Heavy rains have pummeled the Hawaiian island of Oahu and triggered the worst flooding the island has in 20 years Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Towering flash floods and an imminent dam failure in the northern part of Oahu
Martinez Lake, about 145 miles west of Phoenix, reached 110F (43.3C) on Thursday amid scorching south-west heat Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A small community in the Arizona desert has broken a record for the highest March
The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides The population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect
In Denmark, the spread of solar panels has become a divisive issue among voters, especially in rural areas In one telling of the story, the golden fields of a proud farming nation are under attack. Besieged by an industrial sprawl of solar panels, they are being smothered at
This blog is now closed Severin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor. Malcolm Offord , Reform UK’s Scottish leader, has doubled down on his defence of the party’s vetting by dismissing remarks by candidates backing Tommy Robinson or describing Humza Yousaf as an “Islamist
Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer’s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather. The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in
