Where are the wildfires in Spain and France? Areas affected, evacuation updates and latest situationWildfires in France and Spain have forced over 300,000 people to evacuate their homes. These fires have scorched vast areas, exceeding prev...
28 Jul, 2026, 12.14 PM IST
In the 1930s, the Dust Bowl devastated America but Franklin D. Roosevelt's massive tree-planting project is still protecting US farmland nearly 90 years laterThe Dust Bowl is one of the worst environmental disasters in American history, but it also sparked one of the country's largest conservatio...
27 Jul, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
Why Europe's wildfires have spiralled into a historic disasterRecord heat and prolonged drought have triggered some of Europe's worst wildfires in decades, forcing over 300,000 evacuations across Franc...
27 Jul, 2026, 09.19 PM IST
Europe heatwave: The thermometer is flashing red for the continent's economyEurope's heatwave is becoming a growing economic threat as extreme temperatures disrupt transport, reduce labour productivity, damage agric...
21 Jul, 2026, 04.14 PM IST
Think it's hot now? World headed for repeated heat record shocks, warns UNNew United Nations climate projections reveal Earth will likely surpass the safe climate threshold repeatedly in the next five years. The h...
28 May, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
Wheat rallies on weather woes and Iran-linked fertilizer crunchWheat prices are climbing significantly this week. Fertilizer shortages, exacerbated by the Iran war, are also a major concern. These facto...
20 Apr, 2026, 11.28 AM IST
Germany sees 'worrying' record dry spell in early 2025Germany's environment minister has issued a warning about the heightened risk of forest fires and potential harvest failures due to a signi...
17 Apr, 2025, 04.11 PM IST
Water crises threaten the world's ability to eat, studies showWater stress affects 30% of the population every year in the 27 countries of the European Union, and that is expected to worsen as the worl...
17 Oct, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
Take maritime shipping off the inflation warning listThese latest disruptions are forcing ships to take alternative, longer routes. But once the ships arrive at their destinations, they are be...
12 Apr, 2024, 09.38 AM IST
EU countries to demand bloc does more to help farmers, draft statement saysDraft conclusions for an EU summit on 21-22 March, seen by Reuters, showed EU country leaders plan to ask the European Commission to work w...
12 Mar, 2024, 03.19 PM IST
How climate change threatens global agricultureAgriculture represents nearly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions -- largely from livestock and fertilisers.
12 Dec, 2023, 09.59 AM IST
Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050An international team of experts has warned that the number of deaths caused by extreme heat will increase nearly fivefold in the coming de...
15 Nov, 2023, 05.21 AM IST
Renewables to dominate growth of global electricity supply: IEA reportMore than 70 per cent of the increase in global electricity demand is expected to come from China, India and Southeast Asia, it said, with ...
20 Feb, 2023, 11.39 AM IST
European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels cropsThere has been no significant rainfall for almost two months in Western, Central and Southern Europe. And the dry period is expected to con...
12 Aug, 2022, 05.18 PM IST
Natural disaster losses hit $72 bn in first half 2022: Swiss ReThough the figure is lower than the $91 billion estimate for the first six months of 2021, it is close to the 10-year average of $74 billio...
02 Aug, 2022, 05.14 PM IST
- All is not well on the global food front
Reports of a possible global food crisis could not have come at a worse time for India.
12 Oct, 2010, 05.19 AM IST
- Scientists warn of looming water supply crisis
Climate change has already dramatically altered the water cycle and these changes signal a looming water supply crisis, according to a prom...
01 Feb, 2008, 06.08 AM IST