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Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) grows in a thick, underwater forest near the Channel Islands in California. This area is part of a National Park and is teeming with thousands of marine species.

Life

Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

Towering underwater kelp forests generate a potential value of $500 billion each year by providing a boost to commercial fishing, as well as nitrogen and carbon removal

News

The settlement of Qassiarsuk in Greenland was once probably the site of Brattahlid, the home of Viking Leif Erikson

Environment

Vikings left Greenland after growing ice sheet caused sea level rise

News

A well for hydrogen production in Geneva, Nebraska

Earth

World's first drilling project to seek natural hydrogen hits a snag

News

A field of soya beans that has been hit by drought

Environment

Europe to become a hotspot for flash droughts caused by climate change

News

Cars on a flooded street in Dania Beach, Florida on 12 April

Environment

Florida floods: How much rain has fallen and could it happen again?

News

Environment

Climate change is fuelling the spread of viral diseases in plants

News

People in Cape Town, South Africa, refill water bottles at Newlands Spring in January 2018 amid the city's drought

Environment

Rich people use so much water that it is threatening the global supply

News

Environment

US reservoirs are evaporating more quickly because of climate change

News

Environment

Climate change may drive more hurricanes towards the US east coast

News

Environment

Higher temperatures are leading to more home runs in baseball

Since 2010, around 500 home runs in Major League Baseball can be attributed to the lowering of air density on hotter days

News

Environment

Record-breaking sea temperatures set to bring supercharged storms

News

Environment

How comedy could help save the planet

Comment

Environment

Polar ice sheets may retreat much faster than previously thought

News

Environment

The UK is making five big bets in the hope of hitting net zero by 2050

Analysis