Environment/Science
Environment/Science
In the coastal town of Sasmuan, Philippines, life flows with the river’s tide. At dawn, slender boats glide through calm waters as fishing nets are cast beneath the warming sky. more
WMO says Asia is warming twice as fast as the rest of world

In April 2024, China broke the average temperature record that month. The following month, it was the same - and then again in August. And September. And November.

Global push to end plastic pollution gains ground in Nice conference

Behind closed doors, in a domed conference pavilion steps away from the historic port of Nice, more than 40 ministers gathered on Tuesday to tackle one of the planet’s fastest-growi ...

Antonio Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France

With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the Third United Nations Ocean Conference on Monday, delivering a blunt indictment ...

Drifting architects: Plankton, climate, and the race to understand our changing ocean

They drift unseen, but everything depends on them. Plankton – the ocean’s lifeblood – regulate the climate, feed the seas, and shape life on Earth. On the French Riviera ...

New study reveals 1.5°C target too high for polar ice sheets and sea level rise

Efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C under the Paris Climate Agreement may not go far enough to save the world’s ice sheets, a new study revealed.

Israel wildfire brought under control, thousands evacuated

Thousands of people were evacuated after a massive wildfire broke out on the outskirts of Jerusalem in Israel, media reports said on Friday.

UN report says climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence

Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.

Turkey: Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits Istanbul, no casualties

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Turkey's Istanbul city, triggering panic and forcing people to flee their apartments on Wednesday.

Two and a half million tonnes of debris need to be removed in earthquake-hit Myanmar, says UNDP

At least two and a half million tonnes of debris, roughly 125,000 truckloads, must be removed in Myanmar following the strong earthquake that rocked the nation last month,  United Na ...