Science

Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai

Authorities warn that days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding and landslides as storm moves north and further inland More than a million people were moved to safety across eastern China by Sunday evening as powerful Typhoon…

Italy’s record-low Po River forces farmers to weigh crop switch

The river's climate change-fueled violent swings between flood and drought is also forcing industries to compete for a resource they once took for granted.

Indonesia’s Mount Bromo wildfire put out but new fires threaten in unusually dry season

A fire in Indonesia’s ⁠Mount Bromo National Park ⁠in East Java ⁠that burnt 550 hectares (1,360 acres) has been extinguished, according to an official on Monday, but there are new hotspots near the caldera. Gatot Soebroto, head of the local…

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Mile 201: The invisible line where fishing becomes environmental poaching

A postcard of environmental disaster at first sight: hundreds of trawlers with lights blazing navigating at the edge of Argentine waters. This fleet flying the flags of distant countries seeks banks of the Illex squid, hake and other…

Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor

Climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region.

Rs115bn WB-funded rehabilitation project restructured quietly

ISLAMABAD: Amid a blame game and fiduciary concerns, the government has quietly restructured the Rs115 billion World Bank-funded post-flood rehabilitation project, depriving more than 134,000 verified flood-affected families in Balochistan…

Western Europe saw hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels drought, wildfires

Climate change across Western Europe has brought a summer of heat, drought and wildfires to the region and put the combined average temperature for June-July at 21.62C – beating the 2022 record for the same period, the EU's global warming…

Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads

The blaze has razed 176 hectares since it broke out last Monday near the popular East Java tourist destination of Mount Bromo.

World’s seas have hit hottest temperature on record for July, say scientists

Average sea surface temperature outside polar regions was highest on record for July, beating previous high in 2023 The world’s seas were hotter last month than in any July on record, scientists have said, as devastating heat struck…

In MP, a tribal shrine turns out to be 65-million-year-old rare coral fossil

A revered stone, closely protected by the Baiga tribe in Dindori, has been revealed to be a rare coral fossil from the time of dinosaurs, dating back sixty-five million years. After rigorous field and lab examinations, scientists affirmed…

Between July and August, things are brought to almost a halt across much of Europe

Italy shuts down for Ferragosto, the French vanish on les grandes vacances, and the German offices empty out. During this window, everything — deadlines, emails, occasional sovereign crisis — can wait. For Pakistani economy nerds, late…