Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin are predicted to hit hottest October in terms of maximum temperatures, the Bureau of Meteorology says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here
Flooding that killed 10 people in central Vietnam this week turned streets in the historic town of Hoi An into canals on Thursday after a major river reached a 60-year high, authorities say. The Unesco heritage-listed town is among the country’s most popular tourist
Sydney researchers commercialising a product they say can cool indoor spaces and will cost little more than standard premium paints Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australian scientists have developed roof coatings that
‘It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the insurrectionists,’ said one researcher, of Timothy Martin’s sentence Climate activists have condemned an 18-month jail term for a nonviolent protester who vandalized a display case at
Expanded climate action from cities and states could slash planet-heating pollution despite Trump working against it Ahead of next month’s major United Nations climate talks in Brazil, Gina McCarthy, the former Environmental Protection Agency head, said US cities and states
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Centre for Independent Studies points to climate risk report to back up its dismissal of heat-related deaths, but neglects to use the part that actually concerns the future Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Follow our
The discovery that affluent neighbourhoods have more diversity of nature has implications for human wellbeing – and sheds light on the structural injustices in cities For a long time, ecology tended to ignore people. It mostly focused on beautiful places far from large-scale
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits Britain is facing mounting pressure to ban mercury dental fillings, one of the few countries yet to prevent the practice, as new data reveals alarming contamination
October rains have been light across Somalia, a country which in recent years has found itself on the frontline of the climate crisis. The latest estimate is that 3.4 million people don’t have enough food. One of the worst affected areas is Puntland , where disappearing water
Campaigners say problem so common that some of the UK’s most irreplaceable ancient trees in danger of being lost When Linda Taylor Cantrill finally found her dream family home in Exmouth, Devon, it wasn’t the location, the square footage or the local amenities that finally made
Oil company plans to buy back shares for 16th consecutive quarter as protesters say its earnings are ‘horror show’ Profits at Shell have climbed to more than $43bn for the year so far after fossil fuel production in the Gulf of Mexico reached a 20-year high and production in
Donald Trump hails ‘amazing’ trade talks with Chinese counterpart, with ‘no roadblock at all on rare earth’ Five key takeaways from Trump-Xi meeting Analysis: price of confrontation was too high for both sides Donald Trump has described crucial trade talks with the Chinese
