Environment news
- World’s oceans facing biggest coral die-off in history, scientists warn
- Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row
- Second solar firm in two days goes bust, blaming UK government policy
- UN climate science panel elects first new leader in 13 years
- Vulnerable nations unite to call for greater access to climate funds
- Wildlife thriving around Chernobyl nuclear plant despite radiation
- Chinese ‘ivory queen’ charged with smuggling 706 elephant tusks
- Poland’s second city to ban coal use after anti-smog law approved
- Onshore windfarms cheapest form of UK electricity, report shows
- Indonesian forest fires on track to emit more CO2 than UK
Features and comment
- Sign up for updates on phase II of the Guardian’s climate change campaign
- Africa’s largest windfarm set to connect remote Kenya to the grid
- It could be lights out for solar power under this government
- Britain’s water crisis
- Burundi’s solar plans forge ahead despite political unrest
- Plastic bag charge: is there really panic on the streets?
- Chile to create one of world’s largest marine parks around Easter Island
On the blogs
- George Monbiot: Think dairy farming is benign? Our rivers tell a different story
- Global warming is shrinking California’s critical snowpack
- Time to examine the fossil fuel industry’s relationship with Queensland’s government
- It’s not just divers and nature lovers that should be concerned by record coral bleaching
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Scientists find gene that makes plants more carefree under climate stress
Multimedia
- The week in wildlife - in pictures
- Indonesia’s forest fires threaten orangutan habitat – video
- A journey to the Jianggendiru glacier - in pictures
- Can we live more sustainably? The Whole Earth exhibition in pictures
- Albatross Island: the remote outcrop where conservation counts – in pictures
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Royal Society of Biology photography awards shortlist – in pictures
And finally ...
Hundreds of new(ish) species have been discovered in the eastern Himalayas in recent years, including the ‘walking’ fish and a tissue-wielding, snub-nosed primate
