The Latest Breaking News on Environment

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

Levels of PFAS chemicals found in sludge destined for British land would not be considered safe for allotments

Office for Environmental Protection calls for urgent action after finding government is falling short on most targets

Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis

Eastern NSW, particularly northern rivers, and Gold Coast at high risk for severe thunderstorms and winds on Thursday, BoM forecasts

Tamar Valley, Cornwall: On a rare day of bright winter brilliance, the river is a contrast of dazzle and shade