Environment/Science
Environment/Science
With the annual average global temperature fast approaching the critical threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, last year officially smashed the global temperature record, the UN weather agency (WMO) confirmed on Friday. more
Study finds record heat in 2023 worsened global droughts, floods and wildfires

Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian Nation ...

Data reveals 2023 was the hottest year on record

Driven by human-caused climate change and boosted by El Niño weather event, official data released on Tuesday showed 2023 remained the hottest year on record.

Death toll in Japan earthquake climbs to 62

The death toll due to the strong earthquake which hit the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday has touched 62.

Japan earthquake death toll touches 48

The number of victims of a series of powerful tremors in the Ishikawa prefecture in Japan has risen to 48, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities.

Death toll due to Japan earthquake reaches 20

The death toll due to the powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake which hit Japan on Monday (January 1, 2023) has touched 20 as authorities are trying to reach the regions hit by tremors.

Tsunami alert issued for several regions in Russia's Far East after earthquake hits Japan

Several regions in Russia's Far East were on tsunami alert on Monday after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked the central part of Japan, generating waves as high as five metres i ...

Iceland volcano erupts on Reykjanes peninsula amid weeks of intense earthquake activities in the region

After weeks of intense earthquake activity, a volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, media reports said.

China: Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits Gansu Province, 111 die

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit northwest China's Gansu Province on Monday (December 19, 2023) leaving at least 111 people dead, media reports said.

COP28 Dubai Summit ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN chief Antonio Guterres says phaseout is inevitable

Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved earlier on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” – a first for a UN climate conference – but the deal s ...