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Environment

  • A child jumps over a gap in a boardwalk.

    The ground is swallowing homes in this Native village in Alaska. Residents have no choice but to move

    The climate crisis is causing the permafrost to melt in Alaska, forcing the village of Nunapitchuk to relocate
  • Two men leaning over in a rice paddy with their feet submerged in water.

    Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’

  • A woman hiking along a lake with a backpack and hiking poles.

    Hiking with the wildlife author who studies Yosemite’s high peaks: ‘These animals are equal to us’

  • people holding signs

    No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say

  • A piece of chocolate in a petri dish

    I tried lab-grown chocolate. Could it be the future of Halloween?

  • a man in a suit speaks into a microphone

    Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’

  • A cyclist rides through floodwaters during a rainstorm in New York on Thursday.

    Two found dead in flooded basements as New York city hit by rainstorm

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  • A general view of a home rooftop solar system

    Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels

  • Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley

    Coalition on brink of abandoning net zero emissions pledge as Ley under pressure to side with Nationals

  • Old Faithful, the crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin, in Rinyirru (Lakefield) national park, north Queensland

    Massive crocodile taken to Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo despite traditional owners’ anger over removal

  • Sign for an Exxon gas station in Brooklyn, New York lit up in the night sky

    Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal

America's dirty divide

  • wide shot of an industrial landscape in a city

    Mexico factory that imports US toxic waste to relocate after Guardian report

  • Graphic

    Mysterious bags of ‘hazardous’ materials appeared in Mexico. Then we found more

  • overhead view of cityscape beside icy river

    Canadians protest imports of US toxic waste amid Trump tariff war

  • Smoke from burning rubber lingers in the air at the Portland International Raceway during a drag racing event in 2023.

    Lawmaker seeks ban of toxic fuel at Portland racetrack after Guardian story

Our unequal earth

  • Composite of five images, all from the body of the story: a woman looking into the wind, bison, young men working with poles and to build a lodge.

    After centuries of trauma, Montana’s Blackfeet Nation turns to an old friend for food sovereignty: bison

  • a man speaking

    RFK Jr railed against ultra-processed foods. Trump’s policies encourage their production

  • multicolor chocolate candies

    The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

  • children grabbing food

    He once worked at the world’s best restaurant. Now he wants to make US school food better

The age of extinction

  • Silhouette of a woman with backpack among trees in backlight sun.

    The nature extinction crisis is mirrored by one in our own bodies. Both have huge implications for health

  • A deer eating shrubs in gardens in front of homes on Vancouver Island, Canada

    The luxury effect: why you’ll find more wildlife in wealthy areas – and what it means for your health

  • Two children in hi-viz in a green environment

    How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health

  • A person wearing protective gear and a helmet stands in a smoke-filled forest holding a fire hose spraying water

    Wildfires have consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fuelling the flames?

Seascape

  • A view from a craggy hill of a low-lying village strung out along the coastline of a bay

    How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea

  • A small pink shrimp-like crustacean on a stony beach

    Antarctic krill: how did a paperclip-sized crustacean cause a diplomatic row – and why are they so important?

  • A small group sitting on a dinghy as it moves through loose ice on the sea surface with a snowy landscape in the background

    Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing

  • Live eels being decanted from a plastic bag into a black plastic bucket.

    Inside the illegal eel trade: is there a way to stop Europe’s biggest wildlife crime before it’s too late?

Opinion

  • Graham Readfearn

    Littleproud says the world is ‘re-pivoting’ on net zero commitments – but is that just spin?

    Graham Readfearn
  • Emma Beddington

    Forget Jomo, gezellig and hygge – this winter, let’s get a grip and go out

    Emma Beddington
  • Zoe Daniel

    Australia must put politics aside and pass nature laws that benefit the economy and the environment. We owe it to our kids

    Zoe Daniel
  • Gordon Brown

    World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At Cop30, you can define how

    Gordon Brown

Multimedia

  2. Night monkeys sneak from a mangrove tree branch in Veracruz, Panama

    Week in wildlife: a tiger in a tube, migrating crabs and busy Highland beavers

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  3. Aerial view of flooding in Hoi An

    Vietnam floods: streets of Hoi An submerged like canals of Venice – in pictures

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