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As countries prepare to negotiate a new global agreement to protect Earth's environment, the head of the United Nations warned there was no time to lose.

Inger Andersen spells out the challenges facing the planet as Cop15 delegates gather in Montreal

Climate change is one of the greatest threats ever to face humanity. With mounting storms, fires, floods and droughts and the annual disappointment of international negotiations, it’s easy to despair about how bad the future climate will be. But exciting work is being done to find solutions. This is where…

This week's phemonenon is also called the Long Night Moon

Despite climate targets set by the Biden administration and corporate executives, the U.S. is still building new natural gas plants that threaten to cause greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come.

Everything you need to know about the once-in-a-decade chance to stop the loss of biodiversity – and how you can help

Construction of the world’s biggest radio astronomy facility, the SKA Observatory, begins today. The observatory is a global project 30 years in the making.

I try to take the train or bus when I can, but nearly every journey I make highlights a new problem

This catastrophic event made human evolution possible. The surviving mammals flourished, including little proto-primates that would evolve into us.