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In 2015, Indonesia's devastating El Niño fires burned 2.6 million hectares and sent toxic haze across Southeast Asia. 11 years later, restoration efforts had helped cut burned peatland area by 70% in 2023 compared with 2019, showing the value of rewettingIndonesia is facing renewed wildfire concerns as a strong El Niño brings the prospect of reduced rainfall in 2026. The country’s devastatin...
In 1998, a war photographer inherited a cattle ranch stripped of its rainforest; over the next 20 years, he and his wife planted 2 million trees by hand, brought back the dried-up springs, and turned it into a protected nature reservePhotographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife restored a barren family farm in Brazil. They planted over two million trees, transforming the ...
Ample world inventories may soften El Nino food supply shockA potential super El Niño is expected to disrupt global weather patterns and threaten agricultural output in the coming months, but large e...
Global fire outbreaks hit record high as 'unprecedented' heat extremes loom, scientists sayRecord fires are burning across Africa and Asia this year. Scientists warn conditions will worsen as summer arrives and El Nino develops. T...
India’s neighbour ranked as most polluted country in 2025. Check full listPakistan topped the global smog chart in 2025, with hazardous PM2.5 levels soaring 13 times above WHO limits. India's Loni emerged as the w...
Climate disasters cost the world over $120 billion in 2025: ReportClimate change cost the world over $120 billion in 2025 due to extreme weather events like heatwaves, wildfires, and storms. The report hig...
G7 Summit 2025 in Canadian city of Kananaskis: Trade, wars and top things to watchCanada is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, overshadowed by the Iran-Israel conflict, diverting focus from Canada's economic goals. Trum...
Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths: StudyPollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide betwee...
US states issue alert over Canada fire. Know how it will affect air qualityWildlife fires that have engulfed certain parts of Canada have now spread to the US. Authorities have issued warnings.
Only 10 countries had healthy air quality in 2023, report findsBangladesh, Pakistan, India, Tajikistan and Burkina Faso ranked as the five countries with the most polluted air in 2023, weighted by popul...
What this year's El Nino means for wheat and global food supplyThe World Meteorological Organization has declared the onset of the first El Nino event in seven years, set to develop through 2023, with t...
El Niños cause trillions in lost economic growth, study showsThe paper was published recently in the journal Science by Dartmouth Earth system scientists Christopher Callahan and Justin Mankin.
Wildfires getting worse globally, governments unprepared: UNThe western US, northern Siberia, central India, and eastern Australia already are seeing more blazes, and the likelihood of catastrophic w...
Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was backed by the leaders of countries including Brazil, Indonesia and the Democr...
US President Biden, world leaders try to hammer out next steps on climateEver-grimmer findings from scientists this year that the world is nearing the point where the level of climate damage from burning oil, gas...
Delhi may have 8 months of 32°C average temperature by 2100: WEF studySuch a future can be avoided from playing out only by limiting the worst impact of climate change by decreasing emissions and working towar...
Google sets unprecedented goal to tap only renewable power by 2030Wind, solar and other renewable sources accounted for 61% of Google's global hourly electricity usage last year. The proportion varied by f...
No let-up in global rainforest loss as coronavirus brings new dangerTropical rainforests disappeared at a rate of one football pitch every six seconds last year, researchers said on Tuesday, urging countries...
Nearly 2.4 million people internally displaced in India: ReportInternal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council released a new report which ranked India third among countries mo...
- 108 killed in deadliest-ever Australian wildfires
Number of dead stood at 108, a grim toll that rose almost by the hour as officials reached farther into the fire zone.