Environment

Wildfires raging through Europe this summer have burned the second-largest area on record, even though the region is only halfway through its typical fire season, according to data from the …

After the U.S. government started the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history in April, it is asking victims to share recovery costs on private land, jeopardizing relief efforts, according …

The carcasses of thousands of migrant seabirds have washed up on the shores of eastern Canada this week and preliminary findings showed that the birds died of avian flu. Since …

Tourists enjoy the beach in Phalasarna, northwest of the Greek mediterranean island of Crete on July 20, 2022, while temperatures remain at normal for the season levels despite the heatwave …

A woman leaves her home in Ntrafi, Athens, Greece, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas A wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged in mountains near Athens on Wednesday, forcing hundreds including …

A pharmacy thermometer in Nantes shows a temperature of 43 degrees Celsius (109.4F), as a heatwave hits France Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land …

Nigeria has pledged its commitment to an international legally binding instrument to reduce the menace of marine plastic pollution from land-based sources and activities. President Buhari gave the assurance in …

Shareholders backed Shell’s SHEL.L climate strategy in a meeting on Tuesday that was disrupted by dozens of climate protesters, while a climate activist proposal from the Follow This group received …

Nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France European Union lawmakers will attempt to block a plan to label gas and nuclear energy as sustainable investments as Europe wrestles with reducing its …

Burning trees and a road covered in heavy smoke in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused huge environmental damage for which …