The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Australia's ailing environment needs $7.3 billion a year to claw its way back to health but scientists say that's cheap and doing nothing will cost much more.

Allies of the 73-year-old anti-whaling activist Paul Watson have said that prison time would amount to a ‘life sentence’

Global average surface air temperature reached 17.09 degrees Celsius, EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says.

Authorities order evacuations as ‘multiple wildfires’ are burning in top tourist area in the Canadian Rockies.

Preliminary data from Copernicus suggests temperature records were shattered, taking world into ‘uncharted territory’

High court hears case brought by claimants who say rights have been breached as result of adaptation plan

Waste from illegal labs and untreated sewage laced with pharmaceuticals is contaminating the seas off Rio de Janeiro. It’s far from the only place to be affected

Civil Aviation Authority proposes measure to help consumers make ‘more informed travel choices’

Activities associated with cocaine trafficking threaten two-thirds of the most important landscapes in Central America for 196 forest bird species, including 67 migratory species. This is the key takeaway from a study that colleagues and I published in June 2024 in the journal Nature Sustainability.

The construction industry is not on track to decarbonise by 2050 and uses more resources than most. In 2020, the UK produced a staggering 59.1 million tonnes of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste. Despite most of this material (92.6%) being recycled, much of it was crushed for use in roads…

Research shows ‘forever chemicals’ increasingly found in products as agency claims the chemicals aren’t being used