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Met Office names 9 UK areas forecast above 30C as health alerts issued for heatwave - Britain's record-breaking summer continues with another heatwave taking temperatures to 36C this...

Daily Express - 1 hour ago

Young volunteer attempts to keep stranded humpback whale alive on Queensland beach – video

Guardian UK - 5 hours ago

Male redback spiders invite cannibalism through a 'self-sacrificial somersault' during sex – but why?

Guardian UK - 5 hours ago

The national weather forecast for Wednesday, August 12.

Sydney Morning Herald - 6 hours ago

Heatwaves in France: is thermal comfort becoming a new property criterion?

Euronews - 6 hours ago

MP-18 Fire in Humboldt County approaches 2,000 acres

The Mercury News - 7 hours ago

Jellyfish Swarm Overwhelms Nuclear Power Plant For The Second Time In 2 Years

Huffington Post - 7 hours ago

San Jose's Circle of Palms Plaza is closed: Here's why

The Mercury News - 7 hours ago

Relatives mourn victims of Pakistan avalanche

Aljazeera - 8 hours ago

British Columbia wildfire that has forced 20,000 to flee grew overnight, officials say

The Mercury News - 8 hours ago

Met Office issues power cuts warning for 37 areas on Thursday - full list

Daily Express - 8 hours ago

Cyclospora spreads through human waste – so how did it get on food? -- Joan Rose, Michigan State University

The Conversation - 8 hours ago

Solar eclipse: protective glasses in short supply across France

Euronews - 9 hours ago

Renewable Energy -- Land speed record holder shatters hydrogen car record with 406-mph race

Scientific American - 9 hours ago

UK heatwave to end as maps show 27 areas facing rain - temperatures plunge to 5C

Daily Express - 9 hours ago

Droughts were predicted decades ago – yet water companies did nothing

Guardian UK - 10 hours ago

Eclipse fever sweeps Spain ahead of rare spectacle

Deutsche Welle - 10 hours ago

As heatwaves hit Britain, spare a thought for farm animals

Guardian UK - 10 hours ago

Vietnam's VinSpace signs deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch its first satellites in 2027

The Mercury News - 11 hours ago

A Colorado river named the best secret fishing spot in the U.S.

The Denver Post - 12 hours ago

Analysis: Alito Made Up To $2.9 Million From Fossil Fuel Assets While Serving on Top Court

Mother Jones - 12 hours ago

Climate Change -- National Academy of Sciences pulls climate chapter from judges' manual

Scientific American - 12 hours ago

Extreme heat is reshaping Italy's sparkling wine industry with early harvests and nighttime picking

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 13 hours ago

Brits warned to remove 4 things from car before Thursday

Daily Express - 13 hours ago

Evacuations lifted in El Paso County after 'rapidly growing fire' contained

The Denver Post - 13 hours ago

Türkiye's Zero Waste vision expands with marine conservation drive

Daily Sabah - 13 hours ago

Big Sur's Timber Fire forces evacuations at Ventana, Nepenthe and Post Ranch Inn

The Mercury News - 13 hours ago

Jellyfish force shutdown of three reactors at French nuclear plant

Euronews - 13 hours ago

Extreme heat threatens Italy's Parmigiano-backed loans

Euronews - 14 hours ago

Disrupted monsoons force India to face climate threat

Deutsche Welle - 14 hours ago

Anyone applying sun cream urged to check three-digit code on bottle

Daily Express - 15 hours ago

Brazil's Indigenous guardian of stingless bees

Deutsche Welle - 15 hours ago

Algae bloom off Mexico's coast scares away tourists

Deutsche Welle - 16 hours ago

NHS confirms difference between heatstroke and heat exhaustion

Daily Express - 16 hours ago

'I feel motherly towards them': the nature reserve manager sharing her office with a wasp nest

Guardian UK - 16 hours ago

UK drivers urged to remove item from their car before Wednesday morning

Daily Express - 16 hours ago

This is one of the worst wildfire seasons for Canada yet. "We are headed to a new normal," a climate expert tells DW.

Deutsche Welle - 17 hours ago

Trump's Mindless Rollback of Offshore Wind Has Screwed Over Thousands of Workers

Mother Jones - 17 hours ago

'Living fossil': the blue-blood arthropod that has changed little in 445m years

Guardian UK - 17 hours ago

An inland shipping group warns that, as water levels drop, the Rhine could soon be split in two. DW has the latest.

Deutsche Welle - 17 hours ago

Met Office issues 14 hour 38C heat warning for 28 areas on Thursday - full list

Daily Express - 18 hours ago

Met Office issues update on rare extreme 'red heat warning' as 36C forecast -- The forecaster has said a rare heat warning may be put in place as another heatwave is on the cards.

Daily Express - 18 hours ago

Cherry Hills Village gets heat for its e-bike ban on popular High Line Canal trail

The Denver Post - 18 hours ago

The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan

Guardian UK - 18 hours ago

Met Office urges UK households to close curtains 11am to 3pm on Thursday

Daily Express - 19 hours ago

How one German city plans to challenge climate extremes

Deutsche Welle - 20 hours ago

Indonesian officials race to contain wildfires as dozens of schools shut

Aljazeera - 20 hours ago

Mini reactors promise abundant energy, flexible power, cheap and clean. But what's really behind the nuclear hype?

Deutsche Welle - 21 hours ago

Italian coral smugglers arrested on Greek island

Euronews - 21 hours ago

Why Trump's Waiver of the Jones Act Is Unlikely To Lower Gas Prices

OilPrice.com - 22 hours ago

They cannot even flush their toilets: life in east London blocks where taps often run dry

Guardian UK - 23 hours ago

A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle: Iceland prepares for total solar eclipse

Euronews - 23 hours ago

European interest in African ants is eco-threat for everyone

Deutsche Welle - 23 hours ago

UK weather maps show 39C heatwave hitting 12 counties in days - full list

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Millions of kilograms of sea life are taken from marine parks every year. It's completely legal

Sydney Morning Herald - 1 day ago

Big Sur fire: California resorts evacuated as Timber Fire quadruples in size

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 1 day ago

California sets aside $250 million for public hospitals. Bay Area officials say it falls far short

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

Canada puts the military on standby as British Columbia wildfires kill 1 and displace thousands

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

El Paso County commissioners to hear Buc-ee's appeal Aug. 27

The Denver Post - 1 day ago

Typhoon Dolphin prompts evacuations in China

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Wildfires burn across Indonesia as officials cite El Nino as a cause

Aljazeera - 1 day ago

Elephants in your midst: In Boston, an art exhibit tells the story of an Indian herd -- A touring art exhibit of life-size elephants is in Boston for the next month, aiming to connect with people and inspire understanding of the natural world. -- Goodluck Ajeh

Christian Science Monitor - 1 day ago

Is Iran Preparing to Permanently Block the Strait of Hormuz?

OilPrice.com - 1 day ago

Met Office names 19 areas facing heavy rain as 36C UK heatwave ends

Daily Express - 1 day ago

111 dead after Colombia quakes leave trail of destruction

Aljazeera - 1 day ago

Just weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane practiced a mass evacuation – the drill paid off -- Ashley Bosa, Boise State University

The Conversation - 1 day ago

Met Office map shows 32 counties with best chance of seeing solar eclipse - full list

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Santa Cruz County launches pilot program to use steam in place of fumigants to grow berries

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

Hunter killed reintroduced Colorado wolf, mistaking it for coyote

The Denver Post - 1 day ago

Contiguous US breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says

The Denver Post - 1 day ago

Oman trying to contain extensive oil spill from stricken tanker

Aljazeera - 1 day ago

Contiguous US breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

Contiguous US breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 1 day ago

Traditional plastic forks shed harmful microplastics. Plastic created from sugar is an alternative

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

Natural Disasters -- Colombia rocked by 7.4 magnitude earthquake-its largest in the past decade

Scientific American - 1 day ago

UK areas plunged into 'flash drought' as new 36C heatwave to hit in days

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Anti-Data Center Populism is Reshaping American Politics

Mother Jones - 1 day ago

Solar power output set to fall during eclipse

Euronews - 1 day ago

Traditional plastic forks shed harmful microplastics. Plastic created from sugar is an alternative

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 1 day ago

UK heatwave to end in days as heavy rain sweeps in and temperatures plunge to 9C

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Türkiye's ancient city of Troy reveals 2,000-year-old Roman street

Daily Sabah - 1 day ago

Water levels across the Balkans have fallen to record lows

Euronews - 1 day ago

Met Office issues 'heavy rain' alert for Thursday as 39C heatwave comes to an end - The national forecaster has said that rain will arrive after the hot weather.

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Why do dragonflies dig a Mountain View dog park?

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

One million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin pummels east China: What we know

Aljazeera - 1 day ago

Weather -- World ocean temperatures hit extreme new record for July

Scientific American - 1 day ago

Hydrangeas stay happy during hosepipe ban when you put 1 item in soil -- The record-breaking high temperatures and dry weather has been wreaking havoc on many people's...

Daily Express - 1 day ago

India: Jharkhand police use tear gas on student protesters

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Amber heat health alerts for 8 areas as 'power' and 'medicine' warnings issued - full list -- More areas of England look likely to plunge into drought as the UK's extreme summer continues.

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Met Office passes on urgent warning to anybody with a relative over 65

Daily Express - 1 day ago

Heat health alerts come into force as fifth heatwave set to hit UK -- Two record-breaking heatwaves in May and June could be linked to more than 2,800 excess deaths.

Daily Express - 1 day ago

June and July hottest on record in Western Europe, monitor says

Aljazeera - 1 day ago

UK heatwave set to see 13 counties swelter in temperatures up to 35C on Friday

Daily Express - 1 day ago

More Than Half the Homes in East Omaha Have Unsafe Lead Levels. That Doesn't Mean the EPA Will Clean Them Up.

ProPublica - 1 day ago

Spain solar eclipse: Expert advice on the best viewing spots

Euronews - 1 day ago

China: Typhoon Dolphin prompts evacuations, canceled flights

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Meet the kayaking islanders determined to protect the sinking Maldives

Euronews - 1 day ago

Met Office confirms date when rain will return to UK after 36C heatwave

Daily Express - 1 day ago

How Engineers Are Reinventing the Wind Turbine

OilPrice.com - 1 day ago

Wildfires bear down on homes in Canada's Okanagan region

Aljazeera - 2 days ago