Global Warming’s Deadly Combination: Heat and Humidity
Above a wet-bulb temperature of 35 Celsius, the body cannot cool down, as sweat on the skin can no longer evaporate. Prolonged exposure
Oil Giants Prepare to Put Carbon Back in the Ground
During more than three decades in the oil and gas business, Andy Lane has managed the construction of enormous facilities for extracting and
From tax hikes to ‘levelling up’: Rishi Sunak faces budget grilling by MPs | Economic growth (GDP)
Rishi Sunak will face questions from MPs on the influential Commons Treasury committee this week over his spend now, pay later budget plan
Turn out the lights to save our moths | Insects
Your article on the decline in Britain’s moths (Britain’s moths decline by a third in 50 years, study finds, 3 March) mentions light
The Guardian view on moth-watching pleasure: the pest and the beauty | Insects
“Night opens; night traversed by wandering moths; night hiding lovers roaming to adventure.” So runs a rapturous passage in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves,
For Planet Earth, No Tourism is a Curse and a Blessing
For the planet, the year without tourists was a curse and a blessing. With flights canceled, cruise ships mothballed and vacations largely scrapped,
Getting to net zero isn’t all pain and expense – there are huge opportunities for Australia | Climate change
Opponents of net zero emissions targets and the policies required to get there like to frame their arguments around the political ideology of
Big Step Forward for $50 Billion Plan to Save Louisiana Coast
The next phase of a $50 billion plan to protect the Louisiana coast from erosion and rising sea levels has cleared an important
‘It is the question of the century’: will tech solve the climate crisis – or make it worse? | Science and nature books
Elizabeth Kolbert’s favourite movie is the end-of-the-world comedy Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. For those
Eco-homes become hot property in UK’s zero-carbon ‘paradigm shift’ | Architecture
Instead of parking spaces, it’s flowerbeds and vegetable planters that line the car-free street of Solar Avenue in Leeds, where rows of 60