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On Sept. 23, the city of Kolkata in eastern India came to a standstill: The capital of West Bengal state received more than 12% of the city’s average annual rainfall in just 24 hours, some 247.5 millimeters (9.7 inches). The…
The rotors, first used in 1925 on a journey to Scotland, are being revived to help emissions in shipping.
Birdwatching: everyone’s doing it (we think)! But how exactly do you start? Is it really the cure-all to gen Z and millennial woes? BirdLife’s Sean Dooley and comedian Geraldine Hickey show Guardian Australia’s Matilda Boseley the ins and outs of…
Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’ Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand’s government of “full-blown climate denial” after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that…
Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order The climate crisis, Donald Trump told the UN last month, is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated…
The volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide The crew of the Ísleifur II had just finished casting their nets off the coast of southern Iceland when…
People urged to savour sights, sounds and smells of the season as poll shows a disconnect during darker months There may be a bite in the wind and the nights are certainly drawing in but a conservation charity and a…
A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK first Energy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity,…
Global temperature rise may feel like it’s gradual, but the changes it brings can turn out to be sudden, massive, and self-reinforcing. These changes are what scientists call tipping points. When a tipping point is reached, an Earth system abruptly…
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns The planet has reached its first catastrophic tipping point…