Impacts of Ecocide and Climate Change

Food-growing areas will see drastic changes to rainfall and temperatures if global heating continues at current rate

Taps are now shut off two days a week, and islanders face worse to come unless action is taken on climate crisis

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ cultural knowledge and understanding of weather systems is the cornerstone for the exhibition

Research shows rising temperatures since 1960s have acted as handbrake to agricultural yield of crops and livestock

A new study points to a stunning loss of topsoil in the Corn Belt — the result of farming practices that have depleted this once-fertile ground. Beyond diminished agricultural productivity and more carbon in the atmosphere, it is a catastrophic loss of an irreplaceable resource.

Climate change risks to put an end to the Mediterranean diet. Tropical crops are replacing the traditional orchards in Southern Europe.

The death toll of animals and humans is mounting as herders seeking dwindling reserves of pasture clash with farmers

World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changes

Exclusive: consultations for asthma and other respiratory infections go up with increased dirty air, finds study

The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world

A leak at an abandoned fertilizer plant is just the latest development at a site that has polluted the area since it was built

Data published for first time by Environment Agency shows 27% increase on previous year

Increasing ice melt due to climate change will pose a major threat to marine life, report says

Israel is reeling from a disastrous tar slick, while oily sand has been found in southern Lebanon

Call for world leaders to act in wake of French extradition case turning on environmental concerns

Phosphorus is essential to life and the world is running out of it

Tourist drawcards Kuta and Legian beaches are being overwhelmed by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish every day

Navajo Nation members received ‘a pittance’ for access to their land. Then came the spills and fires

For the fifth time since 2010, a lack of ice means no visitors and an unstable future for the ice-dependent harp seal

Indigenous Peoples — communities with pre-colonial connections to land who consider themselves distinct from contemporary society — have survived genocides, epidemics, forced migration, and…

The National Trust's map plots a worst-case scenario if global carbon emissions are not driven down.

Our wells are so polluted our tribe must now buy water. Our land is so toxic, organic food can’t be grown within 16 miles

Traditional way of life under threat in vast area straddling the Arctic Circle

Most of Earth’s terrestrial habitats have lost their ecological integrity – even areas previously categorised as being intact

Research warns that large proportions of endemic marine and mountain species face extinction

Trees lost to drought and wildfires are not returning. Climate change is taking a toll on the world’s forests - and radically changing the environment before our eyes

Efforts are under way to designate site of submerged forest off the Alabama coast a marine sanctuary

A £2.5m scheme in the Skell Valley hopes to protect Fountains Abbey and the city of Ripon

Thousands are protesting in the Indian state, suspecting the coal lobby is behind construction plans in sanctuary

With the Arctic warming at up to three times the pace of the global average, more lightning storms will invade the High North, igniting wildfires that release carbon dioxide and speeding the transition of flat mossy tundra to brush and forest landscapes that absorb more solar heat energy. Yang Chen, an Earth scientist with the […]

Trees lost to drought and wildfires are not returning. Climate change is taking a toll on the world’s forests - and radically changing the environment before our eyes

Toxic particles spewed by wildfires resulted in 10 times as many respiratory-illness related hospitalizations as other types of pollution, researchers found

Global study shows blazes diminish forest density and tree size, making woods likely to sequester less carbon

A powerful French book punctures the myth that countries in the global south are largely responsible for habitat destruction, says science journalist Laura Spinney

Forecast should maintain trend of what has been one of the driest Aprils on record

People urged to stay away from Dorset beach with council expecting more unstable cliff face to fall

Once-in-a-century weather extremes could become commonplace by 2080 unless carbon emissions are curbed

Meeting Paris goals would bring health benefits aside from tackling global heating, research says

PM praises region’s defences as five severe flood warnings remain in place in UK

Met Office issues amber weather warning as South Yorkshire also declares major incident

Report says not enough funding is being made available to deal with effects of extreme weather

Severe flood warnings are in place and winds of 60mph are expected into Sunday, Met Office says

Coastal areas forced to erect flood defences to counter impact of waves whipped up by 100mph gusts

National Trust review has warned that the climate emergency is clearly leading to more erratic conditions

Environment Agency urges people in flood zones to plan ahead as Met Office forecasts wet January and February

The length of the growing season in temperate forests has been increasing under recent climate change because of earlier leaf emergence and later leaf senescence. However, Zani et al. show that this trend might be reversed as increasing photosynthetic productivity begins to drive earlier autumn leaf senescence (see the Perspective by Rollinson). Using a combination of experimental, observational, and modeling studies based on European forest trees, the researchers conclude that leaf…

Mayor overseeing a green regeneration in city where temperatures can already surpass 40C

President of surrounding Lazio region says pine tortoise scale problem requires immediate action

The professor of environmental medicine explains how chemicals in plastics are causing our fertility to decline – and what we can do about it

The chemicals to blame for our reproductive crisis are found everywhere and in everything

Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals

In springtime, when the swamps behind the Mosman’s family home filled with fresh water, Keith, the eldest son, and Scott, his younger brother, would tramp barefoot through vernal pools in search of…

The Rust Belt has sadly lived up to its gloomy moniker. Globalization and other economic trends did a number on the so-called Rust Belt, a swath of the United States extending from New York to…

Data from 120,000 birdwatchers in 48 countries shows forest birds have expanded their range while area occupied by farmland birds has shrunk

The death toll of animals and humans is mounting as herders seeking dwindling reserves of pasture clash with farmers

Memories of Brazil’s dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities

More than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide

After unusually heavy rains, Jonglei province is suffering destructive flooding. A visit to the town of Old Fangak revealed a people who, despite their isolation and food poverty, are determined not to give up

Report says not enough funding is being made available to deal with effects of extreme weather

From Australian bushfires to Atlantic hurricanes, insurance damages were the highest annual total ever, says Christian Aid study

‘Escalator to extinction’ means aggressive species will eventually take over, threatening the entire mountain ecosystem

We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed. The scale of the threats to the biosphere and all its lifeforms—including humanity—is in fact so great that it is difficult to grasp for even well-informed experts. Second, we ask what political or economic system, or leadership, is prepared to handle the…

‘Unimaginable amounts’ of water will flow into oceans if that temperature rise occurs and ice buffers vanish, warn UK scientists

Descend through the different zones of the ocean to discover its mesmerising marine life, how human pollutants are interfering – and what we can still do about it

Scientists say ice equivalent to 1-2 metres of sea level rise is probably already doomed to melt

Rising global temperatures are causing frozen Arctic soil— permafrost—in the northern hemisphere to thaw and release CO2 that has been stored within it for thousands of years. The amount of carbon stored in permafrost is estimated to be four times greater than the combined amount of CO2 emitted by modern humans.

Rate of loss now in line with worst-case scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

We humans have a lot of difficulty processing impending disasters. It is initially hard to wrap our minds around them because they don’t fit into the typical scheme of things. While this is a normal…

Christmas Island forest skink and 12 mammals on list, which also includes the desert bettong, broad-cheeked hopping mouse and Nullarbor barred bandicoot

Descend through the different zones of the ocean to discover its mesmerising marine life, how human pollutants are interfering – and what we can still do about it

Researchers report affected animals off the coasts of the US, South America and Australia

National Trust review has warned that the climate emergency is clearly leading to more erratic conditions

Uneven heating could have major impact on marine wildlife, as species that rely on each other for survival are forced to move