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'Extreme' climate blamed for world's worst wine ha...
World wine production dropped 10 percent last year, the biggest fall in more than six decades, because of "extreme" climate change...
155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Af...
At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, the country's p...
US announces sweeping cuts to power sector carbon...
President Joe Biden's government on Thursday finalized sweeping plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's fossil fu...
Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as South...
Millions of people across South and Southeast Asia sweltered through unusually hot weather on Thursday, as the Thai government sai...
Heatstroke kills 30 in Thailand this year as kingd...
Thailand issued fresh warnings about scorching hot weather on Thursday as the government said heatstroke has already killed at lea...
US surgeons transplant pig kidney to live patient...
Surgeons in the United States have transplanted a modified pig kidney into a living person for the second time, a hospital said We...
Tesla profits tumble but shares rise on new vehicl...
Tesla reported a big drop in quarterly profits Tuesday, pointing to elevated pressure on the electric vehicle market that has led...
Talks on global plastic treaty begin in Canada
Negotiators from 175 nations began talks Tuesday to agree a global treaty to reduce plastic pollution, which is found everywhere f...
Norway women bring seaweed to culinary heights in...
In the glacial waters of the Lofoten archipelago in Norway's far north, Angelita Eriksen uses a knife to cut a handful of seaweed...
Tesla earnings a 'moment of truth' for Musk after...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk faces heightened pressure with Tuesday's earnings report to reassure investors that recent stumbles are simply...
Czechs 3D-print Eiffel Tower from ocean waste for...
A Czech company is 3D-printing a giant Eiffel Tower model for a local Olympics event, using recycled ocean waste as the primary ma...
Increasingly hot European summers are harming heal...
Heat stress in Europe is increasingly threatening people's health as global warming makes summers there hotter and deadlier, two l...
Venice's 60th Biennale opens on humanity and the f...
Venice's 60th Biennale international art show has opened its doors, exploring humankind's relationship with the fragile planet, fr...
11 missing, tens of thousands evacuated as storms...
Eleven people are missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated...
Europe suffered record number of 'extreme heat str...
Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the t...
Slovenia's umbrella doctor weathers the economic s...
While most people believe a malfunctioning umbrella means you have to buy a new one, Slovenian Marija Lah -- one of Europe's last...
'Harvesting data': Latin American AI startups tran...
For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns.
US says two 'forever chemicals' are hazardous, tel...
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Friday classified two so-called "forever chemicals" as hazardous substances, meaning tho...
Ecuador hit by power cuts of up to 13 hours amid d...
Parts of Ecuador were facing power cuts of up to 13 hours on Thursday amid an electricity crisis sparked by a drought that has lef...
Slow recovery as Dubai airport, roads still plague...
Dubai's airport, one of the world's busiest, witnessed major disruption for the third day in a row on Thursday after the heaviest...
Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by near...
Climate change caused by CO2 emissions already in the atmosphere will shrink global GDP in 2050 by about $38 trillion, or almost a...
Dubai roads, airport reel from floods after record...
Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and its major airport was in chaos as the Middle East financial centre remained gr...
Lightning, downpours kill 65 in Pakistan, as April...
At least 65 people have died in storm-related incidents including lightning in Pakistan, officials said, with rain so far in April...
Dubai reels from floods chaos after record rains
Dubai's giant highways were clogged by flooding and airport passengers were urged to stay away on Wednesday as the glitzy financia...
Snake on a train delays Japanese bullet service
Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy...
Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by record bleac...
Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst bleaching event on record, the country's reef authority repor...
Queen bumblebees surprise scientists by surviving...
Bumblebees can surprisingly withstand days underwater, according to a study published Wednesday, suggesting they could withstand i...
World in grip of new major coral bleaching event,...
The world is currently experiencing the second major coral bleaching event in 10 years, with reef systems from Australia to Florid...
Record heat rots cocoa beans threatening Ivory Coa...
Surrounded by cocoa trees and intense heat, Christian Andre Yapi is forced to admit that the precious beans are no longer growing...
Russian governor warns of 'very difficult' plight...
Floodwaters in southern Russia on Sunday threatened to submerge thousands more homes in the Kurgan region, where the governor pred...
'The water is coming': Russians flee flooded homes
Alexander Budargin, 25, stood outside his block of flats in the Russian city of Orenburg with knee-deep water lapping in the court...
Mayor orders 'mass evacuations' in Russia flood ci...
Flooding in the Russian city of Orenburg became "critical" Friday forcing "mass evacuations" as the Ural river level rises, the ma...