Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed every day in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says

Slowdown in Arctic ice melt ends after largest winter decline on record

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Afghanistan floods kill at least 20 people, with more than 100 missing

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Tropical Storm Bertha heads for land as Hurricane Fausto forms in eastern Pacific

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Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

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Big Bear’s missing bald eagle believed to have been found alive but injured

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‘A public health emergency waiting to occur’: how US industry groups spent years fighting who gets to measure toxic air

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‘My shirt was wringing’: National Express bus drivers speak out on 40C conditions

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Trump officials kill proposed rules for Pfas-contaminated sewage fertilizer

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‘It’s total devastation’: inside the Amazonian war against illegal gold mining

AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk

‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers

Five family members found dead after flash flood in Utah canyon, police say

Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds

Molten salt and human sweat: the weird batteries that could store renewable energy

How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises

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Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans

Flash flood warnings strike north-east US amid wildfire smoke from Canada

Poultry sector growth plan risks UK national security, campaigners warn

Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills

London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says

More Canadian wildfire smoke shrouds US midwest, mid-Atlantic and north-east

Southern Water fined £7m after illegally dumping sewage off Kent coast

Biodiversity fears as human-bred hybrid fish integrate into Philippines lake

Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show

Climate change driving more rains that lead to deadly flash floods, experts say

California braces for its sharkiest summer in a decade – but experts say don’t panic

Week in wildlife: a stuck raccoon, a hardy mouse and a well-camouflaged wildcat

‘We are waiting with bated breath’: experts alarmed as BoM says gathering El Niño could be strongest on record

Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England

Snake in a chain: lucky escape for Australian woman after bite from deadly eastern brown caught in bike wheel

Emergencies on planet Earth: images from the climate crisis – in pictures

Robots, AI and drones: how the Dutch navy is using tech to transform its sea defences

How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands

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Wildfires in Ontario make Toronto air quality worst in world

Greater gliders not as great at gliding as thought – but still look like magic carpets, experts say

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‘I’ve never worked with so many conservatives’: the Texans fighting the Big Bend border wall

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Sadiq Khan backs calls for maximum workplace temperature in UK

US trial could reveal who paid hackers to target Exxon climate critics: ‘on the edge of our seats’

Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition

England risks building new ‘death traps’ as experts warn of overheating crisis

‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says

Seven Britons among 12 foreign nationals killed in Spain’s deadly wildfires