Rainfall near Memphis, Tennessee, is expected to exceed 12in over the next three days A prolific tornado outbreak will give way to a rare and widespread flooding threat across the midwest and southern US this week, stressing the nation’s short-staffed weather forecasting and
Transport secretary Heidi Alexander grants consent to London’s fourth-biggest airport to allow potential 32m passengers a year Luton airport will be allowed to almost double in capacity after the government overruled planning inspectors who recommended blocking the scheme on
I bought it to be part of a greener future, but that was before Musk proved so awful. I’d sell it now, but prices have dropped After our children left home, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves and buy a new car for a driving holiday in Europe. We’d been driving a family
Application, submitted by Cranswick, would have created one of the largest industrial poultry and pig units in Europe A megafarm that would have reared almost 900,000 chickens and pigs at any one time has been blocked by councillors in Norfolk over climate change and
White House approves Tennessee’s state of emergency request as further fatalities expected to be confirmed Violent storms and tornadoes have torn across the US south and midwest, killing at least seven people and downing power lines and trees, smashing homes, and upturning cars
Energy Transfer, a top backer of US president, has received requests to power even more energy-guzzling data centers Oil and gas barons who donated millions of dollars to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are on the cusp of cashing in on the administration’s support for
Firm makes product used to waterproof clothing and allegedly polluted water with some kinds of Pfas The makers of Gore-Tex, a popular product commonly used to waterproof clothing by companies such as the North Face and Mountain Hardware, poisoned drinking water and sickened
Maintaining seed diversity and abundance is essential – and requires constant work. It’s time for Congress to return to the seed business From 1862 until 1923, US senators and members of Congress provided vast numbers of seeds to constituents. At its peak, the congressional
Sanger Institute’s Tree of Life team say genomes offer invaluable insight into how species will fare under climate crisis Voting is now open! Vote for your favourite here “We are following the ‘invertebrate of the year’ series with bated breath,” began the email that arrived in
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the
Traditional methods benefit hundreds of species but as new agricultural techniques take over, the distinctive haystacks mark a vanishing way of life Golden haystacks shaped like teardrops have been a symbol of rural life in Romania for hundreds of years. The 3-metre-high (10ft)
ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’ Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Get our afternoon election email , free app or daily news podcast Australia has experienced its
Animals affected by domoic acid are known to exhibit erratic behavior and poisonings are becoming frequent A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in southern California, raising concerns that a recent increase in algae-induced poisonings among marine mammals could have elicited
