Ajit Niranjan

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023

Ajit Niranjan The world's seas were hotter last month than in any July on record, scientists have said, as devastating heat struck western Europe.

Ajit Niranjan AI-driven productivity gains enable more planet-heating pollution from fossil fuels than they avoid from renewables, a study has found.

Study finds technology could boost recoverable oil and gas reserves by 5% and cut cost of deepwater projects by 10%

Kew Gardens in London hits 38.1C and 40C-plus expected in parts of Europe with continent trapped under heat dome

Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent Carbon pollution has fuelled a “massive expansion” of marine heatwaves in Europe this

Hottest periods this year in most sea regions would have been ‘virtually impossible’ in a preindustrial climate

Wildfires are projected to burn 39% more of Europe by the end of the century even in the best-case scenario for stopping the planet from heating, a study has found , unless action is taken to manage them better.

An 1857 decree to drain swamps and plant a monoculture, detritus from the trees and global heating combined to produce the conditions for the Gironde inferno

Ajit Niranjan with graphics by Lucy Swan, Harvey Symons and Paul Scruton