The International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets next week to continue debating rules for ocean floor mining in international waters, after the United States moved to unilaterally kick-start the controversial industry. The United States, which is not a signatory to the UN convention or an ISA member, disrupted the painstaking process this year when President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for his government to speed up issuing permits for underwater mining, including in internation

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with Friday marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day. With no glacier loss day, the summer would simply melt away only the snow that accumulated over the previous winter.

The United States government's climate assessment reports are missing from official websites. These reports are crucial for local governments and the public. Scientists worry about the removal of this vital information. The White House claims the data will be moved to NASA. However, the reports are not currently accessible. Experts fear this action hinders climate change preparation efforts.

A severe east coast low, potentially a weather bomb, is developing off the NSW coast, fueled by unusually warm seas. Expected to intensify rapidly, it threatens heavy rains, strong winds, and huge waves, particularly impacting areas south of Coffs Harbour already devastated by recent floods. Residents are urged to prepare for potential damage to property, infrastructure, and significant coastal erosion.

Southern Europeans braced Saturday for their first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes thermometers on the world's fastest-warming continent increasingly into the red. Scientists have long warned that humanity's burning of fossil fuels is heating up the world with disastrous consequences for the environment, with Europe's ever-hotter and increasingly common blistering summer heatwaves a direct result of that warming.

As dangerously high temperatures sweep across parts of the United States and southern Europe this week, emergency workers are racing to mitigate the public health risk of heatstroke. The man tumbled into a ditch and the woman fainted, but they are now out of danger thanks to the intervention of SUMMA 112, she told AFP. - Treatment - When someone has heatstroke, the priority is to bring down their body temperature, for example by moving them into the shade or an air-conditioned room -- anything t

Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder out of working-class struggle, and a gift for their children and grandchildren. Sasha, who moved to the property after marrying Jamie in 2020, soon developed two autoimmune conditions, as well as high blood pressure and chronic fatigue.

Brazilian Catholic worshippers created an eco-friendly carpet from recycled plastic caps in front of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue, advocating for environmental protection before upcoming UN climate talks in the Amazon. Cardinal Orani Joao Tempesta led celebrations, emphasizing ecological co-responsibility and honoring Pope Francis's environmental encyclical.

Chad is battling deforestation with green charcoal, made from plant waste, aiming to reduce reliance on wood and combat desertification. This initiative, supported by the World Bank and UNHCR, provides a cleaner, longer-lasting alternative to traditional charcoal, particularly benefiting refugee populations. Scaling up production and lowering prices are crucial to meet national energy needs and protect Chad's dwindling forests.

More than three quarters of bathing waters monitored in the European Union, Albania and Switzerland were of excellent quality in 2024, the 27-member bloc's environment agency said on Friday. EU members meanwhile are obliged to monitor popular bathing places from May to September and rank the water quality as excellent, good, sufficient or poor.

Short, intense summer rainfall in Alpine regions is likely to become more frequent and severe in the future because of global warming, according to a study released Thursday by the University of Lausanne (UNIL). With such warming, an intense storm currently expected once every 50 years could occur once every 25 years in the future, said the Swiss university, which conducted the study in collaboration with the University of Padua in Italy.

Hurricane Erick killed at least two people as it swept through southern Mexico causing significant damage to coastal communities before weakening to a low-pressure system Thursday night, authorities said. The US National Hurricane Centre's latest advisory at 0300 GMT said Erick had weakened overnight to a tropical storm located 95 miles (155 kilometres) from Acapulco port, with sustained winds of 30 mph (50 kmh) as it moved across southern Mexico on Thursday.