Fiji’s Serua Island resists relocation as rising seas threaten ancestral homes
Residents are strengthening homes and coastal defences instead of leaving their island, highlighting the tension between climate…
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China’s AI boom fuels rise in powerful greenhouse gas emissions
Beijing’s expanding electricity grid and semiconductor industry are driving emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, exposing a climate cost of…
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Europe’s summer heat killed 50,000, study estimates
Climate change linked to nearly two-thirds of heat-related deaths across 854 cities, highlighting the growing public-health cost of global…
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Super Typhoon Champi’s giant eye highlights power of Pacific cyclones
Champi reached peak winds of 185 mph before weakening, while forecasts tracked its movement towards Taiwan and Japan’s southwestern…
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California faces major beach losses as climate risks intensify
A new state climate assessment warns of shrinking beaches, more extreme heat, worsening wildfire risks and declining water supplies, with…
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El Niño could bring wetter winter to California, raising flood, coastal risks
A potentially strong El Niño is prompting preparations across California, where coastal erosion, wildfire-damaged hillsides and vulnerable…
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Climate-driven permafrost thaw contaminates drinking water in Norway’s Arctic town
Residents of Longyearbyen in Svalbard have been told not to drink tap water after heavy metals exceeded recommended limits, raising…
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California wildfire forces evacuations, Norte Fire scorches 465 acres
At least six homes were damaged or destroyed in Orange County as strong winds fuelled the blaze; one firefighter suffered heat exhaustion.…
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Nepal flash flood exposes cascading risks to Himalayan communities, infrastructure
A suspected landslide-dam breach sent a destructive surge down the Budhi Gandaki River, washing away homes and damaging bridges and…
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Powerful 7.7 earthquake shakes Panama as tsunami warning is lifted
Buildings collapse and residents evacuate after two major earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks; Panama Canal operations continue normally…
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