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September 2025 ranked as the third warmest "ninth month” on record on Earth, according to data published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service. Global average temperatures reached 16.11 °C, 1.47 °C above the pre-industrial...

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 retreat of glaciers due to global warming could intensify volcanic activity in several regions of the world, warns a new study presented at the Goldschmidt 2025 Conference in Prague. According to the research led by Pablo Moreno Yaeger, a...

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...

More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean region were affected by drought at the beginning of June 2025, marking an absolute record for this time of year, according to an analysis by AFP based on data provided by the European Drought...

The number of regions affected by drought globally doubled between 1900 and 2020, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). According to the analysis, droughts have become more frequent, more...

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...

A new scientific study warns of changing global rainfall patterns. Nearly 2 billion people could face significant changes in water availability if the average global temperature rises by 1.5°C, even temporarily, warns a new study published in the...

The global average temperature risks exceeding the critical threshold of +1.5°C in the next five years, warns a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), carried out in collaboration with the Met Office in the United Kingdom....

For the first time in two decades, the Antarctic ice sheet has seen a significant increase in ice mass, according to a recent study led by researchers at Tongji University in Shanghai, China. The study, published in the journal Science China...

Europe records hottest March on record as climate crisis deepens. The global heatwave continues: March this year broke all-time temperature records, extending a continuous warming streak that has lasted since last summer, according to the...

A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science suggests that fog harvesting could offer a viable solution to water shortages in extremely arid areas, such as Chile's Atacama Desert. The method, which involves...

A study published in the journal Nature highlights a close historical link between periods of drought and political instability in China, demonstrating that climate change played an essential role in the rise and fall of great Chinese dynasties....

The Arctic, a region particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, is emitting more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it stores, according to a US report recently published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This...

Whether we want to admit it or not, things are changing, not always for the better, around us. Over a thousand glaciers in Tajikistan have disappeared in the past three decades, the energy minister of this Central Asian republic warned on the...

Natural disasters are increasing at an alarming rate, much to people's concern. The catastrophic floods that killed at least 72 people in Spain were caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm air meet to produce heavy rain...

The intense droughts and extreme floods that are becoming more and more frequent around the globe are a "prelude" to future developments in the context of climate change, the United Nations (UN) warned in a recent report, sent by AFP....

The river port of Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon rainforest, has recorded the lowest water level of the Rio Negro in more than 120 years, amid a devastating drought that has affected the entire region. The water level fell to 12.66...

Climate change has doubled the risk of torrential rains like those that recently caused devastating floods in Central Europe, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group. The report stresses the need for...

Specialists in ocean activity have noticed a thermal anomaly in the surface waters of the Atlantic Ocean, which are unusually cold for this time of the year, a phenomenon that began to manifest itself as early as May. This accelerated cooling,...

A severe drought has made tap water undrinkable in several towns in Spain's Costa Blanca region, forcing tourists and locals to queue at bottled water dispensers to meet their needs. base, reports Reuters. Against the backdrop of the drop in...

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Our country has faced a new wave of heat waves in recent days. This is the first red heat code (the tenth this summer) ever issued in August in Romania, the director of the National Meteorological Administration, Elena Mateescu, said. Entire...

Wildfires have become a global problem. Our country is not spared from this trouble either, official data indicating an increase in the phenomenon. The high temperatures and the lack of precipitation in the first period of the year favored a more...

Devastating fires are wreaking havoc in all corners of the planet. Greece, USA, Russia are facing large-scale fires. Greece recorded 54 wildfires in a 24-hour period, with the intervention teams managing to bring 43 of them under control....

The completion of the construction of the Răstoliţa hydropower plant, "the first one built from scratch after the Revolution", was the topic of yesterday's discussion between the representatives of the Ministry of Environment and...

Heavy rainfall and flooding have caused severe damage in southern China, causing landslides and making roads impassable.

The excessive heat of the past year has raised concern. El Nino, the natural weather phenomenon that added to the warming process and made 2023 the warmest year on record, has come to an end, paving the way for the likely return in the coming...

The planet is changing at the same time as the climate. The effects are devastating for certain species. The earth has changed under the effects of human activity and, in this new environment, infectious diseases proliferate. Recent studies have...