Environment

As Europe experiences another summer of extreme heat and wildfire warnings, one tree imported from Australia is coming under renewed scrutiny across the world: eucalyptus.

As flights get pricier and gas prices stay high, more US travelers are turning to trains — and hitting a system built for freight, not people.

Germans save an ancient woodland from coal mining, Australia gives away surplus solar power, and how does a city become the world’s best place for cyclists?

Germans have won a fight to keep a coal mine out of an ancient forest. In the US, the government is opening protected lands for drilling and development.

An artist in Mali and climate scientists in the US are finding new ways to inform the public about the climate crisis.

People in countries like Greece, Italy and Spain have long lived with high temperatures. Here’s what more northerly countries can learn from them about managing heat waves as they become more common.

Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren’t equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, trends are changing.

It isn’t. Human-induced climate change has intensified temperatures, making this year’s record heat wave up to 4C hotter.

Fired US federal workers have revived a defunct climate website — pushing back as the Trump administration escalates cuts to publicly funded science and research.

Warnings of a mighty El Nino weather pattern this year could bring drought, flooding and extreme heat. Can we prepare for the worst of it?