Climate change

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

SEPA has lifted advice against swimming at Portobello Beach

A Clean Water Act can upgrade our Victorian sewage network - Alex Cole-Hamilton

AI predictions show what impact climate change could have on major British cities. Photos via NightCafe

11 photos show how major cities could be transformed by climate change

What Britain will look like in the Year 3,000 according to AI. Photo by NightCafe

What your city will look like in Year 3000 - according to AI

World Environment Day. Photo: Adobe

​World Environment Day helps to highlight climate challenge - Steve Cardownie

A Spain holiday warning has been issued as a “major cockroach infestation” is expected to hit the popular destination this summer. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

'Cockroach infestation’ to hit holiday hotspot

Gran Canaria.

Watch: Booking a holiday? Tourism tax and airport delays explained

Watch as Beltane Fire Festival members perform in the streets

The Beltane Fire Society band provided a thunderous percussive heartbeat to the event

Beltane Fire Festival 2024: Everything you need to know

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

Labour plans for council budget include council tax freeze

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained - including a new Pope and a new king. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

​The number of electric vehicles has increased since last year.

NHS electric vehicle fleet expanded

An image of how a battery energy storage park might look.

Vast battery park could meet demands of all the homes in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Plans have been unveiled for a vast battery storage project in West Lothian that could supply the short-term demands of more homes than Edinburgh and Glasgow combined.

Scott Reid

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Liz McAreavey, CEO at Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

Edinburgh Airport set for post-pandemic take off - Liz McAreavey

Met Office warns 40C summers & extreme heat to become more common

Angus Robertson, right, meets Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, actor and former Republican governor of California

How Arnie and Scotland are working to reach net-zero – Angus Robertson

100 cows deployed to reserve 50,000 acres of land

Rare penguin chick hatched at Edinburgh Zoo

Watch as rare penguin chick hatches at Edinburgh Zoo

Sir David Attenborough says nature in the British Isles can be as dramatic and spectacular as anything else he’s seen across the world

David Attenborough - how to watch documentaries for free

King Charles III

King Charles rebuffs Heathrow Airport offer

Scientists fear UK outbreak after British woman infected with virus following trip to France

Scientists fear Dengue fever outbreak after British woman infected

When is International Women’s Day 2023?

King Charles and The Queen Consort’s announce first State visit of their reign

King Charles and Queen Consort announce first State visit

King Charles and The Queen Consort will undertake their first State visit of their reign at the end of the month - here’s their full schedule

Chelsie Sewell

Grandson of original Mr Cadbury to open luxury chocolate shops in UK

Met Office says 2022 will be UK’s warmest year on record

Asian hornet alert as insects spotted in UK

Children catch fish in a flooded street on Sunday after heavy monsoon rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (Picture: Abdul Majeed/AFP via Getty Images)

King Charles can have a positive influence on climate action – Angus Robertson

West Lothian fire: Pictures show firefighters still battling West Lothian wildfire which broke out three days ago

Firefighters still battling wildfire which broke out three days ago

Lindsey Cole, an 'urban mermaid', who is hoping to raise awareness of the plastic pandemic with her adventure swim across the Firth of Forth.

Mermaid swims across Firth of Forth

The Water of Leith, just upstream from Dean Village, appears completely still (Picture: Ian Johnston)

Water of Leith is so low it looks like the river has stopped flowing

Edinburgh heatwave: Hot weather returning to Edinburgh this week - here's when and how hot it could get

Hot weather is returning to Edinburgh this week

Solar panels on the roof of the War Memorial Building in Edinburgh Castle (Picture: Santiago Arribas Pena/Historic Environment Scotland)

Demand for eco-friendly homes means planning departments need proper funding

Edinburgh weather: Here is what the weather in the Capital will look like today as temperatures start to drop

Here is what the weather in the Capital will look like today

Lorna Slater is a Lothian Green MSP and Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity

Climate crisis not a future problem it is here now - Lorna Slater

Scotland may not be seeing wildfires like this one in Louchats, south-western France, but high temperatures can be dangerous (Picture: Thibaud Moritz/AFP via Getty Images)

Angus Robertson MSP: Heat warnings must be taken seriously. Here's what to do

A local resident trying to help fight a forest fire on the Greek island of Evia gestures after the hose runs dry (Picture: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images)

Global disaster must not be legacy we leave to our children and grandchildren

Most Brits are still committed to tackling the climate crisis despite cost of li...

A note is left by the activists after they deflate tyres on vehicles

Eco-activists letting down SUV tyres are idiots – Hayley Matthews

The Emperor moth is one of the most spectacular species seen in British woodlands. Pic: Natural history museum

Moths disappearing from UK woods faster than from farms or cities

Climate change and conservation will be in the spotlight at the Edinburgh Science Festival in April.

Climate change and conservation to the fore at Edinburgh Science Festival

Royal Bank of Scotland, part of NatWest Group, is launching new green loans and green asset finance. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

RBS takes aim at net zero goal after launching green loan support for SMEs

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The climate crisis is scary - how do we tell our kids about it?

Frank O’Donnell, AKA the Surface Water Guy.

Government must pump cash into Scottish Water to avert crisis, says expert

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a stark message on climate change.

COP26: Boris Johnson's stark warning on climate change emergency

Protesters march and hold placards as they take part in the Global Climate Strike in Edinburgh in 2019 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Young Scottish climate activists' message to leaders ahead of COP26

Nicky Cox MBE, Editor in chief, First News (photo: C4 Lens C5 CAMM)

Supporting children to change the world

Dalkeith grandparent James Slight with his grandson, Jackson.

Dalkeith grandad shares his fears for his grandson in latest climate change stud...

Getting more people to travel by train rather than car is crucial to the fight against climate change (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Will SNP stand by as ScotRail cuts hundreds of services? – Neil Findlay

An area completely destroyed by the floods in the Blessem district of Erftstadt, western Germany, in July (Picture: Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images)

After 'code red for humanity', politicians need to feel the heat – Neil Findlay

Unlike fast fashion, clothes at Junk Kouture, the world's biggest youth sustainability fashion event, are made from recycled waste (Picture: Antony Jones/Getty Images for Junk Kouture)

We must tackle fast fashion's impact on climate change – Alex Cole-Hamilton

Pupils in Scotland and across the world are taking over classes as part of the international Teach the Teachers campaign, calling for education on climate change to be made a mandatory part of school lessons

Climate change: Pupils demand subject is mandatory in schools