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A heat wave can be lethal – and researchers have now counted the ways they can kill. Humans may have only themselves to blame.

The world can feed many millions of extra mouths by altering crops to make the most of local conditions, scientists say.

Catastrophic mining waste failures are on the rise worldwide and on all continents.

Warming winters in the US enable the invading southern pine beetle to leave a trail of devastated trees that could stretch as far north as Canada.

As temperatures rise it may become too hot to fly, with aircraft likelier to be grounded, and more passengers more likely to lose their seats.

Governments and schools are failing to help people to recognize the best ways to cut climate change, researchers say.

A group of physical chokepoints - roads, ports and waterways - could disrupt the flow of world food trade, with drastic consequences.

The winners of an annual worldwide competition to spread clean energy have been urged to see it as a sustainability revolution.