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UK urged to take lead in helping poor countries fund climate action
Boris Johnson’s government must take the lead in giving poor countries access to the finance they…
Fancy a deep red? The rise of underwater wineries
Slipping into the chilly waters of the Baltic sea, the divers descended more than 60 metres…
Last thing we need is a ‘cosy consensus’ on climate crisis, warns Ed Miliband
The UK must tell the truth about the “terrifying and exacting” scale of the challenge the…
Environment minister pledges laws to cut dumping of sewage in English rivers
The environment minister, Rebecca Pow, has promised to bring in legislation to reduce discharge of raw…
Starwatch: don’t miss gossamer beauty of the zodiacal light
Starwatch table Now is the best time of the year to see the zodiacal light in…
Country diary: the last farm in Britain to be worked by horses
A large grey cat squats in the cobbled yard. Around him is a range of stone-built…
Sandstorms turn sun blue and sky yellow in Beijing
The second sandstorm to hit China in less than a fortnight has reversed the colours of…
Glow-worms: as soon as you think you’ve seen them, they blink off | Helen Sullivan
“Thou aeronautical boll weevil / Illuminate yon woods primeval,” the Mills Brothers sang in 1952, imploring…
Warnock: ‘We have to pass voting rights no matter what’
The Georgia Democrat argued that the passage of the American Rescue Plan would not have been…