Walking among the cedars on a mountain slope in Lebanon feels like visiting the territory of primeval beings. Some of the oldest trees have been here for more than 1,000 years, spreading their uniquely horizontal branches like outstretched arms and sending their roots deep into the craggy limestone. They flourish ... Read More »
Exclusive: Prof Michael Mann declares the impacts of global warming are now ‘playing out in real-time’ • Heatwave made more than twice as likely by climate change, scientists find The extreme heatwaves and wildfires wreaking havoc around the globe are “the face of climate change,” one of the world’s leading ... Read More »
Study says the date by which we consume a year’s worth of resources is arriving faster Humanity is devouring our planet’s resources in increasingly destructive volumes, according to a new study that reveals we have consumed a year’s worth of carbon, food, water, fibre, land and timber in a record ... Read More »
Worst flood disaster hits Asian nation since 1983 More than 100 people have been killed and dozens are missing after record torrential rains unleashed floods and landslides in western Japan. Rescuers are searching for nearly 80 people who are still accounted for, most of them in the hardest-hit Hiroshima area. ... Read More »
Nutrient run-off from agriculture and urban sewage are likely to be to blame, scientists say The coastal waters of the Baltic have been starved of oxygen to a level unseen in at least 1,500 years largely as a result of modern human activity, scientists say. Nutrient run-off from agriculture and ... Read More »
‘Seabird capital of the world’ is home to dozens of endemic species, which are particularly vulnerable to plastics Seabirds are more at risk of dying due to plastic in New Zealand than anywhere else in the world, new research presented to parliament has shown. New Zealand is considered “the seabird ... Read More »
Tokyo (CNN)A strong earthquake hit the Japanese city of Osaka during morning rush hour Monday, killing at least two people and injuring 40, Japan’s government says. The 5.3 magnitude quake shook Osaka, on Japan’s main Honshu Island, around 8 a.m. Monday local time (7 p.m. Sunday ET) according to the ... Read More »
An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in more than four decades, officials said. Volcan de Fuego, whose name means “Volcano of Fire”, spewed an 8-kilometer (5-mile) stream of red hot ... Read More »
Warming oceans melting Antarctic ice shelves could accelerate sea level rise We all know intuitively that in a warmer world there will be less ice. And, since the North and South Pole regions contain lots of ice, anyone who wants to see evidence of climate change can look there. But ... Read More »
The ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano has opened up over twenty fissures in a residential neighborhood and resulting lava flows have destroyed dozens of homes and structures, but the threat to the Big Island extends beyond just the reach of emerging magma. On Wednesday, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled ... Read More »
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