Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last yearThe largest ever recorded leap in the amount of carbon dioxide laden in the world’s atmosphere has just occurred, according to researchers who monitor the relentless accumulation of the primary gas that is heating the planet.The global...

The move signals that homes will rely on electricity for low-carbon heating well into the futureA third pilot project to test the use of hydrogen heating in homes has been shelved by the government in the clearest sign to date that households will rely on electricity for low-carbon heating in the coming decades.The government said it would shelve plans...

Fighting spirit helped us achieve the Paris accords in 2015 – and we need it now the world is on course to overshoot 1.5C• ‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair• Christiana Figueres was the head of the UN climate change convention from 2010 to 2016“Hopeless and broken”: that is how a top scientist interviewed by...

Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of scientists who expect temperatures to soar, saying leaders must act radicallyClimate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C targetThe world is on the verge of a climate abyss, the UN has warned, in response to a Guardian survey that found that hundreds of the world’s foremost climate experts...

The 44ft-long whale corpse was an endangered sei whale, which will now be examined to determine how it diedA cruise ship has journeyed into New York City’s harbor bearing a gruesome cargo in the form of a huge, dead whale sprawled across its bow.The incident happened on Saturday, according to local US media reports, and the event is being held by some...

Andreas B. Heide has been shortlisted for a Shackleton award for his work in the far north, getting up close to nature to connect people emotionally with a fragile ecosystemTo say the images of Andreas B. Heide during his working day are dramatic is an understatement: a freediver deep underwater in a black wetsuit, his lean silhouette enhanced by powerful...