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In response to a request from Hvar's registered charity Dignitea, the EC has sent a full explanation of the regulations which should be applied to the proposed oil and gas drilling in the Adriatic.
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issue
The UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050, Andy Burnham has argued in his strongest comments yet on the issue, saying it is no longer possible for Britons to believe they are not already affected by a changing climate.
Writing for the Guardian about new plans for a mass of community-led local green energy projects, the prime minister said the UK must “believe in itself”, and set out his determination to reach net zero targets, which have been rejected by the Conservatives and Reform UK.
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Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists say
The planet’s atmosphere held more water vapour in August than any other month on record, further increasing the risk of extreme heat and rainfall around the world, according to Europe’s climate change service.
Climate scientists said global heating was a contributor to the record because a warmer atmosphere can hold more water, and the historic El Niño in the Pacific Ocean was also likely pushing water vapour levels up.
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Nearly half a million more of the insects are being released in California – they’re all male and carry abacterium
The box arrived in the San Gabriel Valley, just east of Los Angeles, filled with more than two dozen paper tubes about the size of toilet paper rolls.
“All 25 tubes are here,” said Tristan Hallum, who oversees scientific programs for the San Gabriel Valley mosquito and vector control district.
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Scientists say global heating was a destabilising factor in collapse of 200,000 sq metre glacier in August
Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing over a thousand people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first scientific study of the disaster has found.
Researchers identified unusually warm conditions before the glacier’s collapse, which sent an avalanche of 110m cubic metres (3.885bn cu ft) of snow and ice into the valley below. This triggered flash floods on an almost unprecedented scale, hitting communities downstream without warning.
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Research finds many in England lack proximity to green and blue spaces as Labour urged to speed up manifesto pledge
Nearly half of all parliamentary constituencies in England have low access to nature despite a government target to ensure everyone is within a 15-minute walk from a green or blue space, new research reveals.
The analysis by the Wildlife Trusts comes as the charity presents a green paper to ministers in an attempt to speed up Labour’s manifesto promise to improve access to nature and promote biodiversity.
Make it more affordable for local authorities to use compulsory purchase powers for land purchase.
Establish a community right to buy land for nature access.
Treat nature as essential infrastructure, and free up capital funds to pay for the ongoing maintenance of natural spaces.
Make it mandatory for developers to create climate- and nature-friendly housing estates.
Make access to major rivers, especially those in urban areas, a statutory right.
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Sewage, dog carcasses and industrial waste clog Argentina’s second most-polluted river. Meet the activists cleaning it up
Twenty-three years ago, María Monges looked around her flooded neighbourhood and knew something had to be done.
Founded in 1998 in Buenos Aires province’s San Martín district, the community of Costa Esperanza sits on the banks of the Reconquista, Argentina’s second most-polluted river and owes its name to the fictional location of a hit Argentine youth telenovela of the time, Verano del 98. But the real place is very different from the idyllic coastal city where the protagonists of Argentina’s answer to Dawson’s Creek met their first loves or sang around bonfires.
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Climate Change Committee says government cannot expand airport without requiring aviation industry to clean up its emissions
Heathrow airport should be allowed to expand only if airlines pay for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the government’s climate advisers have said.
Building a third runway and new terminals, as some in government want to do, would breach the UK’s carbon budgets and make reaching net zero by 2050 impossible, on current policies, according to the Climate Change Committee.
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In this week’s newsletter: As the Guardian launches a year-long project, Our Rivers, we take stock of the issues facing waterways around the world
The nicknames of the world’s biggest rivers give a sense of how we feel about them: “the great river”, “the river that swallows all rivers”, “Mother Ganga” and “Old father Thames”. They feed and water us, and many other animal species. They carry our trade but also give us cool relief on a hot day. They’re nerve endings, elders and sources of comfort, but also of awe and respect.
And yet many of the world’s rivers are suffering, hit by multiple environmental challenges. A new report out today from the World Meteorological Organization finds that rivers across the world experienced one of the driest years in more than three decades during 2025.
Who are the 514 people accused of starting French wildfires and what motivates them?
Benedict Cumberbatch on his Earth-saving eco film: ‘We are in the last grab of the extraction era’
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Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores
Improvements in air pollution are leading to brighter, smarter toddlers, according to a new study from Columbia University in New York.
For more than two decades, Prof Frederica Perera and a team from the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health measured the air pollution exposure of pregnant women and the development of their children in the disadvantaged communities of northern Manhattan and the South Bronx. More than 1,100 children were assessed when they were one, two and three years old.
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From Sri Lanka to South Korea, governments are preparing for droughts, wildfires, typhoons and floods – with climate plans facing their biggest challenge to date
Asian governments are rushing preparations for the most severe El Niño weather event on record, with hundreds of millions of people bracing for multiple crises at once as extreme heat, heavy rain and food shortages hit the region.
Fuelled by exceptionally warm ocean conditions across the tropical Pacific – and developing alongside the human-driven climate crisis – El Niño is virtually guaranteed to grow to a very strong intensity towards the end of this year and into 2027.
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Rak probavnog sustava te bilijarnog trakta i gušterače često je teško otkriti u ranoj fazi, što stvara potrebu za praktičnim, neinvazivnim pristupima ranom otkrivanju i procjeni rizika. Crijevni mikrobiom pokazao se kao potencijalni izvor biomarkera za rak, nudeći praktične mogućnosti za neinvazivno testiranje jer se promjene u mikrobiomu mogu procijeniti analizom uzoraka stolice.
Jedan od razloga zašto je rak gušterače i dalje tako smrtonosan jest taj što se obično otkriva kasno, nakon što se već proširio. No, sada je nova studija pokazala da je tekuća biopsija, nazvana PANXEON, vrlo osjetljiva u otkrivanju raka gušterače prvog i drugog stadija te da ima nisku stopu lažno pozitivnih rezultata. Eksperimentalni test također je omogućio prepoznavanje displazije visokog stupnja – predkanceroznog stanja gušterače – čime se potencijalno omogućuje intervencija prije nego što se rak razvije.
Nova studija osvjetljava vezu između Epstein-Barr virusa (EBV) i multiple skleroze (MS), ukazujući na uzročnu ulogu reaktivacije virusa u pokretanju napada multiple skleroze kod osoba s određenim genetskim čimbenicima rizika.
Prema novom kliničkom ispitivanju, prirodni spojevi u soku od naranče regulirali su gene uključene u kontrolu funkcije kardiovaskularnog sustava i krvnih žila. Znanstvenici su utvrdili da su muškarci koji su tijekom šest tjedana svakodnevno pili 330 ml 100-postotnog soka od naranče apsorbirali bioaktivne spojeve iz agruma, uključujući hesperidin, te pokazali promjene u aktivnosti gena povezanih sa zdravljem krvnih žila.
Analiza 23 studije pokazala je da je poremećaj pozornosti s hiperaktivnošću (ADHD) povezan s gotovo 50 posto većom učestalošću gastrointestinalnih simptoma u usporedbi s osobama bez ADHD-a. Poveznica je bila još izraženija kod specifičnih problema: gotovo dvostruko veći rizik od zatvora, 58 posto veća učestalost sindroma iritabilnog crijeva te više od četiri puta veći rizik od enkopreze (gubitka kontrole nad pražnjenjem crijeva).
Rezultati osmogodišnje eksplorativne analize ispitivanja ADAURA (faza III) pokazali su da adjuvantni osimertinib i dalje pruža dugoročnu korist u pogledu ukupnog preživljenja pacijenata s potpuno reseciranim karcinomom pluća ne-malih stanica (NSCLC) stadija IB-IIIA s EGFR mutacijom.
Danas postoje čvrsti dokazi da je izloženost onečišćenom zraku štetna za srce i pluća. Mnogo se manje zna o utjecaju onečišćenja zraka na oči, iako su one izravno izložene. Znanstvenici ističu da njihovi nalazi podupiru potrebu za strožim standardima kvalitete zraka i mjerama za smanjenje onečišćenja.
Izloženost svjetlu tijekom noći povezana je sa značajnim i potencijalno štetnim promjenama u strukturi i funkciji srca, tvrdi nova studija. Inače, prethodne opservacijske studije povezale su izloženost svjetlu noću s povećanim rizikom od kardiovaskularnih bolesti, no malo se znalo o povezanim promjenama u strukturi i funkciji srca.
Sastav ljudske crijevne mikrobiote snažnije je povezan sa sistemskom upalom i nizom fizioloških pokazatelja nego kronološka dob, a specifični profili mikrobiote također su povezani s rizikom od budućih bolesti, pokazuje nova studija.
Prvi znakovi da bi se kod dojenčeta mogao razviti ekcem ili alergija na hranu možda se kriju u mikroskopskim organizmima koji nastanjuju njegovu kožu, pokazalo je novo istraživanje.
Deep in the mountains of Palawan, Conservation International scientists are capturing what few people ever see: the secret lives of the Philippines’ rarest species.
At Maido — the Lima restaurant recently crowned the best in the world — one of the star dishes is paiche, a giant prehistoric river fish.Its journey to the table begins on a small family farm deep in Peru’s Amazon.
“Jane Goodall forever changed how people think about, interact with and care for the natural world,” said Daniela Raik, interim CEO of Conservation International.
Conservation International’s Neil Vora was selected for TIME’s Next 100 list — alongside other rising leaders reshaping culture, science and society.
Climate change is happening. And it’s placing the world’s reefs in peril. What can be done?
After decades of negotiation, the high seas treaty is finally reality. The historic agreement will pave the way to protect international waters which face numerous threats.
The Amazon rainforest, known for lush green canopies and an abundance of freshwater, is drying out — and deforestation is largely to blame.
The ocean is engine of all life on Earth, but human-driven climate change is pushing it past its limits. Here are five ways the ocean keeps our climate in check — and what can be done to help.
In a grueling and delicate dance, a team led by Conservation International removes a massive undersea killer.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These pictures might be worth even more. An initiative featuring the work of some of the world’s best nature photographers raises money for environmental conservation.
