The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

Only three planetary boundaries are within a safe operating space — and even they are under extreme pressure

The dams that ruptured in the eastern city of Derna in Libya had been built to protect the city from heavy rains, but their collapse made the flooding even worse. FRANCE 24’s science reporter Shirli Sitbon examines how Libya became so vulnerable and what can other countries do to prevent…

Kozhikode district's Nipah outbreaks linked to similar localities; thick foliage, rivers, areca palms, proximity to forest, Janakikkadu eco-tourism sector, bats, deforestation, climate change, human habitations, fruit, areca nut, river banks, tree inhabited by bats. Questions raised: what is disturbing bats? Human intrusion into environment to blame? Need study to understand…

Scientists collated data on rivers to show how extreme events like flooding, droughts, heatwaves and rainstorms affect the water quality.

Summer 2023 has been the hottest on record by a huge margin. Hundreds of millions of people suffered as heat waves cooked Europe, Japan, Texas and the Southwestern U.S. Phoenix hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) for a record 54 days, including a 31-day streak in July. Large parts…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city, will likely face increased heatwaves, droughts and severe flooding over the next 67 years. These changes will pose risks to public health and infrastructure. They’ll also be felt most acutely by the city’s most vulnerable residents: those living in informal settlements.

A new report shows that 175 of 244 US cities had extraordinarily warm temperatures made more likely by climate change

Hotter summers, drier forests, rising waters: climate change is not just a threat to our future, it’s hurting our world right now.

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Scientists say the Mediterranean storm that dumped torrential rain on the Libyan coast is just the latest extreme weather event to carry some hallmarks of climate change

The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.