Other lives: Civil servant and local politician committed to helping people in his Derbyshire community
April 2026
Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient forests be saved from the cartels?
In the Sierra Tarahumara, gangs ‘disappear’ those who resist their lucrative illegal tree-felling operations
March 2026
The Guardian picture essay
The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay
Photographer Murdo MacLeod patrols the snow with members of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service, which has for several decades published a vital daily avalanche forecast for mountain areas
February 2026
Weatherwatch
Frozen in time: Antarctic ice cave to be used to save melting glacier samples
Ice Memory Foundation’s specially dug ‘sanctuary’ offers storage for cores, which hold thousands of years of history
January 2026
‘It’s unforgiving’: California park officials grapple with recent deaths on Mount Baldy
College freshman identified as one of three hikers found dead on California’s Mount Baldy
December 2025
The aftermath
‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?
With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
Country diary
Country diary: Green shoots in the ancient forest
Glen Einich, Cairngorms: A wintry walk in the Rothiemurchus woodland is always glorious. To see some of its barer expanses starting to recover tops it off
October 2025
Country diary
Country diary 1975: Two sightings of the elusive alpine marmot
24 October 1975: One was sitting on a flat rock by a stream, the other, dead in the hunter’s bag
Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history
New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century
Mount Everest rescue under way after snowstorm traps nearly 1,000 people
Hundreds of trekkers stranded by blizzard on eastern face of mountain in Tibet already guided to safety by rescuers
September 2025
The age of extinction
‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake
As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost
Japanese man becomes oldest person to reach Mount Fuji summit at 102
Kokichi Akuzawa climbed with 70-year-old daughter to break record for oldest person to make ascent – a second time
Country diary
Country diary: Deep purple and fallen leaves at this mighty mountain
Cadair Idris, Gwynedd: The heather is dominant on the slopes today, as I embark on a steep climb in the heavy heat
August 2025
‘We are on the frontline’: the ambitious plan to save an Alpine village from a climate catastrophe
A huge lake formed by a melting glacier above Pralognan-la-Vanoise could inundate the village – but a project is under way to stop it
July 2025
Weatherwatch
The Foehn effect: why it’s warmer on one side of a mountain than the other
Plantwatch
Dandelion-like ‘Welsh dodo’ plant continues to hold on in secret location
The valleys of the Dolomites: exploring Italy’s new network of wild trails
In search of the UK’s finest mountain view: walking in Northern Ireland’s Mournes
