ENVIRONMENT

Ten whales have perished in the last two months.

Cholera, anthrax and Lyme disease are some of the most climate-sensitive diseases.

A photograph of a lightning bolt striking within the ash cloud of an erupting volcano has won the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest.

The feature is similar to the one that caused the devastating 2011 tsunami in Tohoku, Japan.

The suicides occurred in the past 30 years due to higher than average temperatures.

'We're closer to the margin than we think.'

Hundreds have died so far in the current monsoon season across the country.

Heat released during volcanic rock formation led to large-scale global warming and to the 'Great Dying'.

The once-forbidding route through the Arctic has been opening up sooner and for a longer period each summer.

As many as 1.1 million people across Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma will benefit from the 2-gigawatt project.

Forest fires have been ravaging the Southern region of France since July 15

Fires have ravaged tinder-dry vegetation in France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Croatia and Montenegro and across southern Europe.

More than ten villages in central Portugal have been evacuated as forest fires rage in the provinces of Castelo Branco and Santarem.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove set to unveil £3bn package to combat air pollution.

The UK is producing 600 times more solar energy than in 2007.

Met Office's new supercomputer has forecast many more extreme weather events as climate conditions change.

Four firefighters have been injured as wildfires rage along the French Riviera and on the Mediterranean island of Corsica.

Move in line with Pope Francis teaching against 'habit of wasting and throwing away' says Vatican official.

Plastic is ingested by 31 species of marine mammals and over 100 species of sea birds each year.

British Environment Secretary delivered his first major speech to the WWF charity.

Scientists embark on investigation to drill down into the hidden continent beneath New Zealand.

Scientists said that the new rift may cause more 'ice shelf area loss.'

Rescue authorities said a Swedish man and a Turkish man died in the collapse at the White Corner Club when the quake struck.

Rats are carriers of the deadly Hantaviruses.

Mayor of Greek island Kos says at least two people have been killed.

Geoengineering could go very, very wrong - but it's seeming like an increasingly tempting option.

Moments like this are not often filmed.

More than 2,200 firefighters on the ground and in the air have contained just seven percent of the Detwiler Fire.

The plastic problem is bad, but 'we haven't seen anything yet', scientists say.