The seemingly endless period of heavy rainfall and strong winds appears to be behind the UK, though not without lasting effects. Thousands of homes were affected...
A new report has revealed that the illegal dumping and misleading classification of waste and related crimes lead to losses of around £568m a year in...
Ilaria Bertini reports on a recent conference in London that sought to uncover the health effects of climate change. Is climate change bad for your health?...
The leaders of some of Britain’s biggest companies have urged the government to address the causes of climate change and encourage investment in low-carbon technologies, in...
Manmade climate change is one of the greatest threats to humanity, David Cameron said during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, after he was grilled over climate...
Natural disasters such as droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China economic losses of 421 billion yuan (£41 billion) in 2013, official data has revealed. This figure...
The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has condemned proposals to flood land on high ground to prevent homes and businesses in towns and cities...
After the wettest two months ever recorded in some areas of the UK, public concern for the environment is on the rise, according to a new...
Two senior conservative MPs have raised fears that the controversial HS2 rail line will increase the risk of flooding for homes along its route. Coming after...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that the flooding crisis should be seen as a wakeup call for Britain to act on climate change, while criticising...
The rapidly melting Pine Island glacier in West Antarctica may be the biggest contributor to rising sea levels over the next few decades, a new study...
Some of the worst impacts of the recent floods could have been avoided if the government had used a more forward-looking water management strategy, a group...
New grasses that enable grassland soils to capture increased volumes of rainfall, reducing the risk of flooding downstream, are being developed by scientists from Aberystwyth University’s...
Almost half of UK voters believe that the floods and storms that have recently affected Britain are a result of climate change, a new poll has...
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has said that the military has joined forces with the Environment Agency to help it assess damage caused to structures and...