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East Anglian Fens were covered in yew trees 4,000 years ago, study finds

‘Bog oak’ study finds more than 400 well preserved yews, which could help solve mystery of historic rapid sea level rise

Actors and academics criticise UK over climate ‘madness’ and limits on protest

Letter says government pushing ahead with new fossil fuel projects while criminalising activists who raise alarm

‘You can walk around in a T-shirt’: how Norway brought heat pumps in from the cold

When Glen Peters bought a heat pump for his home in Oslo he wasn’t thinking about the carbon it would avoid. Convenience played a role; a fireplace was too much of a hassle – the effort of having to buy, prepare and store the wood – and the wall-mounted radiators are too dusty.

Ad industry grapples with role selling consumption in climate crisis

Does being an effective agency mean helping sell more products or can it mean helping mitigate climate emergency?

Puddle Britain: 11 amazing facts about tiny bodies of water

Whether it’s too much rain or not enough drainage, we’re deep into November and there’s water everywhere. So, what is a puddle, when does it become a pond – and what lives in there?

‘They’re inherently charismatic’: the amateur sleuths hooked on sea slugs

More and more enthusiasts have fallen in love with this relative of garden dwellers, and are helping ocean science while they’re at it

‘Fire on fire’: how migrants got blamed for Greece’s devastating blazes

In August, wildfires in Evros killed a group of people, including children, passing along a well-trodden migration route. Locals and politicians made the victims scapegoats for the disaster

‘It is all about listening and sharing’: Indigenous solutions to the carbon divide

Like most climate heroes, Francy Baniwa does not consider herself anything of the sort.

‘Hope has to be a strategy’: the scientist who refused to let the climate warmongers win

As one of Australia’s most influential voices on climate, Lesley Hughes has thought deeply about how to talk about the crisis and says hope has a key role to play

‘We are creating a material monster’: the false logic of faux leather

When Kylie Jenner launched her latest brand, KHY, on 1 November, the reality TV star – one of the most influential women in fashion – presented a collection of 12 pieces of clothing made almost exclu

‘The river took it all’: Somalis wait for waters to recede as floods kill dozens

Just a few weeks ago, Somalis were praying for the heavens to open after a prolonged drought, following an unp

‘I cannot stress too much about it’: Monaco yacht buyers shrug off climate concerns

The largest of the yachts in Monaco’s harbour were worth more than the annual GDP of some small island states. But few of the customers touring their decks seemed to care that buying the former would help drown the latter.

Toowoomba council votes for moratorium on coal seam gas projects

Council becomes sixth in Queensland to oppose development of new wells after farmer concerns about sinking soil and water contamination

Greens could sink Labor’s gas industry scheme over concerns it supports fossil fuel expansion

The Albanese government’s mandatory code for the gas industry could be at risk, with the Greens vowing to disallow the scheme because it supports new gasfields even as the climate crisis worsens.

Albanese government to rapidly expand investment scheme for clean energy projects

The Albanese government will radically expand a taxpayer-underwritten scheme to support new clean power generation and storage capacity, acknowledging it is needed to meet its objective of Australia running on 82%

Ban private jets to address climate crisis, says Thomas Piketty

Questions of social and economic class must be at the centre of our response to the climate crisis, to address the huge inequalities between the

Queensland rejects Clive Palmer’s bid to build ‘carbon neutral’ coal-fired power station

Environment department questions feasibility of Waratah Coal’s claims about the use of carbon offsets, credits, and capture and storage

NSW Coalition and Greens to push Labor to legislate 70% emissions reduction target by 2035

Exclusive: Liberal and National parties agree to more ambitious interim target joining Greens who have criticised Labor for ‘abandoning’ 2035 goal

Companies still investing too much in fossil fuels, global energy watchdog says

Head of International Energy Agency says the industry faces a ‘moment of truth’ as Cop28 talks approach

Madagascan heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without human-caused global heating

Study finds impact of heat on millions of people went unrecorded, highlighting limitations many African countries face