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The passage of Hurricane Melissa has transformed Jamaica into a huge field of rubble, generating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), almost five million tons of debris cover the...

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization of survivors of the two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024, accuses US President Donald Trump of major irresponsibility after he announced in a surprise...

Hurricane Melissa, the most violent weather event to ever hit Jamaica, is considered by scientists to be a direct product of human-induced climate change. A new study published last week by researchers at Imperial College London shows that a...

The last few days have been marked by the impending disaster and the cyclone Barbara, which crossed the Balkans. The authorities took measures, in advance, some of the population panicked, others ignored... the recommendations, there was also a...

Street protests have demonstrated, in the last two decades, that social networks are not only communication tools, but also true "virtual markets” where civic movements are born. From the "yellow vests” in France to...

The all-out offensive launched by Israel in Gaza City, officially justified by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the Tel Aviv Cabinet as a necessary action to destroy the terrorist group Hamas, seems to correspond to the plan...

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...

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...

The Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia was hit by an earthquake of exceptional magnitude, estimated at 8.8 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located 126 km from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, at a depth of 20.7 km, according to the US...

A recent study by researchers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, published in Nature Communications, reveals a disturbing conclusion: the virus that causes COVID-19 can infect the brain and persist there for up to 80 days after the acute phase,...

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...

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.

Climate change does not affect all population groups equally. According to a report published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), older people are at particularly high risk, especially from extreme heat waves, which are becoming...

An extreme heatwave that hit western Europe for 10 days is believed to have caused around 2,300 deaths in 12 major European cities, according to a rapid analysis by researchers at Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and...

The US state of Texas is experiencing one of the worst tragedies in recent years, after strong floods, caused by torrential rains, killed at least 50 people and 30 children were reported missing, most of them participants in a summer camp for...

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...

After twelve days of intense confrontations between Iran and Israel, in which each camp clung to its own narrative and sent firm messages to its own public opinion, a ceasefire was announced yesterday by US President Donald Trump. He announced on...

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...

Ploile musonice au dat peste cap viaţa într-o bună parte a Indiei. Cel puţin 30 de persoane şi-au pierdut viaţa în nord-estul Indiei din cauza inundaţiilor şi alunecărilor de teren cauzate de ploile musonice torenţiale care au afectat regiunea în...

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,...

Europe could experience an exceptionally hot summer this year, warns a recent study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) in Germany, in collaboration with the University of Hamburg, reports DPA.

The social conditions in which people live - such as housing, income, education and discrimination - have a greater impact on health than genetic factors or the quality of the health system, according to a new study published by the World Health...

After three years of intense negotiations, member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached a consensus on a historic text aimed at preparing for and responding to future pandemics, AFP reports. "This marks an important...