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USA

California fires rage on, threatening Malibu

With high winds forecast for the next 48 hours there appears no end in sight to California's latest ordeal by fire.

11/11/2018

Green News

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02/11/2018

Living

Organic beauty brands to watch

Discover five game-changers of the cosmetic industry.

28/09/2018

World News

Poorly armed in the battle against Alpine glacier retreat

Poorly armed in the battle against Alpine glacier retreat

04/09/2018

World News

Governments 'not on track' to cap temperatures at below two degrees

Governments are 'not on track' to cap temperatures at below two degrees, said UN's Patricia Espinosa.

02/09/2018

World News

Temperatures 'to stay abnormally high for next four years' — report

There is a high possibility that the next four years will see scorching temperatures across the globe, researchers have warned.

15/08/2018

World News

World heading toward an uninhabitable 'Hothouse' new study warns

A new study shows that Earth is at risk of entering what scientists dub “Hothouse Earth” conditions. In these circumstances, Earth will become uninhabitable.

07/08/2018

United Kingdom

UK likely to see above-average temperatures until October

The UK Met Office has confirmed a new three-month outlook that warns of warmer-than-average temperatures in the coming months, potentially even up until October.

06/08/2018

World News

Here are the companies most responsible for global warming: Study

Scientists estimate that emissions from just 90 companies contributed for nearly 50% of the rise in global mean surface temperature since the end of the Industrial Revolution.

01/08/2018

World News

Summer heatwave: soon the norm in Europe

Surface air temperatures have been increasing on a regular basis globally since 1979. On a monthly global average, since 1989, surface air temperatures have been increasing each month every year

26/07/2018

Poland

Floods worsen in central Europe

Parts of Poland, Bulgaria, and northwest France have been hit by the heavy rainfall and storms.

05/06/2018

World News

Major floods twice as common as 30 years ago, data shows

Floods are the most damaging natural disasters in the world and their frequency has increased sharply.

02/03/2018

Russia

New study reveals how reptiles evolved after first mass extinction

A new study revealed more about life before the Permian mass extinction, or 'The Great Dying' which opened up evolutionary opportunities for the very first mammals and dinosaurs.

10/01/2018

China

Macron learns a little Mandarin

French President Tweets video of speech preparations.

09/01/2018

World News

COP 21 two years on

Two years ago the COP 21 climate change summit looked forward to a carbon-free future. But have green bonds and carbon pricing had an effect on how the world deals with global warming?

12/12/2017

World News

Toxic smog grips New Delhi

Residents in the Indian capital stay in their homes as a mixture of fog and smoke roll into the city

09/11/2017

Switzerland

Global warming 'threatens Swiss Alps'

Swiss Alps under pressure as scientists stress negative effects of global warming.

05/10/2017

World News

Greenpeace exposes 2nd year of Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching

Greenpeace has released what it calls shocking video of the Great Barrier Reef that then environmental group says shows mass coral bleaching for an unprecedented second year…

10/03/2017

USA

Obama launches festival of 'ideas art and action'

Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio make climate change pleas at launch of 'South by South Lawn' festival at the White House

04/10/2016

Greenland

Greenland: rising temperatures risk releasing atomic waste from Cold War US base

There are fears nuclear waste buried underneath the ice in Greenland could escape because of rising global temperatures.

26/09/2016