Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring. The snowpack is at less than half of normal in much of the region. Reservoirs…
Storms, floods, wildfires and droughts drove more than 30 million people from their homes last year, as rising temperatures wrought extra chaos on the climate, according to a report published…
International team of researchers also found that deforestation rose nearly four-fold in 2019.
The Brazilian Amazon released nearly 20% more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the past decade…
Lakes and reservoirs are drying up as 85% of Mexico is in a drought, with Mexico City in its worst drought in 30 years.
Major reservoirs that supply the capital's 9 million residents are more than…
Climate change's toll on agriculture, disease and physical infrastructure, as well as redirected government spending, among other issues, could cause the global economy to lose $23 trillion, 10…
Officials say some residents of Cape Town neighbourhoods evacuated as ‘precautionary’ measure after fire sweeps across the slopes of Table Mountain.
People were evacuated from Cape Town…
Kenya has given an ultimatum to the UN refugee agency to present a plan over the closure of the Dadaab and Kakuma camps housing more than 400,000 people.
Terrifying, shocking, a rejection of…
Experts say extreme weather including droughts will become more common as planet heats.
Recent sandstorms that shrouded Beijing in a post-apocalyptic orange haze and intensive droughts in other…
Research shows rising temperatures since 1960s have acted as handbrake to agricultural yield of crops and livestock.
The climate crisis is already eating into the output of the world’s agricultural…
Beijing skies turned yellow Monday as air pollution reached hazardous levels after the worst sandstorm in a decade coincided with an industrial boom following last year's COVID lockdown.
In future decades large wildfires could pose similar level of threat to Britain as they currently do in the south of France or parts of Australia, say researchers.
Wildfires which ordinarily only…
Climate change is having an undeniable influence on coastal areas. A substantial proportion of the world’s sandy coastlines are already eroding owing to increased storm surges, flooding and sea level…
Exclusive: Crop losses caused by extreme weather disasters can drive food shortages and price spikes, says study lead author
The impact of heatwaves and droughts on crop production in Europe has…
The international body that names hurricanes and tropical storms will no longer name storms after Greek letters after the record-shattering 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
The World Meteorological…
Update from NGO’s Global Forest Watch scheme highlights that deforestation of tropical forests crucial for biodiversity and storing carbon continue to rise
2020 was meant to be a landmark year in…
In case you needed another reason to care about the climate crisis, it has been found that pollution is causing human penises to shrink.
A leading epidemiologist and environmental scientist has…
Study of tree rings dating back to Roman empire concludes weather since 2014 has been extraordinary.
The series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more…
Stark warning from charity highlights risks to properties, monuments and landscapes in Britain as planet heats up.
The National Trust has developed what it has described as a “game changing” map…