Sat 27 June 2026: Sri Lanka is one of the only countries where humans and elephants share nearly half the land, turning everyday life into a fragile negotiation. As farmland expands into ancient elephant routes, this co-existence has become increasingly violent: families lose crops, homes, and loved ones, while elephants face escalating aggression and hundreds […]
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Tue 23 June 2026: Two children, aged two and four, were found dead in their family’s car in southeastern France Monday as temperatures soared across large parts of the country, the local prosecutor said. “The causes of death are yet to be determined, but the heatwave is the leading line of inquiry,” said Helene Mourges, the prosecutor in the […]
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Mon 22 June 2026: France has closed over 800 schools and put half the country on its maximum weather alert as temperatures rise toward record highs. Forecasters warn this heatwave could be as severe as the 2003 event that killed nearly 15,000 people. Meteo-France forecasted afternoon highs of 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in […]
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Sat 20 June 2026: The United Nations has warned that the world’s oceans are facing a rapidly worsening crisis, with marine ecosystems under “severe and intensifying” stress from human activities, while the rate of global sea-level rise has doubled over the past decade. Released to coincide with World Oceans Day, the UN’s third World Ocean […]
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Thu 18 June 2026: The Maldives will receive 100 electric water taxis over the next three years in a boost for a “cleaner, quieter, and more scalable” model for island transportation. It will also help the island nation, known for its rich luxury tourism, reach its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030, according to a […]
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Tue 09 June 2026: Authorities in Utsunomiya, located roughly 100 km (62 miles) north of Tokyo, have shut down all 94 of its primary and secondary schools following the first confirmed bear sighting in the city’s history. The medium-sized black bear, estimated to be around one metre long, was first spotted near a park on […]
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Sun 07 June 2026: Governments and car manufacturers sell electric cars as the future of green transport. But a less visible trend is challenging this story: many electric cars are getting bigger. The International Energy Agency recently reported that larger models, including sports utility vehicles (SUVs), are taking up a major share of electric car markets. In China, electric […]
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More than 100,000 exotic cockroaches were seized from an alleged commercial breeder in Bathurst. (Supplied: DCCEEW) Fri 05 June 2026: On Friday, Australian authorities confiscated 100,000+ live exotic cockroaches from a commercial breeder in Bathurst, NSW — the country’s largest seizure of illegal exotic invertebrates to date. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment […]
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Thu 04 June 2026: El Nino conditions are expected to develop in the coming months, increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events worldwide and adding to the effects of global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. The UN weather agency said there is an 80% chance that El Nino will emerge during […]
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Mon 01 June 2026: Restaurants across the European Union will no longer be allowed to serve single-use ketchup, mayonnaise, soy sauce and other condiment sachets to dine-in customers beginning Aug. 12. The ban is part of new EU packaging waste rules targeting plastic pollution. The restriction falls under the bloc’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, […]
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