First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

Turn failing water firms into not-for-profit cooperatives, MPs and mayors tell PM

‘We stared into an abyss’: the men and women battling France’s megafire

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’

Water cuts loom as US unveils long-awaited response to Colorado River crisis

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India’s monsoon rains in danger as UN chief warns planet is ‘on fire’

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Daughter of British couple killed in Spanish wildfire rejects claim they ignored order to leave

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Huge great white spotted traveling off US and Canada as shark sightings surge

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Week in wildlife: snub-nosed monkeys, amorous cobras and a milk-snatching fox

New solar panels in Great Britain at 15-year high as fossil fuel costs soar

Wildfire near Sizewell nuclear plant causes ‘total devastation’ to Suffolk landscape

‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather

Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires

Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning

Families to be moved out of billionaire-owned tower after suffering without air con

Europe is burning – and if Trump’s war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst

England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows

Hundreds evacuated after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station

‘Grey lump with orange wings’: hummingbird hawk-moths descend on UK gardens

‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland

‘Extremely effective’ organised campaigns against wind and solar undermining support for renewable energy

Bird flu has reached Victoria and more wildlife deaths loom. How bad could it get?

A decade on the Iberian frontline has shown me that Europe’s climate emergency is impossible to deny

Three firefighters killed on Crete and in mainland Greece as Europe battles wildfires

Repeated use of saunas could help people cope better in heatwaves, scientists say

Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought

Hotter summers may force RHS to move hydrangeas to north of England

Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands

‘I’m super proud of him’: father of teen lifeguard recounts dramatic ocean rescue

Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire

Spain faces ‘complex’ three days with risks of heatwave and strong winds reigniting some fires – as it happened

Ships stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warn

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Queensland and NT reject Labor’s push to ensure that power-hungry AI datacentres use renewable energy

The Guardian view on noise pollution: keep it down | Editorial

It’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist | Aaron Regunberg

Almost 4,000 people evacuated from tourist sites near Bordeaux as wildfires rage in France and Spain

Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? – video explainer

How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales

‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons

What do the heatwaves in Europe and North America tell us about our future? | Fiona Katauskas

Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds

The Guardian view on Europe’s wildfires: politics must catch up with the new reality | Editorial

Ben Jennings on southern Europe’s wildfires – cartoon

France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins

Swathes of Cairngorms unrecognisable after 12 days of ‘cataclysmic’ wildfires

Britain braces for fourth heatwave of year as fire chiefs issue public appeal

When it comes to predicting the future, why are TV writers better than politicians? | Zoe Williams

US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters