As UN talks begin to agree the first global treaty to reduce soaring plastic waste, the chair of the meetings has said he is confident…
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‘A mystical experience’: millions watch total solar eclipse sweep across North America
The ethereal spectacle of a total solar eclipse swept across North America on Monday afternoon, giving tens millions of people in Mexico, the US and…
View More ‘A mystical experience’: millions watch total solar eclipse sweep across North America‘Being so helpless is hard to describe’: can rescuers win the race against time to save an orphaned orca?
As a two-year-old orca calf circled a lagoon off the west coast of Canada on Monday, she heard a comforting sound resonating through the unfamiliar…
View More ‘Being so helpless is hard to describe’: can rescuers win the race against time to save an orphaned orca?Weather tracker: ‘atmospheric rivers’ of heavy rain set to hit western US and Canada
Over the past week, an intense tropical cyclone has been strengthening, with winds reaching 120mph. This cyclone originated on the west coast of the Cocos…
View More Weather tracker: ‘atmospheric rivers’ of heavy rain set to hit western US and CanadaCop28 deal will fail unless rich countries quit fossil fuels, says climate negotiator
The credibility of the Cop28 agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels rides on the world’s biggest historical polluters like the US, UK and Canada…
View More Cop28 deal will fail unless rich countries quit fossil fuels, says climate negotiatorOldest species of swimming jellyfish discovered in 505m-year-old fossils
The oldest species of swimming jellyfish ever recorded has been discovered in 505m-year-old fossils, scientists have said. The fossils were found at Burgess Shale in…
View More Oldest species of swimming jellyfish discovered in 505m-year-old fossilsWeather tracker: Cyclone Mocha batters Bangladesh and Myanmar
Cyclone Mocha brought strong winds and torrential rain to parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, with refugee camps bearing the brunt of the category-5…
View More Weather tracker: Cyclone Mocha batters Bangladesh and MyanmarThousands of whales are being killed by passing ships. Can we save them?
Janie Wray could tell there was something horribly wrong from the way her colleague gasped. They were on a research station off the coast of…
View More Thousands of whales are being killed by passing ships. Can we save them?‘It’s inequality that kills’: Naomi Klein on the future of climate justice
Naomi Klein published her first book on the climate crisis, This Changes Everything, almost a decade ago. She was one of the organisers and authors…
View More ‘It’s inequality that kills’: Naomi Klein on the future of climate justiceLeaked video footage of ocean pollution shines light on deep-sea mining
Video footage from a deep-sea mining test, showing sediment discharging into the ocean, has raised fresh questions about the largely untested nature of the industry,…
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