Our Blog

Satellite data shows ocean surface 3C above normal as swimmers say water feels more like February and March Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing Waters off Sydney are undergoing an extreme marine heatwave with temperatures likely at their highest levels on record for January. Satellite data is showing the ocean surface

One of the warmest La Niña years on record continues long-term heating being driven by climate change, climatologist says Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefing Australia’s 2021 was its coolest year since 2012, but still half a degree hotter than average

Publication date: March 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 193 Author(s): Pirta Palola, Richard Bailey, Lisa Wedding

At least seven reported injured while cause of the blaze remains under investigation Up to 1,000 buildings may have been destroyed in the record wildfire that swept through a Colorado area abutting the Rocky Mountains, as Joe Biden declared the situation a disaster and experts warned that the climate crisis and suburban expansion contributed to

Climate summit president makes clear UK net zero agenda is responsibility of all government colleagues Tackling the climate crisis must be a whole government effort or risk the Cop26 climate summit becoming “just a bunch of meaningless promises”, the cabinet minister who chaired the UN summit has said. Alok Sharma, who acted as president for

Environmental activist criticises US president for expanding fossil fuel infrastructure Greta Thunberg has criticised Joe Biden for not leading the fight against the climate crisis. In an interview with the Washington Post, the 18-year old Swedish environmental activist pushed back against the idea of the US president as a leader on climate issues. Continue reading…

National Trust’s annual audit highlights how climate crisis is altering environment for ever It was a year of fire and storms, of crumbling cliffs and falling trees, all of which put a huge strain on flora and fauna, according to an annual audit of the impact of the weather on nature in the UK. There

Droughts, wildfires, bomb cyclones: it was a year of extremes – and scientists say it’s a likely taste of what’s to come Even before summer heatwaves sent temperatures soaring across the west, lakebeds had already begun ceding ground to the cracked, dried earth. Rings showed around reservoirs where water levels fell to historic lows, verdant