ENVIRONMENT

Curious onlookers made their way Thursday to the site of a volcano erupting near Iceland's capital Reykjavik to marvel at the bubbling lava.

Farmers in Tuscany are battling to salvage as much as they can of this year's crop from the ravages of drought and heatwave.

The whole of England recorded an average of 23.1 mm of rain -- the lowest figure for the month since 1935 and the seventh lowest July total on record.

A lack of snow during winter has left glaciers at high altitude exposed and riddled with cracks

The heatwave which scorched Britain last week was made at least 10 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Thursday.

The annual study also found that Britain has warmed at a broadly consistent but "slightly higher" rate than global mean temperature rises.

A severe drought gripping much of Spain threatens to shrivel their harvest this year.

Piles of discarded unwanted clothes have been washing up on the beaches of Accra, creating an environmental catastrophe.

The authorities in the UK have urged people to limit their water usage as the country faces its driest weather since 1976.

The unprecedented heatwave in Europe has pushed the freezing point in Switzerland way above its highest summits.

A chemical called "6PPD-quinone" has been responsible for killing salmon in urban streams.

The UK, which has been witnessing extremely high temperatures and dry weather conditions, is now facing a drought alert.

Greece on Sunday was battling three major wildfires in the north, in the south and in the east, amid high temperatures raising fears for more blazes.

While a handful of member states have legislation limiting working hours in excessive heat, the thresholds vary and many nations have no nationwide heat limits.

The vast heatwave covering swathes of Europe moved steadily eastwards on Thursday, forcing countries including Italy, Poland and Slovenia to issue their highest heatwave alerts as firefighters battled wildfires across the continent.

The extreme heat caused huge transport disruption and sparked the same kind of wildfires seen in Europe in recent years.

At least 13 people have died in Britain while swimming during a spell of record-breaking hot weather that sparked wildfires, damaged train tracks and triggered warnings that efforts to tackle climate change needed to be stepped up.

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has warned governments around the world against the threat posed by climate change

During the two recent heatwaves in Europe, users in various countries and languages misleadingly juxtaposed weather maps, sometimes taken from different media organisations at non-comparable dates.

In parliament, the strict dress code was even relaxed, with male MPs allowed to take off their jackets.

A Japanese man has admitted to killing at least 30 green sea turtles after they got stuck in his fishing nets.

The UK is reeling under a severe heatwave condition, with temperatures expected to soon reach 40 degrees Celsius.

Sales of electric fans, hoses, air conditioning units and sprinklers are soaring as Britons swelter amid record temperatures, retailers said.

Britain was on course for its hottest day on record on Monday with temperatures forecast to hit 40C for the first time, forcing train companies to cancel services, schools to close early and ministers to urge the public to stay at home.

Wildfires raged in southwestern France and Spain on Saturday, forcing thousands of people to be evacuated from their homes as blistering summer temperatures put authorities on alert in parts of Europe.

The UK's Environment Agency has come down heavily on the bosses of nine water and sewerage companies in England.

The high temperatures witnessed by the American West has caused an intense drought in the region making rivers and lakes touch historically low levels.

Last week an avalanche triggered by the collapse of the largest glacier in the Italian Alps amid unusually warm temperatures killed 11 people.

Britain's highest recorded temperature was 38.7C at Cambridge Botanic Garden, in eastern England, on July 25, 2019.