'When you plant mangroves, marine life and birds flock in'
Expedition shows every single thing is being affected by climate change
Losses are most acute among long-distance migrants and farmland birds
Study shows drastic scale of glacial retreat, and it is set to get worse
The cliff-top ruins of an ancient castle long claimed as the birthplace of the legendary King Arthur is "at risk of being lost forever" as climate change quickens the pace of coastal erosion, a UK heritage body warned on Friday. Tintagel Castle in...
Says inflation should top government agendas
Dire predictions of blackouts in California during a fearsome heatwave this month never came to pass, with technology - and a dose of community spirit - helping the creaking grid through its most testing period ever. The mercury topped 43 Celsius on...
Rising prices, warming planet and deadly conflicts will hurt people - Guterres
All economic sectors must do their part to curb carbon dioxide emissions.
Yvon Chouinard could have sold the brand, valued at €3.01 billion
Humanity is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the UN said Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic. The UN's World Meteorological...
How climate change affects honey bees in Malta... and why we should bother
The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, with the continent suffering blistering heatwaves and the worst drought in centuries, the European Commission's satellite monitor said on Thursday. The five hottest years on record have...
French football giants Paris Saint-Germain faced an angry backlash Tuesday after coach Christophe Galtier and star player Kylian Mbappe mocked a suggestion that they should take the train rather than private planes for short-haul travel. PSG notched up...
42% of Maltese businesses already invested to deal with climate change
The ocean could be a part of the solution to climate change
Members of climate activist group Extinction Rebellion on Friday glued themselves to the Speaker's chair in the UK House of Commons, calling for a "Citizens' Assembly" to help shape environmental policy. "Just before noon today (1100 GMT), a group of...
Parking bays will be in place within weeks, council pledges
A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heatwave has spread across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau, according to official data released ahead of more searing temperatures on Thursday. The world's second-largest economy...
Germany on Wednesday will inaugurate a railway line powered entirely by hydrogen, a "world first" and a major step forward for green train transport despite nagging supply challenges. A fleet of 14 trains provided by French industrial giant Alstom to...
Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells. For everything from drinking to bathing and washing dishes...
Updated: 5.30pm More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern Algeria, killing at least 38 people, an expert told AFP on Saturday. The figure cited by Rafik Baba Ahmed, former...
Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer, local media reported. Extreme weather has become more frequent owing to climate change, scientists say, and this will likely...
The number of people at risk of starvation in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa has increased to 22 million, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday. Years of insufficient rainfall across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have caused the worst...
A provincial capital in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered by record-high temperatures. The mercury has soared...
The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than rest of planet in 40 years
Two people died Thursday and 100 others were evacuated as bad weather toppled trees and tore off roofs in Tuscany, the Italian region said. The civil protection agency prepared emergency accommodation in schools and gyms for those forced from their...
More than 1,200 firefighters struggled Wednesday to control a huge forest fire in Portugal's Serra da Estrela park, which resumed just days after being brought under control. Strong winds have been hampering attempts to combat the spread of the fire,...
Some of Switzerland's best-known lakes are at their lowest level ever for August after a dry year so far in 2022, the environment ministry said on Wednesday. At the same time, discharge levels on the Rhine, one of Europe's major rivers which starts in...
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