Australia’s climate has warmed by an average of 1.51 degrees Celsius (C) since records began in 1910, a landmark report has found. National science agency the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation…
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Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall in southeastern Taiwan, strong winds
Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in southeastern Taiwan’s Taitung at around 1:40 p.m. Thursday, according to the local meteorological agency. The typhoon is forecast to move north and then northeast at an estimated…
Forests declining at an average rate of 1.8 percent per year
Countries must accelerate the conservation and restoration of kelp forests to meet international targets, Australian researchers said on Thursday. According to the State of the World’s Kelp report, which was published by…
Army joins efforts to find flood victims in Spain
Members of the military have joined the emergency effort in Spain where the worst floods in decades have killed at least 95 people. According to local media, at least all the victims…
Heat Stress: Zimbabwe probes how climate change impacts health
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday called on fellow Africans to scale up research and surveillance to understand how climate change impacts health, especially the spread of diseases and heat stress. During…
Tanzania: Nino-driven rains destroy 240,709 metric tons of crops
Tanzania lost 240,709 metric tons of crops valued at 69 million U.S. dollars due to floods caused by El Nino-driven rains in the 2023-2024 season, according to a World Food Program (WFP)…
Rwanda seeks to harness nuclear science and technology
Rwanda is set to establish the Center for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNST), stepping forward to harness nuclear science and technology for sustainable socio-economic development, a government official has said. Fidele Ndahayo,…
Spain: At least 95 people have been killed in flooding
At least 95 people have been killed in flooding as torrential rain battered Spain’s eastern region of Valencia and the neighboring provinces of Albacete and Cuenca, according to Angel Victor Torres,Minister for…
Large areas of Brazil’s forest were affected by fires
Large areas of Brazil’s forest were affected by fires, with 22.38 million hectares devastated in the first nine months of this year, according to the latest report released Friday by monitoring network…
Wildfires in Portugal’s Aveiro district have claimed two lives
Wildfires in Portugal’s Aveiro district have claimed two lives and prompted the mobilization of over 1,200 firefighters. Five major fires broke out between Sunday and Monday, with hundreds of firefighters, vehicles and…