Nasa scientists find unlikely tool as rising temperatures bleach corals: a phone app

Without the app, mapping reefs usually involves high amounts of data and low-quality photos, which leads…

Sea levels are going to rise by at least 2ft. We can do something about it | Harold R Wanless

To avoid the grimmest outlook posed by warming oceans, we need to extract heat-trapping gases from…

Mammal Photographer of the Year award 2021 – in pictures

The shortlist, runner-up and overall winners from the Mammal Society’s 2021 photography competition, the theme of…

Fukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into sea

Environmental groups and neighbours condemn plan to release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water in…

‘I’m hopeful’: Jerome Foster, the 18-year-old helping to craft US climate policy

The New York teenager has been included among a group of advisers to the president –…

Can you drink milk and stay ethical? I’m desperate to work out how | Emma Beddington

Should we go for oat milk? Seaweed-fed cows? But then there’s the packaging to worry about…

The knackerman: the toughest job in British farming

Between accidents, disease and bad weather, farm animals are prey to so many disasters that dedicated…

Australia’s ‘black summer’ of severe weather wasn’t just bad luck

The 2019–20 bushfire season led to flooding and polluted drinking water despite moderate rainfall First it…

Purple revolution: India’s farmers turn to lavender to beat drought

Faced with climate change, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are switching from maize to essential oils…

Legumes research gets flexitarian pulses racing with farming guidance

Plant more bean-like crops in Europe and consider ‘healthy diet transition’ to beat climate crisis, say…