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Europe has registered a record number of outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses such as chikungunya and West Nile virus this year, the EU health agency said Wednesday, saying climate change was … Read More

A new study published in Nature reveals ‘evidence for rapid, interacting and sometimes self-perpetuating changes in the Antarctic’. Speaking on FRANCE 24, glaciologist and ice-sheet modeller Frank Pattyn, Chair of … Read More

Spain was still battling several wildfires on Tuesday that have ravaged a record area of land, said to be more than twice the size of metropolitan London. The country has … Read More

Researchers in Hong Kong are installing artificial nest boxes to help yellow-crested cockatoos breed after most natural cavities were lost to typhoons and tree cutting. The species is endangered, with … Read More

Hong Kong-based researcher Astrid Andersson is planning to set up around 50 nest boxes around the city in an effort to help boost the population of the endangered yellow-crested cockatoo. The … Read More

Spain’s worst wave of wildfires in at least two decades spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountain range on Monday and prompted authorities to close part … Read More

Hurricane Erin re-intensified into a Category 4 storm on Sunday as forecasters warned the tempest would likely continue to grow in size and strength. Scientists have warned that the human-driven … Read More

Two firefighters have died across Spain and Portugal as the Iberian peninsula grapples with devastating wildfires exacerbated by an enduring heatwave. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed across southern Europe … Read More

Well the world has no shortage of challenges to confront when it comes to the effects of climate change – which of course is bringing about increasingly frequent episodes of … Read More

The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to at least 225 people in the past 48 hours, the country’s disaster … Read More