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How Earth's changing ecosystems may have driven human evolution

6 February 2019

The most detailed ever look at Earth's prehistoric climate suggests many habitats changed in the past 800,000 years – and this may be why we evolved big brains

Thousands evacuated as Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts again

21 November 2018

Thousands of people were evacuated from the area around the Volcano of Fire in Guatemala after it erupted for the fifth time this year

Quakes prompt UK fracking operations to pause several times

31 October 2018

A rash of recent earthquakes in Lancashire, UK has prompted fracking operations to halt temporarily on six separate occasions

Devastation continues more than a week after Hurricane Florence

26 September 2018

More than a week after Hurricane Florence reached the US, the record-breaking amount of rain it dumped is still causing devastation

Record temperatures mean ancient forts become visible in fields

11 July 2018

When the ground is baked by days of sun, markings that indicate the location of ancient settlements begin to emerge in the parched terrain

Polar melt may shut down the Atlantic current that warms Europe

14 March 2018

Melting Arctic ice flooding into the Atlantic could put the ocean circulation that warms Europe in danger, triggering dramatic sea level rise and drought

Drones reveal huge colonies of 1.5 million penguins on islands

6 March 2018

Two massive colonies of Adélie penguins have been discovered on the Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica, bringing the global population to 8 million

Cyclone Gita hits New Zealand after hammering Tonga

20 February 2018

New Zealand has declared a state of emergency as Cyclone Gita struck the city of Christchurch, just days after causing devastation on the island nation of Tonga