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Special UN summit, protests, week of talk turn up heat on fossil fuels and global warming
Special UN summit, protests, week of talk turn up heat on fossil fuels and global warming
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a State of Emergency as flash flooding wreaks havoc across New York City caused by torrential rain pummelling the northeastern US.Brooklyn is particularly hard hit by rising water with shocking videos showing streets and subways underwater.Mixed
About 8.5 million people under flash flood warnings with 1-2in of rain an hour expected in Brooklyn and QueensNew York flooding – live updates
Two German regional governments on Friday urged the European Union and Berlin to protect the German solar industry from cheaper imported panels, demanding a ban on imports of modules that do not meet the bloc's climate and labour standards. European photovoltaic panels make up only a small fraction of Germany's market and manufacturers have been complaining about an influx of Chinese panels offered at prices well below manufacturing costs.
The renowned US scientist’s new book examines 4bn years of climate history to conclude we are in a ‘fragile moment’ but there is still time to act
Latest developments as New York City is hit by flash floods and state of emergency is declared
Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday, in a year expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates.National weather bodies in the Alpine nations of Austria and Switzerland also recorded their hottest-ever average September temperatures, a day after a study revealed Swiss glaciers lost 10 percent of their volume in two years amid extreme warming.
STORY: Mei Xiang, 25, and Tian Tian, 26, came to the zoo in 2000 under a cooperative research and breeding agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. The pandas were initially meant to stay 10 years, but the agreement has been renewed three times since 2010.The zoo is honoring the three giant pandas with nine days of events ahead of their return to China but a looming U.S. government shutdown has put something of a damper on the festivities. The festivities could end a day sooner than planned, however, if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 due to an ongoing dispute between far-right Republicans and other lawmakers.
Wildlife authorities and conservationists in Cyprus on Friday released seven imported griffon vultures to the wild after implanting tracking devices in hopes of ensuring the survival of the birds that are threatened with extinction on the island nation. Cyprus Game and Fauna Service spokesman Nicos Kasinis told The Associated Press the tracking devices are necessary to observe whether the young birds are integrating well in the first, crucial weeks with the island’s 29 other griffon vultures.
Heavy downpours soaked Bothell, Washington, on September 28, amid a thunderstorm warning from the National Weather Service (NSW).Footage posted to X by Bryce Stowe shows grey skies and rain coming down on homes on Thursday.“The skies just opened up here in NE Bothell,” he said.The NWS said strong showers would continue into the afternoon and evening before weakening on Thursday, and the wet weather would continue into Friday . Credit: Bryce Stowe via Storyful
Populism may be a political backlash against the financial hardships caused by green energy policy (Opinion, FT Weekend, September 23), but it may also be representative of something more telling about green technology.
A humpback whale was rescued after getting tangled in rope and chains attached to a buoy off the southern coast of Australia earlier this month, the Sea World Foundation said.The foundation said that the “intricate rescue operation” took place 10 miles off the coast of Disaster Bay, between Green Cape in New South Wales and Cape Howe in Victoria.The foundation added that it took around 15 minutes to cut the ropes around the whale.After being released, the whale continued its southern migration accompanied by two other whales. Credit: Dr. Olaf Meynecke via Storyful
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Experts say vandal likely had previous experience chopping down trees but is not a professional
Floodwaters inundated parts of New York’s LaGuardia airport on Friday, September 29, shutting down one of its terminals until “further notice,” the airport said.Footage filmed by Mohammed Abdul Qavi shows flooding around the airport’s terminal A late Friday morning.On Friday afternoon, Gov Kathy Hochul warned residents that conditions remained “extremely dangerous” as rain continued.Heavy rain was expected to continue in the region through Friday evening, according to local emergency officials. Credit: Mohammed Abdul Qavi via Storyful
Vietnam jailed a leading climate activist for three years for tax evasion Thursday, a sentence her family condemned as "unfair", as the communist state ramps up a crackdown on environmentalists.But she abruptly shut down the group last year after four environmental and human rights activists were jailed for tax evasion.
‘I don’t know where God found so much water. It’s like the story of Noah’s Ark’
No visitors or staff members were in danger and the animal never left the zoo grounds, a city official said
From June to August 2023, a series of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate breakdown caused death and destruction across the globe
Climate defenders call for Hoang Thi Minh Hong’s unconditional release after ‘total fraud’ conviction