Sugar’s texture and taste can be as individualistic as coffee beans or wine grapes grown in specific regions, but most of us don’t know that One night, I was preparing steak for dinner and mistakenly reached for the wrong white granulated substance. Instead of salting my steak
Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House
Exclusive: Samuel Sandy, chair of Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation, says the treatment of its submission was ‘wrong and upsetting’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast An Aboriginal
Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of scientists who expect temperatures to soar, saying leaders must act radically Climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target The world is on the verge of a climate abyss, the UN has warned, in response to a
The 44ft-long whale corpse was an endangered sei whale, which will now be examined to determine how it died A cruise ship has journeyed into New York City’s harbor bearing a gruesome cargo in the form of a huge, dead whale sprawled across its bow. The incident happened on
Andreas B. Heide has been shortlisted for a Shackleton award for his work in the far north, getting up close to nature to connect people emotionally with a fragile ecosystem To say the images of Andreas B. Heide during his working day are dramatic is an understatement: a
If passed, the groundbreaking measure could be a model for other states to hold fossil fuel companies liable Vermont is poised to pass a groundbreaking measure forcing major polluting companies to help pay for damages caused by the climate crisis, in a move being closely
Researchers say reducing emissions and biodiversity loss and preventing invasive species could control disease Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental driver of infectious disease outbreaks, making them more dangerous and widespread, a study has found. New infectious
‘Orangutan diplomacy’ strategy aims to ease concern over environmental impact of palm oil production, says minister Malaysia plans to give orangutans as gifts to countries that buy its palm oil as part of an “orangutan diplomacy” strategy to ease concerns over the environmental
The discovery of these underwater hot springs in 1977 solved the mystery of how life first began on Earth, but it was locating the world’s most famous shipwreck that made me a celebrity The mid-ocean ridge is where the Earth creates its outer skin. It’s called the boundary of
The island nation is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, as changing weather patterns bring more dry spells and unpredictable rainy seasons. Sean Smith travelled to the south to meet those affected and to report on the ways they are trying to prepare for an
Government’s failure to match EU measures to improve condition of rivers, lakes and oceans called ‘deeply concerning’ England’s rivers are likely to remain in a poor state for years to come because the government is failing to put in place EU clean water laws post-Brexit, the
The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resource Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Swiss mining company Glencore has been on the offensive