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Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave
Anticyclonic conditions have allowed temperatures to reach 35-45C across much of the countryMexico has been undergoing...
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Far right’s rise in Portugal could threaten ambitious climate action
Environmentalists fear focus on economy may undermine country’s climate transition – one of most radical in...
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Europe baked in ‘extreme heat stress’ pushing temperatures to record highs
Europeans are dying from hot weather 30% more than they did two decades ago, report findsScorching...
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Millions at risk of floods in China’s Guangdong province after heavy rain
Officials urge municipalities to begin emergency planning after major rivers and reservoirs threaten to overflowMajor rivers,...
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The El Niño has ended. Will Australia get a La Niña next – and what weather could that bring?
Our climate is influenced not just by Pacific weather patterns but by the Indian and Southern...
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India seeks UK carbon tax exemption in free trade deal talks
Exclusive: India seeking to use approach of UK election as bargaining chip and any exemption would...
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Teenager dies after suspected crocodile attack in the Torres Strait
Body of 16-year-old boy discovered with injuries ‘consistent with a crocodile attack’ as wildlife officers search...
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Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains
Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake...
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Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds
Deaths from record temperatures in Mali reportedly led to full morgues turning away bodies this monthThe...
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Elephant seal makes ‘epic’ trek back after Canadian officials relocate him
Notorious for drawing large crowds, Emerson was removed by officials who were surprised to find him...
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Queensland state LNP backs Labor’s emission cuts of 75% by 2035 drawing ire from federal colleagues
‘We must do all we can to become more sustainable’, says shadow environment ministerFollow our Australia...
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UK’s native poultry under threat as bird flu takes hold worldwide
Annual watchlist raises concern for native chicken, duck, geese and turkey populations as well as rare...
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Garden centres in UK stockpile plants before new Brexit checks
British growers and sellers fear government measures starting on 30 April could result in delays and...
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Ecuador rations power as Andean drought tightens grip
El Niño weather phenomenon depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plantsEcuador has begun to ration...
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BoM declares the El Niño is over and another La Niña could be on the way
Seven months after an El Niño associated with hotter and drier weather got under way, conditions...
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Record number of river barriers removed across Europe in 2023
Removal of nearly 500 barriers last year will help restore disturbed waterways to their natural state,...
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Weather tracker: Gulf braced for thunderstorms
Heavy rain forecast in Saudi Arabia and UAE as France and Spain cool down after weekend...
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‘We found 700 different species’: astonishing array of wildlife discovered in Cambodia mangroves
Hairy-nosed otters and cats that catch fish are among the startling diversity of creatures making their...
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The disease-busting hybrids that could bring back the majestic English elm
The tree all but vanished in the 1970s. Now, thanks to two amateur nature lovers, it...
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Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests
Bulldozed tracks and informal byways in tropical forests and palm-oil plantations ‘almost always’ an indicator of...
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Colombians told to shower with a partner as drought hits capital water supplies
Bogotá brings in water rationing with El Niño weather phenomenon meaning city could run out in...
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Colombian Amazon deforestation surges as armed groups tighten grip
Country had previously turned the tide on deforestation but armed rebels have revoked banDeforestation in the...
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Museum loses anti-discrimination case – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Brittany Higgins questions whether she was drugged on night of alleged rape...
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Asbestos confirmed in six Melbourne parks after latest EPA tests
PA Burns Reserve in Altona the latest site to have ‘small amounts of asbestos’ discovered, environment...