Swiss glacier melt exceeds average in 2024 after hot summer
ZURICH - Swiss glaciers melted at an above-average rate in 2024 as a blistering hot summer thawed through abundant snowfall, monitoring...
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Oct 13 min read
Scientists explain Mount Everest's anomalous growth
Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and...
Oct 12 min read
Nepal begins to assess damage after deadly rains, floods kill 192
KATHMANDU - Nepal began on Monday to grapple with damage wrought by deadly floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains as residents...
Oct 13 min read
Hurricane Helene kills at least 90 in US; homes and memories washed away
FLAT ROCK, North Carolina - The Southeastern U.S. began a huge cleanup and recovery effort on Sunday and the death toll climbed towards...
Sep 261 min read
Wildfire rages in Ecuador's drought-stricken capital
QUITO - A raging wildfire filled Ecuador's capital of Quito with smoke and threatened homes on Tuesday as authorities rushed to control...
Sep 222 min read
'Who pays?' asks Brazil Greenpeace protest on climate impact in the Amazon
MANACAPURU, Brazil - A team of Brazilian Greenpeace environmental activists on Friday placed a protect banner on a sandbank that has...
Sep 212 min read
Dolphins dying again in Amazon lake made shallow by drought
TEFE, Brazil - The carcass of a baby dolphin lay on the sand bank left exposed by the receding waters in an Amazon lake that has been...
Sep 201 min read
Four Russian grain regions in state of emergency due to heavy rains
MOSCOW - Russia's vast Krasnoyarsk region declared a state of emergency on Thursday due to heavy rains killing winter crops during...
Sep 192 min read
Beset by wildfires, Portugal gets help from Spain, Morocco
AVEIRO DISTRICT, Portugal - A wave of deadly wildfires in Portugal has pushed emergency services to the limit and much-needed...
Sep 192 min read
Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows
TEFE, Brazil - The worst drought on record has lowered the water level of the rivers in the Amazon basin to historic lows, in some cases...
Sep 192 min read
Three firefighters die as Portugal battles dozens of wildfires
NELAS, Portugal - Three Portuguese firefighters died on Tuesday in one of dozens of forest blazes ravaging the country's central and...
Sep 52 min read
Sunken village emerges in Greece as drought dries up lake
LAKE MORNOS, Greece - From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45...
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