Sun 05 May 2024: Severe flooding, mudslides, and heavy storms in southern Brazil have displaced nearly 70,000 people from their homes, with Porto Alegre, the largest city in the region, bearing the brunt of the impact, as reported by the country’s civil defense agency. The flooding has resulted in 57 fatalities, with 74 individuals sustaining […]
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Thu 02 May 2024: An aquarium in Cape Town stretched beyond capacity with around 500 baby sea turtles that washed up on beaches due to an unusual powerful storm. Most of the small turtles are loggerheads, which are endangered and belong to the ocean. Instead, the majority of them will spend their first few months […]
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Wed 01 May 2024: Following another eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia, which sent dense ash clouds more than 5 kilometers (3 miles) into the sky, thousands of people had to be evacuated and flights were canceled. Mount Ruang recorded a series of eruptions earlier in April that also led to evacuations and disruption to aviation amid fears of […]
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A female green sea turtle makes her way back to the sea after laying her eggs on Chagar Hutang beach [Patrick Lee/Al Jazeera] Mon 29 April 2024: Redang Island, Malaysia – Under a full moon, a bulbous creature emerges from the South China Sea onto a quiet beach on the Malaysian island of Redang. Watched […]
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Sun 28 April 2024: Bangladesh experienced its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no improvement for the rest of the month, according to meteorologists. Md. Bazlur Rashid, a meteorologist at the Bangladesh Meteorological Department, told Anadolu that heat waves swept across the entire country for 27 days straight until Saturday. […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: Out of 160 long-finned pilot whales that became stranded over a wide area in Western Australia, at least 26 of them have perished; however, several more have been saved. At Toby Inlet in Geographe Bay, close to Dunsborough, dozens of whales got stuck in shallow water on Thursday morning, stretching a […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: El Nino-related torrential rains in Tanzania have caused landslides and flooding that have claimed at least 155 lives, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday. During the current rainy season, Tanzania and other East African nations—which are particularly sensitive to climate change—have been battered by more rain than usual. Dozens of deaths […]
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Tue 23 April 2024: Google Maps Australia has unveiled new eco-friendly features in honor of Earth Day to motivate drivers to choose more environmentally responsible modes of transportation, The Guardian reported. The tech giant will encourage tourists to either take public transport or walk to their destinations. Australians who still intend to travel will be […]
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Mon 22 April 2024: Even with an early and drastic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is expected to cause a 19% economic loss for the world economy by 2050, according to a new study published on Wednesday. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) analysis, which was published in the scientific journal […]
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Tue 16 April 2024: Households in Britain throw away some 1.7 billion pieces of plastic every week, according to a new report by the UK’s Big Plastic Count initiative. According to the report, only 17% of the country’s plastic waste is recycled while 58% is incinerated, 14% exported, and 11% landfilled. Stressing that incineration releases […]
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