Rhinos reintroduced in Ugandan park after more than four decades 19/3/2026

For the first time in more than 40 years, rhinos are back in Uganda's Kidepo Valley National Park after poachers there slaughtered them all for their prized horns and meat. ...more

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating 18/3/2026

Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts. ...more

Eye-opening study predicts exactly how many people will die by 2050 due to climate change 18/3/2026

Startling research about the effects of climate change over the next quarter of a century has revealed the terrifying impact that the warming world will have on human populations, as well as how many will start to die each year as a result. ...more

‘The world is transitioning away from fossil fuels’: Gulf oil investors turn to African renewables 18/3/2026

Gulf oil money is flowing into African renewables – and the Iran war is only accelerating the trend. ...more

Reduced physical activity due to global heating will lead to rise in health issues, study says 18/3/2026

Researchers project that reduced activity could contribute to half a million additional premature deaths annually by 2050. ...more

Europe’s disappearing birds are a symptom of a broken food and farming system 18/3/2026

Bird populations in North America have dropped by 15 per cent in the last 40 years, according to a study published in the Science journal. ...more

Fossil fuels ‘ripping away national security’ but renewables ‘turn the tables’, says UN executive 17/3/2026

“Fossil fuel dependency is ripping away national security and sovereignty, and replacing them with subservience and rising costs,” warns Simon Stiell, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary, as the Green Growth Summit in Brussels began yesterday,16 March. ...more

‘No ordinary clean-up operation’: EU deploys drones and robots to remove litter from the sea floor 17/3/2026

Futuristic tech, including heavy-lifting robots, is being deployed to help clean up Europe’s litter-riddled waters as part of an EU-funded trial. ...more

A flower's fight against extinction could be big climate change news 17/3/2026

While biologists have worried about how rare species of plants and animals will cope with a rapidly warming climate, one West Coast flower is giving them hope after showing a remarkable ability to evolve with its surroundings. ...more

US proposes easing limits on cancer-causing gas used to clean medical devices 16/3/2026

The Trump administration is proposing to lift some limits on the use of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used for sterilization, saying previous constraints imposed under former President Joe Biden may hamper medical device makers' ‌ability to clean their facilities. ...more