Parts of Vietnam and China are bracing for the arrival of Typhoon Nari, which has left at least 13 people dead in the Philippines.

Madagascar faces a bubonic plague epidemic unless it slows the spread of the disease, experts have warned.

Nations have begun signing a legally binding treaty designed to curb mercury pollution and the use of the toxic metal in products around the globe.

Powerful Typhoon Fitow has rammed into eastern China after triggering the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.

Heavy metals leaching out from former mine workings in Cumbria are being removed as part of a £1m pilot project.

UK shale gas exploration would have a "similar" carbon footprint to other fossil fuels, according to a new study.

The owners of a planned landfill site for hazardous material could change their plan to store safer material.

UK coastal species such as puffins and little terns could be "seriously affected" by erosion and climate change, the National Trust has said.

The region around the capital Khartoum is among the worst-hit areas, the WHO says

Tree loss in one of the world's largest rainforests has slowed, a study suggests.