Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn
Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C Exceptional winter heat in the Andean mountains of South America has surged to...
Category : Environment
Will Ghana’s gas gamble perpetuate a cycle of fossil-fuel related debt?
West African country is enduring hard times – and critics say plan to import liquefied natural gas will only make things worse John Gakpo has...
Spot the difference: why drongos are likely to clock African cuckoo eggs 94% of the time
Zambia study finds egg variability and random nest selection by cuckoos helps fork-tailed drongos rumble impostors Cuckoos might be the ultimate avian con artists, laying...
Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought
Government claims 98% success rate for cloud seeding but critics urge improving irrigation and water supply systems Amid a historic heatwave and months of drought,...
Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America
Virus has spread around the world, with 200,000 wild birds dead in Peru alone and concerns Australia could be next Millions of wild birds may...
Millions on alert as wildfire smoke from Canada to spread to US
Officials issue air quality advisories across US and with nearly 900 forest fires – many of them ‘out of control’ – burning to the north...
Drought leaves millions in Uruguay without tap water fit for drinking
After years of underinvestment, reservoir has had to be topped up from estuary, raising health concerns More than half of Uruguay’s 3.5 million citizens are...
Nationals accuse Labor of ‘hypocrisy’ over response to scathing APVMA report – as it happened
This blog is now closed ‘Serious and systemic issues’: CEO and board chair resign amid scathing review of pesticides regulator Get our morning and afternoon...
Weather tracker: heat dome raises temperatures in Spain and Portugal
Phenomenon is forecast to expand as it strengthens, triggering conditions of more than 30C in parts of Europe Parts of southern and western Europe have...
Brazil says illegal miners driven from Indigenous territory, but ‘war’ not over
Country’s top cop said 90% of miners despoiling Yanomami land had been expelled, though experts say they are only displaced Brazil’s top federal police chief...
