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It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?

Welcome to Prime Day, when thousands of product thumbnails blur together to form a giant pile of garbage | Anna Spargo-Ryan

Zonal pricing is dead. Now Miliband should be less absolutist on his 2030 goals | Nils Pratley

Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

Cold weather blamed for killing thousands of bony herring in central west NSW lake

Trump’s inaugural fund received $19m from fossil fuel industry, analysis shows

South West Water allowed to invest £24m rather than pay £19m fine

Scottish households urged to cut water use as climate crisis limits supplies

Trump officials axed an online portal for its key climate report. Read it in full here

Trees can’t get up and walk away, but forests can

With the world in crisis, many say end globalisation. I say that would be a mistake | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Doctor who lost job over ‘regrettable’ Texas flood post says sorry

New Mexico sues US air force over Pfas pollution from military base

Labour housing plans could destroy 215,000 hectares of nature in England, analysis shows

Climate anxiety meant I could no longer work as a pilot. But I love flying – and I know we can transform aviation | George Hibberd

Guilt Trip: pilots torn between flight and the fight for the planet - documentary

Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, says key senator

UK government abandons energy ‘zonal pricing’ plan

In some UK woodlands, every young tree has died. What’s going wrong?

Accelerated glacial melt and monsoon rains trigger deadly floods in Pakistan

French warned of high-risk summer for wildfires as Marseille blaze contained

Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt | Alexander Hurst

Environment Agency insider alleges ‘cover-up’ over sewage sludge on farmland

New York City’s congestion pricing has cut pollution and traffic – but Trump still wants to kill it

Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action

Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds

Teen counselors and rookie rescue swimmer save dozens in Texas camp flood

Marseille fire forces hundreds to evacuate, destroys homes and grounds flights

Time for some straight talking on the cost of clean energy. It isn’t a free lunch | Nils Pratley

‘Serious risk to life’: scenic Isle of Wight road could fall into sea, councillor warns

‘Like fly-tipping’: ministers ignoring pleas to cut sludge fertiliser use

‘If you hear your town is scum all the time that sinks in’: the young people in Blackpool refusing to be written off

Inside RFK Jr’s conflicted attempt to rid America of junk food

Did National Weather Service cuts lead to the Texas flood disaster? We don’t know | Rebecca Solnit

‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees

Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn

Yorkshire Water announces hosepipe ban after driest spring in 132 years

Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says

Dozens missing after flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh

🌎 Bright spots and sunsets in the OBBB #253

A ‘floating university’ and a pink mosque: Dhaka builds for a wetter future – in pictures

Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year

Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems | Jonathan Watts

Texas flash floods: more rain forecast as death toll passes 100

Low water levels push up shipping costs on Europe’s rivers amid heatwave

Floods are swallowing their village. Trump’s EPA cut a major lifeline for them and others

Ice ‘politically targeted’ farm worker activist Juarez Zeferino, colleagues say

‘No warning at all’: Texas flood survivors question safety planning and officials’ response

Five million remain under Texas flooding watch – as it happened

Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong | Rebecca Willis