Environment

The world’s most powerful storm of 2025 has reached China. Typhoon Ragasa China made landfall in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, unleashing winds of over 100mph (160km/h), torrential rain, and a wall of seawater that has forced nearly two million people to flee their homes. The “king of storms,” as Chinese state media has called it, has…

The High Seas Treaty has officially crossed the threshold to come into force, marking a historic moment for global ocean conservation. After Morocco became the 60th country to ratify the treaty on Friday, the agreement will now take effect from January, setting legally binding rules to conserve and sustainably use marine biodiversity in international waters….

Tardigrades — also called water bears or moss piglets — are some of the most resilient creatures ever discovered. These microscopic animals, measuring no more than a millimeter long, can survive being frozen near absolute zero, boiled at extreme temperatures, blasted into space, and even exposed to deadly levels of radiation. Scientists are now studying…

Spain hottest summer 2025 has officially been confirmed by the state weather agency AEMET, making it the hottest summer since records began in 1961. This record-breaking season was 2.1°C warmer than the 1991–2020 average, surpassing the previous hottest summer in 2022 by 0.1°C. Heatwaves Dominate Spain’s Hottest Summer The Spain hottest summer 2025 was marked…

COP30 climate summit preparations have taken a major step forward as China’s former veteran climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, is set to meet with top European Union officials to reinvigorate faltering global climate talks. The high-level meeting comes just weeks before the COP30 conference, scheduled for November in Belém, Brazil, and is seen as a crucial…

Nigeria sea turtle conservation is quickly becoming one of the most urgent environmental battles in Africa. Along the country’s southern coastline, plastic pollution, poaching, and shrinking nesting beaches are threatening the survival of five endangered sea turtle species. Conservationists, local communities, and international partners are stepping up their efforts to rescue, rehabilitate, and protect these…

Protect Arctic from climate engineering — that’s the urgent message from more than 40 polar scientists who have warned against risky geoengineering projects in the Arctic and Antarctic. Their findings, published in Frontiers in Science, argue that artificially manipulating polar environments to slow global warming could do more harm than good. These warnings come at…