The Chernobyl nuclear disaster left a ring of ghost villages as residents fled fearing radiation poisoning. But now people are choosing to live in the crumbling houses on the edge of the exclusion zone. By Zhanna Bezpiatchuk.

As thrill seekers and Instagrammers swarm public lands, reporting from seven sites across America shows the scale of the threat

The dead sperm whale, which washed ashore in Indonesia, had ingested nearly 6kg of plastic waste.

A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops, a park official said Tuesday, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world's largest plastic polluting countries.

Accounting for meltwater from the Antarctic Ice Sheet in simulations of global climate leads to substantial changes in future climate projections and identifies a potential feedback mechanism that exacerbates melting.

A decade ago, the U.S. mandated the use of vegetable oil in biofuels, leading to industrial-scale deforestation — and a huge spike in carbon emissions.

The full story of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history.

The average temperature of the planet has been rising since the 1700s and its Industrial Revolution. Three years ago, in 2015, 195 nations signed onto what is known as the Paris Accord. In it, they agreed to curb greenhouse gas emissions to limit that warming by 2100. The goal is not to let it exceed 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) over preindustrial times. But a new report says there may be big benefits to setting an even lower target.

As the Arctic loses ice at dramatic rates, people in Qaanaaq, the northernmost town in Greenland, are finding their homes, livelihoods, customs and very survival at risk.

Almost 4,000 residents leave their homes as the Fuego volcano erupts for the fifth time this year.

The number of sheep and cattle in the UK should be reduced by between a fifth and a half to help combat climate change, a report says. The shift is needed, the government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) maintains, because beef and lamb produce most farm greenhouse gases. The report foresees an increase in the number of pigs and chickens because these produce less methane. The farm union NFU said it did not agree with reducing livestock numbers.

Climate change is altering America’s first national park so quickly that plants and animals may not be able to adapt.

Destruction likely to be just the tip of the iceberg, campaigners warn

Rain is on the way for fire-scorched and smoke-choked northern California, forecasters said on Sunday, as the search for the dead and missing continued after the state’s most destructive wildfires.

Protesters blocked off five major bridges in central London as part of a so-called "rebellion day". Organisers said thousands gathered in central London to demand the government take greater action on climate change. Demonstrators occupied Southwark, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Westminster and Lambeth bridges for most of the day, after a week of action by campaign group Extinction Rebellion.

There is little more inspiring than when two legends unite for a worthwhile cause, and actor and ethical investor Leonardo DiCaprio and vegan primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall have done exactly that. The two passionate environmentalists have joined forces to launch a vegan clothing line to support ape conservation.

The signs of serious, destructive climate change have been difficult to miss this year. Hurricanes Florence and Michael caused at least 98 deaths, billions of dollars of destruction, with tens of thousands of lives uprooted. In Iowa, we are seeing increased humidity, which is both uncomfortable and affects crop growth (increasing mold growth, insects, and hindering grain drying) as well as unprecedented rainfall (September saw 7.05 inches of rainfall in Iowa City, compared to the normal average of 3.35 inches).

Over 100 captured whales are being held in small, crowded enclosures in a so-called 'whale jail' off the coast of Russia, where they await suspected sale to Chinese theme parks, according to local media reports.

Researchers are just now beginning to understand what happens when one whale species attacks another

If you follow environmental news, every day it seems like the world is getting worse. One landmark study found that animals are going extinct 1,000 times faster than their natural rate because of human influence and habitat loss.

As Palau bans sunscreen to protect coral reefs, we look at other products causing environmental damage.

I will give this sum over the next decade to help accelerate land and ocean conservation around the world.

Despite being banned in 2010, about 40,000 tons of carbon tetrachloride, an ozone-depleting compound, are still emitted into the atmosphere every year. But the origins of the illegal emissions have long baffled scientists. Now, an international team of researchers has tracked down the source of nearly half of the emissions to eastern China, according to a recent study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

For each of the past 25 years, oceans have absorbed an amount of heat energy that is 150 times the energy humans produce as electricity annually, according to a study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and Princeton University.

Environmental groups say Russia, China and Norway played part in rejecting plan.

Introducing the Guardian’s new series The Age of Extinction, the renowned primatologist describes the dramatic vanishing of wildlife she has witnessed in her lifetime – and how we can all play a vital role in halting its destruction

New target is likely to be 30% reduction in five years, short of goals previously proposed by environment minister.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Ecuador to discuss efforts to repair the ozone layer, and the return of a banned chemical will be on the agenda.

The UN released a report this week showing the ozone layer is healing, with the hole over the South Pole expected to close completely by 2060. The Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018 has shown a continued decrease in ozone-depleting substances in the Earth's atmosphere since 2000.

We know that most people can’t imagine life without cars, but we also know that time for cars has passed if we want to save the planet for future generations. The stopdrivingcar.club site is intended as a publication that should enable people from all countries in the world to facilitate their transport.

A new report from the National Academics calls for concerted research into “negative emissions technologies”

Exclusive: Simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more, but ‘a smog of complacency pervades the planet’, says Dr Tedros Adhanom

Bloomberg Philanthropies to launch major grant for coastal communities to improve the health of oceans

The World Health Organization found that 1.8 billion people under 15 are at risk of respiratory infections due to contaminated air.

The National Butterfly Center is a habitat for more than 100 species of butterflies. The proposed barrier would cut off 70 percent of its property, putting it in a no man's land along the Rio Grande.