Environment

For eight days, a fire has been burning at a waste mountain in Indonesia.The blaze at Jatiwaringin landfill, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, has spread across more than 15 hectares, smothering the area in thick, toxic smoke...

A heatwave in May set monthly temperature records across Europe; a heatwave in June became the hottest ever observed...

Arable farmers may soon be able to stop slugs eating their crops thanks to research by a Shropshire-based university and the work of "slug sleuth" farmers.Data collected by 28 "slug sleuths" has helped researchers from Harper Adams University find...

Spring migration has taken flight, but with rising temperatures and shifting seasons, birds are adjusting when and how they migrate to keep up with a rapidly warming climate.Morgan Tingley, a professor of ecology and evolutionary...

A potentially catastrophic collapse of the Atlantic Ocean currents that control Europe’s climate may already be inevitable. Based on...

Our unusually large brains are one of the defining features of our species. But there is no evidence that...

We might only be a few days into July, but two record-breaking summer heatwaves have already provided the UK and Europe with a snapshot of their new climate.Hot on the heels of May's heat, June saw temperature records not...

Dr Peter Jones has spent the past 30 years immersed - quite literally - in bogs, fens and wetlands, trying to help save the planet and earning himself the nickname The Bogfather in the process.These landscapes are now at...

Spraying sun-reflecting particles near the poles to counteract global warming could expose passengers on certain commercial flights to hazardous...

It’s a hot month in London – in oh so many ways. Life, being alive and death are big...