Climate and Weather


Forty years after the meltdown, war adds a new disaster to Chernobyl

Forty years after the reactor explosion that made Chernobyl a global symbol of nuclear catastrophe,…

Your snaps of changing skies, from meteors to rays

The sky has been putting on a show lately, and people have been looking up.…

Series of wildfires breaks out across Scotland during ‘extreme’ alert

A series of wildfires broke out across parts of Scotland over the weekend as fire…

Met Office warns of severe heat across Pakistan’s plains as temperatures surge above normal

Pakistan’s Met Office has warned that an intense hot spell is set to grip large…

Young Orangutan Filmed Using Canopy Bridge in First for Species

A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan has been filmed using a canopy bridge to cross a…

A new idea to save the AMOC? Dam the Bering Strait

A striking new climate proposal is stirring debate well beyond academic circles: if the Atlantic…

Scientists Propose Damming the Bering Strait to Help Prevent AMOC Collapse

A new scientific study has examined a bold geoengineering concept: constructing a dam across the…

North India braces for heatwaves as temperatures cross 40C

North India is sliding into another punishing stretch of summer weather, with temperatures already crossing…