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The extreme temperatures recorded in recent days confirm an increasingly worrying phenomenon: the multiplication and intensification of heatwaves in Europe, a direct effect of climate change, according to scientists. The continent is warming...

A heatwave of rare intensity is hitting much of Europe, bringing temperatures exceeding 42 degrees Celsius in France, Portugal, Spain and several Balkan states. The situation has prompted authorities to issue extreme fire risk alerts and impose...

Australia is facing one of the most severe episodes of extreme weather in decades. Heavy snowfall, flooding and violent gusts of wind have hit the states of New South Wales and Queensland in particular, leaving behind chaos, significant property...

The climate crisis is one of the greatest and most complex challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Although warning signs have been emerging for some time, the pace and scale of change have become alarming in recent years, affecting all...

Following the torrential rains that hit the north of the country between July 27 and 28, the authorities have launched an unprecedented mobilization. Firefighters from eight counties - Bistriţa-Năsăud, Cluj, Iaşi, Maramureş, Mureş, Neamţ, Sălaj...

Southern Europe is currently experiencing a new episode of severe heatwave, generated by a high-pressure front from North Africa, dubbed Kamel by meteorologists. Record highs are expected in the coming days, with maximums of up to 45°C in...

The Greek Ministry of Labor has decided to suspend outdoor activities between 12:00 and 17:00 in several regions affected by the extreme heatwave that has swept southern Europe. The measure comes in response to "particularly high temperatures...

Northeast Spain, especially the Catalonia region, was hit at the end of the week by torrential rains of extreme intensity, which led to flooding, disruptions to rail traffic and significant material damage, reports AFP.

Dozens of wildfires broke out across Greece over the weekend, fueled by strong winds and prolonged drought, according to Greek authorities. Firefighters have brought a major blaze under control in the Oropos region north of Athens, but the risk...

The Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Heritage (INP) have launched a rapid assessment operation of the damage caused by the severe storm that hit the Sinaia resort, affecting several heritage sites of national importance....

The US Department of Energy has issued a stark and unprecedented warning, signaling a 100-fold increase in the risk of major power outages by 2030, amid the planned retirement of more than 100 gigawatts of power generation capacity, according to...

A group of Chinese researchers has developed an innovative material dubbed "meringue concrete", an ultra-light foam concrete capable of safely stopping aircraft weighing hundreds of tons in the event of emergency landings. The system,...

Syria officially requested European Union support on Tuesday in the fight against devastating fires affecting the coastal province of Latakia, one of the most forested regions of the country. The request comes in the context in which the flames,...

June 2025 was marked by record-breaking heat waves in many regions of the globe, showing once again how severe and rapidly the effects of global warming are intensifying. According to an analysis by AFP based on data from the European Union's...

A severe and unusual cold wave, even by the standards of the austral winter, has swept Argentina over the past ten days, causing the death of at least nine people and setting a series of historical records for negative temperatures throughout the...

Europe is currently experiencing a new extreme heatwave, wreaking havoc from Paris to Athens, testing the limits of infrastructure, ecosystems and emergency systems. Record temperatures, sometimes exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, have led to loss of...

Japan recorded its hottest June on record, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), in a context in which extreme heat waves are becoming more frequent amid accelerating climate change. The monthly average temperature was 2.34°C above...

Turkey is facing one of the worst wildfires in recent years. More than 50,000 people have been evacuated in the last 48 hours, in the context of forest fires that have mainly affected the provinces of Izmir, Manisa and Hatay, the Turkish Disaster...

A wave of extreme heat has hit southern Europe, setting historic temperature records and triggering emergency measures in several countries, in a context in which authorities are also facing increased risks of forest fires and serious effects on...

Spain has set a new national temperature record for June, with 46 degrees Celsius measured in the town of El Granado, located in the south of the country, close to the border with Portugal. The information was officially confirmed by the Spanish...

A heat wave classified as "extremely dangerous" has swept a large part of the United States, exposing approximately 160 million inhabitants to sweltering temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius. According to the Agence France-Presse...

Un studiu realizat de cercetătorii de la Universitatea Ebraică din Ierusalim aduce o nouă perspectivă asupra influenţei pe care erupţiile stelare, inclusiv cele solare, o pot avea asupra sistemelor meteorologice ale planetelor - inclusiv ale...

Zeci de milioane de oameni din marile oraşe din nord-estul Statelor Unite se confruntau marţi cu temperaturi ajunse la niveluri record, în ceea ce se aştepta să fie cea mai grea zi a unui val de căldură extremă care s-a răspândit în mare parte a...

Two European Space Agency (ESA) satellites, operating together as part of the PROBA-3 mission, have managed to capture rare images of the solar corona, the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere, by simulating an artificial solar eclipse, DPA...

Un val de căldură record a provocat, în perioada 15-21 mai 2025, o topire a calotei glaciare din Groenlanda de 17 ori mai rapidă decât media istorică, avertizează reţeaua ştiinţifică World Weather Attribution (WWA), într-un nou raport citat de...

A record heat wave caused the Greenland ice sheet to melt 17 times faster than the historical average between May 15 and 21, 2025, warns the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA), in a new report cited by AFP. The extreme event also...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched, in Reykjavik, a new pan-European commission dedicated to combating the effects of climate change on health. The initiative comes in the context of the intensification of climate crises with a...

The world has recorded another extremely hot month, with oceans and land continuing to reach "unusually high” temperatures, extending an alarming series of climate anomalies that has lasted for more than two years, according to data...

Ukraine's 2025 grain harvest could fall by 10% to about 51 million tonnes, compared with 56.7 million tonnes in 2024, according to the most pessimistic estimates, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval said yesterday, Reuters reports,...

Monsoon rains have turned life upside down in a large part of India. At least 30 people have lost their lives in northeastern India due to floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains that have hit the region in the past two days,...

In Covasna County, it has rained for two and a half months in the last week, according to Environment Minister Mircea Fechet. The affected areas were severely hit by floods, and the waters reached, in some cases, the roofs of houses. Almost 300...

Spain is preparing for an episode of exceptional heatwave, with temperatures that could exceed 40 degrees Celsius in the south of the country, the National Meteorological Agency (AEMET) warned. According to specialists, the values forecasted...

După ce au cheltuit aproximativ 380 de miliarde de dolari în ultimul deceniu pentru a dubla capacităţile de producţie a energiei eoliene în Europa, firmele de utilităţi se îndreaptă acum spre o piaţă obscură în ideea de a se proteja de o perioadă...

The European Union's agricultural sector loses an average of 28.3 billion euros annually from extreme weather events, which are being exacerbated by climate change, according to a study cited by Reuters. Only a small part of the losses is...