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How ponds tell story of the air pollution around them

A researcher has been looking for evidence of past air pollution in the mud of ponds in Merseyside

UK to offer higher subsidies for offshore windfarms after crisis talks

Concerns rose when no wind projects were put forward for government’s recent clean energy auction

More than half of UK and Ireland seabirds in decline, census finds

Species populations falling, with some decreasing due to loss of habitat and less food availability More than half the seabird species breeding on British and Irish coasts have declined over the last 20 years, according to the most comprehensive census to date.

Allowing Cumbria coalmine was ‘disaster’ for climate diplomacy, says Lord Turner

Former chair of climate change committee says UK’s decision has encouraged other countries to keep exploiting fossil fuels

Microplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperatures

Scientists in eastern China find 24 out of 28 water samples have plastic particles commonly seen in synthetic fibers and packaging

‘Like a 40-metre pizza’: the seaweed farms that could feed us all – at a cost

Mammoth efforts to grow seaweed are springing up in the Philippines and beyond, and they’re in line for Elon Musk’s ‘largest incentive prize in history’. Meddling with the ocean to grow them, however, has some scientists troubled

Climate anxious? Here’s how you can turn apprehension into action

Worrying about the future can be debilitating. Experts say these three things can help

Up to 70 days of suspected illegal dumps of sewage in Windermere in 2022, analysis find

Researcher says data suggests permit conditions breached on up to 70 days, but United Utilities disputes findings

It’s one of Europe’s last pristine rivers. Can scientists save it from 50 dams?

At the bottom of a ravine, near the mountain town of Ulog, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, lie the sparkling turquoise waters of the Ljuta, a tributary of the Neretva.

UK government weakens energy efficiency targets for farmers

Improvement targets for horticulture and poultry reduced after lobbying from National Farmers’ Union The UK government has weakened energy efficiency targets for farmers after lobbying from the National Farmers’ Union.

Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows

State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero routine flar

‘Paying in lives’: health of billions at risk from global heating, warns report

Inaction on the climate crisis is ‘costing lives and livelihoods’ due to extreme heat, food insecurity and infectious diseases, say scientists

Like father, like daughter: why Vanessa Kerry is demanding action on climate and health

Vanessa Kerry is on a mission. A critical care doctor, she founded – and runs – Seed Global Health, an organisation that trains medics working in poor countries.

Solar energy could power all health facilities in poorer countries and save lives, experts say

Move would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear

The waste pickers of Nairobi’s Dandora dump site – in pictures

As officials prepare to gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the third stage of talks on a UN plastic pollution treaty, new photos show the scale of the waste problem less than 8 miles from the UN Environment Programme building where the talks will take place.