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Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a remarkable and underappreciated survival strategy: seasonal fattening.

London mayor has made more than 20 foreign trips in nine years at City Hall

New research suggests global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of wind gusts from thunderstorm ‘downbursts’

Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther

Mosquito-borne dengue fever was rarely a major problem in Bangladesh's coastal districts, but some hospitals are so full of those with the potentially deadly virus that patients are treated on the floor.

The climate and ecological crisis is one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. If the world fails to address it, and over the rest of this century we continue to burn fossil fuels and pump even more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we’ll face catastrophe. On this much,…

New research suggests global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of wind gusts from thunderstorm ‘downbursts’

Unexpected severe turbulence injured crew and passengers on a Qantas Boeing 737 during descent at Brisbane on May 4 2024. The subsequent Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation suggested the severity of the turbulence caught the captain by surprise.