The upper atmosphere ozone layer protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation, which is linked to skin cancer, eye cataracts and agricultural damage.

Vast releases of gas, along with future ‘methane bombs’, represent huge threat – but curbing emissions would rapidly reduce global heating

Disasters costing at least $1bn killed 474 people last year, government figures show

Seas dominate global weather patterns and the climate crisis is causing profound and damaging changes

The outcome of this three-year project will be a process that delivers marketable bioplastic products made from food waste. The reusability of food waste for bio-based plastic production could help reduce landfill quantity and waste management costs, offset petroleum-based plastic production and pollution, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

The announcement that zero rhinos have been poached in 2022 in the Indian state of Assam has been heralded as a global conservation success. IFAW and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) congratulate the Assam government and local communities on this momentous achievement, which marks the first time there have been zero poaching incidents in the region in 45 years.

The Biden administration this year signed a historic climate and tax deal that will funnel billions of dollars into programs designed to speed the country’s clean energy transition and battle climate change. As the U.S. this year grappled with climate-related disasters from Hurricane Ian in Florida to the Mosquito Fire in California, the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains $369 billion in climate provisions, was a monumental development to mitigate the effects of climate change across the country.

Solar panels can provide places for animals to rest, shelter and breed – potentially benefitting both the land and farmers.

Compounds derived from eucalyptus and other plants are formulated into an ink for printing electronic components.

The largest saline lake in North America is on track to collapse within five years, a new report finds

A newly discovered emperor penguin colony has been seen, using satellite images of one the most remote and inaccessible regions of Antarctica. The colony, home to about 500 birds, makes a total of 66 known emperor penguin colonies around the coastline of Antarctica, half of which were discovered by space satellites. The climate crisis is posing an existential threat to these colonies, as sea ice is rapidly melting.

Emissions from the food system alone will drive the world past 1.5C of global heating, unless high-methane foods are tackled. Climate-heating emissions from food production, dominated by meat, dairy and rice, will by themselves break the key international target of 1.5C if left unchecked, a detailed study has shown.

Coronal holes are cooler, darker regions in the sun's upper atmosphere, the corona, from which solar wind streams into space at high speed. A new study has now found that the magnetic properties of these holes can be used to forecast the severity of geomagnetic storms that hit Earth.

Dubbed the "Waziri papyrus," scholars are currently translating the text into Arabic.

Valerie Axtens thought she had seen the last of her beloved cat Mendelson as she was being rescued through a window from rapidly rising floodwater. The 92-year-old lives in North Lismore, one of the areas hardest hit by the February 28 disaster.

At least 1,733 environmental activists and land defenders have been killed for their work over the past decade, according to a new report from the nonprofit Global Witness. That means that a person defending the environment is killed every other day, a harrowing statistic especially in the context of the worsening climate and biodiversity crisis.

Inadequate numbers of bees and other pollinators have a huge impact on human health due to lower production of fruit and vegetables, according to a modelling study

Cloaked by the shadows of enchanting Asian woodlands, strange growths can be seen peeking out from between leaf litter like the ghosts of long-dead flowers.

A record-setting wind chill of 108 degrees below zero was seen on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.

Siamese crocodiles were almost hunted to extinction. Now, efforts to reintroduce the species may be Cambodia’s most successful conservation story.