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Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change

Intense geomagnetic storms could make auroras visible in southern US

Australia’s largest coal power plant to operate for an additional two years which green groups say is a ‘disaster’

Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul

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Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims

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Scientists warn of ‘regime shift’ as seaweed blooms expand worldwide

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‘We thought they would ignore us’: how humans are changing the way raptors behave

Sydney Harbour shark attack: second incident in two days as police warn against swimming

15 years after Fukushima, Japan prepares to restart the world’s biggest nuclear plant

It’s been a busy month for Anthony Albanese on the environment | Jess Harwood

The Guardian view on microplastics research: questioning results is good for science, but has political consequences | Editorial

Why am I a vegan? I do it for my mental health | Emma Beddington

Inventor says robo-vaccination machine could be used to combat bovine TB

How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’

UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit

Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas

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‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of

As Adelaide rolls out the welcome mat to cycling world for Tour Down Under, I feel ashamed | Maeve Plouffe

Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie

Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique

Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption

Sydney awaits ‘soggiest weekend of summer’ as Victorian authorities defend flash flood warnings

Week in wildlife: monkey spa day, a frisky kākāpō and a camouflaged owl

BP accused of ‘insidious’ influence on UK education through Science Museum links

Pesticides may drastically shorten fish lifespans, study finds

Spain’s meteorologists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

South East Water boss in line for £400,000 bonus despite outages

Thursday briefing: Is your body really full of microplastics?

Africa’s great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many elephants – or too few

Traces of cancer-linked pesticide found in tests at UK playgrounds

I’ve been thinking a lot about dog poo | Adrian Chiles

EPA to stop calculating money and lives saved by curbs on air pollution

South East Water could lose operating licence after outages in Kent and Sussex

Labour still faces risks on energy despite ‘record’ wind power auction | Nils Pratley

‘It has destroyed years of work’: Cornish beauty spot loses 80% of its trees to Storm Goretti

Former NSW Labor minister condemns Forestry Corporation after greater glider ‘den trees’ found at planned logging site

BP to take hit of up to $5bn on green energy as it refocuses on fossil fuels

With this record wind power auction, we’ve proved the rightwing doubters wrong | Ed Miliband

Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction

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