Weather tracker: Swaths of Canada braced for heavy snow
Temperatures unlikely to exceed -20C in parts of Canada, while a red weather warning has been issued for Sri Lanka An area of low pressure...
Category : Environment
US moves to list giraffes under Endangered Species Act for first time
Climate crisis, habitat loss and poaching have reduced its numbers – but will Trump put the kibosh on protections? They are the tallest animal to...
Weather tracker: Tropical Storm Sara and Super Typhoon Man-yi wreak havoc
Powerful storm systems bring heavy rainfall, widespread flooding and landslides to Central America and Asia Tropical Storm Sara has caused significant disruption across Central America...
Fears grow that Milei will withdraw Argentina from Paris climate accord
Far-right president may announce country’s departure from agreement after meeting Donald Trump There is growing concern that Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, is set to...
‘I have lost everything’: southern Africa battles hunger amid historic drought
Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food Programme Emmanuel Himoonga paced his dry field, picking...
South African tiger farms illegally smuggling body parts, says charity
Biggest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely in South Africa, Four Paws animal charity says The largest tiger farms outside Asia are operating freely...
Meat, oil and pesticide industry lobbyists turned out in record numbers at Cop16
Questions raised over influence after 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for biodiversity summit in Colombia Record numbers of business representatives and lobbyists had access...
Weather Tracker: Hurricane Rafael triggers nationwide blackout in Cuba
Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua also reeling after fifth major hurricane of season causes landslides and flooding Hurricane Rafael became the 17th named storm...
Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report
Warming climate has caused rivers used for transport to dry up, leaving children with little food, water or school access, says Unicef Two years of...
‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists
Newfoundland Memorial Univeristy team find white masses are likely material used to clean pipes in oil industry When the chemist Chris Kozak finally got his...
