The Latest Breaking News on Environment

French scientists are mapping plankton across the Indo-Pacific – using Navy ships to study the microscopic organisms that produce half of Earth’s oxygen, feed the ocean and help regulate the planet’s carbon. The eight-year mission is charting life in remote waters to understand how these drifting ecosystems evolve – and…

Faded items dating back to 1950s have been found on Italian beaches, underscoring plastic’s problematic longevity

Air-to-air systems can warm homes in winter and cool them in summer – and they’re now set to join the low-carbon grant scheme

Craswall, Herefordshire: A farm here is showing that if you take good care of the land, it will give back in spades

Indigenous communities in Sarawak use community mapping to assert land rights.

From disrupted trucking routes to teaching in hot classrooms, the changing climate is already being keenly felt by Australian workers.

Letters: This is aviation’s equivalent of HS2, writes John McDonnell MP, while Nick Hodgkinson says a government serious about climate commitments should not allow any airport to expand

As the natural wonder faces mounting ecological threats, traditional owners and environmental lawyers are calling for a radical new approach

Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry