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Tick season is back. How to stay safe around these risky bloodsuckers

5h ago 7m read

Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’

8h ago

Spring camping season in Saskatchewan has begun

14h ago 1m read

Anglian Water fined record £1.42m for contaminating water supply

21h ago

Are surging shark sightings and strandings linked to South Australia’s toxic algal bloom?

22h ago

Federal EPA a ‘very high and immediate’ priority of Albanese government, environment minister says

Fri

What went right this week: the good news that matters

Fri 2m read

‘Rough end to the weekend’: wintry weather on the way for south-east Australia

Fri

Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds

Fri

Police raid Oregon safari park amid reports of starving lions and dead tiger left for months

Fri

Delay farmer inheritance tax changes ‘to allow for better formulation’, say MPs

Thu

‘No one wants a building that kills birds’: why cities are turning off the lights

Thu

Echidna mothers change their pouch microbiome to protect tiny ‘pink jelly bean’ puggles, new research finds

Thu

Half-yearly loss of almost $15m for NSW native forest logging shows industry future shaky, conservationists say

Thu

RSPCA Victoria warns surging animal cruelty against horses cannot be investigated without more funding

Thu

Record number of river-blocking barriers removed in Europe, report says

Thu

MP to launch bill to target superyachts, private jets and fossil fuel producers

Thu

Endangered New Zealand bird caught fighting ‘at risk’ reptile in rare footage

Thu

Is it time to try geoengineering? – podcast

Thu

LNP to cut all funding for Queensland’s Environmental Defenders Office, breaking election promise

Thu

UK urged not to exploit poor countries in rush for critical minerals

Wed

Canada must maximize existing pipeline use before building more: minister

Wed 3m read

Supporters urged to ‘surround’ B.C. farm where 400 ostriches ordrered culled

Wed 4m read

Toxic wildfire pollution infiltrates homes of 1bn people a year, study finds

Wed

Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift

Wed

Attempt to protect England’s rare chalk streams in planning bill rejected by Labour MPs

Wed

Exceptionally low river flows forecast across UK as drought threat grows

Wed

Beacon of light: the model village retrofitted into a tiny renewables kingdom

Wed 4m read

Plant Sex and the City

Wed 6m read

Chimpanzees use leaves to wipe bums and clean up after sex, study finds

Wed

Chris Bowen mocks Liberals’ equivocation on ‘bare minimum’ target of net zero by 2050

Wed

Louisiana: controversial Denka plant suspends production after dire losses

Tue

Dutch climate campaigners vow to take Shell to court again

Tue

Provision of child play spaces should be duty in English planning law, MPs say

Tue

Chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef not crucial to UK trade deal, US suggests

Tue

Council leader accepted Spurs tickets days before felling of ancient oak

Tue

Starch-based bioplastic may be as toxic as petroleum-based plastic, study finds

Tue

Storm Chasers on the Hail Trail

Tue 4m read

Brontë country to become protected national nature reserve

Tue

Tory shadow energy minister claims 2050 net zero goal ‘not based on science’

Tue

Carney must ‘pick a lane’ on climate, energy policies, advocates say

Mon 4m read

Smith announces freeze to industrial carbon price in Alberta

Mon 1m read

‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia

Mon

Cobalt firm taps in to electric car boom with £174m London stock market float

Mon

Closure of post-Brexit subsidies wrongly blocked 3,000 English farmers from funding

Mon

UK windfall tax can fund switch to green jobs for North Sea oil workers – report

Mon

Ice Theft in Antarctica

Mon 2m read

Weather tracker: North America could experience record heat as high pressure builds

Mon

Nature group threatens judicial review against Labour’s planning bill

Mon

For the love of: weather

Mon 4m read

Green party must choose again between election-focused or activist leaders

Mon

Potential role for Chinese firm in key UK windfarm attracts government scrutiny

Mon

Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show

Sun

Eighty percent of England’s peatlands are dry and degraded, mapping shows

Sun

UK supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over cruelty claims

Sun

After Blair’s bombshell, will Labour stick with or abandon net zero?

Sun

Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria

Sat

NSW forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argue

Sat

Aphids plaguing UK gardens in warm spring weather, says RHS

Sat

Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds

May 9

Weather tracker: Thunderstorms bring rain and hail to parts of the Balkans

May 9

‘Stealing joy’: the sadness and symbolism of the crime at Sycamore Gap

May 9

Two men found guilty of felling Sycamore Gap tree

May 9

Midsummer butterflies spotted early in Britain after sunny spring

May 9

European and British soils seriously degraded by intensive farming

May 9

Weatherwatch: How AI could offer faster, affordable weather forecasting

May 9

Helmeted honeyeaters return to Cardinia in Victoria for first time since 1983’s Ash Wednesday bushfires

May 9

Low river water levels spark questions over Lake Diefenbaker capacity

May 8 2m read

Noaa to stop tracking cost of climate crisis-fueled disasters: ‘Major loss’

May 8

Former Greens leaders urge party to stand up to Labor ‘arrogance’ as jockeying begins to replace Bandt

May 8

Flood waters pour into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in rare spectacle ‘supercharged by climate change’

May 8

‘Astonishing journeys’: online tool tracking migratory animals highlights challenge of protecting them

May 8

April storms that killed 24 in US made more severe by burning fossil fuels – study

May 8

Woodside staves off investor climate concerns at fiery AGM beset by protesters

May 8

Trump reportedly eyes $26m in funding cuts for US national parks

May 7

Smoke from climate-fueled fires in US contributed to 15,000 deaths over 15 years, study finds

May 7

Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in rewilding project

May 7

Drought conditions already hitting UK crop production, farmers say

May 7

Ethical super fund says QBE ‘not joining the dots’ between fossil fuel projects and rising premiums

May 7

US renewable energy has tripled in a decade – but Trump cancels almost $8bn in projects

May 7

Reform’s green energy assault in Lincolnshire ‘puts 12,200 jobs at risk’

May 7

Real-world geoengineering experiments revealed by UK agency

May 7

New reports tell us cattle and sheep farming can be sustainable – don’t believe them, it’s all bull | George Monbiot

May 7

More than 40% of electricity used in Australia’s main power grid at start of year was renewable

May 7

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development

May 7

Russian drone strike caused tens of millions worth of damage to Chornobyl

May 7

After braving the wilderness for 500 days, Valerie is heavier than ever. Has someone been feeding the mini dachshund?

May 7

Critics slam Ontario for proposal to create zones where projects are exempt from laws

May 6 2m read

England faces drought this summer as reservoir water levels dwindle

May 6

French hunter, 81, avoids jail after killing endangered female bear in Pyrenees

May 6

Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report

May 6

Americans’ health at risk as Trump cuts EPA staff to 1980s levels, experts warn

May 6

GM mosquitoes: inside the lab breeding six-legged agents in the war on malaria

May 6

Hundreds of little corellas killed in suspected poisoning attack in regional Victorian city

May 6

UK falling behind on tackling microplastic pollution, scientists say

May 6

Aviation industry is ‘failing dramatically’ on climate, insiders say

May 6

Starmer ignored nuclear watchdog when he blamed regulations for delays

May 6

Gold mining suspended in Peru’s north after 13 miners killed

May 5

First-of-its-kind Hawaii bill raises tourist taxes to fund climate relief

May 5

Democratic-led states sue Trump for blocking wind energy projects

May 5