Tag: Climate

The Philippines is facing an environmental crisis as the "Mirola 1" oil tanker has run aground near the coast of Bataan, resulting in the third oil spill in Man

The floodwaters did not recede overnight. They rose, and they stayed. In Kassala State, eastern Sudan, that means a slow-motion catastrophe that is only beginni

Hurricane Beryl was already a rare thing before it ever reached Texas. Formed in late June, it became only the second Atlantic hurricane on record to reach Cate

The death toll from Hurricane Beryl in Texas has risen to 22, with several fatalities in the Greater Houston area attributed to heat illness caused by prolonged

On July 15, 2024, the world's oceans remained a largely untapped source of minerals, with deep sea mining emerging as a potential new frontier in...

The Jadar mining project, a proposed mining site to be operated by Rio Tinto in western Serbia, has been a subject of interest and controversy...

In July 2024, a wave of environmental protests emerged in Serbia, sparked by opposition to the Jadar mine, a lithium mining project backed by the...

The dam gave way. That single event turned a catastrophic flood into an outright calamity. In the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, the collapse of a dam se

The porous limestone ground of the Yucatán Peninsula does not hold water. When a hurricane like Beryl arrives, the rain has nowhere to go but up. Flooding is no

KATHMANDU — Twenty bodies. Two days of rain. One geography that cannot be escaped. Nepal’s mountains are its identity and its liability. Eight of the world’s t

The flood that swept through southern Switzerland on June 23, 2024, did not just kill one person. It exposed a country whose geography has become a liability. S

The grain stores of the Maradi region are under water. That is the blunt reality after heavy rainfall collapsed into flash floods that have killed at least 21 p

Singapore's port is one of the busiest in the world. Every day, hundreds of vessels navigate its narrow channels. On June 14, 2024, that traffic produced a coll

For three nights in May, the sky turned green and pink over places that had never seen such a thing. People in Texas, Florida, and southern Europe looked up at

Mount Ruang, a volcano on a remote Indonesian island, erupted on Tuesday, 7 May, sending ash 5 km into the sky and forcing the closure…

The tornado outbreak that struck Nebraska and Iowa on April 26, 2024, was not a single storm. It was a system. A synoptic-scale weather machine that spawned mul

A powerful tornado outbreak swept through areas near Omaha, Nebraska, on April 26, 2024, prompting the issuance of multiple tornado emergencies across the state

Widespread flooding has struck Nairobi, Kenya, affecting tens of thousands of people, as the city's residents and authorities scramble to respond to the disaste

A Coastal Reality Check in Labuan The beaches of Labuan, Indonesia, faced a stark environmental reality on April 19, 2024, coinciding with global Earth Day…

A lot rides on a fuel cell. Especially one bolted into a race truck that is expected to tear across deserts and glaciers. On February 22, Extreme E announced th

A state of emergency has been declared in Christchurch, New Zealand, as a bushfire rages out of control in the city's Port Hills region. The declaration, made o

The mangled wreckage of a small plane on Interstate 75 in Collier County sits as a physical warning. Two people are dead. Three others are alive. The crash happ

A devastating fire has swept through Los Alerces National Park in Patagonia, Argentina, destroying 600 hectares of forest on January 28, 2024. This UNESCO World

The 89 dead from this month's winter storms are not evenly spread across the map. The vast majority of those fatalities sit in just two states: Oregon and Tenne