Landslide tsunamis becoming 'more frequent' amid fears of significant threat to UK
Nuclear plants need to be protected against natural disasters occurring once every 10,000 years.
The Sahara Desert used to be lush and full of vegetation – researchers find clues to what killed it
Shifts in atmospheric circulation quickly created the Sahara Desert less than 6,000 years ago.
Vietnam's forests could be saved from destruction if coffee growers go Fairtrade
Climate change will halve Vietnam's coffee plantations by 2050, but destroying forests for more plantations would make the problem worse.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan issues air quality alert as pollution hits high levels
Those with asthma, heart or lung problems, or with babies in London warned to take care when outdoors.
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Brazil's environmental police are fighting a losing battle against illegal loggers in the Amazon
The rate of deforestation in the Amazon is on the rise again. Over the past four years it has risen 35%.
Into the abyss: Our planet's biggest exposed fault has been seen for the first time
Banda Detachment will 'explain how one of Earth's deepest sea areas became so deep'.
San Francisco's Millennium Tower is sinking by 4cm every year and no one really knows why
Skyscraper at centre of city has been sinking and tilting since it was completed in 2009.
Deep cracks are appearing inland at Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica
Fast-melting glacier is breaking apart in a manner previously unseen in an Antarctic ice sheet.
One nation leader Pauline Hanson denies coral bleaching and climate change
Pauline Hanson blasted by conservationists for taking media to Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
Foreign planes and Palestinian firefighters tackle wildfires – as 13 arrested in Israel for arson
Unseasonably dry weather and easterly winds helped kindle the fires, which now stretch across half the country.
A Peruvian farmer is suing German energy giant RWE over climate change
Churup Glacier in Peru is melting due to climate change and a resident is suing RWE.
Fire and brimstone: Stunning photos of an illegal coal-fired steel plant
Authorities are pushing to shut down privately owned steel factories in an effort to meet China's carbon dioxide emissions targets.
Those who believe invasive species aren't a problem are jumping on the post-truth bandwagon
The science of invasive alien species is increasingly being denied, conservationists say.
The North Pole is at melting point now, when it's normally -20°C at this time of year
Warmer oceans and winds plus higher temperatures combine to begin a 'vicious circle' of warming in the Arctic.
Where will the next mega earthquake hit? Curvy faults may be key
Scientists say likelihood that fault curvature is linked to megathrust earthquakes is over 99%.
'Non-Jews' blamed for wildfires ravaging Israel as Palestinians celebrate 'arson intifada'
The hashtag #Israelisburning trended on social media as some Arabs and Palestinians celebrated the fires.
What is a fogbow and why are they so hard to spot?
Almost as large as rainbows, but its form is usually colourless and has a flatter shape.
Under toxic black skies, children play around oil fields set alight by Isis as they fled
Children with blackened faces play in and around puddles of thick crude oil gushing from the breached wells.
'A terrible place' - the fastest-melting glacier in Antarctica started disappearing in the 1940s
The Pine Island Glacier began melting due to extreme El Niño activity, and is now responsible for 5% of global sea-level rise.
World's last wild tigers may be wiped out by bad planning of roads and railways
There are less than 4,000 tigers left in the wild and their habitat is at risk from bad infrastructure planning.
Viral graph shows catastrophic polar ice loss due to extreme weather
Scientists say extreme events are partly due to climate change but had different causes.
Bolivia is suffering worst drought in 25 years, with no end in sight
Much of La Paz receives water just three days a week, from 6am to 9am, because reservoirs serving the city are nearly dry.
Donald Trump just backtracked on man-made climate change: 'I think there is some connectivity'
Trump softens campaign rhetoric and says he has "an open mind" on Paris Agreement.
Canada announces plan to phase-out coal power by 2030
The move comes after similar plans were announced by France, the UK and other European countries.
Photos: Torrential rain causes flash flooding in parts of England and Wales
Torrential downpours and winds of up to 80mph caused misery in parts of the country.
Nigerian tribal king flies to London seeking justice for his people over oil spills blamed on Shell
King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi tells High Court 'my people are dying from contaminated water'.
The catapocalypse is here. Unstoppable appetite of feral cats driving species to extinction
New control methods must be used to stop feral cats demolishing hundreds of endangered species in Australia.
An ocean of water exists deep beneath Earth's surface – and if it dries up we're all dead
Scientists find the mineral brucite can store and transport water at far greater depths than thought.
US record high temperature forecasts for the future are out
Previous models overestimated how much record high temperatures would be affected by warming climate.
World's largest fish traced by environmental DNA
Testing DNA from the sharks' environment is less invasive than traditional tissue sampling and could aid conservation efforts.
Storm Angus bringing severe gales to UK as amber alert issued by Met Office
First signs of thundersnow – an unusual weather storm phenomenon where snow falls instead of rain.
Donald Trump and Myron Ebell are the climate deniers' dream team: Here's why
Climate deniers have been on the sidelines for years. What will happen now they're in charge?
Obama administration bans offshore drilling in Arctic Ocean under 5-year plan
There are fears that president-elect Donald Trump could overturn the decision as he favours offshore drilling.
Concerns over acid rain helped Cold War relations, historians say
International efforts to tackle acid rain in the 1970s helped bridge international rifts, historian says.
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