Climate change
- ScienceAugust 2026 breaks global monthly heat record, ocean temperatures hit new highEU Copernicus programme confirms August 2026 was the hottest August on record at 16.96°C, topping July 2023. Ocean surface temperatures reached 21.07°C, a new high. West Europe endured its hottest summer ever.
- Earth Is Heating Faster Than Previously Estimated, New Research ShowsWorld
- Wildfires and Heat Waves Threaten Air Quality Gains, WMO WarnsScience
- ScienceEurope's water crisis: what can be done about drought and scarcity?Satellite imagery reveals extreme dryness from Spain to Denmark, with the Rhine and Danube at historic lows. Experts say household bans are symbolic — the real solutions must target agriculture, which uses two-thirds of Europe's water.
- Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies as climate change intensifiesScience
- Nepal Demands Global Climate Justice After Himalaya Flash Flood Kills Over 1,300World
- ScienceUN Report: 1.5-Degree Warming Limit No Longer AchievableA new UN Environment Programme report warns the world is on track for 2.6 degrees of warming, making the 1.5-degree Paris Agreement target unachievable. Limiting the overshoot is now the priority.
- Himalaya Flood Death Toll Climbs to 750 as 2,500 Remain MissingWorld
- Climate Change Pushes India's Assam Tea Industry into CrisisScience
- HealthFrance Reports 301 Drowning Deaths Linked to Summer HeatwavesFrance's government says 301 people have drowned since June 19, with a minister warning that heatwaves are pushing people to take dangerous risks in water.
- Climate Change Drives European Wildfires to Record Levels in 2026Science
- Apparent human remains including jawbone found at Lake Mead as drought drives water to record lowWorld
- WorldBelgium's Record Wildfire Approaches German Border, Thousands WarnedBelgium is battling its largest wildfire on record, scorching 2,700 hectares in the High Fens nature reserve. The fire has spread to within 3 km of Germany, prompting evacuation orders and EU emergency aid.
- Extreme Drought 2026: How to Save Germany's Urban TreesScience
- UK Heatwave Ends This Weekend with Temperatures Dropping 15CWorld
- HealthGermany Records 12,500 Heat-Related Deaths in 2026 — Worst in a DecadeGermany's Robert Koch Institute reports at least 12,500 premature deaths linked to heat in 2026 through August 2 — a ten-year record, with Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate hit hardest.
- Japan Turns to 'Human Fridges' as Summer Heatstroke Deaths MountWorld
- First 100% British Chocolate Bar Made Since 1932 Unveiled in ReadingWorld
- ScienceUK summer 2026 on track to shatter all-time heat recordBritain's Met Office says summer 2026 is on course to be the hottest since records began, with the average temperature already running 1.88°C above the 30-year norm and only average August conditions needed to surpass last year's record.
- Ocean Heat Records Broken as Hottest-Ever July Temperatures RecordedScience