To help people who live in areas with high flood risk consider moving, you need to first understand how they decide to stay or leave, says Anna Rhodes.

Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident, a lead author of the new report warns.

Hundreds of computer simulations point to a few best strategies for keeping homes safe from fire in a warming climate.

Hundreds of computer simulations point to a few best strategies for keeping homes safe from fire in a warming climate.

More than 40 fire scientists and forest ecologists in the US and Canada teamed up to investigate why wildfires are getting more extreme. Climate change is part of the problem, but there’s more.

Healthy corals and mangroves break waves and dissipate their energy. Paired with unobtrusive hardened structures, they can provide powerful storm solutions.

Scientists are excavating one of the most important Jurassic sites ever discovered in the UK.

Catastrophic floods in north-western Europe have shown how badly early warning systems can fail.

A fear of microbes, like germs, could be harming human health.

Experts are heartened by a new found interest in the "underappreciated and under-threat" insects.