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'Mockery of science': US experts blast Trump climate report

A report commissioned by the Trump administration that disputes the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change mimics tactics once used by the tobacco industry to manufacture doubt, leading US experts said Tuesday.

UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record

The UK, Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since each country began keeping records, their weather agencies said Monday.

Spain PM says planning for deadly wildfires 'clearly insufficient'

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said Spain's preparation for this summer's deadly wildfires, which burned a record amount of territory, was "clearly insufficient".

Japan, South Korea had hottest summer on record in 2025

Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since records began, their weather agencies said Monday.

Indonesian islanders taking Swiss concrete giant to court over climate

Residents of the tiny Indonesian island of Pari, threatened with disappearance by rising sea levels driven by climate change, have come to Switzerland to demand compensation from cement giant Holcim.

Pakistan evacuates half a million people stranded by floods

Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said Saturday, as they carried out a massive rescue operation.

Bison herds 'reawaken' Yellowstone's prairies

There are few symbols of the American West more iconic than the bison -- shaggy giants that once roamed in the tens of millions before being nearly annihilated by European settlers.

Norway, environmentalists back in court over oil field permits

The Norwegian state and environmental groups face off in court again Thursday over three oil fields ruled illegal last year due to insufficient environmental impact studies.

Climate-driven wildfires reversing pollution progress in N. America: study

Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.

Conservationists call for more data to help protect pangolins

All eight known pangolin species remain at high risk of extinction due to over-exploitation and loss of habitat, conservationists warned Wednesday, warning knowledge gaps were hampering protection efforts.

Tokyo logs record 10 days of 35C or more

Tokyo experienced a record 10 consecutive days of temperatures 35C or above, the weather office said Wednesday, after the country sweltered through its hottest ever June and July.

Bird call contest boosts conservation awareness in Hong Kong's concrete jungle

The chirping of birds echoed through a packed lecture hall in Hong Kong, though there wasn't a feather in sight.

Bumpy skies: How climate change increases air turbulence

The seatbelt sign pings on, trays rattle, drinks slosh in their glasses.

Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rights

Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hunter-gatherer community once quietly flourished in southern Kenya, before they were evicted and their homes destroyed.

Got the scoop: Bear takes over California ice cream shop

A curious bear on the hunt for something sweet found itself behind the counter of a California ice cream shop over the weekend.

Record EU wildfires burnt more than 1 mn hectares in 2025: AFP analysis

Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres) in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began in 2006, according to an AFP analysis of data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).

German firm gives 'second life' to used EV batteries

A German company is putting used electric vehicle batteries to new use by stacking them into fridge-size units that homes and businesses can use to store their excess solar and wind energy.

Brazil records 65 percent drop in Amazon area burned by fire

The area of Amazon rainforest lost to fires in Brazil in July fell 65 percent compared to a year ago, the MapBiomas monitoring platform said Wednesday, boosting the government as it prepares to host the UN climate change conference.

Nestle unveils method to boost cocoa yields as climate change hits

Faced with climate change diminishing farmers' yields, Nestle announced Wednesday that it was working on a technique to produce chocolate by using up to 30 percent more of the cocoa fruit.

US demand for RVs fuels deforestation on Indonesia's Borneo: NGOs

Tropical wood demand from some of America's top RV brands is fuelling deforestation on the Indonesian island of Borneo, home to Asia's last great rainforest, according to a new investigation by environmental NGOs.

Ex-owner of world's largest rhino farm arrested for trafficking

South African police said they arrested Tuesday the former owner of the world's largest rhino conservation farm on charges of smuggling the horns of the endangered animals.

Pollution hotspots at England's most famous lake need 'urgent' action

Hotspots of bacteria and phosphorus at England's most famous lake must be addressed urgently, the authors of a study into its water quality warned on Tuesday.

HK scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save endangered cockatoos

Above the teeming shopping streets of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district, a fight to save one of the world's most endangered species is unfolding high in the branches of a decades-old cotton tree.

Hurricane Erin douses Caribbean, menaces US coast

Hurricane Erin's massive footprint battered Caribbean islands with heavy gusts and downpours Monday, as it threatened rip currents and flooding along the US East Coast later this week even without a predicted landfall.

Hurricane Erin drenches Caribbean islands, threatens US coast

Hurricane Erin strengthened Monday and was forecast to expand as the powerful Category 4 storm drenched Caribbean islands and threatened dangerous rip currents along the US East Coast.

Deadly wildfires rage across Spain as record area of land burnt

Thousands of firefighters backed by soldiers and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled over 20 major wildfires raging across western Spain, where officials say a record area of land has already been burnt.

Spain and Portugal battle wildfires as death toll mounts

Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as the death toll increased to six since the outbreaks began.

Tourism deal puts one of Egypt's last wild shores at risk

In Egypt's Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea's last wild shores.

Hurricane Erin intensifies to 'catastrophic' category 5 storm in Caribbean

Hurricane Erin on Saturday strengthened to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm as it barrelled towards the Caribbean, with weather officials warning of possible flash floods and landslides.

Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after monsoon rains kill 340

Rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from debris after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said on Saturday.

Ivory Coast village reburies relatives as rising sea engulfs cemetery

Fisherman Alphonse Akadie was forced to exhume the bodies of his relatives last year from the village cemetery in Ivory Coast to avoid their remains being carried off into the ocean.

With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalisation shifts into high gear

When Murat Draman went scuba diving off the coast of the southern Turkish province of Antalya and saw the temperature in the depths was pushing 30C, it didn't surprise him.

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