Environment/Science
Environment/Science
Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world’s flora and fauna by 2030. more
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits Nepal, no casualty

An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal on Friday, with tremors felt in parts of India's Bihar state, media reports said.

Scientists find ocean-surface warming four times faster now than late-1980s

The rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, a new study has shown.

Scientists officially confirm 2024 was the hottest year on record

UN weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Friday that 2024 was the hottest year on record, at 1.55 degrees Celsius (C) above pre-industrial temperat ...

Scientists say 2024 is the first year to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial level

2024 is the first calendar year that has reached more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, as per the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

Ravaging Los Angeles wildfires leave 10 dead, thousands evacuated

The death toll due to the ravaging wildfires in Los Angeles, which have devoured nearly 10,000 structures and forced a large number of people to flee from the region, touched 10, confirme ...

95 die after multiple earthquakes rock Tibet's Xizang region

At least 95 people died and 130 were injured after multiple earthquakes, with the strongest measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale, hit Tibet's Xizang region, close to the Nepal border, C ...

2024 is set to be warmest on record, alerts WMO

The year 2024 is set to be the warmest on record, capping a decade of unprecedented heat fuelled by human activities, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Global coal demand reached record-high in 2024, shows latest IEA report

Global demand for coal usage is set to touch record-high figures in 2024, as per data released by the International Energy Agency on Wednesday.

A23a: World's largest and oldest iceberg breaks free and now drifting in Southern Ocean

The world’s largest and oldest iceberg A23a is on the move.