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At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods and destroyed homes in central and northern parts of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.This post was originally published on […]

Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world’s top weather agencies forecast.This post was originally published on this site

A new publication by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires: Once-in-a-Generation Events Now Happen Frequently, highlights the alarming trend of increasingly frequent and destructive urban […]

There is a concerning decline in street-level greenery in cities, raising important questions about urban resilience, climate adaptation, and environmental equity. Monitoring exactly how fast trees and other greenery are being lost in the world’s […]

With wildfires increasing in frequency, severity, and size in the Western U.S., researchers are determined to better understand how smoke impacts air quality, public health, and even the weather.This post was originally published on this […]

More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening over the past two decades, according to new research.This post was originally published on […]

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth’s carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, convert it to organic carbon, and move it around […]

Scientists at the University of Stirling have developed a new method of monitoring the presence of pathogens in rivers polluted by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).This post was originally published on this site

Predicting the extent of Arctic sea ice in September has significant implications for climate change and shipping in the Arctic. However, seasonal forecasts for September sea ice often encounter a challenge known as the “spring […]

Plastic pollution is among the most pressing environmental crises, and new research suggests that solutions may lie not only in scientific labs or policy rooms but within communities themselves.This post was originally published on this […]