Thawing Arctic permafrost is releasing ancient carbon into the ocean, raising fears that microbes could turn it into greenhouse gases and accelerate climate change. But sediment cores collected near Canada’s Herschel Island reveal a more reassuring...
Nuclear power is often touted as a solution to global warming. It comes with risks, but creates energy without the same greenhouse gas emissions as coal or gas plants. However, rising temperatures and drought in Europe are creating problems and...
Europe benefited enormously from open markets and global trade. But the geopolitical environment has changed. Europe should remain open to investment and global cooperation, but only with trusted partners. Writes Andrea Giuricin an Expert in...
Greece is facing a growing wildfire catastrophe after a week of destructive blazes across the country was compounded by a deadly mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters. Fires have sparked across the country, including just seventy...
Mainland Spain is about to get its first total solar eclipse in more than 100 years, with the path of totality also touching Iceland and Greenland on 12 August. Next year's show will last even longer.
Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced about 60,000 people to evacuate the Spokane area and destroyed at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday. Three separate fires erupted in and around the city as...
The crew of one of the helicopters is reported to be safe but the search for the second is ongoing. Prime Minister Mitsotakis has warned of "extremely difficult" days ahead while on expert has referred to a "megafire."
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Two firefighting helicopters have collided while battling a wildfire west of Athens in Greece. The Greek fire service says each helicopter was carrying a two-person crew, and a search-and-rescue operation is now underway. Greece is battling...
After weeks of fighting wildfires, France has managed to stop the spread of the blazes. Spain's situation is improving but flames are still spreading while Greece struggles with multiple fires and high winds in different parts of the country.
Fires burned across much of Europe, an earthquake in Japan killed dozens, record-low water levels in Bulgaria exposed the remains of a woolly mammoth, and tens of thousands sought to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta before eventually...
Prolonged drought and extreme heat across Europe have also triggered an energy crisis. For the first time ever, Hungary announced the shutdown of the country’s only nuclear power plant, after water levels in the Danube fell to a record low. Peter...
Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, compared with...
In France, the wildfire in Gironde has now been brought under control, according to the Interior Minister, meaning the flames are no longer spreading. Around 42,000 hectares have been burned over the past nine days.
French officials on Saturday said that firefighters had managed to stop the spread of the country's largest wildfire in more than 70 years but added that the blaze is not yet under control. France has for weeks been battling wildfires after a series...
Fanned by the mistral and extreme heat, the blaze swept through 1,000 hectares in six hours; 2,500 people were evacuated near the Gros Bessillon massif and the village of Correns is now completely cut off.
George Clooney and his family have evacuated their home in southeastern France after a nearby wildfire threatened the area, his agent said Thursday. Blazes continued to scorch parts of the country during a prolonged spell of extreme summer heat.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that a strengthening El Niño is intensifying an already worsening climate crisis, saying the weather phenomenon is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and could drive record-breaking...
Of 206 fires recorded since Wednesday, 202 had been brought under control by Friday, but some remained active across western and southern coasts, with high temperatures and strong winds forecast to persist across 10 provinces.
Greek authorities on Friday ordered the partial evacuation of a suburb west of Athens after a forest fire broke out on a nearby mountain, prompting an emergency alert as firefighters battled to contain the blaze.
Firefighters in southwestern France were working to control the last hot spots of a massive wildfire that has burned an area four times the size of Paris and forced thousands out of their homes. The blazes that have burned 42,000 hectares of pine...
