Tag: Global warming

PARIS: More than a quarter of Earth's land surface will become "significantly" drier even if humanity manages to limit global warming to two degrees...

When photographer Paul Nicklen and filmmakers from conservation group Sea Legacy arrived in the Baffin Islands in late summer, they came across a heartbreaking...

Lahore: People of Punjab face severe health and visibility problems as smog continues to cover parts of the province, including Lahore. Visibility has plunged to 25 -50...

A powerful typhoon ripped into central Japan early Monday, leaving two dead and more than 10 injured, hours after millions struggled to the polls...

LONDON: London introduced a charge on the oldest and most polluting vehicles on Monday to try to improve air quality in the British capital,...

HANOI: Vietnam braced for typhoon Khanun on Monday after destructive floods battered the country’s north and centre last week, killing 72 people, the disaster...

KARACHI: Karachi will stay hot and dry as the recent heat wave continues in the city, according to MET. According to the forecast, maximum temperatures in...

At least 37 people were killed, another 40 are missing as floods and landslides ravaged northern and central Vietnam on Thursday, disaster reports AFP. Heavy rains...

CANCUN: Tropical Storm Nate gained strength Friday as it barreled toward popular Mexican beach resorts and ultimately the US Gulf coast after dumping heavy...

The death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria has more than doubled to 34, a spokesman for Governor Ricardo Rosello said on Tuesday. The...

CAGUAS: If the people of the Puerto Rican city of Caguas need to find the police in coming weeks and maybe months, they will have...

Mexico City: Mexico is still cleaning up the rubble left by its killer earthquake on September 19, but already accusations are flying that shoddy construction,...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Residents of Puerto Rico accused President Donald Trump of being slow to dispatch aid after Hurricane Maria and clumsy in...

WASHINGTON: The US Navy hospital ship Comfort is due to leave its home port in Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday for deployment to the hurricane-battered...

Sydney: Sea ice cover in Antarctica dropped to a record low this year, scientists said on Wednesday, as they warned the frozen continent's unpredictable...

A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, thousands of Mexicans were still unable to return Tuesday to their badly damaged...

LONDON: When Hurricane Harvey blasted ashore in August, drowning south Texas in a year’s worth of rain in just a few days, it left...