JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesian women’s group is preparing to help people if El Niño triggers severe wildfires in the coming months. Aisyiyah, the oldest women’s organization, has reopened its “oxygen houses” in Kalimantan and Sumatra. It had established these houses in 2019 when 3.1 million hectares of land in Indon...
ANKARA (AA) – NASA data has shown that global sea level rise poses a significant threat to coastal regions and ecosystems. The rise in water level is due to the melting of ice sheets, glaciers, as well as the warming of seawater. NASA’s comprehensive satellite-derived analysis states that global sea levels have been gradually risin...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Scorching temperatures are spreading across the U.S. Midwest, and millions of people are feeling the heat. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will rise in southeastern California and nearly all of southern Arizona. Thunderstorms are also expected in Arizona’s high-elevation regions. A heat war...
WASHINGTON –The climate clock has fallen below six years for the first time, suggesting that humanity is running out of time to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C. According to activists, this is a sign that the effects of climate change are already being felt. The environmental deterioration that was expected after six years […...
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): Wildfires raging across Algeria during a blistering heatwave have killed more than 30 people and forced mass evacuations, the government said on Monday. As temperatures hit 48 degrees Celsius (118 Fahrenheit) in parts of the North African country, 97 blazes were recorded across 16 provinces, fanned by strong winds, said...
Timbulsloko, Indonesia (AFP): Indonesian teacher Sulkan leafs through pictures at his small sea-surrounded mosque, remembering a marching band and smiling children who graduated from his kindergarten, standing on a road now submerged by murky, green water. That is just one of many landmarks in the Javan coastal village of Timbulsloko swallowed...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Rains have claimed more than 100 lives in Pakistan for the past month. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDM), 13 people were killed by the renewed monsoon rains on Sunday. Authorities said nine people were killed by landslides and collapsed roofs. Most of the deaths were reported in the [&...
NEW DELHI, India – Floods in India have reached the site of the iconic Taj Mahal, a World Heritage UNESCO site. Located in Agra, 200 kilometers south of India’s capital New Delhi, the 17th-century white marble structure was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Although floodwaters from the [&helli...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least 11 people were killed and several others injured Wednesday when a wall collapsed in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, due to heavy rains. According to a local official, the incident occurred near Golra Mor, Peshawar Road, when the wall of a bridge under construction collapsed. The collapsed wall buried the workers ...
BEIJING, China – U.S. climate change envoy John Kerry said cooperation with China is necessary to address the world’s climate crisis. Kerry met for about four hours with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua in Beijing. He said the world’s two largest economies must work together to limit global warming. The two countries have ...
