Damian Carrington
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About Damian Carrington
Damian Carrington is The Guardian's Environment editor
If SUVs were a country, they would rank No. 6 most-polluting in the world
The continued global rise in sales of SUVs pushed their climate-heating emissions to almost one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency.
Forget tailpipes, tires spew more toxic pollution
Far more tiny particles now come from tires than are emitted from exhausts but new tire designs may help.
Brace yourself for hellish El Niño heat waves this year
Scientists say the phenomenon, coupled with the growing climate crisis, is likely to push global temperatures off the charts.
H-bombs or chicken bones? The race to pinpoint the start of the Anthropocene
Humanity is now a "geological superpower" and declaring a new epoch is critical to tackling its impact, scientists say.
Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year
Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people, study finds.
Whales ingest millions of microplastic particles a day
Blue whales consume up to one billion particles over a feeding season with as-yet-unknown impacts on their health.
The U.K. has a ‘ghost flight’ problem
Exclusive: Data shows the tally at 5,000 empty ghost flights in the U.K. since 2019 and a further 35,000 flights have operated almost empty, with climate campaigners calling the revelations shocking.
Scores of new pipelines around the world 'dramatically at odds' with climate goals
More than 24,000 kilometres of pipelines are planned around world, showing "an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals."
Fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled worldwide in 2021, analysis finds
Government support for fossil fuel companies amid huge profits is a "roadblock" to tackling the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency says.
Monstrous sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap ‘now inevitable’
The loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27 centimetres regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists say.