The European Space Agency’s Aeolus mission promises to improve short-term weather forecasting and our understanding of manmade climate change.
The Nordic nation, where summer temperatures are usually closer to 23°C, is not equipped to deal with this kind of natural catastrophe
Environmental economics expert Sam Fankhauser discusses extreme weather events and says it will become ‘the new normal’
Erosion affects coastal communities around the world but is becoming a major environmental and social problem in Togo
Cape Town’s water crisis holds valuable insights for other cities that need to adapt to the realities of climate change
Although Africa has the highest proportion of young people, it has the highest prevalence of hunger
Climate change is part of the daily scourge of oppression that poor black South Africans face
Many will risk losing their largest financial asset — their homes. And municipalities will forfeit huge amounts of revenue from property taxes
Despite them living for up to 2 500 years, researchers have discovered several baobab trees in Africa have died
Resource scarcity is dangerous in politically unstable states, where climate change has already been linked to violent conflict and communal upheaval
The purpose of the forum is to generate demystified and interpreted weather and climate information to assess the options and possible remedies
The caterpillars are a vital source of protein and income but are being overharvested
Working together to restore human dignity through universal access to water and sanitation
The reality is many of us look at water like we do a takeaway container.
It is misguided to blame armed conflict and violence on climate change alone
Tropical deforestation can release a huge amount of carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change
Totten Glacier’s underbelly is being eroded by warm sea water flowing hundreds of kilometres inland after passing through underwater "gateways".
The world has abundant fresh water but it is unevenly distributed and under increasing pressure, United Nations agencies say
A campaign to raise $15 000 by Valentine’s Day to fund a search for Romeo’s Juliet before he croaks generated $25 000
Freshwater resources were already stressed before heat-trapping carbon emissions from fossil fuels began to warm Earth’s surface and affect rainfall.
The low-lying Pacific nation of 33 atolls and reef islands is facing the unstoppable rise of the sea
More than 11 billion pieces of plastic larger than five centimetres wide are littering coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific region
California is currently battling its third largest wildfire since 1932, and such devastation could be the "new normal."
The year was the second warmest in modern times for the fragile Arctic, said the peer-reviewed report compiled by 85 scientists from 12 nations.
New instruments have been developed to help mobilise financing for projects to mitigate climate change, but measuring their impact remains difficult
The number of heritage sites at risk has grown to 62 from 35 in 2014 — nearly double the number from just three years ago
Scientists and green campaigners say the peatlands hold gigatonnes of carbon — a stockpile that poses a threat to hopes of limiting global warming.
The Paris treaty calls for capping global warming at "well under" two degrees celsius, and 1.5 °C if possible.
2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said Monday.
Five months after Trump said he would yank the United States out of the Paris Agreement, leaders tasked with implementing it remained concerned.
Climate change is real and it has already impacted Fiji — only urgent action is needed, said Fiji’s Prime Minister at UN climate talks this week.
Donald Trump has vowed to exit the Paris Climate accord, just not yet, leaving US policy in limbo for the next three years.