Climate

Three people in breathing apparatus are surrounded by smoke while trying to put out a wildfire.

Fires still burn in charred landscape as focus turns to wildfire prevention

The RSPB is considering measures it can take to improve resilience in the wake of a five-week long fire in the Cairngorms.

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A dry, open park landscape with yellow-brown grass under a wide blue sky streaked with high altitude clouds. A small leafless tree stands in the foreground beside a large fallen pale tree trunk, while a few distant people walk across the field.

Channel Islands facing 'hottest ever summer'

Guernsey and Jersey are set to have seen the warmest summer ever, says the Met Office.

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A bunch of Rowan Berries, which are small red/orange berries, on a tree. The leaves around it are brown and dying.

Why parts of the West look like autumn already

From early berries to falling leaves, drought is making parts of the West look like autumn.

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Firms scramble for battery power in Spain and Portugal

After last year's massive power failure Spanish and Portuguese firms are buying battery back ups.

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Trust launches 'first-of-its-kind' nature survey

A wildlife group says "everyone can get involved with protecting nature" by taking part in research.

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Jamie Parsons poses for the camera with a glum expression. A wetlands with a very low water level is visible behind him.

Avian botulism 'new norm' for nature reserves

Hundreds of birds have died at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve from avian botulism, say conservationists.

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A young woman wearing a black T-shirt stands next to a line of trees in an apple orchard on a sunny day. The grass is dry and yellow and she has her right arm raised with her hand holding a branch which has small green apples on the end

Drought leaves 'barely any apples' to make cider

Some orchards are harvesting just a 10th of their usual crop, and facing an uncertain future.

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Two people walk through a park which is very yellow

'With London in drought we need to change how we think about water'

Experts say a changing climate and increasing demand for water will mean people need to make changes.

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The Sun sets over an ocean. The sky is dark red and the silhouette of a ship sailing across the ocean in front of the Sun.

World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows

The record "is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress", according to Dr Samantha Burgess from the European Copernicus climate change service.

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