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Huge amounts of carbon from forest fires ends up in the ocean

Environment

Huge amounts of carbon from forest fires ends up in the ocean

About a third of the black carbon created when plants are partially burned ends up in oceans via rivers, a finding that helps us model carbon storage and climate change

News

Electric car

Environment

Electric cars really are a greener option than fossil fuel vehicles

News

Climate protest

Environment

UK government refuses request to explain cost of hitting net zero

News

Greta Thunberg

Environment

The world started to wake up to climate change in 2019 – now what?

News

life artwork

Life

Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth's surface

Features

steel making

Technology

Steel and concrete are climate change's hard problem. Can we solve it?

Features

power station fumes

Environment

11 years remain to fight climate change – what progress have we made?

Comment

USA, West Virginia, Winfield, Steam billows from smokestacks at John Amos Coal-Fired Power Plant above neighborhood along Kanawha River on spring night

Environment

Global climate pledges need to be ramped up to keep warming below 1.5C

News

Green home

Environment

Could your home be net zero carbon? The radical plan to make it happen

Insight

How many trees are there on Earth? Mission to measure planet's biomass

Life

How many trees are there on Earth? Mission to measure planet's biomass

Trees are our biggest ally against climate change - but we've never been sure how big. New space-based technology is revealing their potential for the first time

Features

Earth

We've totted up all Earth's carbon - and 99 per cent is underground

News

Environment

Why are countries failing on their promise to stop deforestation?

Analysis

Technology

Global shipping needs to clean up its act now – here’s how to do it

Comment

Environment

The pyrocene has begun: How to tackle a world of raging wildfires

Insight