The Earth is slowly losing its shine. Its reflectivity – or albedo – is declining, mostly due to vanishing ice cover and fewer clouds. So few, in fact, that 2023 stood out as the year with the lowest ...

The end is never really the end. Lizzie Wade’s Apocalypse reveals how humanity has long turned catastrophe into ...

WWF highlights new technologies to cut marine bycatch, protect endangered species and strengthen UK seafood sustainability ...

New test for bird flu provides results before the virus spreads In March, the UK’s chief veterinary officer confirmed that ...

With Airbnb invasions and Instagram mobs, author Geoff Dyer charts how paradise can quickly feel overcrowded – and explains ...

Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas has spent years capturing Africa’s wildlife on camera. Interview by Bryony Cottam ...

Tim Marshall analyses the limits of Vladimir Putin's global ambitions from an extract of Prisoners of Geography ...

NOAA firings and funding cuts threaten global weather forecasting, and will likely hit vulnerable nations hardest ...

Danish adventurer Thor Pedersen set himself the task of visiting every country in the world in one unbroken journey without using aeroplanes ...

Groundbreaking mapping highlights where conservation efforts are urgently needed A pioneering study led by the University of St Andrews and Cornell University has, for the first time, mapped bird ...

In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, Stuart Butler reports on a country torn apart by brutal civil war ...

Across sub-Saharan Africa, cities are embracing nature-based solutions to climate change. A World Bank report reveals the ...