The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Increased air pollution linked to more night-time coughing, UK-led study finds

‘Day-to-day’ symptom of harmful emissions, which in turn can disrupt sleep, can be overlooked, say researchers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

Country diary: A TB scare is still hanging over the farm

Tebay, Cumbria: I’ve had a stroke of luck with applying for government funding, but some bad vet results are overshadowing things once more

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

‘Like caring for a pet’: the app that lets you know if your neighbourhood tree is thirsty

Gieß den Kiez app shows trees in critical need of watering and can be adopted by other heat-stressed cities around the world

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2

The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes

The Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pump

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Country diary: Which tree sounds the best in the wind? Take a bough, the poplar

Frome, Somerset: With a sway and a swoosh, we’re entering the season to enjoy psithurism – the aural quality of the breeze in the trees

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years

Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population

The global climate phenomenon has triggered devastating infernos in the ape’s Indonesian heartlands, with long-term effects on the animals still unknown

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

'Catastrophic': Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in five years

Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20 percent of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 1

Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets

Simple deterrents can slash the number of razorbills and guillemots being trapped underwater, two-year study shows

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

Justice Alito Says Recusal in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County a "Difficult Judgment Call"

Bloomberg reports on why Justice Alito decided to recuse from the first case of the Supreme Court's term.

Reason · Sep 30