Drone footage shows severe drought hitting river in Brazil – video
Drone footage from 17 September shows the Araguaia River drying up, as severe drought grips parts of Brazil. The…
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From old railways to an oasis of art, food and nature: how an eco-park was born in Greater Manchester
Northern Roots is launching Britain’s biggest urban farm and eco-park, in an effort to boost people’s health and…
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‘Forcing a reckoning’: How Asia is preparing for a ‘supersized’ El Niño
From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with climate…
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Scientists are fighting a longer mosquito season with ... more mosquitoes
Nearly half a million more of the insects are being released in California – they’re all male and carry a bacterium The…
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Fire, ice and family: Australia’s 2026 Bowness photography prize – in pictures
Here are 26 images by the shortlisted artists who submitted works for the 21st William and Winifred Bowness photography…
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Fifty billion trees by 2030: how Ethiopia is recruiting citizens across the country to plant, plant, plant
After losing much of its forests in recent decades, the country’s people have led the way in planting saplings across…
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Country diary: Facing the flax – this city was once built on the stuff | Mary Montague
Botanic Meadow, Belfast: I visit my local community garden, and the woman who has returned to growing this graceful…
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Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
The behaviours we observed could represent grief, but they could also reflect maternal attachment, confusion or…
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‘We’re near a breaking point:’ firefighters say US government is failing them amid intense wildfire season
US grapples with federal firefighter shortage as crews say they’re spread thin and lack resources during unrelenting…
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Plantwatch: The insect-eating alpine plant that proves Darwin was right
Study shows Saxifraga candelabrum traps and digests midges – just as the evolutionary biologist predicted back in 1875…
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From the archive: The rubbishscapes of Essex: why our buried trash is back to haunt us – podcast
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions…
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Hello yellow: canola crops shine on in NSW – in pictures
Vibrant fields light up the landscape as an ideal growing season means crops are flowering earlier than usual in the…
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Europe’s summer emergency was a dire warning for Australia. What can be learned before it’s too late? | Nick Rowley
Between 2000 and 2018, extreme heat caused more deaths in Australia than all our bushfires, floods, storms and cyclones…
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‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon
Leaders in Pando region denounce opaque deals over carbon credits as government and companies rush to monetise Amazon…
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The Hotspot | South Korea pushes for football season to make winter switch after unbearable summer
Why fainting fans and perspiring players are a worry for the Asian league seeking to follow Japan and align with Europe…
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We greet the news that AI could extinguish us with a glazed indifference. What is the way out of this nihilism? | Brigid Delaney
There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients…
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Rabbits are the biggest threat to Australia’s native species. Why are their numbers booming again?
Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say…
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Blankets of colour: Western Australia’s wildflower season bursts into life – in pictures
On Wajarri Yamaji country in WA’s remote mid-west sits Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO’s Murchison…
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A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham
A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city children Kilos and…
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The bird that changed Ecuador: how a chance discovery of a rare species helped to save many more
Thirty years after a US ornithologist first sighted a jocotoco antpitta, the foundation he set up to restore…
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‘Spraying should be the last option’: how farmers are exploring alternatives to pesticides
When pesticide proved no match for the insect, desperate Phyllis Nvuda tried a new way to save her infested orchard For…
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Who are the 514 people accused of starting French wildfires and what motivates them?
Experts believe one-third of wildfires in France are set deliberately, with arson the biggest single cause of forest…
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Warm ski season a warning of bleak future for Australia’s snow tourism: ‘So this is our new normal’
While holidaymakers have maintained ‘super positive attitudes’, average snow depths measured since 1954 have declined…
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‘We can see into the other room’: insurers face surge in subsidence claims
Stressed UK homeowners tell of cracks opening up in the walls around them after two record-hot summers “We’ve got one…
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Hide and chic: are clothes and apparel made from alternative leathers better for the environment?
Vegan leathers are complicated by questions of commercial viability and sustainability. How do they compare to…
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This wildflower paradise is only open six weeks a year. As soon as I entered, my mind started to calm
There is something profoundly peaceful about witnessing the Australian landscape as it used to be before western…
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A bee’s-eye view: art installation beside the Thames celebrates crucial pollinators
More than 100 lenses inside Luke Jerram’s Pollenarium let visitors see the outside world as insects would From the…
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One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says
Findings on decline of species such as Arctic tern and turtle dove published alongside flyways pledge at Kenya summit…
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‘Fresh from the roof’: the supermarket growing salad a few metres above the tills
Customers seeking greens at one Berlin outlet are dealing with some very local supply chains indeed Walking into the…
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Week in wildlife: a sea turtle hatchling, baby orangutans and flying ibises
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
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Weatherwatch: soil moisture deficit – how dry are the UK’s thirsty soils?
SMD is the moisture the soil must make up until it is at capacity, with very dry conditions over most of England and…
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Country diary: The slow magic of growing a cricket bat from scratch | Michael White
Cranbrook, Kent: We are felling a crop of willow trees that have managed to survive their nemesis – the grey squirrel –…
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Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis?
In the first project of its kind, scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska’s streams and tundra may…
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Reclaiming the streets: the architects clawing back Europe’s car-centric spaces
The European Prize for Urban Public Space’s shortlist highlights projects helping people cope with climate crisis In…
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Country diary: This moorland needed rainfall – it got something even better | Ed Douglas
Eyam Moor, Derbyshire: It’s a place that I treasure greatly, and now it has a change of ownership that is worth…
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