The UK and EU have agreed a draft deal on removing post-Brexit checks from food and agriculture exports, ahead of the UK-EU summit later this month. The BBC understands the 200-page draft text for this so called "SPS" [sanitary and phytosanitary] agreement has been circulated to EU nations in …
The Kikai-Akahoya volcanic eruption is one of the most destructive in history: Around 5250 BCE, almost 7,300 years ago, off the southwestern coast of …
Chris Larsen is backing clean energy, centrist Democrats and AI safety — and picking fights with both parties along the way. Chris Larsen is earning Republican enemies and confounding Democrats as he pours tens of millions of dollars into critical races and ballot initiatives across the country. The …
Thunderstorms dumping 12 inches or more of rain triggered a flash flood emergency on Florida’s Space Coast and may have contributed to a deadly plane …
Economist William Nordhaus said putting a price on pollution was the best way to reduce climate change. Then came the fossil fuel lobby and the anti-tax movement. Long before climate change entered the vernacular, the economist William D. Nordhaus had seized on the idea of taxing pollution as the …
High in the craggy peaks of northern Italy’s Dolomites, record-breaking summer heat has peeled back layers of ice and revealed troves of 20th-century …
Drought is already affecting more than 78,000 families in seven regions of the country. Grappling with both flooding and drought, Bolivia has declared …
Humans have caused irreversible changes to our planet in their time on Earth, pollution that continues even in death. Cremation relies heavily on fossil fuels, while traditional burials take up land. So is there a more eco-friendly way to honour our loved ones? French scientists are exploring the …
Owning a home is billed as a way to build wealth. For many, it's turning into a trap. This story is part of the series The Dream That Oil Built, which …
This natural cyclical phenomenon, which originates in the Pacific Ocean, is triggering a cascade of extreme weather events. All indicators point to a …
El Niño has pushed Monterey Bay’s ocean water temperatures to historic highs. One clear sign: warm-water species that are rarely seen offshore of the …
The rivers in the sky hold the key. The strength, location and duration of atmospheric rivers – ribbons of water vapor that extend thousands of miles …