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  1. Devastating flash floods in Nepal

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:35:35 -0000

    At least 1,500 people, including foreign tourists, have been missing since Wednesday following the devastating flash floods in Nepal and Tibet. A second or third wave of deadly flash flooding could arrive in Nepal later today as the country scrambles to respond to a catastrophe that has killed more than 350 people. The president of the Nepal Centre for Disaster Management said the disaster came at them like a “tsunami from the sky”.

  2. Scientists Analyzed Earth's Hidden Seed Vaults And Made a Disturbing Realization

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:00:00 -0000

    The iconic 'Doomsday Vault' – aka Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault – is perhaps the world's best-known seed bank. Holding over a million seed …

  3. Catastrophic floods kill over 390 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:48:45 -0000

    DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. Videos of the …

  4. West Point Professor Fired for Refusing to Lie About Climate Change

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:22:00 -0000

    Dr. Adam Kalkstein is suing over his removal from the military academy. A science professor says he was fired from the U.S. Military Academy at West …

  5. Scientists explain how a Himalayan glacier caused deadly Nepal floods

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:38:26 -0000

    A wall of mud tore through villages on the Nepal-China border after a mass of ice broke away from a glacier more than 16,000 feet above sea level.

  6. $900 million from a canceled wind deal will benefit a Trump donor

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:01 -0000

    Government settlement money is going to a Trump neighbor’s private equity fund. The Trump administration’s latest deal to cancel offshore wind projects and boost fossil fuel energy development instead is generating a huge payday for one of the president’s million-dollar donors. Behind the windfall is …

  7. UK government urges public to stockpile food

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:22:48 -0000

    Britain is readying a national campaign urging people to stockpile canned food and better prepare for national emergencies, the latest European …

  8. The surprising reason food recalls are getting worse

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:27:42 -0000

    It’s not just Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Summer is supposed to be the best time for fresh produce. Corn on the cob at the cookout. Berries plucked right from the vine. Salads on the cafe patio while you take an extra long lunch break because the weather and the food is that good. But this year, summer’s …

  9. Reconstructed Satellite Images Show How Close D-Day Came to Disaster

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:05:59 -0000

    Built off historic weather records, the new images show the surprisingly small break in the clouds that made the landings possible. Three separate …

  10. The Supreme Court Joins Trump’s Insidious War on Voting Rights

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:37:23 -0000

    The high court’s shadow-docket decision isn’t the final word on mail-in ballots, but it reveals the conservative bloc’s comfort with the …

  11. Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A small, no frills EV could be the right vehicle for this moment. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EVs account for under 10% of total new-vehicle sales in the US, and …

  12. 'Starwashing': The new space race has an environmental problem

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Tech billionaires say they want to make life better on Earth. Here's what they're not talking about. As artificial intelligence devours more land and …

  13. Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:47:12 -0000

    Preliminary investigations have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause of the flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice, scientists have told the BBC. Initial reports of an earthquake led many to believe that a tremor had caused a landslide, …

  14. How melting glaciers contributed to the flooding disaster in the Himalayas

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:55:16 -0000

    The scale of the disaster in the Himalayas is becoming clearer a day after catastrophic flooding tore through parts of Nepal and Tibet. Scientists …

  15. A ‘leading’ Chinese miner of Mozambique’s heavy sands linked to environmental destruction

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:35:43 -0000

    A sand mining operation along the coast of central Mozambique’s Zambezia Province decimated hundreds of hectares of mangroves in just a few years, a …

  16. See how a glacier may have caused a deadly flood in Nepal and Tibet

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:42:36 -0000

    At least 359 people have died, and nearly 1,000 others are reported missing after a flash flood struck a mountainous area in Nepal and the Tibet region of China on Aug. 26. The working theory is that a glacial collapse produced the flood that washed away buildings, cars and people with incredible …

  17. Highly-venomous predator threatens Southern California beaches as El Niño temps continue

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:54:50 -0000

    Warmer ocean temperatures could invite a decidedly unfriendly creature, with venom strong enough to kill a human, into Southern California waters as …

  18. Gender equity, DEI, climate action: How the Smithsonian’s woke push ‘infiltrated’ America's most beloved zoo

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:49 -0000

    FIRST ON FOX: As the Trump administration continues to crack down on far-left messaging and agenda items within the Smithsonian Institution, a Fox News Digital review found that the Smithsonian National Zoo has been adopting "woke" messaging and programming of its own over the past several …

  19. Can REDD+ protect forests and deliver justice for the Indigenous Iraya Mangyan?

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:12:00 -0000

    The Mindoro Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Programme combines Indigenous forest patrols, ancestral-domain support, carbon monitoring and …

  20. Scientists find clues in satellite imagery to the cause of catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:53:09 -0000

    As rescue teams searched Thursday for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. The flooding killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday. Many more are …

  21. A New Tree-Sit Movement to Block Trump’s Border Wall

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    A single tree sit grew into a cross-border continuous protest to defend the Arizona borderland ecology. So far, activists are succeeding. Of the more …

  22. The Data Center Backlash Is a Rare Bright Spot in American Politics

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:38:08 -0000

    The AI industry gleefully sold its products as harmful to the interests of ordinary people. Thankfully, ordinary people decided that there would be …

  23. How a glacial collapse caused Nepal’s catastrophic floods

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:43:24 -0000

    Scientists believe a glacier and rock collapse near the Nepal-China border triggered a massive flood. Scientists believe a glacier and rock collapse near the Nepal-China border triggered a massive flood along Nepal’s Trishuli River, killing at least 359 people and leaving 1,500 missing. Here’s how …

  24. Craig Fugate and Amna Nawaz discuss climate change and disaster response on 'Settle In'

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:20:34 -0000

    Craig Fugate led the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the Obama administration through record-breaking disaster years. On our PBS News …

  25. It's too hot for rescue helicopters to take off in Phoenix, Arizona

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:21:14 -0000

    Blistering summer temperatures are fueling wildfires and leading to heat-related deaths out West. In Phoenix, Arizona, rescue helicopters can no …

  26. When a colossal iceberg broke free in Antarctica, scientists found something astounding beneath it

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:42:49 -0000

    With the help of a remotely operated vehicle, the researchers discovered a breathtaking world hidden under the ice for centuries. In March 2025, a …

  27. Nepal flash flood buries villages after earth-shattering glacier break

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:09:52 -0000

    Buildings, bridges and trucks look like toys, swept up in the gigantic mud wave, cascading down Nepal's Bhote Koshi River. The magnitude of the …

  28. Meningitis Is a Horrible Way to Die. Trump Will Make It More Common.

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Mothers who have lost children to the disease are sharing their stories to warn the public about Trump’s recent anti-vaccine executive order. It might …

  29. ‘Rock of Starvation’ reappears in Budapest during historic drought

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    Seeing this hunger stone in the Danube River is not a good sign. A stone outcrop near the edge of the Danube River is unassuming at first glance. Most people would have a hard time picking it out from the countless other examples peaking above this portion of the river running through Budapest, …

  30. The Reality of the Climate Emergency Is Becoming Impossible to Ignore

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:32:04 -0000

    In our political life, reality hardly matters any more. On Tuesday the president of the United States, in a fit of pique, proposed renaming Lake …