Climate & Environment

BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua/APP): China’s national observatory on Thursday continued to issue a yellow alert for high temperatures as a scorching heatwave lingers in a vast area of the country. During daylight hours on Thursday, parts of Shaanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, […]

Reykjavik, Aug 3 (AFP/APP): A volcano erupted just 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Iceland’s capital Reykjavik on Wednesday, spewing lava from a fissure in the ground near the site of a similar eruption last year. Known as the land of fire and ice, Iceland is […]

Yreka, United States, Aug 1 (AFP/APP): The largest fire in California this year is forcing thousands of people to evacuate as it destroys homes and rips through the state’s dry terrain, whipped up on Sunday by strong winds and lightning storms. The McKinney Fire was […]

Geneva, July 31 (AFP/APP): Little snow cover and glaciers melting at an alarming rate amid Europe’s sweltering heatwaves have put some of the most classic Alpine hiking routes off-limits. Usually at the height of summer, tourists flock to the Alps and seek out well-trodden paths […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (APP): Time is running out to protect the world’s mangroves which are not only home to many species but also an important hedge against climate impacts, the head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Tuesday. Audrey […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 24 (APP): Sandwiched between India and China, the two emerging economies of the world, Pakistan is among top ten countries prone to climate change, losing over a billion rupees per day but with minimum gains from the Green Climate Fund facility. Since climate […]

Zeme, Italy, July 23 (AFP/APP): The roar of Dario Vicini’s motorcycle cuts through the silence as he drives across his rice paddy to survey the destruction wrought by Italy’s worst drought in 70 years. His fields are nothing but desolation, with rice stems slowly dying […]

Madrid, July 23 (AFP/APP): With climate change making devastating wildfires more likely, experts warn Spain and Portugal need to better manage their forests to stop vast swathes of land from being torched every year. Close to 200,000 hectares (495,000 acres) of forest in Spain have […]

Pinto, Spain, July 22 (AFP/APP): At a sprawling landfill near Madrid, hundreds of white storks dodge garbage trucks as they look for scraps of food among the mountains of multicoloured garbage bags. The long-legged birds have traditionally flown from across Europe to African pastures for […]

LONDON, UK – July 20 (ONLINE) A wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged in mountains near Athens on Wednesday, forcing hundreds including hospital patients to evacuate, as Britain counted the cost of its hottest ever day. Wildfires have ravaged Europe this month, breaking out in […]