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Indonesia rescues orangutan mother and baby from wildfire haze
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities rescued a mother orangutan and her baby from wildfire smoke on the island of Borneo, officials said Thursday.
El Nino to be 'very strong', last until February, UN warns
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
El Nino is set to become "very strong" in the months ahead, with the weather phenomenon near certain to persist through to February, the United Nations' climate...
Malaysia starts cloud seeding to help clear toxic haze
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Malaysia launched a three-day cloud-seeding operation on Thursday in a bid to ease hazardous haze choking Sarawak state, as smoke from Indonesian forest fires p...
Heavy rain puts a dampener on Taiwan 'extreme heat' drill
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan had planned an "extreme heat drill" for government officials and emergency workers to practise their response to 40C temperatures, but Thursday's exercis...
France recorded 'hottest summer ever': environment minister
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heatwaves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister said on Thursday.
Study shows plug-in hybrids polluting far more than expected
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Plug-in hybrids have enjoyed a surge in popularity but a study published Thursday showed they are polluting far more than most buyers think, as they run on batt...
Rare trio of Pacific hurricanes fueled by historic El Nino
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phe...
Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Two powerful hurricanes and a strengthening tropical storm on Wednesday were churning through the Pacific Ocean where waters were being warmed by a historically...
Germany hit by record 16,300 heat-related deaths
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Germany registered a record 16,300 heat-related deaths during Europe's severe summer heatwaves, official data showed Thursday.
France recorded 'hottest summer ever': environment minister
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heatwaves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister said on Thursday.
Rare trio of Pacific hurricanes fueled by historic El Nino
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phe...
El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
El Nino is forecast to be the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief s...
El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is ...
Kenya steps up crocodile hunt as rising lakes fuel conflict
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Kenya's wildlife officers are trapping crocodiles on the shores of Lake Baringo in a bid to curb growing human-wildlife conflict as rising waters push the repti...
20 Tunisians dead in prison due to heatwave: rights group
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Twenty prisoners have died in detention in Tunisia due to sweltering temperatures in recent weeks, the head of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) told ...
How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for the second time ever due to drought caused by the El Nino c...
Uganda names its oil 'Pearl Sweet' as it prepares for first exports
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Uganda officially named its oil "Pearl Sweet" on Wednesday as its energy secretary said it expects to join the club of oil-exporting nations by the end of the y...
UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshoot
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations outlined Wednesday how the world might bring global temperatures back to 1.5C once the milestone target is breached in a first-of-its-kind as...
Melting glaciers an 'immediate' climate risk: author of UN report
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change is accelerating the loss of glaciers and increasing the risk of devastating events like the Himalaya floods, said one author of a major UN scient...
France sees limited economic hit from drought, heatwaves
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Drought and record heatwaves across France this summer will shave 0.1 percent off the country's economic growth this year, adding to the heavy human toll, the f...
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