climate

Arctic sea ice melting faster than forecast

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- The Arctic sea ice is melting faster than climate models had predicted, researchers at the University…

Greenland ice melting past ‘tipping point’: study

by Camille BAS-WOHLERT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- The melting of Greenland's ice cap has gone so far that it is…

Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat

ROME, Italy (AFP) — An Italian Alpine resort on Sunday lifted a state of alert declared last week over fears that…

Marine heatwaves may force fish to flee huge distances: study

by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) -- Fish and other marine life may have to flee thousands of kilometres to…

Azerbaijan villagers plead for water as vital river dries up

by Isgender GANBAROV with Emil GULIYEV in Baku Agence France-Presse BANKA, Azerbaijan (AFP) — The village of Banka in Azerbaijan should…

Highest-ever temperature recorded in Norwegian Arctic archipelago

OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- Norway's Arctic archipelago Svalbard on Saturday recorded its highest-ever temperature, the country's meteorological institute reported. According…

Ukraine pins hopes on weather to beat deadly forest fires

by Yuliya Silina SMOLYANYNOVE, Ukraine (AFP) -- Forest fires in eastern Ukraine that have killed five people and left dozens…

Climate change turning US mountain lakes green with algae

by Phineas RUECKERT PARIS, France (AFP) -- Global warming is turning clear mountain lakes green in the western United States…

Tie for warmest June globally, Siberia sizzles: EU

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Temperatures soared 10 degrees Celsius above average in June across much of permafrost-laden…

50 dead in Japan floods as rescuers ‘race against time’

by Charly TRIBALLEAU YATSUSHIRO, Japan (AFP) -- Emergency services in western Japan were "racing against time" on Tuesday to rescue…

UK ‘increasingly likely’ to see +40C temperatures

by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Temperatures in Britain could exceed 40 degrees Celsius every three or…

South Pole warming three times faster than rest of Earth: study

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The South Pole has warmed three times faster than the rest of the…

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