ENVIRONMENT

Large and destructive waves cause flooding as Hurricane Nicole passes over Bermuda.

Scientists claim first direct evidence a comet struck earth the same time the planet warmed by up to 9C.

Global warming will increase the risk of Antarctica melting and scientists want to know how ecosystems would react.

The Yangtze River dolphin was declared extinct a decade ago, but conservationists now claim to have seen it.

State's indigenous Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes construction of $3.7bn Dakota Access pipeline.

Scientists warn that despite our best efforts 'fires are going to keep getting bigger'.

Flooding will become more widespread even if hurricanes don't strike New York, due to rising sea levels.

Corals help scientists reconstruct uranium records from past 50,000 years and associated ice melt.

The storm was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone as it moves into the Atlantic.

Fayetteville police shared a video of a child and its mother being rescued on Facebook.

Hurricane Matthew's casualties were spread across three different states.

The death toll on Haiti has risen rapidly, mainly in villages making contact with the outside world days after the cyclone hit.

Aviation Minister Lord Ahmad calls the agreement 'unprecedented', while Greenpeace remains sceptical.

The storm is set to hit the east coast of Florida which is primarily populated by Democrat voters.

Trackers hope 'seabots' will unlock mysteries of microscopic sea creatures in Pacific highway.

New tools and closer monitoring of volcanic gas emissions makes it easier to predict eruptions.

Ocean Cleanup spotters counted 1,000 large items of trash in 2.5 hours.

Potentially significant fault line could help explain why a large earthquake is way overdue.

At least 11 deaths have been blamed on the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade.

Two decades of exploration have allowed researchers to describe the fauna living in coral reefs deep in the ocean.

Company said problem occurred in system that separates water, oil and gas on the Clair platform off Shetland.

The actor met President Obama at the SXSL Festival to discuss issues related to the environment.

New study analyses four decades of satellite images – overturning assumptions about the role of industrial plantations in Borneo forest loss

Hranická Propast was first explored in 1999 but divers have now measured its extreme depth.

One could hit Tokyo and the Nankai Trough Quake would cause a devastating tsunami in north and central Japan.

At least 27 people are missing after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto Sucun village in China's Zhejiang province.

Striking pictures show devastating impact of climate change on reef systems around the Japanese islands.

UK government donated over £2.11m for survivors of the 5.7 magnitude Kagera earthquake

A CalFire spokesman said this kind of 'extreme' fire behaviour is the 'new norm'.