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Environment

  • Composite showing distorted image of a firefighter and Genevieve Guenther

    Tipping points: on the edge?
    ‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield

    Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther
  • Two turtle doves sitting in a tree

    Birds
    ‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report

  • A busy six-lane road with homes next to it

    Pollution
    Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds

  • a orca whale

    Cetaceans
    Killer whales seen grooming each other with kelp in first for marine tool use

  • A small amount of water sits at the bottom of the reservoir, which has dried up around it

    Analysis
    The UK is getting drier. Could reusing greywater help?

CO2 tracker

Spotlight

  • Entrance to an enormous cave system in Australia’s Nullarbor plain

    Scientists sound the alarm for Nullarbor’s fragile limestone caves and unique underground creatures

    A massive renewable energy project threatens the treasures that lie beneath, including rare cave animals and a record of ancient life forms, experts warn
  • A racegoer using a handheld fan in front of a large flag of the UK at Ascot

    ‘It’s cheap but it’s not disposable’: why fast tech is a growing waste problem

  • The hill station of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India, seen from Gun Hill.

    Traffic, crowds and construction: India’s hill stations swamped by tourists escaping Delhi heat

Opinion

  • John Quiggin

    Is selling off Santos to a foreign buyer in Australia’s national interest? First, define national interest

    John Quiggin
  • George Monbiot

    Overblown infrastructure projects damage lives and imperil democracy. Why is Britain addicted to them?

    George Monbiot
  • Adam Morton

    Tasmanian leaders struggle with a basic fact: environment laws should protect the environment

    Adam Morton
  • Seasonal Weather, Heatwave and Drought, Braywick, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK - 14 Aug 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock (13093510k) A woman walks across parched grass on the rugby pitches at the Braywick Sports Ground in Maidenhead as the heatwave and ongoing drought take their toll Seasonal Weather, Heatwave and Drought, Braywick, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK - 14 Aug 2022

    The Guardian view on extreme weather: build national readiness – or let everyday life keep breaking down

The age of extinction

  • A group of raccoons at night loiter near a parked car.

    Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe

  • A boy's hands cradle a bright green caterpillar.

    Insects are dying: here are 25 easy and effective ways you can help protect them

  • Three otters lying on a pillow with several hands stroking them

    Otters posing for selfies in Japanese cafes may be linked to illegal trade, experts warn

  • Aerial photo of a dead elephant lying beside a green water hole in an arid landscape

    Dead elephants and feral sea lions: how poisonous algal blooms harm the planet

Seascape

  • Cybersecurity room at Norma Cyber, with screens of information being monitored by a man with his back to camera, seen from outside through the slats of a blind.

    Spy ships, cyber-attacks and shadow fleets: the crack security team braced for trouble at sea

  • Calm waters in the central Pacific ocean.

    Is the ocean ‘having a moment’? This was the UN summit where the world woke up to the decline of the seas

  • A man wearing a life jacket and waterproofs looks at clusters of mussels on a fishing boat. A second man stands in the background

    Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

  • People hold fish shaped placards including one that says: 'Ici commence la mer' (Here begins the sea)

    Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year

Multimedia

  1. building with greenery on every level

    A vertical forest growing in the Netherlands: in pictures

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    Week in wildlife: acrobatic dolphins, a lost baby raccoon and a pair of Bambis

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