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Drought in Amazon affects 420,000 children, worsens crisis

More than 420,000 children in the Amazon basin are being badly affected by a drought parching much of South America that is impacting water supplies and river transport, UNICEF sai...

Türkiye set to unveil long-term climate strategy at COP29

Türkiye will be among the nearly 200 countries that will join the U.N. Climate Summit, or COP29, which is set to start on Monday in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. The summit has been...

Türkiye’s Konya opens Zengibar Walking Path for nature enthusiasts

Konya Metropolitan Municipality in central Türkiye has completed exploration, route registration and signage projects for the historical Zengibar Walking Path, inviting nature love...

Climate change linked to increased extreme weather fatalities

Climate change made the 10 deadliest extreme weather events over the past two decades worse, contributing to the deaths of more than 570,000 people, scientists have said. Climate...

Urgent action needed to prevent climate catastrophe: Report warns

The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of that projected future heating if countries do everything t...

One third of tree species facing extinction risk: Report

More than a third of tree species worldwide are at risk of extinction, posing a threat to life on Earth, a report published Monday said. The warning came in the Global Tree Assess...

Snow blankets Mauna Kea: Hawaii’s unexpected winter wonder

Snow fell on Hawaii's tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches (5 ce...

New Delhi suffers ‘hazardous’ smog as pollution soars

Acrid clouds engulfed India's capital on Wednesday as air pollution fueled by fireworks and farm stubble burning was ranked 'hazardous' by monitors for the first time this win...

Wildfires surge due to climate change, endangering health

Global warming is fueling an alarming rise in forest fires worldwide, with the resulting air pollution posing a growing threat to millions, according to two studies by the Potsdam...

Alarming 73% decline in global wildlife over 50 years: WWF

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70% in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by the WWF published on Thur...

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