As wake-up calls go, this one had the distinction of early morning pungency. If the Czech Republic is to complete the journey from deep climate change scepticism to full recognition of the global…
Climate breakdown made the recent record UK heatwave 10 times more likely, researchers have found. Analysis by World Weather Attribution reveals that temperatures in the UK during the heatwave, when…
LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) – Extreme weather events – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours – have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people…
Spain is in the grip of its first heatwave of the year, with temperatures in parts of the west and south expected to reach 44C (111.2F).
Heatwaves – defined as at least three consecutive days of…
The climate crisis is no longer a future concern. In many parts of the world, it has already begun.
Millions of people are living with extreme temperatures, facing a growing threat of flooding or…
Project in Seaham, County Durham, will use water from mine shafts to heat 1,500 new homes
Kevin Shaw remembers Seaham in its mining heyday, when the three pits in the town provided thousands of jobs…
As temperatures rise, a new book delves into the environmental toll of America’s favorite way to cool off
The widespread reliance on air conditioning in the US is explored in Eric Dean Wilson’s book…
Rising ocean temperatures caused by climate crisis increasing number of cyclones and intensity of storms, say experts.
India’s cyclone season is being made more intense by the rapidly heating Indian…
The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power – the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in…
Heat stress, water scarcity, air pollution and energy insecurity are problems felt more acutely in dense urban areas
Cities across the world will see a near-universal drop in humidity by the end of…
Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows.
The world may be barreling towards climate disaster but rapidly eliminating planet-…
Home owners can get help from government schemes but do they really cut costs?
When Graham Davidson and his wife, Pauline, retired to a bungalow in Norfolk three years ago they ripped out the old…
The traditional end of summer weekend will feel more like mid-July in the West.
The National Weather Service is not mincing words about what's in store for Southern California this weekend as it…
A heat wave that set in over the South and Southwest left much of the U.S. blanketed in record-breaking triple digit temperatures over the weekend. The widespread and intense heat wave will last for…
The depths of the oceans are heating up more slowly than the surface and the air, but that will undergo a dramatic shift in the second half of the century, according to a new study.
As the climate crisis takes hold, the effects are noticed most conspicuously at the extremes like the poles and the desert, where the harsh environments are drastically altered by a changing climate.
Human cost of climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed, research reveals.
The human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder, wider and sooner than previously believed,…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people worldwide struggling with extreme heat and humidity by the end of the century could be more than four times as many as today if planet-…
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