Climate Change


UK’s seabirds are being decimated by bird flu

UK’s seabirds are being decimated by bird flu

ByStuart ButlerFeb 19, 2024
A new study has revealed that bird flu is contributing to an alarming decline of some of the UK's key seabird species.
1.5 climate threshold graphic climate change

Climatewatch: 1.5°C? It’s now impossible

ByMarco MagriniFeb 9, 2024
Marco Magrini explains why he fears the 1.5°C warming target is going to be impossible to meet 
Giant ape wiped out by climate change

Giant ape wiped out by climate change

ByStuart ButlerFeb 7, 2024
A new study finds that a giant prehistoric ape became extinct after climate change depleted its food supply.
It’s a long way home for the Balearic shearwater

It’s a long way home for the Balearic shearwater

ByStuart ButlerFeb 3, 2024
A warming planet is forcing some birds to fly ever further north and this is bad news for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater.
Global effort to save endangered river dolphins

Global effort to save endangered river dolphins

ByStuart ButlerFeb 1, 2024
A new global declaration aims to pull endangered river dolphins and porpoises back from the brink of extinction.
Drought, conflict and politics leads to fear of famine in Ethiopia

Drought, conflict and politics leads to fear of famine in Ethiopia

ByStuart ButlerJan 26, 2024
Drought, conflict and government in-action setting in place the foundations of a serious famine in parts of Ethiopia
Panoramic blue colored view of himalayas mountains, Mount Everest and Khumbu Glacier from Kala Patthar - way to Everest base camp, Khumbu valley, Sagarmatha national park, Nepalese himalayas

Himalayan glaciers are fighting back against global warming

ByGraeme GourlayJan 16, 2024
Surprising research finds Himalayan glaciers might be slowing down the effects of climate change
Electricity pylons with a dusk setting

Germany’s greenhouse emissions fall to lowest in 70 years

ByStuart ButlerJan 10, 2024
Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fall to a 70 year low, but is it a reduction that is likely to prove sustainable?
a woman picks saffron in a field

Climate change dries up Iran’s saffron harvest

ByStuart ButlerJan 5, 2024
Drought and rising temperatures are drying up Iran's valuable saffron harvests and causing world prices to rise dramatically.
Lost landmass off Australia was once home to 500,000 people

Lost landmass off Australia was once home to 500,000 people

ByStuart ButlerJan 4, 2024
Researchers in Australia have discovered a vast sunken landmass of the northwest coast that was once home to up to half-a-million people.
Nature in the UK ‘thrown into chaos’ by changing weather patterns

Nature in the UK ‘thrown into chaos’ by changing weather patterns

ByStuart ButlerJan 4, 2024
National Trust review says that plants and wildlife in the UK is being thrown into chaos by changing weather patterns.
Flowers adapting to a world without insects

Flowers adapting to a world without insects

ByStuart ButlerDec 23, 2023
New study reveals that as insect populations in Europe fall so some plants are turning to self-pollination.
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