Shell facing first UK legal claim over climate impacts of fossil fuels 6 hours ago Share Save Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Share Save Getty Images Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal claim against oil and gas company Shell in the UK courts, seeking compensation …

Available for over a year COP30, the big meeting where countries discuss climate change annually, has finished. This year it was hosted in the city of Belem in Brazil, in the Amazon forest, which is directly affected by it. The role of the two biggest emitters has also made headlines. …

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, pioneering elephant conservationist, dies aged 83 2 hours ago Share Save Yang Tian Share Save Indianapolis Zoo The Prince of Wales has paid tribute to pioneering elephant conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who died aged 83 at his home in Nairobi on Monday. Douglas-Hamilton spent his life studying and campaigning …

UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says 21 hours ago Share Save Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Share Save Getty Images A key UN report on the state of the global environment has been "hijacked" by the United States and other countries who were …

A volcano in Hawaii sent lava spewing towards a remote camera recording the eruption, engulfing it in ash and knocking it offline. Footage from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the camera glitching and stalling before its feed drops out in the wake of the eruption. Lava fountains up to …

Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy 1 day ago Share Save Pallab Ghosh Science Correspondent Share Save BBC Prof Sir Paul Nurse is one of the UK's most influential scientists One of Britain's most distinguished scientists, Prof Sir Paul Nurse, says the government is "shooting itself in …

Deep-sea mining tests impact over a third of seabed animals - scientists 22 hours ago Share Save Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Share Save Natural History Museum/ University of Gothenburg A brittlestar found on the seafloor of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been …

Waste from UK's largest opencast mine 'poses significant risk' 24 hours ago Share Save Steffan Messenger , Wales environment correspondent and Gareth Bryer , BBC Wales Share Save Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Ffos-y-Fran opencast coalmine was allowed to go ahead close to homes and businesses in Merthyr Tydfil Concerns have been …

Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague 14 hours ago Share Save Helen Briggs Environment correspondent Share Save Getty The Black Death fundamentally altered medieval society A volcanic eruption around the year 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic, the Black …

Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat 17 November 2025 Share Save Justin Rowlatt , Climate editor and Jessica Cruz , South America producer Share Save BBC / Tony Jolliffe The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing …