Science

Nicola Sturgeon has met with energy companies to discuss how to tackle the soaring costs of heating our homes.

There are fears around energy supply and security this winter and an urgent need to be ready for what might come.

Big energy companies are investing the equivalent of 5% of their record profits in green projects, an exclusive Channel 4 News analysis has revealed.

While forests across Europe burn, other parts of the continent are underwater.

No one from the government was available to do an interview, but we spoke to Philip Dunne, the Conservative MP who is chair of the Environmental Audit Committee. 

Pollution warnings have been put in place for almost 50 beaches in England and Wales, after untreated sewage was released into the sea in a number of places.

We spoke to Group Managing Officer David Diggins from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service – and asked him what the fire service had been dealing with in the last few days.

Europe is battling record temperatures – and experts have warned it could be in the midst of its worst drought for 500 years – with no sign of significant rainfall to come.

An official drought has been declared across eight areas of England – amid the driest summer for 50 years.

As another heatwave looms for much of the UK in the coming days, the Met Office has issued a four-day Amber extreme heat warning. 

We spoke to Rachel Kyte, a British academic who’s dean at The Fletcher School of International Affairs at Tufts University. 

As some of the UK heads into another heatwave this week, with temperatures set to reach the mid 30s – as Europe is plunged into its worst drought for decades. 

England’s green and pleasant land has been turned yellow and parched by the summer heatwave, which is expected to fire up again in the next few days. 

The atmospheric call of the curlew is a well-loved sound that echoes across our landscape. 

This year’s climate has already smashed records, with temperatures last week topping 40 degrees Celsius.