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The ocean has shielded us from the worst of climate change. Now it is running a fever | Karina Von Schuckmann

As an ocean swimmer, I try not to think of sharks, but we all know that this is their territory | Eleanor Limprecht

Trump’s DoJ intervenes to back Elon Musk in datacenter pollution lawsuit

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The tide is turning on Thames Water: special administration looks best | Nils Pratley

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US lawmakers fight Trump cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’

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‘At first, the idea does sound crazy’: meet the scientists trying to refreeze the Arctic

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Dartmoor pony cull proposal prompts urgent call for livestock rule change

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Retail giants join UK government drive to boost ‘plug-in’ balcony solar panels

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Thames Water nationalisation moves closer as government objects to rescue deal

BoM forecasts strong El Niño and warns climate change could amplify effects on Australia

Spanish households save €10 a month thanks to renewables expansion, report finds

The bat that weighs the same as a teaspoon of salt – and the biologist who rediscovered it

AI could help win ‘race against extinction’ of vital plants, say botanists

Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says

King tides along California coast prompt advisories following two deaths

Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it

Critics say Trump’s opening of public lands to off-road vehicles is ‘reckless and nonsensical’

State bans on Pfas reduce ‘forever chemicals’ in clothing and textiles, US report finds

‘Life-changing’ injuries: family reels from ‘tragic situation’ as Coogee shark attack victim loses arm

‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance

Shark expert says Tony Abbott ‘doesn’t understand the science’ after former PM calls for cull

Rinehart buys ‘significant’ stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX – as it happened

UK poised to water down 2030 EV sales targets after industry and union pressure

Deadly Philippines earthquake found to have raised seabed by up to 2 metres

Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast

Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’

‘It’s going to be extremely hot’: workers imperiled as sweltering World Cup temperatures are forecast

Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready | Penny Holliday, Femke de Jong and Sjoerd Groeskamp

Illegal dump becomes ‘symbol of north-south divide’ at heart of Makerfield byelection

Denial is back in vogue. As Australia leads climate talks, it’s beyond time we took the issue seriously

I was a hardcore twitcher. I understand why the Cocos booby has Australia’s birders in a frenzy | Andrew Stafford

Gee, whiz: elephant relieves itself on floor of Texas Republican convention

Tropical heron spotted in UK for first time as more exotic birds arrive to thrill birdwatchers

‘Fast-track’ regulation could expose Britons to harmful chemicals, say campaigners

Trees may store less planet-heating carbon than hoped, study suggests

Australia can switch from fossil fuel exports to renewables, says next Cop president

Meet the people protecting the magic beans of life from extinction | Jess Harwood

Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average

‘It’s massive destruction’: outcry in Texas over waivers to allow border wall in Big Bend national park

Goblin shark with face ‘not even a mother would love’ seen alive in natural habitat for first time

Week in wildlife: a squirrel with a splint, hungry hyenas and a great white shark

Emergency hospital admissions fell after introduction of London’s T-charge and Ulez, study suggests

Britain’s favourite butterfly revealed – and it’s a familiar backyard beauty

‘The birds will fly away’: can Albania’s flamingo revolution keep its wetlands free from Trumps and tourists?

Subterranean fungi networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length, study finds

Scientists reveal surprising mechanism behind Venus flytrap’s rapid snap

Bananas could vanish from US school meals. Here’s why

El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather

Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time

Millions of homes in London, Essex and Kent at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens