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Forty-eight percent of the world went through at least one month of extreme drought in 2023.

The BBC's Laura Bicker sees the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft take off, as China chases its dreams of space dominance.

The Skipinnish Oak in Lochaber is thought to be at least 1,000 years old.

The TV presenter says the previous Tory administration was "reckless" to scale back climate policy.

Japan's highest mountain typically gets snow by early October, but there has been unusually warm weather this year.

The city is the size of Edinburgh and among the largest Mayan sites in ancient Latin America.

Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.

The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever ...

The government's advisers say faster action is needed but the UK has the tools to achieve this.