Earth News

The UN’s 21-year-old climate advisor: Who is Nathan Méténier?

"We are being listened to but not heard."

19 October 2020

Europe News

EU Green Week: Europe’s plan to be first carbon-neutral continent

To become the first carbon-neutral continent: that’s the ambitious goal for Europe, laid out in the EU's Green Deal. Here's how it's supposed to work

19 October 2020

USA

Colorado wildfire forces thousands to evacuate in western US

Thousands of people in the US state of Colorado are fleeing a wildfire that hasn't stopped burning since mid-August.

18 October 2020

Earth News

Satellites are mapping out every tree on earth using AI technology

A neural network has been trained to identify trees based on their size and shape.

16 October 2020

Europe News

UK surprise after EU takes intensity out of post-Brexit trade talks

Draft conclusion prepared ahead of the summit called on talks with the UK to be continued "intensively". But the conclusions agreed on Thursday merely said to "continue negotiations".

15 October 2020

Nature

Warming has killed half of Great Barrier Reef's corals: study

"There is no time to lose — we must sharply decrease greenhouse gas emissions," the study authors warned.

14 October 2020

Earth News

People are fed up with ‘eco-friendly tips’, says new climate study

It turns out we don't like being told what to do.

13 October 2020

World News

COVID-19 creates opportunity to 'reshape the future of energy': IEA

The International Energy Agency says that CO2 emissions will likely fall by 7% in 2020 but now the world needs to create more sustainable energy solutions.

13 October 2020

Earth News

World’s population could easily survive on 60% less energy, says study

Even if it grows to 10 billion people by 2050.

12 October 2020

World News

Natural disasters have doubled due to climate change, says UN

Almost twice as many natural disasters have been reported in the last two decades compared to the preceding 20 years, with the climate emergency the main cause of this rise, according to the UN.

12 October 2020

Earth News

World’s biggest Arctic expedition brings back 1000 ice samples

It has been in stuck in the Arctic ice for a year.

10 October 2020

Earth News

Prince William will award €55m to projects solving climate change

The Earthshot prize is set to fund a number of environmental projects over the next 10 years.

8 October 2020

World News

Hottest September on record: Now 2020 on course for warmest year ever

This September saw unusually high temperatures in Siberia, across the Middle East, parts of South America and Australia — while a European heatwave shattered monthly records, too.

7 October 2020

Earth News

Over 240,000 trees planted to mark Indian climate activist’s birthday

Nine year old Licypriya Kangujam asked for something different to celebrate her birthday this year.

5 October 2020

World News

How can artificial intelligence help to fight climate change?

Climate change is the planet's biggest challenge and Artificial Intelligence (AI) could provide the right tools in the global fight.

23 September 2020

Earth News

Is social media fuelling the spread of climate change misinformation?

You might not be seeing the full picture on the front page of your socials.

23 September 2020

World News

Global warming shrinks Arctic sea ice to near-record level

Scientists say a Siberian heatwave is one of the reasons behind the rapidly melting ice

22 September 2020

World News

Summer was hottest on record in Northern Hemisphere

In the three months from June through August, average temperatures were 0.92°C above the 20th-century average, US scientists have found.

14 September 2020

Greenland

Huge ice chunk breaks off from Greenland's largest sheet | #TheCube

The Spalte Glacier breaking off Greenland's largest remaining ice sheet signals more bad news for climate scientists. It comes after two consecutive summers of record temperatures in the region.

14 September 2020

USA

US wildfires spark political debate over climate change

Democratic governors blame climate change for record-breaking wildfires that have enveloped the West coast in smoke. Members of the Trump administration are blaming forest mismanagement.

14 September 2020