Climate Change

China has been forced to artificially induce rain as its crucial Yangtze River is running at extremely low water levels.

Climate change driving unprecedented forest fire loss

Coupled with dry, baked soils which are particularly vulnerable to creating fast runoff, the heavy, localised downpours that accompany thunderstorms can cause flash flooding.

The source of the River Thames has dried up further downstream than ever before, as England looks set to enter a drought that some experts say the country is unprepared for.

Following a heatwave alert, the UK Met Office has now said that parts of England and Wales face an "exceptional" risk of wildfires in the coming days.

The menu notes that a real beef burger's emissions is "10 times the amount of its vegan alternative".

Access to green and open space is urgently needed in central Manchester.

The sweltering conditions come just weeks after the last heatwave pushed the mercury over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time in Britain.

Tensions are mounting ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit, as vulnerable countries ramp up demands for rich countries to pay compensation for losses inflicted on the world's poorest people by climate change.

Degrowth is about the closest you can get to a heresy in economics, where growth is widely held as the best route to prosperity.

With climate change spurring more cases of tick-borne Lyme disease, drugmaker Valneva is betting big on a vaccine as it looks beyond disappointing sales of its COVID shot.

Heatwaves sweeping Europe this summer have brought not just record high temperatures and scorched fields: the drought-stricken waters of Italy's River Po are running so low they revealed a previously submerged World War Two bomb.

South East Water has announced a hosepipe ban for Kent and Sussex which will come into effect from August 12.

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

Some of Britain's top listed companies could be downplaying risks from climate change on their bottom line and could face "appropriate action."

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.

Australia sees the world's climate emergency as an opportunity to create jobs.

Heatwaves in Europe in 2003 and in western Russia in 2010 killed around 70,000 and 55,000 people respectively.

Heatwaves have worrying implications for human health including sleep loss, mental illness, and increased mortality and suicide rates.

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

Swarms of jellyfish have inundated Israel's Mediterranean coast forcing bathers to stay as far away from the beaches

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

The white sands of Namatakula have nurtured generations of world-class rugby talent but rising sea levels threaten to force the abandonment of the palm-fringed village on Fiji's Coral Coast within a few years.

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.

As temperatures rise to unprecedented levels, even Spanish train lines, which typically cope well in the heat, are buckling and services are being cancelled.

The temporary disruption at London's Luton Airport on Monday when soaring temperatures caused a small section of the asphalt to lift is an example of the challenges airports face in making their infrastructure resilient to climate change, experts say.

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.