Hong Kong Issues Black Rainstorm Warning as Tropical Storm Podul Passes City
Hong Kong’s central business district and outer airport were hit by violent gusts and a deluge of heavy…
Wildfires fuelled by heatwave hit tourism spots and forests across Europe
Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Türkiye and the Balkans were battling wildfires, with another heatwave pushing temperatures above…
Has the 1.5°C goal set out in the Paris Climate Agreement been breached?
ADVERTISEMENT Looking at the many heatwaves crippling large parts of Europe during the first summer weeks, the findings…
Great Barrier Reef coral cover decline shows ‘ecosystem under stress’
Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have experienced the largest annual decline in coral cover in nearly 40…
Australian scientists record accelerating glacier loss on sub-Antarctic Heard Island
Glaciers on the remote Australian territory of Heard Island have lost almost a quarter of their size in…
“They Lied About Clean Energy Again”: Hydrogen Was the Climate Hero—Now Scientists Say It Could Accelerate the Apocalypse
IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 Global warming intensifies as experts warn that hydrogen, a potential clean fuel, may worsen…
Pelican Point residents build seawalls despite scepticism of rising sea-level threat
Their houses are just a few metres from the sea, but many locals in the South Australian town…
Marine heatwaves may have driven the world’s oceans to a critical tipping point, scientists warn
ADVERTISEMENT In 2023, the Earth experienced an unprecedented surge in marine heatwaves across its oceans. They set new…
Three Books to Understand Our Ravaged Climate
The summer of 2025 has been a season of climate-driven catastrophes: wildfires in Turkey, flooding in China and…
The Eye-Opening Science of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
It’s a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear – one of…
Climate shelters: When the heat is on, where can you escape to?
ADVERTISEMENT Where can we go to escape the heat? The concept of a “climate shelter” is becoming more…
Was East Asian air cleanup behind recent global warming showtime?
Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years.…