Record-breaking heat and drought are putting urban trees at risk. Experts explain how to protect these essential assets and build city forests that can withstand the climate challenges ahead.
In another summer of European wildfires that have even seen wetlands burning, scientists say the situation is set to worsen in the future. What’s needed is fire prevention and climate protection.
France is seeing water shortages in regions that usually have plenty of supply. This summer’s extreme heat is exposing how unprepared much of the country, and Europe, is for increasing water scarcity.
Inside futuristic labs, plants are scanned, stressed and analysed. The aim is to use the results to produce plant strains that can better serve a growing population in a warming world.
With heat records continually being broken and southern summers getting hotter, travelers are heading north. Fragile ecosystems are paying the price.
As nations globally move to ban forever chemicals, should renewable energy technologies be exempt for the sake of saving the climate?
Western Europe has recorded its hottest-ever June and July, and extreme weather from wildfires to storms are here to stay. How can we adapt to what seems to be the new normal? Cities like Kiel in Germany are trying.
Droughts, heat and falling water levels in the Danube are hitting central and southeastern Europe hard. Hungary and Romania are experiencing an energy crisis — whereas countries like Bulgaria are better prepared.
Mini reactors are seen as a flexible energy source. Their promise: abundant energy, cheap, clean and climate-friendly with lower water use. But do the numbers add up? We look at what’s behind the SMR hype.
Wildfires may start with a single spark, but experts say climate change, drought and decades of forest management decisions have created the conditions for Europe’s biggest blazes.