Environment

Mount Etna in Sicily is the world’s most active stratovolcano, which is a high, conical volcano created by repeated...

Fully practical quantum computers haven’t arrived yet, but the quantum computing industry is ending the year on an optimistic...

We tend to imagine the holiday season as universally joyful and social, full of family gatherings, sparkling lights and...

The Neural MindGeorge Lakoff and Srini Narayanan, University of Chicago Press This is a book review in two parts. The...

Kate Whannel,political reporter,Georgia Roberts,Derby political reporterandJoe Pike,politics investigations correspondentPA MediaIn the 14 months since the initial proposal was announced, there have been regular protests by farmers outside Parliament. Some Labour MPs in rural areas have also expressed concern. At...

Mark PoyntingClimate researcherEPARising temperatures in the UK will become "the new normal", a leading government climate adviser has warned, as she called for more to be done to prepare for the impacts of climate change.It comes as the Met...

“At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity,” noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year...

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ice sheet...

Aviation’s climate impact is partly due to contrails — condensation that a plane streaks across the sky...

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentAlongside good news for octopus lovers, the Wildlife Trusts' marine review contains more sobering news.The Trusts say this year was bookended by environmental disasters, with a collision between an oil tanker and a container ship in the...