Sat 06 December 2025: The Arab region faced its hottest year on record in 2024, with temperatures rising at twice the global average and extreme weather causing mounting social and economic disruption, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. The first State of the Climate in the Arab Region report released by the WMO said the […]
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Wed 03 December 2025: US space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch for December 3–4, warning of possible minor disruptions to power grids, satellite operations, and high-frequency communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center classified the alert as a G2 level on Monday, meaning “moderate” storm conditions are […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: The death toll from the ongoing floods and landslides in four countries in South and Southeast Asia climbed to over 1,400, as hundreds are still missing amid continued search and rescue operations, according to data shared by local governments. Unprecedented floods, landslides, storms, and cyclones have wreaked havoc across Indonesia, Malaysia, […]
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Tue 25 November 2025: According to a new World Bank report released on Monday, by 2030, around 90% of people in South Asia could face extreme heat risks, while nearly 25% may be vulnerable to severe flooding. The report, titled “From Risk to Resilience: Helping People and Firms Adapt in South Asia,” based on case […]
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Sun 23 November 2025: The UN climate change conference, COP30, concluded Saturday in Brazil without a clear commitment to phase out fossil fuels, igniting immediate open protests from dozens of countries that warned that the summit’s final draft undermines the global fight to limit warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F). The draft agreement, proposed by the Brazilian […]
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Wed 19 November 2025: Iran is facing its most severe water crisis in more than six decades. Major dams supplying drinking water to provinces with millions of residents are nearly empty, and groundwater reserves have been depleted. Many cities have endured an entire autumn without a single drop of rain. In the capital, Tehran, and in Mashhad, the country’s second-largest city, in […]
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Thu 13 November 2025: The UK government on Tuesday announced a £75 million ($98 million) strategy to phase out animal testing in science, replacing it with advanced alternative technologies. Unveiled by Science Minister Patrick Vallance, the plan sets out a roadmap to reduce and ultimately end animal use in research and safety testing, while maintaining rigorous standards for human health […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: UN chief Antonio Guterres says the inability to limit the rise in global temperatures is a ‘moral failure’. This year is set to be among the hottest on record, sinking the world even deeper into the climate crisis and threatening “irreversible damage,” the United Nations says in a new report. Years […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: A wildfire has engulfed up to 1,800 hectares (4,448 acres) of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park since Saturday. No casualties or structural damage have been reported. Evacuations are ongoing for campers in the park and nearby facilities. On Saturday, 43 hikers and a warden were airlifted to safety, and nine more […]
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Sat 08 November 2025: An Antarctic glacier lost nearly half its length in just two months — the fastest retreat ever recorded — according to a study published Monday in Nature Geoscience. Researchers found that the Hektoria Glacier, located on the eastern Antarctic Peninsula, retreated about 8.2 kilometers (5 miles) between November and December 2022. The glacier […]
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