Science

Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?

Campaigners worry politicians will have moved on by time of elections in which Marine Le Pen is expected to challenge As dozens of forest wildfires burned across France this week amid the summer’s fourth brutal heatwave and increasing air…

Spanish invisible shield that saves satellites from irreparable failure

A CSIC team, working with spin-off Nanostine and backed by the European Space Agency, has developed a gold and silver nanoparticle coating that can stop the multipactor effect, which can cripple satellite communications systems.

Illegal Israeli blockades encroach deeper into Gaza

• Earth barriers now seal off 85pc of boundary • Satellite images show land cleared, olive groves razed, buildings demolished beyond Yellow Line • Troops forcing families from tent camps into ever-shrinking safe zone ISRAEL’s military is…

Wildfires force George Clooney's family to evacuate home in France

PARIS — George Clooney and his family have been forced to evacuate their home in southeastern France because of a wildfire burning nearby, his agent said Thursday, July 30. The Hollywood star behind the “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise and other…

Rethinking healthcare in Southeast Asia: Vietnam puts self-care in focus

A new study ranks Vietnam among the world’s leaders in self-care readiness, highlighting its potential to ease pressure on overstretched health services.

Scientists: Climate change made Spain, France fires more likely

Climate change’s fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week’s devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked Southern Europe’s burning the past eight years, two new studies conclude. Human-caused…

ISRO’s NavIC system can no longer provide navigation data independently: Government

ISRO’s NavIC system can no longer provide navigation data independently: Govt

ISRO & Japanese scientists review mission Chandrayaan-5 preparation

Climate change made France, Spain wildfire conditions far more likely, scientists say

Researchers warn that hotter, drier conditions are making severe wildfire seasons increasingly frequent across Europe.

Wildfire threatening UK nuclear power plant

Blaze on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk, 5km from Sizewell B, began on Minsmere nature site on Wednesday.

Climate change made 'fire-prone' weather conditions more likely in Spain and France, scientists say

BRUSSELS, July 31 - Human-caused climate change made the extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southwestern France twice as likely, and made the conditions driving blazes in central Spain 20 times more likely, scientists said on Friday.