ENVIRONMENT

Climate change won't just lead to rising sea levels - it could mean more polluted waters.

The decline of vertebrate populations is so dramatic that they call it biological annihilation.

Beijing's successful 60-day combustible ice mining trial marks a breakthrough in the search for alternative clean energy sources.

British Pest Control Association names hotspots for rats, wasps, cockroaches and bedbugs.

Traditional sanitary pads don't break down and mostly end up in landfills or the ocean.

Parts of Fukuoka, on the southwestern island of Kyushu, were hit by 593mm (23 inches) of rain in 48 hours.

Deep water corals become fluorescent to promote photosynthesis.

As the seas roll back, magma and carbon dioxide are released from below the surface.

Bear cam is back.

Environment minister Nicolas Hulot to drive buyers away from internal combustion with financial incentives.

Parts of Fukuoka prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu were hit by 774mm (30.5 inches) of rain in nine hours.

The iceberg on the verge of breaking off from the ice shelf is located in the most rapidly warming area of Antarctica.

The abrupt transition to a tropical climate would bring its own challenges for Sahel societies.

People who die from air pollution typically lose nine to 11 years of life.

At least 56 people have been killed and another 22 reported missing after swollen rivers broke their banks.

Border collies Summer, Olivia and Das spend their days bounding through charred forests, unaware they're leaving a trail of seeds that could transform the landscape.

Feminised male fish have been found on every continent except Antarctica.

The human race's best chance might be "independent colonies in space", the celebrated scientist said.

Some scientists believe we are currently in the midst of another mass extinction.

The revolutionary SUMR50 structure has a 50 megawatt capacity to power 50,000 homes.

A study of why whale populations declined can inform conservation strategies for sharks.

Colonies of mysterious sea creature have suddenly appeared in vast numbers along north west Pacific coast.

Animal rights groups say that the hunting method, known locally as 'Grindarap', must end.

More than 1,000 firefighters and nine water-dropping aircraft are battling the blaze in Pedrogao Grande, which is raging for a third consecutive day.

In 2016, 71 separate cases of whale entanglement were reported.

"This could be pushing monitor lizards towards extinction. There's no doubt that they go through huge suffering".

The end-Triassic extinction event coincided with pulses of volcanism, as shown by mercury levels in sediments.

About 30% of the global population already faces lethal heat for 20 days a year or more.

Portugal's worst forest fires in living memory have so far claimed the lives of 62 people, most of whom died in their cars as they tried to flee the inferno.