Venezuela quakes kill nearly 1,000, over 50,000 missing
Desperate Venezuelans and rescue teams are racing to find survivors after the death toll from twin earthquakes rose…
Caution urged over public space use as London pavements hit 57C
Anna Mavrogianni, professor of sustainable, healthy and equitable built environment at the University College London (UCL), said the…
Why Europe can’t air condition its way out of extreme heat
Ask people in France about the extreme and deadly heat the continent is going through, and you’ll get…
Scientists Turn Wet Coffee Grounds Into Coal-Like Fuel in Just 90 Seconds
Credit: Pexels Each year, the world discards more than 10 million tons of spent coffee grounds, and most…
Death of the Major oak should spur tree protection | Trees and forests
I’m sure people throughout the country, and indeed the world, have been greatly saddened to learn of the…
Adapting to the heat: four ideas from European cities | Extreme heat
Extreme heat has seared Europe this week, with the UK smashing its top heat record for June for…
Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east | Extreme heat
The number of deaths in France linked to the heatwave has climbed to four toddlers and more than…
Venezuelans search rubble for survivors after two earthquakes kill at least 589
Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair…
Europe’s heat wave: How to survive like a local in the hottest temperatures.
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California’s landmark anti-plastics law sparks anger as 17 states move to sue | Plastics
A groundbreaking California law that compels packaging producers to phase out single-use plastics is already sparking anger from…
Footballer’s wife dies shielding baby in Venezuela earthquakes
A footballer’s heroic wife has tragically passed away after shielding their one-year-old daughter from rubble during the Venezuela…
The US government wants to mine more lithium, but there may not be enough water to do it, study finds
Growing water scarcity could hamper the expansion of lithium mining in the U.S., deepening its reliance on foreign…