1+ week, 3+ day ago   (161+ words) The UN has warned that the El Niño climate phenomenon is ‘supersizing before our eyes’. The event is forecast to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will almost certainly shatter temperature records. After a summer of record-breaking heatwaves…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (190+ words) Political and media attention this week has once again been squarely focused on One Nation’s antics. But while Pauline Hanson had her Euro summer, many of that continent’s biggest cities were enduring their worst heat stress in recorded history. In…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (166+ words) Tom Greenhill, the chartered engineer behind the Heatwave Toolkit, provides tips on keeping your home cool in the heat; the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent, Ajit Niranjan, reports on what governments across the continent are doing in response to this record-breaking…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (263+ words) Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatures potentially reaching 40C (104F) in some places. Europe is also dealing with a debilitating heatwave, with schools closed, trains cancelled and France even restricting the consumption of alcohol…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (259+ words) Australia is set to experience its first El Niño weather event since spring 2023, according to the Bureau of Meteorology and other agencies. The phenomenon historically signals the arrival of hotter, drier conditions for the east coast and can have devastating…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (76+ words) After a series of deaths on the beaches of Brittany, one bereaved family set out to prove the foul-smelling bloom was to blameBy Marta Zaraska. Read by Lucy Bromilow Continue reading... ‘I couldn’t breathe’: the sinister spread of France’s killer…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (233+ words) In the week when the hottest May days were recorded, environment editor Fiona Harvey examines a new Climate Change Committee report on how the UK can better withstand extreme heatTemperatures across the UK and Europe this week have shattered May…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (98+ words) The UK is experiencing record-breaking temperatures in an unprecedented May heatwave, while large parts of Europe are also facing blistering conditions. As the climate crisis makes extreme heat more likely, are we prepared?Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian reporter…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago   (116+ words) Writer Katherine May talks about ‘wintering’ and learning to love the darkest months of the year Does winter fill you with dread? The grey skies, the long nights, the prospect it will just go on and on? Maybe the writer…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (171+ words) Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.From September:…...