Burning question: plastic pollution scars poorest countries – in pictures

A waste picker collects plastic bottles on a burning dump in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Multinational…

Climate crisis may have pushed world’s tropical coral reefs to tipping point of ‘near-annual’ bleaching

Rising ocean temperatures could have pushed the world’s tropical coral reefs over a tipping point where…

Coronavirus: UK faces cardboard shortage due to crisis

The UK could be hit by a national cardboard shortage as more and more local councils…

‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will coronavirus change the world?

Everything feels new, unbelievable, overwhelming. At the same time, it feels as if we’ve walked into…

Coronavirus is a tragedy – but it could be the wake-up call we need

For some time this pandemic will focus almost all of our attention. It is a tragedy…

Antarctica: what it means when the coldest place on Earth records an unprecedented heatwave

While the world rightfully focuses on the Covid-19 pandemic, the planet is still warming. This summer’s…