Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.

Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models forecast.

Keir Starmer pledges to end new UK oil and gas exploration – an expert’s take on why this is the right move.

Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.

A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.

Turbulence strong enough to pose an injury risk could be set to double or triple in frequency in the future.

If greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate, breadbaskets of Europe and North America will see a 50% chance of a flash drought each year by the end of this century.

Hot days are getting hotter in north-west Europe – and the region is poorly equipped to cope.