Environment & Sustainability

Scorching temperatures and very low levels of rain have seen droughts declared across much of England.

Exclusive: British garden staple becomes most frequently reported plant for hot weather problems, charity reports With their lush foliage and blooms which turn pink, purple or blue depending on the soil, hydrangeas are a firm favourite in Britain. The shrubs…

Findings can inform conversations about global climate reparations and financing for mitigations, researchers say Caribbean nations suffered $53.2bn (£40bn) of damage from climate-fuelled disasters between 2000 and 2024, research into the cost of the climate crisis to developing small islands…

Dr George Dransfield says the decision to cut funding is “short-sighted”.

Firefighters have contained vast wildfires in both countries, but winds are high and temperatures rising. Spain’s prime minister said the next 12 hours would be “decisive.”

The July full moon is expected to peak at 15:36 BST on Wednesday.

The species is one of the most endangered in the world, with only about 450 Amur tigers left in the wild.

Officials said they had contained the spread of vast fires in both countries, but warned that rising temperatures and high winds meant the situation was still fluid.

Ryder Williams, 16, saved a boy from drowning in Santa Cruz, California – the first rescue of his career A rookie, teenage California lifeguard who saved a young boy from drowning amid massive waves – while a bystander recorded dramatic…

BIAK, Indonesia — The munition here had outlasted one of the Pacific’s fiercest World War II battles. Eight decades later, investigators in Indonesia said it exploded by the timber-framed houses in the coastal village of Fandoi on Indonesia’s Biak Island.…