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Climate change

Climate change
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Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nepal PM demands climate action after Himalayan disaster
While the exact cause of the collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
In the age of global warming, some fear ‘the entire Himalayas are melting’
A pair of disasters have occurred within a month of each other in the Himalayas, where scientists, climbers and trekkers have witnessed accelerating losses of snow and ice.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Corals show how El Nino is intensifying as the planet warms
Coral skeleton records stretching back 1,000 years show El Nino episodes are intensifying as the planet warms, according to a new study.
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he and members of his administration deliver remarks to reporters on the Trump administration's support for coal energy production, among other topics, at the White House in Washington on June 4.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 26, 2026
Trump policies to double power sector carbon emissions by 2035, analysis finds
By 2035, U.S. consumers will spend up to $30 billion a year more on electricity, with household bills increasing by up to 25% in some parts of the country.
A gardener works on the dry grounds at Hampton Court in southwest London on Aug. 20.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2026
Trees ‘giving up’: Climate change hammers historic English gardens
By Anna MALPAS
Mature trees that take decades to establish are drooping, and some have leaves turning brown in August in a stress reaction to excessive heat.
Central London during the heat wave in July
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2026
Londoners find ‘horrendous’ cracks in their homes after successive heat waves
By Gautam Naik
Hot, dry weather shrinking soil and destabilizing building foundations is now part of a long list of heat-related challenges to which the U.K. is now struggling to adapt.
Ocean waves off Cape Disappointment in Washington state in January 2023. The global average sea-surface temperature hit a record 21.1 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2026
Highest-ever ocean temperature recorded as super El Nino forms
By Laura Millan
The global average sea-surface temperature hit a record 21.1 degrees Celsius on Aug. 22, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus.
Tokyo's average temperature has risen by about 3 degrees Celsius over the past century due to the heat island effect and climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Aug 23, 2026
What a Tokyo summer taught this New Zealander about climate shock
By Katie Ham
A realization after three months living in Japan’s scorching capital: The trick to surviving a Japanese summer isn’t beating the heat — it’s learning to live around it.
COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago attends the plenary session at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, last November.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 22, 2026
China eyes bid to host 2028 U.N. climate talks
Beijing has not yet made a final decision regarding the proposal for the COP33 summit, nor is there a clear timeline for doing so.
A man dives into the water at the foot of Arpenaz Waterfall, the tallest waterfall in the French Alps, in Sallanches, central-eastern France, on Aug. 12.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 21, 2026
Scorching summer triggers record rockfalls in Alps, scientist says
The area around Mont Blanc — nicknamed the “roof of Europe” — has been particularly hard hit.

Yen weakens past ¥160 per dollar, eroding intervention gains
Traders now are carefully watching yen levels for signs of when authorities might move to protect the currency.
Chance of huge quake hitting western Japan in the next 30 years as high as 60%
A giant crane pulls crushed cars out of the debris after the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe was devastated during one of Japan's worst earthquakes in January 1995.
Myopia prevention in Japan reaches a milestone
According to the Japanese government's own surveys, the share of schoolchildren who cannot read the standard vision chart with the naked eye has reached record highs.
Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted
A funeral pyre is lit for a victim of deadly flash floods in Nepal, at the Suryamati River in Trishuli, Nepal, on Sunday.
Is Japan backpedaling on its work-style reforms?
Japan has come a long way to change its culture of working long hours. But fresh moves to cut back on overtime limits are prompting some to ask if the nation is backtracking on reforms.

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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