Earth’s greatest living structure is dying. But the humanity of reef scientists is as beautiful as any coral I’ve ever seen From the dry lab on One Tree Island research station – about 100km off the coast from Gladstone and in the southern region of the Great Barrier Reef – I watch a steady procession of scientists walk to their next encounter with...

The mining company insists the storage hub is safe but many are unconvinced about injecting carbon dioxide into a major Australian water resourceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSwiss mining company Glencore has been on the offensive over its controversial plans to try to inject carbon dioxide into a section of...

Top experts believe global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. That frightening prediction must spur us to actionFirst, the good news. We understand the problem: almost two-thirds of people worldwide believe the climate crisis is an emergency. We know what needs to be done, and should be confident that we will...

Climate chaos is threatening food production, trade and lives, says World Meteorological OrganizationHunger and disease are rising in Latin America after a year of record heat, floods and drought, a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has shown.The continent, which is trapped between the freakishly hot Pacific and Atlantic Oceans,...

The climate crisis is making the farming business unsustainable – and without support for us, food security will suffer tooGuy Singh-Watson is the founder of organic veg box company RiverfordFarming has always been a risky business. To the chaos of Brexit and the relentless squeezing of the supermarkets, we can add the rapidly escalating threats associated...

Devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul state have about left 90 dead with survivors seeking food and shelterBrazil flooding death toll rises to 90Heavy rains that began last week have caused rivers to flood, inundating whole towns and destroying roads and bridges across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.The local civil defence agency...