The weather bomb, the polar vortex, #snowvember: will the storm of extreme weather names ever end?

It used to be that only hurricanes and typhoons were entitled to them, but now barely a day’s forecast goes by without another catchy monicker being coined

Art Basel, Miami and the beach that went boom

Lady Gaga’s recreating a painting from 1793 and Outkast’s André 3000 is showing off his jumpsuits. As the rich, famous and fabulous steer their jets to Miami, we look at how the art fair transformed the city

Polar bear population in frozen sea north of Alaska falls 40% in 10 years

  • Study finds number of bears in south Beaufort Sea down to 900 in 2010
  • Scientist: report confirms we are on ‘wrong path’ on greenhouse gases

2014 on track to be hottest year on record, says US science agency

Global average temperatures in September were highest ever, following warmest year to date since 1998

Tesla museum crowdfunding project closes in on $200,000

Contributors who donate $125 will be given an engraved brick at museum site in Long Island