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Russia warns of tourist danger from Kamchatka volcano lava flow
A lava flow descending from the Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has reached three kilometres in length and is approaching the Bogdanovich glacier.
Renewables make up Dutch power supplies for the first time - OWID
For the first time, in 2024, more than half of the electricity produced in the Netherlands came from renewable sources, and almost all of it (45%) from solar and wind.
European Union allocates €1.1mn to address urgent water crisis in Iraq
The European Union is allocating €1.1mn million in humanitarian funding to address the escalating water crisis in Basra, southern Iraq, as climate change continues to dry out the country.
Siberian permafrost could disappear by 2100 as rapid thawing accelerates
An international team of scientists from Britain, Switzerland, Israel and the United States has analysed the composition of more than 60 mineral formations found in caves located in the delta of Siberia's Lena River, revealing stark predictions.
Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years
Russia’s Krasheninnikov volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula erupted for the first time in recorded history on August 2, sending a plume of ash up to 6km into the atmosphere, according to the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT).
Russia expecting the grain harvest to tumble by 20mn tonnes as Global Warming pushes its fertile grain belt northwards
Russia is on course to see its grain harvest tumble by 20mn tonnes as its grain belt bakes in a Climate Crisis heatwave and Global Warming shifts its fertile grain belt northwards.
Rosatom may whiff on Kazakh nuclear project due to financing yips
Chinese firm teed up to replace Russian entity on project
US DoE muddies the ClimateCrisis waters with report downplaying the emissions problem
As part of the Trump administration’s attempts to take the Climate Crisis off the agenda, the US Department of Energy has released a report downplaying the impact of fossil fuels on global warming.
The most powerful quakes are in the Ring of Fire – Statista
Tsunami warnings have now been lifted across much of the Pacific following a major earthquake, which took place at 11:25 am local time on Wednesday, striking off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula.
Sinkholes on the rise across Asia: a growing danger beneath the surface
The dramatic rescue of a motorist from a sinkhole on a busy Singapore road has cast new light on an alarming trend across Asia – the increasing frequency and severity of sinkholes swallowing roads, vehicles, and in some cases entire buildings.
China launches first interprovincial green hydrogen pipeline from Inner Mongolia to Beijing
Despite its promise, the project’s success may ultimately rest on market uptake. If industrial demand for hydrogen fails to keep pace with supply - or if pricing frameworks are not supportive - the pipeline could struggle.
300-MW solar energy project underway in Iraq’s Karbala desert
Iraqi Electricity Minister Ziad Ali Fadel announced the continuation of work on the Karbala solar power plant project, which represents the first solar project to actually enter Iraq's national electricity grid
Trump fast-tracks deep-sea mining in hunt for critical mineral supplies
The Trump administration has also moved to fast-track seabed mining in international waters following an executive order issued in April by President Donald Trump, bypassing multilateral regulations in what has been called a "gold rush."
Trump to kill US Climate Crisis commitment by gutting the EPA of its powers
The Trump administration will end any pretence of trying to fight the accelerating Climate Crisis with a plan to gut the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its authority and end its core programmes to reduce emissions.
Iran faces new heatwave as 12 stations record temperatures above 50°C
Iran is experiencing a new heatwave beginning July 29, with more than 12 weather stations recording temperatures above 50°C (122°F) in the past 24 hours, according to the country's meteorological service.
Croatian scientists’ discovery may hold key to combatting water pollution
Scientists at Croatia’s Ruđer Bošković Institute (IRB) have become the first in the world to decode the genes of a small parasite called Dentitruncus truttae.
Extreme heat slams Middle East amid growing regional climate emergency
Summer 2025 has turned the Middle East into a furnace. Across Syria, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, temperatures have surged past 50°C, prompting power cuts, water shortages and silent protests in some of the world’s hottest cities.
COMMENT: China’s mega-dam won’t power the economy
China has started work to build the world’s biggest hydroelectric dam in Tibet as part of its drive switch its power generation to renewables, but analysts say the plan won’t make a big difference.
Energy under siege: How conflict between Thailand and Cambodia threatens regional power security
Though the border clashes began as a political and territorial confrontation, their ripple effects could severely disrupt energy production, especially in areas near the conflict zone where solar installations lie exposed.
Bulgaria seeks EU’s air support to fight raging fires
Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers have been struggling to bring wildfires under control as heatwave grips Bulgaria.