A polar bear is seen on ice floes in the Franz Josef Land archipelago, in the Artic Ocean. © Ekaterina Anismova, AFP The latest report by the UN’s climate advisory panel has once again highlighted the need for urgent action against
CNN — Officials in California are imploring residents to prepare for a powerful storm set to lash the region with torrential rain later this week as the state continues to recover from colossal amounts of snow that trapped mountain communities. Previous severe weather was
Brody Mielke, left, 10, and his older sister Braelynn, 12, make a snowman as snow falls at approximately the 1,700 foot level in front of their Fontana, Calif., home in Hunters Ridge on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Will Lester/The Orange
A picture taken on May 19, 2022 in Saint-Gilles, southern France, shows soil cracked by drought during an exceptional period of heat in France. © Nicolas Tucat, AFP France has matched its record dry spell of 31 days without significant rainfall,
African leaders, pose for a group photo during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2023. © Eduardo Soteras, AFP The African Union insisted on Sunday
A deadly storm has inflicted widespread damage in northern California dumping record-breaking rain along the coastline. Huge waves washed away walls of homes, while mudslides, sinkholes and flooding were reported throughout the region. Two deaths were reported on Thursday. A
Evacuation orders and advisories are in place in parts of northern California as a major storm slams into the coast. Regions that have been hit by wildfires in the past were among the first places to be told to evacuate
2019, the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Petteri Taalas, released the provisional climate statement “The years 2017 to 2023 are likely to be the hottest five-year period on record” on the UN climate change conference (Bonn), which led
US emergency crews counted the grim costs of a colossal winter storm that brought Christmas chaos to millions, especially in hard-hit western New York, where the death toll reached 25 Monday in what authorities described as a “war with mother
Old models that used Antarctica as a baseline were way off the mark. In this aerial view, icebergs and meltwater are seen in front of the retreating Russell Glacier on Sept. 8, 2021 near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Image credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)