exclusive: Water industry calls for PFAS ban after analysis of sampling data shows contamination across country