What tree rings reveal about America’s megadrought – a visual guide

How we know the American west is experiencing a once-in-a-millennium drought by Alvin Chang Last year,…

GOP hands Dems a new line of attack: They’re for ‘Trump over the cops’

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) recently downplayed the insurrection by comparing it to a “normal tourist visit.”…

Quarter of UK pupils attend schools where air pollution is over WHO limit

Millions of British children attend schools where air pollution is worse than the World Health Organization…

Weatherwatch: how the humble salp is helping to fight the climate crisis

The gelatinous creature sucks up organisms that absorb CO2 and leaves droppings rich in carbon at…

UK pig farms doubled their use of antibiotics vital for humans

Overall use of drugs has fallen but treatments of a ‘critically important’ class rose from 2015…

Country diary: among the ancient stone of Bodmin, hawthorn spreads like snow

Up on the eastern edge of Bodmin Moor, effulgent hawthorn blossom draws attention from the bumps…

Inside the world of wildlife trafficking (part two) – podcast

In the second part of our look at wildlife crime, Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield from…

Congressional Black Caucus backs Ilhan Omar

The Congressional Black Caucus backed Rep. Ilhan Omar on Wednesday, more than a week after the…

‘Gamechanging’ GBP10m environmental DNA project to map life in world’s rivers

Concealed by the turbid, swirling waters of the Amazon, the Mekong and the Congo, the biodiversity…

More than half of Europe’s cities still plagued by dirty air, report finds

More than half of European cities are still plagued by dirty air, new data shows, despite…