Environment & Sustainability

The Manx Shark Foundation hopes to learn more about basking sharks often spotted around the island.

Hewing is the ancient art of cutting logs into beams or planks for timber frames.

Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstroke The extreme heat that has hit the UK twice in the past few weeks has left teachers struggling to cope as temperatures…

The giant anteater is easy to turn into a curiosity. Its head narrows into a long tube. It sees poorly. It opens termite mounds with strong claws and gathers insects with a tongue that can reach far beyond its mouth.…

The sizzling heat continues into next week despite a drop in temperatures over the weekend.

Gov. Mike Kehoe declared a state of emergency after up to a foot of rain fell overnight in the southeastern part of the state. More storms are in the forecast.

Extreme heat tests Philadelphia’s climate resilience during a weekend of historic celebrations. By Nina Sablan, Daniel Perrin PHILADELPHIA—To Eric Klinenberg, a packed stadium in 101-degree heat offering limited water access for fans was a “formula for disaster.” 

Matthew Wielicki frequently criticizes established climate science online, including in videos from rightwing PragerU The Trump administration has tapped a former geochemist who has railed against “climate alarmism” and calls himself an “Earth science professor-in-exile” to oversee the federal government’s…

The lakes and wetlands of Kashmir in northwestern India have long sustained the valley’s biodiversity, agriculture, tourism and water security. But over recent decades, these freshwater ecosystems have come under increasing pressure from pollution, encroachment and rapid urbanization. A recent…

The International Energy Agency expects demand to rebound in 2027, but analysts question whether the Iran war could hasten a long-term decline. By Dan Gearino Global oil demand, disrupted by the Iran war, is poised to shrink in 2026, the…