Indonesian scientist works with poachers to restore coral reefs.

Indonesian ex-poachers restore corals they bombed

Shanghai records the hottest May day in 100 years. The temperature in the city hit 36.1° Celsius, breaking the previous record of 35.7° Celsius.

Mercury rises to 100-year high in Shanghai

Paris is all set to host talks on eliminating plastic waste. Countries are meeting to work on a global plastic treaty to limit the production of plastics around the world. Coinciding with talks on eliminating plastic waste, climate advocacy group Greenpeace unveiled a five-meter-tall artwork on Sunday.

Clamour for Paris plastic pollution treaty

From air pollution to waste management, here are some of the most pressing environmental issues in India this year.

Five biggest environmental issues in India in 2023

A historic drought in Uruguay has left the reservoirs almost dry. Low rainfall and high temperatures across the southern region of South America have affected crops in Argentina and have triggered steep farm losses.

Uruguayans pray for rain as reservoir left with 10 days of water

Scientists suffering insults and mass spam abandon Twitter for alternative social networks.

Climate scientists flee twitter as hostility surges

Sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Aqaba are dying at an alarming rate. According to researchers, this is now threatening the red sea's precious coral reef ecosystems.

Red sea corals threatened by mass sea urchin die-off

Asia's water and energy supplies are at risk, as researchers say climate change impacts pose 'grave threats' to 10 major rivers.

Asia water, energy supplies at risk

U.S. Climate envoy John Kerry warned of more disruption and destruction to the world than occurs in certain wars as a consequence of the climate crisis.

US Climate envoy: 'Lot of chatter', but no action

Hundreds of climate activists stormed a private jet convention at Geneva airport on Tuesday to demand a ban on private jets over their out-sized climate impact.

Climate protests over private jets disrupt Geneva Airport flight

Security shielded shell ceo and the firm's board of directors. As climate protesters tried unsuccessfully to storm the stage at the annual shareholders' meeting.

Climate activists storm shareholders meet

A new study says global warming and human consumption are causing the world's lakes to lose water. Over half of the world's lakes have shrunk, according to a new study published on May 18

More than half of global lakes have shrunk, others drying up fast

An endangered and unusually bold Mediterranean monk seal has drawn crowds of onlookers to a beach in Tel Aviv.

Female seal, Yulia, draws crowds

As the climate warms, more people are seeking air conditioning to stay cool. But air conditioning itself can exacerbate global warming.

How cold air is heating the world

A study finds a warming planet and human water consumption are largely responsible for a rapid decline in the world's lake levels, with implications for billions of people.

Half of world's lakes shrink in last 30 years: Study

The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity has increased for the fourth year in a row.

Global hunger and Food insecurity crisis

Climate change is continuously changing how ecosystems function by altering the operation of organisms within microbial food webs. But the big question is...Is it enough?

Can viruses worsen ecosystem responses?

Heat waves have been sweeping across many of south and southeast Asian countries recently. This summer, high temperatures are breaking records, paralysing infrastructure, and disrupting people's life.

Heatwaves hit South, Southeast Asia

Cooler weather across Alberta is helping firefighters battle widespread wildfires in Canada's main oil-producing province. The government said it could be months before all the blazes are brought under control.

Canadian province of Alberta declares wildfire emergency

Spain's Donana wetland has been a rich farming area for decades and a wildlife haven for centuries. But climate change is drying it out and has set regional and national authorities on a collision course over how to safeguard its future.

Water War: Farms, Wildlife at risk as Spanish wetland shrinks

India plans to stop building new coal-fired power plants, apart from those already in the pipeline, by removing a key clause from the final draft of its national electricity policy.

India amends power policy draft

Topless climate activists on Thursday blocked traffic on a busy street in central Rome. The demonstrations were to protest against the Italian government's climate policy after torrential rains killed two people. Eric Njoka brings you the report.

Topless climate activists block street in Rome

A colony of 32 penguins in Singapore have been transported from the old Jurong bird park to a new park named bird paradise.

Penguins waddle into new home in Singapore

In an effort to help clean up the Adriatic sea and reduce pollution in future. Teams of divers recently recovered more than a tonne of rubbish from the shallows around Croatia's Mljet Island.

Volunteer divers collect rubbish from Croatian Island

Colombia may finally have found a solution to one of the legacies of notorious drug dealer Pablo Escobar - the fast-breeding invasive Hippopotamus.

Colombia grapples with Escobar's Hippopotamus legacy

Britain's King Charles will wear clothing previously worn by his predecessors, in the interests of sustainability and efficiency, for his coronation next week.

King Charles to reuse historic garments for coronation

Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2022. But, this year is likely to be even warmer. The cooler La Nina weather pattern has dominated the pacific ocean over the past 3 years. But, scientists say the world is likely to return to its warmer equivalent - the El Nino phenomenon. Here's a report for more details.

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns

Scientists at the international rice research are experimenting with climate-resistant rice in the Philippines. Scientists are extracting genes of the desirable traits from rice grains and combining them into other varieties of rice to make a more favourable crop. These are designed to survive adverse climate conditions, including both floods and droughts. Check out our report.

Scientists experiment with rice that be grown in extreme climate conditions

The melting of earth's ice sheets is all to evident. According to scientists who work with satellite-based data, earth's frozen poles have lost over 7,560 billion tonnes in mass in the last 30 years. The pace of melting is five times more than what it was 30 years ago. Mass loss from greenland & antarctica is responsible for a quarter of all rise in sea levels. The ice lost from these two places has resulted in sea levels increasing by 21 millimetres.

Sea levels rising due to loss of mass from glaciers melting in the poles

Tunisia is not the only country facing a water crisis. Six million people in Spain's Barcelona & surrounding areas are facing a water crunch and already existing restrictions on water use could become tighter in the coming months. This according to officials in Spain's north-west, which remains parched and reservoirs in the region have run dry.

6 million Spaniards hit by water crunch due to drought in northern Spain

Climbing methane levels in the atmosphere are contributing to the overall rise in greenhouse gases.

Methane emissions are driving climate change

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