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Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

Earth’s last 3 years were its hottest on record

US carbon pollution rose in 2025 in reversal of previous years’ reductions

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Ten Sydney Harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat approved for destruction in 2025, report finds

Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry

Ex-FDA workers warn Trump cuts will increase risk of food safety lapses in US

Search for single-tusked elephant after 22 killed in India rampage

He invented mini saunas for frogs – now this biologist has big plans to save hundreds of species

Berry nice to meet you: bumper fruit crop could lead to huge mating season for NZ’s endangered kākāpō

Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s

Wildlife targets will be missed in England and Northern Ireland, watchdog says

More than 500 structures destroyed in Victoria’s bushfires as 12 major blazes continue to burn

US judge lets Danish firm resume Rhode Island offshore wind project halted by Trump

US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit

🌎 US’ climate retreat leaves a $10bn hole in carbon markets #278

Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce use Gina Rinehart’s private jet to visit flooded parts of Queensland

Major incident declared as 30,000 homes left without water in Kent and Sussex

Trump’s move to pull US from key UN climate treaty may be illegal, experts say

Energy and health optimism help lift civil service morale under Labour

Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer

‘We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use

Queensland braces for heavy rain and floods after ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters north

One person dead as PM visits bushfire-ravaged towns with 300 structures destroyed and 350,000 hectares burned

Human remains found in bushfire area – as it happened

Australia’s Cop31 chief negotiator plans to lobby petrostates on fossil fuel phaseout

World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam

California is completely drought-free for the first time in 25 years

Princess of Wales says nature ‘helped me heal’ in 44th birthday video

Public urged to grow unusual plants to safeguard diversity of UK blooms

Some want to ban geoengineering research. This would be a catastrophic mistake for our planet | Craig Segall and Baroness Bryony Worthington

‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows

Week in wildlife: rare gorilla twins, racing camels and a psychedelic spider

Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look to the thawing Arctic ice | Gaby Hinsliff

‘Toughest conditions imaginable’: Victorians urged to shelter inside from heatwave as tropical cyclone heads for Queensland

As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now | Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

Hidden tree bark microbes munch on important climate gases

‘They are going after everything rural’: inheritance tax U-turn does little to dampen farmers’ anger at Labour

Masses of toxic litter pours from Rhine into North Sea each year, research finds

US national parks staff say new $100 fee for non-residents risks ‘alienating visitors for decades’

Dense, sticky and heavy: why Venezuela’s oil is valuable to Trump – video explainer

If geoengineering is ever deployed in a climate emergency, transparency is key | Ines Camilloni

Household burning of plastic waste in developing world is hidden health threat, study shows

Tunbridge Wells residents without water again as supplier blames cold weather

Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?

Shifting offshore sandbanks pose unique navigation hazard

Supermarkets could help UK shoppers eat more sustainable local fish – study

Dog food accounts for 1% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, study finds

‘The most dangerous day’: bushfires break out in Victoria as BoM warns of catastrophic conditions to come

Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations