Environment

‘Its pretty much a guarantee you’ll get stung’: jellyfish keep swimmers out of Delaware beaches

Beach patrols report hundreds of stings a day as warmer waters and drought create favorable conditio…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 11h ago

Why am I called The Black Farmer? Because there are so few of us in Britain. I’d like that to change | Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones

Running a farm is tough – TV’s Clarkson’s Farm shows that – but I know many minorities would…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 13h ago

Subterranean salad: underground farmers seek solution to food crisis in disused UK mines

Researchers in North Yorkshire feel the clock ticking as they aim to transform British food producti…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 14h ago

Home comforts: can remote work be better for the environment?

Many Australians now have the option to work from home. But is it better or worse for the environmen…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 21h ago

The US has a plan to save the Colorado River. Experts say it won’t be enough to stop the crisis

The 10-year blueprint mandates water cuts of up to 40% for California, Arizona and NevadaIt’s offi…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Britain’s railway prepares for more extreme weather as intense El Niño develops

Experts say more must be done to adapt to changing climate, after two trains derailed within 24 hour…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Proposed London datacentre will have annual carbon footprint of 27,000 flights to New York

Exclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in North Ockendon would be incompatible with UK net ze…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Cut cost of loans for solar panels on UK homes, ministers urged

Report says ‘solar bonds’ could fund wider access to clean energy, reducing household billsSolar…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Increased rain and storms to hit UK due to biggest El Niño for a century, says Met Office

‘Unprecedented’ weather pattern over Pacific Ocean to be felt worldwide with severe droughts exp…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Why dodgy doors are the latest casualty of the UK heatwaves

Sticking or unlockable doors are yet another problem caused by the hot summer, but winter can also b…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Week in wildlife: Bat in a toilet, a speeding gull and a bird with shoes

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

What happens to people’s health when air pollution is reduced?

Growing evidence that cutting coal use and bans on high-polluting vehicles are leading directly to h…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show

National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to d…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

Chester zoo resident, 23, ‘back to her usual feisty self’ after electrochemotherapy for tumour i…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 1d ago

Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, ha…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 2d ago

The winner of the Guardian's Invertebrate of the year 2026 revealed

In a much closer contest than previous years – when the tardigrade and the common earthworm won wi…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 2d ago

How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too

Novice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved ou…

United Kingdom The Guardian - Environment 2d ago