The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Weeks of fires amid warm and dry spell have decimated ecosystems and threatened endangered species, say experts

In an exclusive extract from Friederike Otto’s new book, she says climate disasters result from inequality as well as fossil fuel

Thousands go to hospital with respiratory problems after massive dust cloud blows in from Saudi Arabia

Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution

Audio project collects soundscapes from nature reserves and sites such as Machu Picchu and Taj Mahal

Marylebone, London: These irrepressible birds can cheer up a motorway services or a railway platform. But their true home, for me, is on the pristine lawn of a cricket ground

Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These contaminants – arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others – may be invisible to the eye, but they threaten food safety and human health.

Scientists sound the alarm over substances such as arsenic and lead contaminating soils and entering food systems

Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producers

What’s not to like about an all-female celebrity crew riding a rocket into space? Quite a lot, as it turns out.

The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn’t just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly in the city, turning it into a sprawling urban settlement without the necessary drainage infrastructure.