An insect outbreak has left Siberia’s forests dead while also transforming the region into a tinderbox…
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In 2012, a wildfire scorched 42 sq km of the Rwenzori alpine zone; lake cores showed it was the first large-scale fire there in 12,000 years, with charcoal jumping over 100-fold
Representative Image (AI-generated) A wildfire that swept through the high-altitude alpine zone of Africa’s Rwenzori Mountains…
The African Great Lakes contain more than 25% of Earth’s surface freshwater, yet many of their unique species face extinction |
Somewhere along the East African Rift Valley sits a chain of lakes holding more than a…
‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea issues emergency alert as temperatures hit record 42.5°C
Pedestrians walk through an urban cooling mist zone on a sidewalk in South Korea during a…
Africa’s Lake Chad has shrunk by 90% since 1960, now the government is paying $50 billion to redirect water from the Congo River Basin into the lake
In 1823, British explorers Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham and Walter Oudney were some of the first…
Scientists warn melting glaciers could form more than 50,000 new lakes in areas covered by ice: Could increase the risk of flooding in Asia, Andes, Alaska and the Arctic |
Across the globe, there are approximately 200,000 to 275,000 glaciers that hold 69% of the world’s…
Scientists say current Antarctic ice loss can guide sea-level planning until mid-century, but forecasts become far less certain later as retreat may accelerate
Vanderford Glacier (Credit: Monash SAEF) Governments have a crucial 30 to 50 year window to plan…
Germany records over 5,100 heat deaths as Europe reels under record-breaking summer
The figures come as Europe grapples with one of its most severe early summer heatwaves on…
Europe Heatwave: Europe heatwave turns deadly as France records 1,000 excess deaths
File photo: People cool off in a water spray at the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Picture…
Deadly ‘Omega’ heatwave grips Europe, shatters records; which countries are most affected?
A punishing heatwave has taken over countries in Western Europe Western Europe remained in the grip…