Two weather and climate scientists explain what these two vital industries consider extreme, and how the impacts of any given extreme can vary greatly between sectors.

From special paving to green walls, the recent Cool Towns project highlights the best ways to protect urban areas, and the people living there, from the effects of heatwaves.

After a year of record-breaking global heat with El Niño, will La Niña bring a reprieve? That depends on where you live and how you feel about hurricanes.

The public is largely open to moving away from fossil fuel use for residential heating and hot water.

A powerful storm system produced dozens of destructive tornadoes over three days that tore apart homes in Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa. A meteorologist explains the conditions that fueled them.

The current cold springtime weather explained by a meteorologist.

Protestors’ actions are intentionally borderline but environmental defenders insist their actions are nothing compared to the risks that political inaction pose. Our expert explains.

Great tits being studied at a woodland near Oxford are adjusting the timings of their breeding season as the climate changes.

Blue carbon is stored in mangroves, seagrass and sediments. Discussions at the UN Ocean Decade conference reiterate the importance of preserving existing sea floor habitats, before it’s too late.