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1. South Korea records hottest day on record

   Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:08:28 -0000

   South Korea yesterday registered its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, as authorities warned people to "immediately" …

2. Spain's wildfires: Counting the economic cost

   Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:05:18 -0000

   Devastating wildfires are ravaging Spain's tourism, economy and nature. Could the country have done more to prevent the flames? Charred tree stumps, …

3. Camino De Santiago Attracts 500,000 Visitors A Year, But Climate Change Threatening The Tradition

   Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:01:00 -0000

   It’s a life-changing religious pilgrimage. The Camino De Santiago trail has attracted hundreds of thousands of tourists to Spain and surrounding …

4. French wildfire near Bordeaux contained as 1,500 firefighters battle separate blaze in Provence

   Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:51:27 -0000

   France’s vast wildfire near Bordeaux, which scorched an area four times the size of Paris and forced 224,000 people to evacuate, remained contained …

5. Anger Over Data Centers Is Fueling a New Political Movement

   Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   Justin Pearson, a Tennessee lawmaker, has become one of the loudest voices amid a growing national backlash against the pollution and politics of America's AI buildout. MEMPHIS, Tennessee — When Justin Pearson sits at his desk, he looks at a polluted orange sky. It’s the backdrop of a haunting …

6. Wildfires will only get worse until the U.S. stops ignoring the climate crisis

   Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   President Trump argued last month that Canada should pay damages — or face additional tariffs — for the wildfire smoke recently “poisoning” American air, and claimed that he strong-armed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during the World Cup final in New Jersey, telling Carney he needed to stop …

7. ‘Move immediately’: South Korea issues urgent heat warnings as country bakes in highest temperatures ever recorded

   Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:12:44 -0000

   South Korea issued a severe heatwave warning as it recorded its highest ever temperature of 42.5C on Sunday, prompting the government to activate an …

8. Germany: As temperatures rise, so does climate skepticism

   Sun, 02 Aug 2026 08:44:00 -0000

   Some 98% of active climate scientists say climate change is happening, and is man-made. Nonetheless, a new study shows the number of climate-change …

9. Video. Rhine River hits record low as drought grips Germany

   Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:30:03 -0000

   Record low water levels on Germany's Rhine River left boats stranded in Cologne, as prolonged heat and drought pushed the country's busiest waterway …

10. China: High-temperature Agriculture 4.

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:54:26 -0000

    Sunscreen nets cover a large area of Tea mountain in West Lake Longjing First level Protection Zone to cope with high temperature weather in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on August 3, 2026.

11. South Korea has hottest day on record amid extreme weather globally

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:34:35 -0000

    Scientists say the climate crisis driven by human activity is making heatwaves more frequent. South Korea has recorded its highest temperature since national weather records began more than a century ago, as an intense heatwave grips the country, the latest in a year of climate extremes that have …

12. Fast moving wildfires raze neighborhoods in US northwest city of Spokane

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:54:34 -0000

    Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced about 60,000 people to evacuate the Spokane area and destroyed at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday. Three separate fires erupted in and around the city as strong winds and exceptionally dry conditions fueled …

13. A Floating Wind Farm In Portugal Is Having A Surprising Impact On Underwater Habitats

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 17:38:16 -0000

    According to a UN report, approximately one million species are en route to extinction within decades. For underwater life, in particular, it's out …

14. 'Since 2026, summer has lost all lightness. Something has changed, summer has been stolen from us'

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:57:36 -0000

    As France swelters under a relentless series of heatwaves and suffers from devastating wildfires, summer no longer carries its former meaning, writes …

15. Shrinking sources, growing need: Could Florida run out of water?

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:21:25 -0000

    People think of Florida as a paradise-like water world, a place where massive lakes and rivers are surrounded by the Gulf and the Atlantic Ocean. And why wouldn't they? We have the Atlantic Ocean on one side, the Gulf on the other, and a myriad of lakes, rivers and creeks that meander through the …

16. Super El Niño Map Shows Where Drivers Face ‘Significant Snow' This Winter

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:08:39 -0000

    Four states are already on the map for significant snow this winter, and the pattern behind it is only getting stronger. Forecasters expect El Nino …

17. Is the US military secretly killing our planet?

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:03:38 -0000

    It’s the largest institutional emitter in the world. A bigger polluter than 140 countries. And yet its emissions are hidden from sight. Now, a new …

18. Is China’s climate returning to that of Tang dynasty golden age? Experts warn of a trap

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:00:08 -0000

    In China’s arid northwest, local state media in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region are celebrating a surge of rainfall in an area that usually …

19. 'most Isolated Environments': Microplastics Are Finding Their Way Down to Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:00:00 -0000

    Our planet clearly has a microplastics problem: These tiny synthetic fragments are finding their way into ancient rocks, human bones, and almost …

20. Geology Says There Was a Period When It Rained Continuously on Earth for Approximately Two Million Years and Life Not Only Survived – It Thrived

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:45:00 -0000

    Imagine waking up every single day to the sound of rain, not just for a week or a season, but for longer than human beings have even existed as a …

21. This mysterious 8000km 'wall' stretches across Africa – but it isn't what most people think…

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:34:51 -0000

    From the windswept Atlantic coast of Senegal to the shores of the Red Sea in Djibouti, the Great Green Wall initiative stretches for almost 8,000km …

22. Wildfire danger in Europe shifts to Greece as evacuation orders remain in France

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:58:23 -0000

    Europe's wildfire emergency eased across much of western Europe on Saturday, but its most dangerous front shifted to Greece, where gale-force winds …

23. Phoenix sears under sweltering heat

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:02:03 -0000

    Much of the western U-S is facing dangerously high temperatures this weekend. Phoenix is expecting highs above 110 degrees. And public cooling centers are seeing high demand.

24. Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Homes in Washington State

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:08:00 -0000

    Three blazes near Spokane are ‘the worst natural disaster our region has faced,’ mayor says Wildfires ripped through the Spokane area of eastern Washington state, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Three blazes, which started Saturday, burned through 7,500 acres …

25. Italy putting nearly all major cities on highest heat alert

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:51:46 -0000

    Italy is putting nearly all of its major cities on the highest "red" alert for high temperatures, as a new heatwave grips the country. Health officials say 19 cities from north to south - including the capital Rome, Milan, Venice and Naples - are already at red alert, and by Monday all but two …

26. California Democratic Party endorses Ben Allen for insurance commissioner

    Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:22:05 -0000

    The California Democratic Party voted to endorse state Sen. Ben Allen, a Santa Monica Democrat, in the race for state insurance commissioner Saturday. …

27. NASA Confirms Atmospheric Shift Over North America

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:03:27 -0000

    On a crisp spring morning that seemed like any other, NASA dropped a revelation that stunned meteorologists and weather enthusiasts across the world: …

28. Taking Greenland won't fix the US's problems in the Arctic, experts say

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:17:01 -0000

    President Donald Trump's repeated calls to acquire Greenland, reiterated most recently at a NATO summit last month in Turkey, have thrust the Arctic into the global political spotlight. The bigger challenge, they say, isn't acquiring more Arctic territory. It's that the US has spent decades …

29. Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:01:03 -0000

    The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers. Republicans in Washington are taking steps to roll back federal workplace heat protections as summer temperatures surge. The Trump administration is …

30. Why the Spokane wildfires exploded so fast: drought, heat and a rare fire warning

    Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:22:38 -0000

    Three fast-moving fires, now called the Spokane Complex, have destroyed an estimated 600 structures and forced thousands to flee. Fast-moving …