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Antarctic krill – shrimp-like crustaceans that inhabit the icy waters surrounding Antarctica – may be small (around 5cm) but they have an enormous total biomass, similar to that of the global human population. However, while humans pump ever more carbon into the atmosphere, krill are working in reverse. They are…

Africa is already being heavily affected by climate change. Between 1991 and 2023, the African continent warmed at a rate of 0.3°C per decade, a rate slightly faster than the global average. This has brought more frequent and severe weather extremes.

As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earth’s surface, like the glass of a greenhouse. I imagined myself on the playground, roasting inside a humid hothouse.

In October 2021, thousands of dead and dying crabs and lobsters washed up along 45 miles (70km) of coastline in north-east England. This mass-mortality event coincided with the redevelopment of one of the UK’s largest ports at Teesside.

Foreign secretary’s stirring words on climate are welcome change from Sunak era. But now it is time for action

Two separate reports find policies will save Americans from pollution in coming decades and added nearly 150,000 jobs

Climate summit host positioning itself as peacemaker but is accused of ethnic cleansing and imprisoning opponents

Andújar, Spain: I discover that there are hints of humour in the otherwise seriously exciting business of watching Iberian lynx

Head of sports charity hails partnership that allows local people to use London independent school’s football pitch

Multiple states and regions affected in a country already plunged into crisis by the February 2021 coup.

Earth’s majestic “apex predators” are some of the most prolific hunters in the world. But which ones kill the most?