We are mapping and monitoring Africa’s underground water supplies in preparation for a hotter future – scientists
As global temperatures rise, surface waters – including rivers, lakes and reservoirs – are becoming dangerously erratic. This…
‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat? | Extreme heat
On Wednesday, Pierre Masselot received a text from his daughter’s nursery – less than 50 miles from the…
Can Europe’s historic cities survive a warming climate? | Climate
This week was London Climate Action Week, an international event that brought researchers, leaders and activists to the…
Across Europe, heat adaptation plans are being put to a brutal test
France has been preparing for climate-fueled heat waves for more than two decades. In 2003, more than 14,800…
Your morning coffee is killing the planet
At the same time, intensive irrigation is lowering the region’s water table, forcing farmers to extend wells as…
Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Strikes Chiba Prefecture Outside of Tokyo
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Japan at around 12:46 p.m. Friday. The quake registered 4 on Japan’s seven-level…
The ocean produces roughly half of Earth’s oxygen — not the rainforest, which uses up most of what it makes — through photosynthesis by phytoplankton, microscopic marine organisms so abundant that a single teaspoon of seawater can contain as many as a million of them.
About half of the oxygen on Earth comes from the ocean. Not from the rainforests, which consume close…
Europe continues to bake under heat wave that has killed dozens, disrupted power
Britain and Switzerland both hit a record high temperature for June on Thursday as large parts of Western…
Venezuela quake: ‘People still terrified to re-enter what were their homes’
In all, up to 6.8 million people could be impacted by Wednesday’s emergency, based on the latest available…
Bangkok Post – Analyst urges shift away from fossil fuels
Renewables offer hope for Thailand A technician installs rooftop solar panels. Mr Praipol says greater adoption of renewable…
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…