From their lecture halls to the International Court of Justice. Law students from the South Pacific have joined island nations to demand greater climate accountability from industrialized countries.

The small Serbian town of Bor lives from copper mining. Many residents say that high levels of pollution from the mine, which has been majority-owned by a Chinese corporation since 2018, are making them sick.

Minerals—they’re in our homes and our smartphones. But can we meet the demand for them without hurting the places and communities they come from? In this episode of Crash Course Geology, we’ll learn about mining, the critical minerals that power our technologies, and efforts to meet our mineral needs more responsibly.

Cyclone Arnab has left a trail of destruction along India’s eastern coast. More than 180,000 people were evacuated before fierce wind and rain made landfall on Wednesday.

A clean-up operation is under way in parts of the UK after Storm Boelo caused flooding and property damage, leaving thousands without power.

The Energy Networks Association said around 90,000 properties are still without power as of Monday.

Two men were killed by falling trees during the storm on Sunday - a man in his 20s in north London and another in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.

Boelo is the second storm to have hit parts of the UK in recent days, following Storm Austen which brought similar levels of disruption, while strong winds and rain are forecast to continue on Monday.

Tech Now's Adrienne Murray visited Stockholm, Sweden, to explore a wave energy technology inspired by the way the human heart pumps blood.

Swedish company CorPower has developed large yellow buoys, anchored to the seabed, which generate electricity by harnessing the movement of ocean waves.

The Cairngorms National Park is home to a quarter of the UK’s rare and endangered species.

But in the summer of 2026 wildfire tore through 33 square kilometres of this landscape. Beneath the forest floor, fires are still burning.

Tech Now's Shiona McCallum spent time with the team there to see how cutting-edge tech is being used to find hidden hotspots, monitor damage and help vulnerable landscapes recover.

Toxic smoke haze is blanketing Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, after weeks of fires in Indonesia. In central Chile, flash flooding has trapped people on their roofs, and already Australia’s spring is unusually hot and dry. Scientists have confirmed it’s an El Niño year, and it’s expected to be one of the worst on record, tipping the odds for these extreme weather events.

But we haven’t always had this warning — in 1982 there was a whole heap of apocalyptic weather, and no unifying theory to bring it all together. That “super El Niño” would totally change how we think about forecasting the weather. Now climate change threatens to send us back to the 1980s.

Earthquakes can happen anywhere on Earth, at any time—and unfortunately, we have no way of predicting exactly when or where. But by studying and tracking seismic data, scientists continue to refine forecasts, better assess the risks, and even research how to prevent and protect us from the most damaging shocks.

Los Angeles' housing crisis is escalating dramatically. Those who can't find a place to live have to get creative — otherwise, survival becomes a daily struggle.

Afghanistan possesses an invaluable wealth of mineral resources. Following the Taliban's takeover, Europe and the US are holding back on investment, while other countries are already jostling for access.

Geology can’t tell us the future, but it can tell us a whole lot about the past. And when it comes to climate change on Earth, there really is nothing new under the sun. In this episode, we’ll talk about one of Earth’s hottest periods – the Paleo-Eocene Thermal Maximum – and what it can tell us about our hot, hot future.

Hundreds of Indonesian students and civil society groups protested in the capital, Jakarta, and other cities against President Prabowo Subianto's policies, including the handling of ongoing forest fires and government spending priorities.

Storm Boelo has brought in flooding, travel disruption, and power cuts across the UK.

On the railways, people are being told not to certain areas.

In Scotland, Network Rail said trees have fallen onto lines at "numerous locations", while many ferry services have also been suspended.

Power cuts have hit tens of thousands of properties across England, Scotland and the island of Ireland, and amber warnings remain in place.

Fires, floods, and typhoons - the impact of El Niño is already having a significant impact on global weather patterns.

Countries including Indonesia, India and the United States have been experiencing droughts, floods and heatwaves in line with projections about how extreme weather events will be supercharged by the phenomenon.

The World Meteorological Agency says the record-breaking El Niño will strengthen further and persist until at least 2027.

A £3.6bn proposal to stop sewage being discharged into Windermere, England's largest lake, has been unveiled.

The plans, which are backed by the local water company United Utilities and clean water campaigners, would see a tunnel up to 12 miles (19km) long built to transport sewage away from the lake.

At the moment both raw sewage and treated effluent are discharged into Windermere and campaigners say that is why parts of the lake have been turning green each summer, so-called algal blooming.

It is now up to the government to decide if the plan can be further developed, and if the £3.6bn price-tag is acceptable.

Students and activists protested across Indonesia over rising living costs, economic concerns and forest fires linked to land clearing for palm oil plantations.

Floods were triggered by torrential rains in the Valencia and Alicante provinces, killing at least two people. In August, a flood and landslide caused by torrential rain killed two in Northwestern Spain.

Extreme rainfall is becoming more common and more intense across Europe due to climate change accelerated by burning fossil fuels.

As forest fires and toxic haze in Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan continue to worsen, critics accuse authorities of failing to take adequate action to contain the crisis.

Farmland in Iceland is limited, but the country has an abundance of heat, water and clean electricity.

Tech Now's Adrienne Murray finds out how innovations in food production are using this unique location to their advantage, including an underground strawberry farm, and an aquaculture facility cultivating microalgae.