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Climate

What are El Niño's impacts around the world this week?

El Niño is combining with climate change to drive extreme weather conditions around the globe.

Nature

Could planting a 'rain garden' protect your home from floods?

Flooding is expected to grow more extreme due to climate change. Your garden could be your home's first defence.

Earth News

'The formula works': How Brazil brought deforestation to a record-low

Deforestation fell almost 42% in a year, but a possible change in president could reverse the trend.

Earth News

‘End handouts’ for fossil fuels, urges UN chief ahead of COP17

Fossil fuels are 'boiling our planet', says Guterres. Yet COP31 hosts Türkiye and Australia are expanding them, a new report shows.

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Earth News

Why Europe’s farmers need more than drought-resistant crops to survive

World Food Day: Europe is ‘losing hundreds of farms a day’. Crop diversification and subsidies that pay for outcomes could save them, farmers say.

Earth News

‘Striking change’: Slovenia’s last glacier is rapidly shrinking

Locals say ‘unique ecosystems’ are vanishing and rivers are losing water as Slovenia’s last glacier melts away.

Climate

Was El Niño to blame for Hurricane Polo’s record-breaking storm?

El Niño turbocharged the Pacific hurricane – but climate change had an even greater impact, scientists find.

Nature

7 incredible photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

This year's winners showcase powerful stories from the natural world and the urgent need to protect it.

Earth News

Nature, trust and tech: The ‘no-regret’ path to a competitive Europe

From resource efficiency to education, these six sustainable steps could make Europe more competitive in the long term.

Nature

200 nations made a pact to protect nature. Now, they face a reckoning

Game-changing global nature pact still has potential – but nations need to speed up progress, conservationists urge.

Nature

Nature to replace historical figures on UK banknotes

Four animals have been selected to feature on new UK banknotes following a public vote with almost half a million participants.

Nature

Draconid meteor shower 2026: Where and when to watch

From Halloween fireballs to the Hunter’s Moon, here's what to look out for in October’s night skies.

Earth News

Electrification, climate finance and crises: What to expect at COP31

The UN talks in Antalya next month will be backdropped by the energy crisis, extreme heat and Nepal's flood disaster.

Nature

Feel ‘lost’ in nature? Bushcraft skills could help you reconnect

The Bushcraft Bus is reconnecting Europeans with nature.

Earth News

‘Extraordinary but scary’: Dutch farmers grow rice as climate warms

Dutch cattle farming dries out peatland and releases CO2. Is switching to Japanese rice-growing a solution?

Ecotech

Europeans are beating high gas prices by installing heat pumps

Heat pump sales plummeted in 2024 – but now they’re on the rise again. Here’s why.

Climate

Two European countries among the most at risk from storms

From colour-blindness to women’s clothing, early warning systems must ensure no one is left behind.

Ecotech

Why Barcelona’s €150m plan to widen its beaches could be prize-winning

The Spanish city has been selected as a finalist for The Earthshot Prize.

Ecotech

Retired wind turbines are turning into tiny homes and alpine skis

What happens to decommissioned wind turbines and blades? Some are finding new life as buildings.

Climate

Will El Niño put Galápagos wildlife at risk?

After the powerful 1998 El Niño, only 400 of the 1,300 existing Galápagos penguins remained.

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