ENVIRONMENT

While North Korea's nuclear ambitions made global headlines, its humanitarian situation received almost no coverage.

Plants can now be made to resist environmental changes like global warming and pathogens.

Three people were killed in Belgium and the Netherlands, and at least eight people died in Germany as powerful winds ripped roofs off buildings, toppled trees and blew trucks off the road.

Activists on the 1,600-hectare site near the village of Notre Dame des Landes say they have developed it into a utopia.

Temperatures at the Australian Open have reached 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) with reports of 69 degrees (156F) being measured on the court surface.

In 2015, some 200,000 saiga antelopes, which is 62% of the global population, living in Kazakhstan died in a matter of three weeks.

Single-use plastics that take five seconds to produce but stays on Earth for 500 years will be targeted, says EU diplomat.

It is unlikely that we will achieve a best case scenario, but it also unlikely that the Earth will become too hot to live in.

A new research claims that microwaves in the EU emit more co2 than 6.8 million cars and consume more electricity than three large gas power plants.

Many common items are unexpected sources of microplastics, which are devastating the world's oceans.

While getting stranded in a blizzard is nobody's idea of fun, you can never have too many slow-motion videos of dogs jumping to catch snowballs.

A petition to make 1.8 million sq km of Antarctic sea a protected area is gaining steam.

A researcher has debunked the infamous earthquake lore after conducting a detailed analysis of 204 deadly quakes that happened over the past four centuries.

Electricity that will power 2,000 homes will be generated by solar panels just a stone's throw away from the original nuclear plant.

The experimental tower has reportedly been built in Xian, in the Shaanxi province and is currently undergoing testing.

Data given by Princeton glaciologist Michael Wolovick shows that large walls at the mouth of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will effectively isolate them from the sea.

Nasa and NOAA are keepers of the world's temperature data and according to them, they independently produce and record the planet's surface temperatures.

Nasa satellite images show the contrast between the desert sand and flaky snow in breathtaking images from space.

Greenhouse gasses can wreak havoc in an atmosphere and Venus is an extreme example.

The search for survivors and bodies after a mudslide engulfed homes in Santa Barbara County enters its third day. Seventeen people confirmed dead, with five still unaccounted for.

The UK government has announced its latest pledge in the war against plastic. But where do the plastic bottles we recycle end up?

Theresa May has pledged to eradicate avoidable plastic waste by 2042, as part of a new environmental agenda.

Hundreds of rescue workers and volunteers are continuing the gruelling work of hunting for survivors and digging up bodies in the sea of mud and wreckage in Santa Barbara County.

The world is getting warmer each year and humans are to blame.

Nasa's images shared on Instagram offer a bird's eye view of what is happening in some parts of the country.

The death toll from the mudslides that swept through Santa Barbara county is expected to rise as rescue workers search for an unknown number people still unaccounted for.

Warm ocean waters and rising CO2 levels are likely to disturb the food chain.

Dutch start-up Lightyear has designed a solar-powered car prototype which can be driven for months without charging.

Around 13,000 tourists have become stranded by heavy snow in Zermatt, at the foot of Switzerland's famous Matterhorn.