Istanbul has recently been engulfed by dense fog and worsening air quality due to high atmospheric pressure. While the mist lends the city an ethereal appearance, its impact on hea...
People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists, who also said t...
A red fox frantically scratches the wires of its small cage. An Arctic fox meanders lazily with a bloody tail. Other furry creatures, some with teary eyes, stare blankly into a lig...
Gazing out over what was once one of Bosnia's largest reservoirs, Saliha Kuljanin is confronted with a desolate sight: boats stranded on cracked earth as months of relentless...
The world has been getting hotter for decades but a sudden and extraordinary surge in heat has sent the climate deeper into uncharted territory – and scientists are still trying to...
With a month to go until Christmas, Santa Claus is busy preparing, but the warming climate and lack of snow in his Arctic hometown have him worried.
By this time of year, the town...
Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it on her fingernails.
At the beach near her...
Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed societies as a durable, malleable and cheap material.
From the 1950s,...
Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery 'pulsing with life and colour.'
The co...
Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most polluting, according to new data that combines observations a...
