Robin McKie

The degradation of the Arctic tundra has triggered a terrible chain reaction that can only lead to greater mayhem, warns Robin McKie

Robin McKie reflects on his 40 years as science editor for the Observer and tells Madeleine Finlay about the game-changing discoveries and scientific controversies that he’s reported on during that time.

Almost as amazing as the knowledge we have gained in the past four decades is the fact that some people continue to deny the damage we are doing to our world

Revolutionary scanner to be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestation

Ambitious project could soak up funding for subatomic physics for decades, say opponents

The climate professor is justified in identifying the thinktanks, fossil fuel companies and politicians responsible for exacerbating the climate crisis but his list of remedies is underpowered

The alarm has been raised by experts as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of lockdown

Five years since Boris Johnson ordered the UK to stay home, steps to prepare for the next national emergency are clearer

Imperial College project could lead to less invasive testing and combat increase in antibiotic resistance

Launched by Nasa and SpaceX, the Falcon 9 is picking up Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose eight days on board the International Space Station became nine months

Trial will determine whether electrical pulses can control and decrease yearnings

New technique means the eye can be studied for markers of brain health and signs of neurodegeneration

Scientific triumphs were made in the battle against the pandemic, but the memories and lessons are already in danger of being lost

Experts hope research can create greener methods of extracting the metal vital for renewable energy revolution and boom in electrical devices

Numbers of animals once hunted as vermin are rising across the continent. But scientists worry about how we are going to get along with these predators

Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farming

Paul Workman has researched untreatable chordoma for years. Now new technology points towards to a potential drug to beat it

Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for crops

The reserve in Geltsdale in the north Pennines has been expanded by a third after RSPB buys land

A gripping play in London’s West End tells how agreement of the first climate protocol in 1997 was a triumph, as scientists share new warnings about the scale of the crisis