Latest Stories
-
Wildfires rip through hot, parched California
Are climate deniers partly to blame? California’s governor has said that Donald Trump, who doesn’t believe in the climate crisis, is not entitled to talk about the fires’ causes.
-
‘Garden of Eden’ discovered in Botswana
Are we all Africans? New research suggests that all humans alive today are descended from people living in southern Africa, 200,000 years ago. But are they right? And does it matter?
-
Attenborough returns with stern warning
But is he shying away from blaming humanity? The veteran naturalist returns to our screens on Sunday with a new series, delivering his most radical environmental message yet.
-
Black-spot tourism ‘feeds ghoulish fascination’
Is it tasteless to turn a disaster site into a tourist attraction? Since the release of HBO’s Chernobyl series earlier this year, bookings to the site of the catastrophe have soared by 40%.
-
‘Almost three billion will go hungry by 2050’
Can we feed everyone? Tomorrow is World Food Day. We already make enough for 10 billion people, and yet one in nine humans does not have enough food. How did that happen?
-
Sci-fi comes true as China breeds giants pigs
Is this how meat-eating ends? In the face of severe shortages caused by infection and trade wars, a desperate regime starts breeding monster pigs to pacify its angry, rebellious masses.
-
Climate uprising sparks a bitter war of words
Are they heroes or “uncooperative crusties”, as Boris Johnson said? Climate protesters are blocking roads in 60 cities. They say our future is at stake, but their methods are deeply divisive.
-
Kurds cry betrayal as Trump withdraws support
Should Kurdistan be an independent country? Donald Trump’s abrupt cave-in yesterday, pulling support from the USA’s old allies in the fight against ISIS, has left 45 million people at risk.
-
China salutes 70 years since its red dawn
Should we celebrate or condemn China? Tomorrow, the People’s Republic will mark 70 years of Communist rule with massive fanfare, but its history is marked by death and lasting oppression.
-
UN meets after biggest climate protest ever
Is it time to stop pretending? Despite the UN climate summit today — and despite the millions who marched this weekend — our progress on reaching our climate crisis goals has been negligible.
-
Gulf enemies ‘on the brink of Armageddon’
Is this the spark that could ignite war? A devastating, night, missile raid by one of the rivals in a Muslim “civil war”. The USA on one side. Russia on the other. At risk: the global economy.
-
Seals, dolphins, porpoises thriving in Thames
Does nature always bounce back? The Thames, declared dead, devoid of oxygen in the 1950s, has been brought back to life by its new marine life — including sharks and the odd, visiting whale.
-
The day the dinosaurs died
A young scientist has found a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth. Stunning fossils show what happened when a huge asteroid slammed into the Gulf of Mexico.
-
Amazon on fire: ‘All you can see is death’
Who is to blame for the destruction of the Amazon? Man-made fires are raging across the world’s largest rainforest, burning down areas the size of five football pitches every minute.
-
Earth’s 2019 resources ‘budget’ already used
Will it take a disaster to teach us to live within our means? As of today, humans have consumed more resources than Planet Earth can regenerate in a year — a worse record than last year.