Just down the coast from Donald Trump's weekend retreat, the residents and businesses of south Florida are experiencing regular episodes of water in the streets as sea levels rise.

If our species wants to enjoy a long-term future, it might need to tap into the very human qualities of emotion.

Editing genes, ageing populations, rising sea levels… the world is moving faster than ever. What will those trends mean for our society over the next 30 years?

Solar, wind, water… these are the energy sources that need to replace fossil fuels in the 21st Century. But which countries are up to the task?

We are failing to look at inequality in the right way, according to researchers who study people’s attitudes to wealth disparity.

The 21st Century poses no shortage of threats to Earth's oceans – all man-made: pollution, climate change, overfishing. Fabien Cousteau explains his solution to this grand challenge.

Overpopulation, climate change, mass migration… our relationship with terra firma has never been more complicated. Could Earth’s land be an overlooked, increasingly precious resource?

The promise of the 1950s - that nuclear energy would supply practically all of our energy - has faded. What's the future of this expensive, powerful, complicated energy source?